Private Snowmobile Tour with a ProposalProposal Details:

Proposing on a private snowmobile tour is fun but expensive.  We say that knowing it is all relative to one perspective.  The couple was staying at the Four Seasons in Vail.  It might have been that the concierge told them of us – Thank you! They took the day to do a 2 hour private tour.  Normally there is some kind of story to why I am there but in this case I just rolled with it.  They group you up and do some practice track runs before sending you off with a guide.  I hung back in the rear of the group of 4.

Skill wise they were the best on the snowmobiles of all the tours I have been on.  We have had some where she was super hesitant to open it up. Maybe it is a red hair thing but she held her own.  If anything I likely gave a little too much space at times.  As a result we went more places than normal and got more angles on the spots. The perk of riding full throttle a lot.

The proposal was at a spot we did not plan out or choose.  This makes it that you must rely on instinct more than precision.  To get the ideal angle it meant going from a standing position to dropping on my side in the snow with my head on the ground.  Maybe I should have brought a different lens on the secondary camera but you never know what will happen.

Lighting wise things are crazy bright so the external flash is needed but rarely owned.  Without it you will likely completely blow out the background in white.  This is likely one significant difference for us and others.  Noon is a rough time to shoot on full sun days and most would struggle.

You can get adventurous proposal ideas from reading past blogs and read about how we do proposals on our engagement proposals page. Here are shoots with snowmobiles.