Tips For The Trails

Why You Should Keep Your Delayed Snowcheck Snowmobile Photo by Kourtney Gundersen from Pexels It’s been a record year for snowcheck orders and a record year for delayed deliveries. It’s a painful place to be for both sides. If you were part of the record snowcheck this year, chances are high your snowmobile is delayed. It’s quite a bummer but don’t rush to cancel that delayed sled, even if it is scheduled to come past the bulk of the riding season. There are many financial reasons why it’s best to hold out for the sled you ordered.  1.The price of the 2023 sleds...

The big question before snowmobile season starts is how will the snow be this winter?  It all started with Farmer’s Almanac making the seasonal forecasts but as tools have gotten better, much larger operations and professionals try their hand at the seasonal prediction.  These are more for fun than anything but we can hope as technology gets better, the predictions get better as well.   As a whole it looks like a great winter for snowmobilers in the Midwest and Northeast.  Deviation between all the different forecasts is not large.  One thing we have going for us this winter is...

If you want to get the most out of your snowmobile experience, chances are you will need to go where the snow is. Using a trailer is the best way to transport a snowmobile, and come wintertime, you’ll find all sorts of varieties on the highway.   At the core, there are two types of snowmobile trailers, open and enclosed. The open trailers are all very similar, whereas the enclosed trailers can differ quite a bit!   Open trailers: An open snowmobile trailer is a flat trailer elevated over the axles for the width of two snowmobiles. Style-wise, they only differ...

Updated: 4/25/22 Getting into snowmobiling may be intimidating, but buying a new one can be both affordable and give you a warranty to keep you on the snow. The manufactures have done a great job building entry-level snowmobiles and this year feature technology that was only available on top of the line machines years ago. 1. Arctic Cat Blast ZR $8,699 The Blast is back for the 22/23 season! Arctic Cat entered the mid-size market last year with its Blast series, and it's a hit. It features a 397cc engine and 121" track. It's great for people with a smaller...

This upcoming winter season, we are under attack. Usually, the only threat we have to wrangle with during winter is mother nature ruining our trip. In addition to mother nature, this upcoming winter, we have a no faced enemy with little we can do but hope for it to disappear or find a cure. We also have governors looking to ban fun in every possible way. Winter 20-21 will be an interesting one, and us snowmobilers need to strategize how we will still get on the trail.     We are snowmobilers, one of the grittiest hobbies on the planet,...