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Discover snowmobiling this winter
The arrival of snow doesn’t mean you have to lock yourself up inside for the winter months. Bundle up, get outdoors and participate in an activity that 3 million people enjoy each year—snowmobiling.

Snowmobiling allows you to create unforgettable memories with family and friends while escaping the demands of everyday life. In fact, 95 percent of snowmobile enthusiasts consider snowmobiling a family lifestyle activity. Snowmobiling is one of the easiest recreational lifestyle activities to learn, making it suitable for all ages.

Take a friend snowmobiling this winter
As a snowmobiler, you know that snowmobiling is a great way to spend time with friends, enjoy the outdoors, view beautiful scenery, and visit places you might only reach by snowmobile. Neighbors, friends and acquaintances who don’t snowmobile would actually love to try it, but are waiting for you to ask them.

People Worldwide Like Snowmobiles - Good Research Proves it!
We have all read stories claiming the use of snowmobiles in Yellowstone National Park is not supported by the majority of people. Whenever I read these articles I wonder where their data came from and why do some people have such a misplaced agenda? I snowmobile and I know quite a few people who don't snowmobile. My non-snowmobiling friends do not think negatively of me or snowmobiling and, if the truth were known, they want to go snowmobiling. My small world is no different than the world in which we all live.

Snowmobile Manufacturers Applaud Participating Universities
The snowmobile manufacturers (Arctic Cat, BRP, Polaris and Yamaha) were again gold sponsors of the internationally recognized SAE Snowmobile Challenge. The 2007 SAE Challenge (the eighth annual) was a huge success.

Safe Snowmobiling - a High Priority
Snowmobile safety has always been a high priority with the manufacturers and organized snowmobiling. Today, the manufacturers, along with the snowmobile community, are more involved than ever in making snowmobile safety a top of mind awareness issues for all snowmobilers. The Safe Riders! You make snowmobiling safe™ safety campaign is supported worldwide by snowmobile enthusiasts. Over 80% of all snowmobilers recognize the Safe Riders! logo and understand the campaign position statements. The campaign is very straight forward and brings to the forefront the need to analyze risks and not take improper risks while snowmobiling. The campaign position statements are:

Take a Friend Snowmobiling This Winter
Research conducted by the snowmobile manufacturers association shows that over 50% of all North American adults living in the Snowbelt would like to go snowmobiling. Many non-snowmobilers are inquisitive outdoor enthusiasts and when asked to rate their desire to go snowmobiling on a scale of 1 to 10; they quickly circle the number 9 on the research form. The research tells us our neighbors, friends and acquaintances who don't snowmobile would love to go snowmobiling and are waiting for us to ask them.

Facts and Statistics about Snowmobiling
There are four major manufacturers that build snowmobiles. They are: Arctic Cat - headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN; Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP) - headquartered in Valcourt, Quebec Canada; Polaris Industries - headquartered in Medina, MN; and Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA - headquartered in Cypress, CA.

Snowmobiling is a $27 Billion Dollar Business
Snowmobiling is recognized by Economic Planners as a major job generator and an important part of the "Economic Engine" in rural America. Over $27 Billion Dollars worth of Economic Activity occurs because of snowmobiling, with the majority of the money generated by tourism related activities. Approximately $1.2 Billion dollars is the result of new snowmobile sales alone.

Snowmobile Manufacturers Reach out in Go Snowmobiling Campaign
The snowmobile manufacturers have initiated a new campaign created to highlight snowmobiling as the fun family activity we all enjoy. Numerous economic impact studies have been conducted and we realize that snowmobilers spend over $25 billion annually on their chosen recreation lifestyle. That is a lot of US and Canadian dollars spent in promoting a huge economic job-creating engine.

Snowmobiling is a Year Around Activity
Over the last few months we have experienced some great hot summer weather. A few of us have experienced winter storms in Chile that required the use of snowmobiles to help save and feed people stranded in the rugged mountains. This hot August morning I was working, over the phone, with soldiers in Afghanistan who are preparing to use snowmobiles in their upcoming missions. Yes, it has been a busy summer and snowmobiling is a year around activity!

New Folks are Discovering Snowmobiling
This has been a great snowmobiling winter thus far and it's only half way into the season! I have met more new snowmobilers on the trails and in local restaurants than any previous year. It's exhilarating to witness the enthusiasm of new snowmobilers when talking to them at the trailhead while they share their new experiences with you.

Why Do We Go Snowmobiling?
HASLETT, MI Yes, it's our time of the year when we get to do what we love to do --Go Snowmobiling!!!
Folks who don't snowmobile often ask us, "Why do you love to go snowmobiling?" Our response is quick, enthusiastic and concise. We go snowmobiling to enjoy the outdoors with our friends and family. Sometimes we view snowmobiling as a life-style activity, enjoying the challenge, the invigoration and the exercise.

Snowmobiling Growing in Importance as a Job Generator
Decent jobs in rural North America are often hard to find. The loss of the commodity based economic engine (i.e.: timbering, mining) has been replaced in most cases by tourism related activities and snowmobiling is certainly a major job generator in some markets.

Responsible, Safe Snowmobiling - ALWAYS a priority
Snowmobile safety has always been a high priority with the manufacturers and organized snowmobiling. Many years ago the manufacturers worked with state and provincial associations and snowmobile administrators in creating the very first Safety Training Handbooks and developing snowmobile safety classes to be conducted by volunteers and DNR safety trainers.

Safe Riders! Love this planet
The snowmobile community is a family of outdoor recreationists who enjoy the outdoors and understand the importance of proper stewardship of our land. Snowmobilers have been quiet in promoting their environmental accomplishments. Now we are highlighting the land stewardship programs we have created and participated in.

Snowmobile Related Tourism - a MAJOR Job Generator
Snowmobiling is recognized in rural America as an Economic Engine and a big job generator. Surveys performed at the beginning of this snowmobile season reported that more than 75% of all snowmobilers had planned on snowmobiling more this year than they had in previous years and snowmobilers were looking forward to good snow conditions. On August 25, 2003, the Farmer's Almanac predicted a cold winter with plenty of snow for most of North America. The majority of the Snow Belt enjoyed a cold winter with reasonable snow cover. I, for one, snowmobiled throughout the Great Lakes region and experienced the great trail conditions. During the third week in February of 2004, Halifax, Nova Scotia reported 95 cm of snow in a 3-day period! The State of Wyoming has realized record snowfall and Newfoundland and Labrador are measuring their snowfall in meters. We know that they were snowmobiling in November in Quebec and Utah. Needless to say, Mother Nature was fairly kind to us this year and we are hopeful that the final sales reports of new snowmobiles will mirror the positive winter riding conditions.