Snowmobiling News

Sledders have been encouraged to contact the Idaho legislature and Governor Butch Otter to ask them to stop the attempt to take away the gas tax that recreationists from sledders to off-road motorcyclists to boaters pay into the state and then is dedicated for use in motorized recreation programs across the state.

Even though ita s summer, ita s never too early to think about snowmobiling. The Savage Sno-Pacers, the local snowmobile club, has announced its 2009 Youth Snowmobiling Safety Training class to be held this fall.

Motorized recreation programs, a critical component of the Island Park economy, could be history because the Idaho Legislature has cut a huge portion of their funding.

Baseball has Cooperstown, New York. Football has Canton, Ohio. But snowmobile racing has Eagle River, Wisconsin.

A nostalgic escape from everyday living, nestled along the banks of the Pemigewasset River, close to White Mountain attractions, skiing and snowmobiling, Gilcrest offers one and two bedroom cottages, and a small eight unit motel often referred to as "connected cottages." Fireplaces, kitchenettes, units with refrigerators and microwaves are ...

Six months ago, when Winter Solstice arrived on December 21st, skiing, snowmobiling and snowshoeing were rampant along West Seattle walkways and streets.

A couple of items came to mind this week as I attempt to keep up with some of the goings on around the world.

Along with melting glaciers and more intense heat weaves, a report released by the Obama administration today outlines the detrimental effects of global warming on winter recreation, power generation, fisheries, and even maple syrup.

Here's what's happening today on the small screen: * Snowmobiling, a ski-plane ride and zip-trekking fill out The Bachelorette's schedule tonight in Whistler, B.C. But as Canuck Jillian Harris and her clan of crushes partake in those wild activities, she continues to fret over rumours that some of the guys have girlfriends.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is due to visit Summerside, P.E.I., on Friday to speak to the International Snowmobile Congress at Credit Union Place.

Clearwater's "Wild Child" isn't a child anymore. In fact, 21-year-old Brett Turcotte and his fiance, Jess Webb of Barriere, had a baby daughter, Tessa, born on May 3. "It's good to be back home and I enjoy being a father," said the snowmobile ace.

I have just read the article about Mike Wiegele in which he condemns snowmobiling on Crown land.

Authorities often rely on the Mid Island Sno-Blazers to save disorientated hikers who have lost their way while navigating the icy slopes of Mount Benson in the winter.

Without the revenue from snowmobiling, Greenville could end up like Bar Harbor, where the majority of the businesses are closed in the winter, Greenville officials were told Wednesday during a public hearing.

Mike Wiegele has upped the ante. A few weeks ago the Blue River heli-ski operator called for a public inquiry into the large number of snowmobilers killed by avalanches this past winter.

Officials in one western Wisconsin community put the brakes on what they say is a dangerous sport.

PENALTIES IN SNOWMOBILING, ATVING SOUGHT Gerald Balchuinas of Phillipston, president of Coldbrook Snowmobile Club, said his members are staunch backers of changing the law for the new regulations.

Jackson Hole snowboarder and mountain guide Stephen Koch was fined $1,000 Thursday after pleading guilty to riding a snowmobile across Jackson Lake in Grand Teton National Park.

The charges will stand against one of the suspects in a deer thrill kill case in Waupaca County.

An afternoon of snowmobiling on a southeastern B.C. lake has ended tragically for a Calgary man.