1993 Arctic Cat Thundercat: An Instant Classic
Andy Swanson
May 2, 2012
While most snowmobile riders have pushed their sleds to the back of the garage this spring and are hitting the local 18 for their season’s first round of golf, this is the time of year when snowmobile manufacturers are putting the finishing touches on their new models before they go into production... Read more »
2013 Snowmobiles Slide Show
Andy Swanson
April 18, 2012
Snow Shoot. It’s an annual event, usually held in a Western snowmobiling town, where the snowmobile media is invited to photograph and test ride next year’s snowmobiles, and learn interesting technical information and sales strategies during special seminars with factory personnel. We can’t... Read more »
Snowmobile Review: 2012 Arctic Cat M1100 Sno Pro
Andy Swanson
April 6, 2012
The Arctic Cat M 1100 Sno Pro shares chassis with M Series sleds that have the more powerful 1100 Turbo and H.O. 800 engines. Designers developed the 2012 Arctic Cat M 1100’s frame to be a light, rigid platform for mountain riding, and it shares the front Arctic Race Suspension with the Arctic Cat... Read more »
Alaska Snowmobiling Photos
Andy Swanson
April 2, 2012
Snow Goer recently spent five days snowmobiling in Alaska. While it seems like we covered a lot of ground over those days riding across The Last Frontier, looking at a map proves that we only scratched the surface. Alaska is a BIG state. We rode in the Petersville area, which is about 125 miles north... Read more »
Arctic Cat Kitty Cat
March 15, 2012
Arctic Cat Kitty Cat The second annual USSA World Series of Snowmobiling was held in March, 1971, in Boonville, New York. But race sleds weren’t the only snow machines in the public eye that weekend, as the pint-sized Arctic Cat Kitty Cat was unveiled to the public. Although youth-sized snowmobiles... Read more »
Vermont Snowmobilers Work Together To Save Snowmobile Trail System
David Wells
March 5, 2012
Trail and bridge damage on the Buckaroos of 302 Snowmobile Club’s Upper Meadow Trail near Route 302 in West Groton, Vermont. When Hurricane Irene hammered the Eastern Seaboard at the end of August, 2011, much of Vermont was devastated by unprecedented flooding. Highways and bridges washed out across... Read more »
Upper Midwest Snowmobiling
Mike Carr
February 15, 2012
Snowmobiling has been a cure for cabin fever in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin since the 1960s. To say that snowmobiling is popular in the Upper Midwest would be an understatement. Ever since the sport took off in the late 1960s as an exhilarating cure for cabin fever, the states of Michigan, Minnesota... Read more »
Snowmobiling In Wisconsin
Mike Carr
February 15, 2012
Snowmobilers chatting beside a trail in Jackson County, Wisconsin. Snowmobiling in the Badger State got off to a roaring start in the 1960s and is still going strong, which is proven by the numbers as well as by the quality and mileage of the statewide trail network. Wisconsin has had one statewide organization... Read more »
Snowmobiling In Minnesota
Mike Carr
February 15, 2012
A sunset over the C.J. Ramstad North Shore Snowmobile Trail in Minnesota. Snowmobiling throughout Minnesota is always a pleasure and there’s no shortage of great places to explore. Distance riders can also rack up big miles on the excellent trail system that covers the state from one end to the other. The... Read more »
Snowmobiling In Michigan
February 15, 2012
Snowmobile Trail 13 near Twin Lakes, Michigan. Snowmobiling is great in Michigan, whether it’s in the expansive Upper Peninsula (U.P.) or the several regions in the Lower Peninsula that also receive bountiful lake-effect snows. The Michigan Snowmobile Association (MSA) was formed in the early 1980s,... Read more »
