NO GUIDE REQUIRED – YELLOWSTONE PARK ACCESS LOTTERY OPENS AUGUST 1
Beginning Wednesday, August 1, people may apply to the 2018-2019 winter lottery for permits to snowmobile in Yellowstone without a commercial guide. Authorized in 2013, the Non-commercially Guided Snowmobile Access Program allows one group of up to five snowmobiles to enter Yellowstone from each of its four winter entrances per day. This year’s lottery will be open on www.recreation.gov from August...
NEW SNOWMOBILE APP BEING DEVELOPED IN WAKE OF TRAGEDY
Maria Ross is working tirelessly to fill the void in her life after her son Ross was killed in a snowmobile accident in 2016 on Great Sacandaga Lake in New York, he was 24 at the time. From the accident reports, it appears Ross struck unsuspecting rocks that were protruding above the frozen lake surface. The loss of her...
SHAPE-SHIFTING TRACKED WHEEL COULD ALTER FUTURE SNOWMOBILES
The lines between snowmobile and all-terrain vehicle and snowbike have already started to blur considerably over the past 5-years. Now, thanks to new technology developed by Carnegie Mellon University’s National Robotics Engineering Center, we are one step closer to a vehicle that can do it all. It’s called Reconfigurable Wheel Tracks, a transformative technology that can go from wheel...
CRAM IT, STUFF IT, JAM IT – NEW PACKS FROM KLIM
Just in time for preseason sleepovers and swap meets, the kids at KLIM have just announced a host of new backpacks, gear bags, travel bags, and hydration packs. All tout new features and new styles and colors making you the envy of your riding buddies this season. Check em out at HERE and clear your calendar for all the...
BACKCOUNTRY RIDER AND FREESTYLE ATHLETE BRETT TURCOTTE RAISES OVER $19,000 FOR EASTER SEALS
Courtesy of the Clearwater Times, Clearwater, British Columbia The Clearwater Sno-Drifters Snowmobile Club and local snowmobile X-Games gold medal winner Brett Turcotte and his wife Niki presented a check to Easter Seals last week, with funds raised for children and families who stay at Easter Seals Camp Winfield and Easter Seals House in Vancouver. The amount was $19,482.55, which was raised...
SLED PATRIOTS LOOK TO PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR EXECUTIVE ORDER TO SLED THE BURN
While the amount of land in the western United States is certainly expansive in scope, the vast majority is owned by the Federal government. While this certainly preserves the land from unwanted development for future generations, it also at times imposes harsh limits on access, especially if motorized recreation is your passion. Case in point is the federally designated “proposed”...
End of an Era: Hibbert Retires From Snocross
A name synonymous with Snocross announced today that he will be hanging up the helmet. Tucker Hibbert, who has done it all when it comes to Snocross, has official retired from the sport. Below is the official press release from the Hibbert team. ...We do wonder if this means the rules will be changing again for next season...Ouch; too soon? FOR...
NEW YORK STATE ONE STEP CLOSER TO VINTAGE SNOWMOBILE REGISTRATION EXEMPTION LAW
With the continued interest in vintage and antique snowmobile collecting, restoration, and accompanying shows and rallies, the New York State Snowmobile Association is pushing for a new law that would exempt sleds manufactured prior to 1980 of state registration fees. A bill introduced by Senator James Seward passed the New York senate and a companion bill is gaining momentum...
19 DAYS OF NEW: 19 – POLARIS INDY EVO
We gave you a deep dive on the new introductory sleds from Polaris last issue, but the sized right, powered right, and priced right sleds represent such an important step in gaining new riders we had to make mention again. Since that report we had a chance to ride both the rope pull and key twist versions and their...
NO WRAP REQUIRED – RUSSIAN MILITARY GRADE BERKUT SNOWMOBILE IS A BAD MO-FO
So you think you’re a bad-to-the-bone sledder? Doubt it. While you might huck a wind-lipped cornice, we figure you can’t hold a candle to the kids riding in this buggy, no matter how high you’ve got your truck jacked up. What you see here is the Russian Army’s newest ground buggy, designed for snow and transporting Russian forces operating...
