The RX-1 released in 2003 was the first performance-oriented four-stroke snowmobile to ever hit the market.

Many of the snowmobile companies were small outfits and the biggest manufacturers were often attempts by motorcycle makers and outboard motor makers to branch off in a new market.

The company created the snowmobile market, and held its own after international competitors entered the market in the late 1960s.

Travel from place to place is typically accomplished by snowmobile, snow machine, boat, or dog sled.

Transport from Longyearbyen to Barentsburg () and Pyramiden () is possible by snowmobile by winter, or by ship all year round.

Since rail traffic was discontinued in the Keweenaw, the lower deck is used to accommodate snowmobile traffic in the winter.

Transport from Longyearbyen to Barentsburg () and Pyramiden () is possible by snowmobile during winter, or by ship all year round.

If you enjoy the winter months then Watervliet has several area snowmobile trails, ice fishing is a popular sport during the coldest of the winter months and there is always sledding at Hay's Park for kids of all ages.

In winter the town is primarily composed of locals who snowmobile or snoeshow.

Today the railroad bed is part of a large network of snowmobile trails.

Zimmerman is also near the Sand Dunes State Forest, which features many miles of horse and snowmobile trails for one's enjoyment.

One of the lines running from St. Joseph through Albany to Sauk Centre is now a paved bike, hike, and snowmobile trail called The Lake Wobegon Trail.

Pittsburg is a mecca for snowmobile and ATV enthusiasts year round.

Cassadaga is along the route of two snowmobile trails that connect with over of marked and groomed trails in the county for winter riding.

The Depauville Hotel is one of many stops for snowmobilers during the winter months as it is a crossroad of snowmobile trails that travel north to Clayton and eventually Governeur or west to Chaumont that accesses Lake Ontario.

The town is now famous for snowmobile trails.

The local snowmobile association is working on a connection needed at Smethport to allow access to Pine Creek Gorge to Allegheny National Forest trail.

Florence sports the largest ATV and snowmobile trail system in Wisconsin, and is a major county for those wanting to fish, hunt, or camp.

* In some regions, " sled " is colloquial slang for a snowmobile

Today, also the Sami culture is celebrated with many yoik concerts, Sami theater shows, reindeer races, snowmobile races, ice fishing competitions, parties, and the Sámi Melody Grand Prix ; a Sámi version of the Eurovision Song Contest where in addition to the best song, the best yoik is also selected.

Access to the township is by plane, although Kangiqsualujjuamiut occasionally travel to Kuujjuaq in winter by snowmobile and in summer by boat, a journey of approximately to the southwest.

Motor vehicle theft ( sometimes referred to as grand theft auto by the media and police departments in the US ) is the criminal act of stealing or attempting to steal a motor vehicle ( such as an automobile, truck, bus, coach, motorcycle, or snowmobile, trailer ).

The building is named for Joseph-Armand Bombardier, the inventor of the snowmobile.

The city is the eastern starting point for the Cheese Country Trail, a 47-mile multi-purpose recreational path, and the Badger State Trail, a bicycle and pedestrian-only trail in summer and an ATV / snowmobile trail in winter.

Snowmobiling is very popular in the winter, and snowmobile trails are found in most areas.

In response to a decade-long rise in tourism, the department now operates a snowmobile patrol unit from December to February, and a community-based foot patrol unit from May to September.

Starting in 1995 with the Polaris Magnum 425 4-stroke atv and in 1997, with the introduction of the " twin 700 " snowmobile engine Polaris started the development and production of in-house produced powerplants, known as the " Liberty " line of engines, now found in many models across their current production lines.

They cover a range between 400 and 800 cc and come either with gearboxes with foot-lever shifting, or with CVTs ( continuous variable transmissions ); the 810 is now used in snowmobile applications as well.

The next leading cause of injury and death is avalanches, which can result from the practice of Highmarking, or driving a snowmobile as far up a hill as it can go.

McClane pursues them, killing two more mercenaries and taking a snowmobile, but the gun he picked up does not work.

He used to come up on Mondays when the ski area was closed and would set up gates with some of the workers and run them using a snowmobile to get back and forth.

Kate manages to make it to the train, but Ivan and Igor have given up on operating it and have left on a snowmobile with Hans as their prisoner.

The road up to the pass on the western side from Winter Park is in good condition starting from US Route 40 in Winter Park, and can be traveled by regular 2wd automobile in the summer in good weather, or by snowmobile in the winter.

The vacant house across the street is being moved into, but neither Max or John know who the new neighbor is until both are awakened at 1: 30 AM by the sound of a snowmobile racing up and down the street.

This started off a new era in snowmobile construction for the whole industry and the sled's basic format set up what is seen today in modern snowmobiles.

Continuing on down to Warners Creek and then up Edgewood Mountain, where views north have been cut, it drops down again via Silver Hollow Notch to follow NY 214 to Stony Clove Notch and the Devil's Path, perhaps the most challenging and rewarding trail in the Catskills, over Plateau, Sugarloaf, Twin and Indian Head mountains down to the Platte Clove Preserve, then a brief road walk to the Kaaterskill High Peak snowmobile trail.

She locks him up in a storage room, and realizes that she is stranded there at the hotel ( Jack had cut off all radio communications and also sabotaged the hotel snowmobile, their only means of transport ).

With up to of snow annually in the higher elevations, the snowmobile season extends usually from the beginning of December to the middle of April.

In Saskatchewan, 16 out of 21 deaths in snowmobile collisions between 1996 and 2000 were caused by alcohol.

Fatal collisions with trains can also occur when a snowmobile operator indulges in the illegal practice of " rail riding ", riding between railroad track rails over snow covered sleepers.

The snowmobile engine line includes two-and four-stroke, one-to three-cylinder engines with displacements between 270 and 1, 500 cc and a power range of.

The rail line was converted into a rail trail and allows users to bike, hike or snowmobile between Kalamazoo and South Haven.