Best snowmobiling memories.....chime in!

[gary_in_neenah]

Too many to list here;

The first ride ever.
The early years with frequent breakdowns.
Riding the ditches to High School.
Me and Mr. Timberwolf.

and my first time out last season, parked along side the trail watching the sun come up on New Year's Day morning.

 

[tomx]

I like that one a lot. Remember their helmets banging your helmet? I took my oldest son Daniel on a ride out in Grand lake Colorado and he fell a sleep while on the sled. I had to hold him up a little,,,lol,,,,

Ya Lenny the hum of the motor is like a sleeping pill for the little guys

 

[ZRman31]

I will never forgot the day... My dad said to get dressed up, and we were going to go on a snowmobile ride. I jumped on my uncles indy 500, and 90 miles later my life would never be the same. I was HOOKED!

I have 30,000 sled miles under my belt, Many of that 40 or 50 mile a day pow adventures and i've dang near seen it all. I NEVER forgot how lucky i am every time i swing a leg over my sled!

 

[Cat600]

Christmas morning probably 6ish years ago. Up at the Grandparents house, after unwrapping presents and breakfast, I decide to take the sled out. Nice sunny day, perfectly groomed trails, only passed 3 people the whole time I was out. Just an absolute great day.

 

[samc]

Best memory to date was hands down last season. My daughter turned 12 last November and past/obtained her MN snowmobile license a few weeks after. We purchased her a sled for her to practice and get us to riding on the previous yr. We received enough snow by the end of December and we took her out for her first official/legal trail ride. When we return to the house after riding all day she had the largest smile I’ve ever seen as she took off her helmet. She look at us, said thank you, gave us a hug and went inside. (I been told this happiness will stop from girls between ages of 14-18)
There is nothing better than to watch the enthusiasm on a young person’s face enjoying this sport – money WELL spent.
Can’t wait for the snow to start so we can start creating many more memories.

 

[rev500]

Anytime there is snow on the ground with the smell of two stroke in the air. The most memorable was the 1000 mile backpacking trip with my son from Sault Ste Marie to Copper Harbor and back. One of the best weeks of my life. We road in temps reaching the mid to upper thirties one day, to leaving Munising at 17 below 5 days later on our way back. Also had a one day delay in Munising where I could not get out of bed all day and ended up in the Hospital. We think it was food poisoning. My son had to drive the snowmobile to the local drug store and then call his Mom and ask "what the heck do i get". I was unable to hardly talk for that 20 hours or so. When we did take off the next day I was drinking Mylanta on the trail all day. We look back now and just grin thinking about it.

 

[ranlam]

Best one last year was Freda Loop, middle of feb. fresh groomed and not another soul exept my freind nytro. We railed that whole trail like professional stand up racersbut we were sitting down to get more traction through the corners! That day we put on 150 miles and seen maybe a dozen other riders and spectacular trails. Every time i get to go snowmobiling is a happy/memorable time for sure.

 

[firefighter1]

Like a few have stated earlier, mine will come in 2 years when my son can ride his own sled I buy him and we take a ride together for the first time. It doesn't matter where we ride or how far.

 

[snoduke88]

I have taught a snowmobile safty class for 20+ years and have had former students an even parents who have rode for years come back and tell me how much the learned from class.

 

[halfpint]

Last season over St. Pattys weekend. Took my wife to the U.P., just the two of us. The trails were perfect, only met a handful of riders. Put 425 miles on in two days!, my wife has become a great riding partner!

 

[lenny]

I have taught a snowmobile safty class for 20+ years and have had former students an even parents who have rode for years come back and tell me how much the learned from class.

That's is cool, never would have thought of it that way. On another note, hope your not teaching them hand signals.

 

[snoduke88]

Only one hand signal. If you see driver of sled in front of you with his right arm raised stop Quick

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Only New hand signal. If driver in front of you has right arm in air stop quick. LOL

 

[berglandbaybar]

The first time I came to the UP was early 2000, going back to motel at 3am across Lake Gogebic and didn't want to arrive to quick, so my buddy and I stopped on the middle of the Lake, shut our machines off and sat back on the seat to have a smoke. The amazing part was looking up at the sky and seeing all the stars. I will never forget that sight.

 

[BREEZY]

2011 up at lennys house, was snowing for 4 days got 24 plus inches in the first 3 days and riding logging roads as the snow was coming up over the windshields

 

[kwikgren]

Two memorable rides for me were back in 1982 and 1983 when I raced in the Superior Snow Challenge from South Range to Copper Harbor. This event was the brainchild of the late John Davis who was a professional rally car driver along with many other accomplishments. The race was patterned after the Press on Regardless Road Rally and consisted of a number of timed stages connected by transit stages starting at the Range Snowmobile Club. I rode a Yamaha Enticer 340. A whopping 30 some horsepower with a top speed of around 70mph going downhill, but very nimble in the tight, twisty, challenging stages. By 1984, I was starting to outgrow motor sports and get into ski racing more and more. My last recreational snowmachine ride was from Dollar Bay to Copper Harbor on an awesome Sunday morning to pick up my ski boots that I left in the sauna at the Fanny Hooe the previous day after the Brockway Mountain Challenge ski race. By the next year, I had sold my sled and both my motorcycles and focused on ski racing for the next 30 years. The only riding I have done in recent years have been grooming ski trails or work related, which I still find enjoyable.

