Snowmoblog

I’d like to make this a tribute to all those who seek some saddle time.  We all know deep inside, but here is my attempt to put it in writing.

Snow.  There is a lot that I want to say about it, and yet, it’s such an elemental thing that it needs no explanation.

It’s more than just the cold weather that invigorates us.  It’s snow that covers the ground and trees, and absorbs all sound.  The wonderful winter carpet of white that magically transforms our world and changes serious adults to giddy children at the first flakes of the year.

Snow is what we think of when we say winter, when we talk of snowmobiling.  It’s intertwined with Christmas and the Holidays in the northland - providing a sparkling white canvas for decorating and celebrating.

Snow provides us with recreation, helps reduce stress, and brings economic activity to some of the more remote places on the planet.  It’s what enables our sport of snowmobiling to exist, period.  What wonderful ideas and technologies have come out of the sport of snowmobiling, simply out of necessity.

Because of snow, we get to view and experience parts of this planet that are simply inaccessible to many in the spring, summer, and autumn months.  It brings us closer to nature and delivers us into a world that demands respect and planning to ensure an enjoyable and safe ride.  It challenges us to go farther and see more than we have seen in the past.

Because of snow we have a sport and a family activity that keeps rewarding our senses and abilities.

Snow is the draw.  Snow is the purifier.  Snow is the challenger.  Snow empowers us.

Snow is but one reason we ride…

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