Air, ground searchers seek 2 people missing on snowmobile trip
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Searchers in northwest Alaska are continuing to look for two people missing since Wednesday on a snowmobile trip. Alaska State Troopers said that 32-year-old Clifford Griest and...
View ArticleSaskatchewan snowmobiler charged in death of Manitoba man
RCMP have laid charges against a snowmobile driver after a Manitoba man was struck and killed several months ago. On March 4, a 50-year-old man from the RM of Wallace was trying to help a snowmobiler...
View ArticleDrunk snowmobiler could have been paralyzed
Ricky Charbonneau was driving a snowmobile on Kukagami Lake Road about 12:30 a.m. when he lost control struck a steel guardrail. While his male passenger wasn’t hurt, Charbonneau was taken to Health...
View ArticleSearchers find missing Resolute hunter walking home
A view of Resolute Bay, in an undated file photo. Searchers found Oolateetah Iqaluk walking back to the community June 20, about 16 kilometres north of the community. Iqaluk had gone missing June 15,...
View Article37th annual Championship Snowmobile Watercross in Grantsburg July 19-21
Snowmobile Watercross racers are once again gearing up for the World Championship Snowmobile Watercross in Grantsburg, Wisconsin July 19-21. The annual event, enjoying its 37th year, will draw...
View ArticleExperience Greenland at Full Speed
Most of Greenland is covered by snow during the winter months creating fantastic opportunities to snowmobile in unspoiled landscapes for snowmobiling enthusiasts. Snowmobiling has become a mainstay of...
View ArticleFinish Man Sets World Record on water
The European Watercross Champion, Antti Holmberg, has just set a new world record after he drove his snowmobile for three hours straight over rivers and lakes in his home country. Holmberg secured his...
View ArticleRapid City to host International Snowmobile Congress
RAPID CITY, S.D. – Rapid City has been selected to host the International Snowmobile Congress in June 2016. The Congress is a gathering of devoted snowmobile riders. An estimated 500 delegates from the...
View ArticleSuperior Watercross Expected to Draw Extreme Sport Enthusiasts
On Saturday, extreme sports in the Twin Ports will be taken to a whole new level through a competition unlike any other, where the winter meets the water. It’s the inaugural IWA Superior Watercross...
View ArticleNew Yellowstone snowmobile-use plan signed
The National Park Service adopted a winter use plan for Yellowstone National Park on Thursday that focuses more on controlling the effects of snowmobiles rather than strictly limiting their numbers....
View ArticleClub plans a snowmobile invasion
The Whitecourt Trailblazers Snowmobile Club is getting the word out early on its coming event, the 2015 World Snowmobile Invasion. The event is planned to take place on the week of Feb. 11 to 15, 2015,...
View ArticleLong-missing snowmobiler’s body found in Mississippi River
SABULA, Iowa — The body of a snowmobiler missing since January 2011 was found Monday afternoon in the Mississippi River, north of Sabula, authorities said. The body is that Shawn Berthel, who...
View ArticleSuperbikes, Watercross returns to BIR
Superbike racing combined with snowmobile racing on open water are on tap this weekend at Brainerd International Raceway. It’s the second weekend for this duo event as the Central Roadracing...
View ArticleHelping amputee athletes get back on track
As a professional athlete, ”Monster” Mike Schultz has experienced all the thrills and dangers of extreme sports. He’s won four medals at the X Games for snowmobile and motocross racing, but his latest...
View ArticleMorristown racer dominates Douglas Grass Drags
Contributed photo A rider takes off from the start line during the Great Southern Grass Drag Nationals on Sunday in Douglas. DOUGLAS — Sunny and 70 degrees made for perfect snowmobile racing weather...
View ArticleISOC Welcomes Ram Truck as the Presenting Sponsor for AMSOIL Championship...
Last year’s Official Truck of AMSOIL Championship Snocross, Ram was interested in elevating its status with the world’s premier snowmobile racing series. Showcasing the Ram brand throughout the...
View ArticleJury finds man guilty of chasing wolf with snowmobile
Following an Oct. 25 trial, a Sawyer County jury found 33-year-old Kirk R. Munden of Madison guilty of chasing a timber wolf with a snowmobile across the ice of Spider Lake in a February 2007 incident....
View ArticleAdrenaline rush of snocross returns to Seneca Allegany Casino & Hotel for a...
AMSOIL Championship Snocross returns Feb. 7 and 8 with a new track location and more than 200 of the world’s greatest snowmobilers; the first-time event in 2013 drew an unprecedented 15,000 fans and...
View ArticleThe Latest: NPS creates new winter-use plan in Yellowstone
For years, there’s been fierce debate over snowmobile access to Yellowstone National Park. In the early ’90s, as many as 1,900 snowmobiles swarmed the park daily, boosting local businesses but angering...
View ArticleMan drowns after snowmobile falls through ice, RCMP say
The community of Grandmother’s Bay is about 100 kilometres north of La Ronge. (Google) A man has drowned after his snowmobile broke through the ice on a lake near Grandmother’s Bay, north of La Ronge....
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