 

[venturenorth]

Last year, after a long day riding from Rockland to Copper Harbor, and back down, it was 7pm.........we hit the usual afternoon moguls on trail 3 around Krupps, and unknown to me, my backpack shook open, lost all my clothes, tools, and most important, my car keys.....So we get back to the motel in Rockland, by now it's 9pm, pitch dark and snowing...... ....and I discover the backpack open and everything gone !!!!

So I left my buds at the motel, and started back-tracking on trail 3 with my hi beams on, going about 20mph.....looking for a plastic zip-bag with my clothes, and keys....it's still snowing pretty good by now, and I'm thinking the groomer has probably already passed, or on his way...... and buried my stuff....
I get to the firesteel bridges and run into a group heading back to Mass.......ask them if they have seen anything on the trail ? nope...
but one girl seemed to see something back around Krupps,????? but she seemed so drunk and out of it, I didn't put much faith in her...........plus the snow was coming down so heavy...... I was getting really tired.....and ready to give up....

So I continued north, pretty much without hope....and still no groomer came, but there was a good 3-4 in of fresh snow down, and very hard to spot anything.....I got to Krupps, and slowly searched...I get up around the Mosquito, I spotted a small green tag poking out of the snow...stopped,..... and it was one of the zip bags......the one with my keys !!!! ........ unreal..........i kept going, still looking for the other bag of clothes, with no luck.....By this time, I was exhausted, so I started back, it was after midnight by this time....

Got back to the motel in Rockland, my buds, asleep, took up all the beds, so I crashed on a lazy boy in the room for about 4 hrs....woke up to 12" of fresh snow....ONLY TO FIND OUT THERE WAS NO WATER....THE WHOLE TOWN..........!!!!!!!!! WATER MAIN........after all that, who cares, right? I rode back down to Lando, thankfully got in my truck with my precious keys, and drove home......I DON'T THINK ANYONE COULD HAVE BEEN ANY LUCKIER....i STILL CAN'T BELIEVE IT WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT....

 

[surgin]

the hassle.. getting gear together... checking out the machines, check list the belt, extra oil, tow rope.. will trails be prime?.. with the other riders be cool?? then you get out there.. and love it.. go further.. go a different way... each time new and good.. the night my boys missed a turn and a nephew and I sat in the dark hoping they would come back and talking almost like father and son.. listening.. watching the stars.. but the most memorable was taking daughter and her future hubbie out.. they are hard core boarders and mountain bikers.. she got the crossfire.. stuck him on the ZR 600... she left us behind on the porkies boundry road.. and was nailing the sweeps on 12 heading east out of white pine.. well.. didn't nail the last one.. we turned to see her launched and the crossfire did a barrel roll... daddies panic then.. but she was laughing and pulling it back upright.. embarrassed but good to go...
but the best part was getting to Bergland and asking them if the wanted the 40 miles to Bessemer or the 140... and having them beg the old man to take it easy on them.. they were tired.. ready to rest....maybe another day... but that was a good day...... only thing that makes me want to be a grandpa is to get a new generation into the sport I love most....

 

[rodehard]

Best memory to date was hands down last season. My daughter turned 12 last November and past/obtained her MN snowmobile license a few weeks after. We purchased her a sled for her to practice and get us to riding on the previous yr. We received enough snow by the end of December and we took her out for her first official/legal trail ride. When we return to the house after riding all day she had the largest smile I’ve ever seen as she took off her helmet. She look at us, said thank you, gave us a hug and went inside. (I been told this happiness will stop from girls between ages of 14-18)
There is nothing better than to watch the enthusiasm on a young person’s face enjoying this sport – money WELL spent.
Can’t wait for the snow to start so we can start creating many more memories.

My daughter was in that evil age group where her parents knew absolutely nothing. We rode out of Bents Camp across the lake at dusk with snow falling. She was driving two-up with mom on the back and we had to stop to let a herd of about 30 deer cross; after all they had the right of way. We started out again but the daughter and mom were not following. I went back and found my daughter crying. Between tears she explained that that sight was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen.

 

[zimmer1310]

Yesterday was one of them as my 7 year old took off on the Bravo 250 and rode til his thumb was sore. Kyle never even slowed down to wave he was soo happy to not be riding with me or his older brother. We both went to bed with grins on our faces.

 

[snowchief]

Wow i started to think about good memories snowmobiling and they just started piling up wish we could all sit at a table and tell them all imagine how many memories you'd have from people my best memories all come from riding as a kid with my folks riding with friends and now riding with my kids that's the first 32 years of my life can't imagine what the next 32 will bring