1972 RUPP YANKEE

!n 1972 Rupp claimed that the Yankee was for the man who wanted the best of both - luxury and performance. The Rupp Yankee was available with a 25hp, 30hp or 40hp twin cylinder fan cooled  Rupp engine and had a 15 inch track with bogie suspension.

OLD SNOWMOBILE

1979 - A remnant of an old snowmobile found while touring the Lake Superior shoreline around Grand Marala

1988 AKTIV GRIZZLY

SD WINTER RECREATION TRAILS OPEN

Winter recreation trails in The Black Hills National Forest are now open for the season due to recent snowfall, the Forest Service announced Monday.
Trails are open to snowmobiles, as seasonal gates throughout the forest will be closed until warmer weather.
Trails maps are available at the Games Fish & Parks recreation office in Lead, South Dakota, at any forest service office or visitor information center, and online at fs.usda.gov.
Snowmobilers are warned to be wary of approaching dead trees, which are likely to fall without warning.

1975 SUZUKI FURY

Suzuki built several snowmobile models in the early seventies under the names of Nomad and XR. Despite having very good engines and often clever styling, they were never able to attract many buyers until 1974, when The Fury was introduced for the 1975 model year. Essentially an El-Tigre built by Arctic Cat under The Suzuki nameplate.  The Fury was nonetheless a popular sled that began to turn Suzuki's fortunes in snowmobiling around.  Suzuki, however decided instead to supply engines exclusively to Arctic Cat rather to continue in the competitive snowmobile market.

1975 SNOWMOBILE LINE-UP

The 15 different brands included here did not necessarily represent all the manufacturers who produced new snowmobiles for 1975. Rather they were the ones who indicated a continued commitment to the snowmobile business and on more than a regional scale.  There were several other companies who produced snowmobiles, but a timing problem did not allow their new machines to be included here.                                                                            

1975 SNOWMOBILE ECONOMY RUN

January 26, 1975 - St. Paul,MN - 40.8 mpg tops economy run. The best mileage achieved in the Union Carbide Synthetic Snowmobile Oil Economy Run was a 1970 Polaris Charger (436cc) to a 40.8 miles per gallon finish.

SNOCROSS RACING

The beginning of Snocross racing

Larry Colton leads a string of competitors on his way to victory in the first big U.S. Snocross event at Alexandria, Minnesota in December of 1980

SNOW CONDITIONS IN THE BLACK HILLS OF SOUTH DAKOTA

December 11, 2014 - SNOWMOBILE SEASON STILL AWAITING SNOW - Snowmobile enthusiasts will need to have a little patience this year.  Snowmobile trails in South Dakota are scheduled to open Monday, but trail officials are still waiting for snow.
"The Black Hills has seen minimal snowfall so far this season," Black Hills Trails district supervisor said, "Groomimg operations will be limited until we see additional accumulations."
While trails in eastern South Dakota saw significant snow accumulations in November, conditions have since deteriorated.
Current trails conditions are also available online at gfp.sd.gov/snowmobiling as well as on the SDGFP Outdoors mobile app. Trail condition updates are also posted to Twitter accounts dedicated to both The Black Hills and the East river trails: (www.twitter.com/SDsnowBHills and www.twitter.com/SDsnoweast)

1974 AUTO SKI RACER

The 1974 Auto-Ski Mach racing sled.
Features a 440 three cylinder free air motor, hydraulic disc brakes, a cleated track and a nose job.