I’ve never been sno-tubing so-
Is there an advantage to using a covered tube over reg. inner tube?
I see a handle and tow-rope is on the covered tubes -
Waiting for snow
Is there any place that has sno-tubing year-round?
My father is a truck driver, so I used truck tire innertubes with no handles or coverings. They worked great.
But there was one time when I was given a “Sno-Nut”. It was a vinyl tube with a buttom and a couple of rubber hand grips. It was pretty cool, except we were doing jumps and I made about 6 feet of air, when I landed I blew the “Sno-Nut” out! There was a gash about 3/4 around the cercimference of the “tube”. Very funny, I was a God that day to my friends!
MtM
My son and I went snow-tubing at Tahoe this Christmas and it was so great and so much fun! But, I would definitely recommend a covered tube because you do down that slope so fast you can’t even do anything but hang on and pray on some of the corners, and those grips on the sides make you more secure, in my opinion. It feels like you are doing 90mph. Plus, if there is no tow to the top, lugging that tube uphill without a grip is a pain in the tooshie after the third or fourth trip. The trip down takes about 20 seconds and the trip up 20 times as long. It was a little icy when we went and on the first trip my son, instead of making the bend at the bottom, went flying straight ahead, whipped over the snow barrier,and went down the hill into the parking lot. He had no idea what was on the other side of that hill so he was terrifed! It was hysterical once I knew he was safe. I’ve only been two places, both in Tahoe, and of course they are only open during the winter. After trying one with the rope tow and one without, I vote for the tow. You can make a lot more trips before getting exhausted.
I would think the cover protects you from snow flying up the hole.
Brian