Snowmobiler Plunges Into Icy Lake on NYE, Serves a Stark Reminder for Everyone A snowmobiler plunged through the ice on Pleasant Lake on New Year's Eve, suffering only hypothermia after being rescued by the Oakland County Sheriff's Office. By Robbie Bacon Jan 9 -
Arctic Cat Just Bought This Wild Stand-Up Snowmobile Company The Thief River Falls snowmobile manufacturer went from almost dying to purchasing another company in just a few short months, showing that Arctic Cat wants to be a bigger player in the space. By Jonathon Klein Jan 7 -
6 People Fell Through the Ice on Snowmobiles, a Cautionary Tale to Check Ice Depth Ice depth can vary, and it's important to always check it before setting off onto it with a vehicle or even on foot. These six snowmobilers found that out the hard way. By Jonathon Klein Jan 2 -
Snowmobiler Who Killed Wolf Wants Case Tossed After Congress Moves to Delist Wolves Cody Roberts, the snowmobiler who ran over a wolf and then paraded in a local Wyoming bar, wants his felony case dismissed after the House of Representatives moved to delist wolves from the ESA. By Jonathon Klein Dec 26 2025 -
After Nearly Dying This Year, Arctic Cat Already Won Its First Snowmobile Race At the Ironwood ISOC Amsoil Championship Snocross race, Arctic Cat returned to the podium's top spot after the company nearly went under. By Jonathon Klein Dec 19 2025 -
Arctic Cat Just Hired a CFO Who Actually Rides, Not Just Crunches Numbers Tony Henningson joins Arctic Cat as CFO with decades of powersports experience and real rider credibility. By Enrico Punsalang Dec 9 2025 -
A Vintage Snowmobile Event Is Moving Locations, But Going Back to Its Roots The beloved Midwest "Waconia" snowmobile gathering has reclaimed its lakeside character for 2026. By Kyra Sacdalan Dec 2 2025 -
One of Polaris' Trail Grants Is Going to Helping Avalanche Mitigation After budget, personnel, and funding cuts throughout the US Forest Service and BLM, which help mitigate and forecast seasonal avalanches, Polaris' Trail Grants program stepped in. By Jonathon Klein Dec 1 2025 -
onX Just Updated Its Avalanche Information, Just In Time for Snowmobiling Season The popular backcountry mapping service, onX, just released an updated version of its avalanche tools just in time for snowmobile season, including an expansion to ATES. By Jonathon Klein Nov 24 2025 -
Taiga's All-Electric Nomad Snowmobile Is Now Available Internationally Taiga has announced that it's ready to start shipping the 2026 Nomad all-electric snowmobile internationally. By Robbie Bacon Nov 17 2025 -
Guy Who Ran Over a Wolf With a Snowmobile Pleads Not Guilty Cody Roberts, who ran over a wolf last year with a snowmobile, and then paraded it around in a Wyoming bar, pleaded not guilty to animal cruelty charge. By Jonathon Klein Nov 13 2025 -
This Guy Just Bought 6 Barn Find Bikes, Sight Unseen, And They're Pretty Rare OK, it's 5 bikes and a snowmobile, but all of 'em are vintage machines going back from the 1970s to the 1940s. Will any of them run? By Janaki Jitchotvisut Oct 28 2025 -
There's a Free Snowmobile Avalanche Safety Class in North Dakota. I Hope It Spreads One big fear in the snowmobile backcountry is encountering an avalanche. Avalanche Alliance wants to help folks better prepare for them with a free safety class. By Jonathon Klein Oct 26 2025 -
A Bunch of Snowmobile Trails Won't Open This Year, and It Isn't All Due to Weather Lackluster registrations, a decline in revenue, enforcement issues, and skyrocketing costs have caused a couple thousand kilometers of snowmobile trails to stay closed this year. By Jonathon Klein Oct 14 2025 -
Hell Yeah, Snowmobiles Are Coming Back to the X Games After years away, the X Games will once again play host to snowmobiles in Aspen, Colorado, in 2026. By Jonathon Klein Oct 7 2025 -
Arctic Cat Has a New EPS Snowmobile For This Season, So Get On It The brand's rebirth is non-stop, as at Hay Days this year, Arctic Cat introduced its upcoming EPS ZR 600 snowmobile. By Jonathon Klein Sep 24 2025 -
Polaris Just Patented a Composite-Framed Snowmobile. Are Carbon Fiber Tubs Coming? Supercars have long used carbon fiber and composite materials for their chassis. But in the world of powersports, that's just not true. Polaris, however, looks to be changing that as it's just patented a composite frame design for its snowmobiles. By Jonathon Klein Aug 29 2025 -
Snowmobiler Who Ran Over a Wolf and Brought It To a Bar Indicted For Animal Cruelty Wyoming resident Cody Roberts became known the world over last year after he ran over a wolf with a snowmobile and brought it into a bar, then killed it out back. He's now been indicted for animal cruelty. By Jonathon Klein Aug 22 2025 -
MSNBC's Rebrand Is Also a Korean Website for Explaining What Snowmobiles Are, LOL MSNBC is rebranding itself as MS Now. Unfortunately for the company, the current MSNOW.com domain is owned by a Korean language explainer of what snowmobiles are. This is what happens when you forget to do your homework… By Justin W Coffey Aug 21 2025 -
Colorado May Significantly Raise the Price of Backcountry Search and Rescues, Good The state of Colorado is considering raising the surcharge on all fishing, hunting, and OHV registrations to cover increasing backcountry Search and Rescue costs. By Jonathon Klein Aug 18 2025 -
Arctic Cat Lives Again, Resumes Production After Nearly Dying After its parent company announced Arctic Cat would cease operations, a group of dedicated folks saved the snowmobile and UTV company. And now it's resumed production. By Jonathon Klein Aug 11 2025 -
Get Yellowstone National Park Snowmobile Permits Next Week, They'll Be Gone Fast If you want to go alone and not with a group, next week is your chance. By Jonathon Klein Jul 29 2025 -
Snowmobiler Suing McLaren After Crashing Has Lost His $15 Million Case The neurosurgeon's lawsuit has been thrown out. By Jonathon Klein Jul 21 2025 -
This Sure Looks Like the First All-Electric Mountain Snowmobile Who's ready to shred the frosted backcountry in silence? By Jonathon Klein Jul 4 2025 -