Best snowmobile trails

Best snowmobile trails

Snowmobile enthusiasts spend many of their outdoor vacations looking for the best places to ride their sleds. Accommodations are not the only that makes a snowmobile vacation a memorable experience, but for many adventurous people, the snowmobile trails provide the most memorable aspect for any winter vacation. Doing research before planning a snowmobile trip to Yellowstone National Park will often cut down the amount of time needed to find the most thrilling trails, leaving vacationers to use more of their vacation time enjoying the snowmobiling activities in the area.

Yellowstone National Park contains one of the most celebrated snowmobile trail systems in the country. Snowmobilers have made this a favorite winter vacation spot because of the effort and dedication that the staff and local agencies provide to keeping the pristine beauty of the park untouched. Visiting Yellowstone during the winter months gives snowmobilers an amazing view of the snow-covered trees and landscape that adds to the enjoyment of a the thrilling snowmobile rides through their groomed and well-maintained trails. Park officials help to keep Yellowstone beautiful by regulating the types of snowmobiles allowed and the sizes, too. This keeps the ground underneath the snow from getting torn up and looking disheveled.

In the western Montana and adjacent eastern Idaho sections of Yellowstone National Park, snowmobilers will find a variety of thousands of miles of groomed trails for inexperienced users. On the other hand the more adventurous snowmobilers will enjoy the ungroomed trails that are available in the park. This gives more experienced users the thrill of the pioneering spirit by snowmobiling through the winding trails and forests that have been untouched by the officials and trail-grooming equipment.

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The Two Top Mountain in West Yellowstone is great for inexperienced riders and snowmobilers who want to enjoy a glorious landscape view atop some of the hills and mountains within the park. The trails begin at the Island Park Village and end in a steep and thrilling area of rough and unpredictable snow drifts that are difficult to navigate through. The wide open space causes the snow to stick to the trees to form spectacular sculptured landscapes that make the treacherous snowmobile ride worth every minute.

Yellowstone National Park offers several other wonderful trails to make any snowmobile riding vacation a pleasurable experience. The Big Springs Trail is rich in mountain terrain with warming huts along the way for snowmobilers to rest and appreciate the surrounding scenic views of the mountain landscape. Riders can also choose to experience a variety of thrills with other Yellowstone trails like the Bear Gulch and the Mesa Falls Trails. Beginning snowmobilers will appreciate the Sawtell Loop – a simple trail that winds over the Sawtell Peak and through the foothills and meadows of the park while providing exquisite views along the way. Other trails include the Meadow Creek Trail, the Chick Creek Loop, and the Lion Head Loop, all specifically designed to fit the varied needs and skills of park visitors.

The variety of trails and the more thrilling options are what make Yellowstone National Park one of the most desired vacation spots for snowmobilers. The measures taken by the officials and park rangers help to ensure that winter vacationers can always enjoy the pristine beauty of the park. The plethora of breathtaking views that snowmobilers will undoubtedly appreciate only adds to the popularity of Yellowstone’s miles of trails. If Yellowstone National Park is included in the planning for your next snowmobile vacation, you will not be disappointed.

ATV Safety Issues

ATV Safety Issues 

Since their introduction to the public four decades ago, All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) have become increasingly popular. They are very appealing to riders because of the amount of danger one feels while riding. This danger, however, should not be taken lightly. ATVs carry with them a number of safety issues which every rider ought to be concerned about. Despite the ongoing effort of ATV companies to make these vehicles safer, accidents are still happening on an all-too-regular basis. 
ATVs originally came as both 3-wheelers and 4-wheelers. It did not take long, though, for the industry and the public to realize the risk of the 3-wheeler. 

With no true center of gravity, the 3-wheeler was an accident waiting to happen. It was widely assumed that once ATV companies permanently removed the 3-wheeler from the market, accidents would sharply decrease. While there has been a decrease in the number of deaths and injuries due to 4-wheel ATVs, enough have happened that the vehicle's safety is still a legitimate concern within the industry. For example, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) revealed that in 2004 alone, there were an estimated 136,000 serious injuries in the United States that were directly related to ATVs. The preceding year, 2003, saw 740 people lose their lives due to ATV accidents.

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The troubling aspect of this rather high number of deaths and injuries attributed to ATVs is that the industry and the CPSC recently agreed on a series of action plans designed to improve ATV safety. These action plans represent an agreement between the ATV industry and the CPSC to crack down on several issues that affect the safety level of ATVs. Some of the things that are now required of companies that sell ATVs are the labeling and safe marketing of ATVs. In addition, the CPSC has been given more say as to what ages may ride certain types of ATVs. The problem, however, is that a large number of companies that manufacture and distribute ATVs are based in Asia and Italy. Because of their international status, they are not required to abide by the laws of the CPSC. In other words, many of the companies that are making ATVs are exempt of any oversight by the U.S. government. 

Due to the CPSC's inability to control the safety guidelines concerning the ATV industry, focus has now shifted to state control over the age of riders. Many states have recently enacted legislation that specifically governs the usage of ATVs on state-run land. Some of the factors that states deal with are the ages of riders and the type of engines they use. Several states mandate that the use of machines greater than 90cc by riders under the age of 16 is strictly prohibited.  

Those who criticize these blanket policies concerning riders' ages claim that these rules do not adequately address the issue. For example, critics claim that many early teen males are bigger and sometimes stronger than fully-grown adult females. To protect themselves from this line of thinking, some states are simply prohibiting any minors (those under the age of 16) from driving ATVs. Advocates of ATVs, however, argue that training riders at an earlier age only stands to improve safety. They argue that children exposed to ATVs at an early age will gradually gain the expertise necessary to be safe drivers of ATVs when they reach adulthood.


In 1988, the All-terrain Vehicle Safety Institute (ASI) was formed. This organization seeks to address ATV safety issues by providing training and education for ATV riders. Most states now require that new users of ATVs undergo this type of training. This is one more in a series of attempts by the industry and the CPSC to improve the safety of ATVs. The need to do provide instruction in ATV riding and driving increases as the sport's popularity continues to grow.