Your “high performance” versions of snowmobiles don’t have much in the way of utility for backcountry skiing. Cargo/ski racks, tow hitches, stuff like that; too much weight. Our Yamaha Nytro 4-stroke needed a tow hitch. It also needed a rear…
Yamaha
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I’ve been riding and modifying “Mr. Tippy” lately. That’s the nickname I tend to use for our Yamaha Nytro snowmobile; a high-tech low-pollution 4-stroke machine that works well for ski access, but nonetheless is a bit on the heavy side…
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Time to rally! We’ll, not quite… Snowmobiles can ride pavement better than most people realize. But without a wheel kit on your skis your sled will steer like a barge. Worse, riding pavement will flatten the skegs (AKA carbides) under…
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About halfway through the lecture on “Federal Agencies and NEPA,” I really started wondering why I was there. Winter Wildlands Alliance (WWA) is a non-profit that advocates for what they call “quiet winter use,” meaning they’re anti snowmobile. Most of…
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Storing a snowmobile for the summer, how to’s, tips for using sled to ski tour.
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I’d been wanting this one for years. Had skied a subpeak of Sievers decades ago, but knew of beautiful lines that drop to Maroon Creek. Bob Perlmutter had the best one on his list — he’d been “looking at it…