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Snow grooming is the process of manipulating snow for recreational uses with a tractor, snowmobile, piste caterpillar, truck or snowcat towing specialized equipment. The process is used to maintain ski hills, cross-country ski trails and snowmobile trails by grooming (moving, flattening, rototilling , or compacting) the snow on them. [ 1 ]
Of the over 10,500 miles (16,900 km) in the New York State snowmobile trail system, about 8,000 miles (13,000 km) are corridor trails. [2] Corridor trails are high-volume primary routes that provide access to high-use areas and large concentrations of snowmobiles. [4]
A PistenBully 600 working in 2006. A snowcat dedicated to snow maintenance rather than transport is known as a snow groomer. Other terms are "piste machines", "trail groomers" (in North American English) or "piste bashers" (in British English) because of their use in preparing ski trails ("pistes") or snowmobile trails.
The New York State Snowmobile Association (NYSSA) is a non-profit organization that was organized in 1975 as the NY Snowmobile Coordinating Group. The NYSSA oversees the 232 snowmobile clubs that organize members and steward the approximately 10,500 miles (16,900 km) of trail around the state of New York . [ 1 ]
Bombardier Inc., was founded in 1942 as L'Auto-Neige Bombardier Limitée (Bombardier Snowmobile Limited) by Joseph-Armand Bombardier at Valcourt in the Eastern Townships, Quebec. As of October 6, 2009 [update] , BRP had about 5,500 employees; [ 3 ] its revenues in 2007 were above US$2.5 billion.
The new Superclass power is provided by a 1.2L 3-cylinder four-stroke gasoline engine. The Sherpa and Superclass are designed as working snowmobiles for carrying supplies, pulling cargo sleds, pulling trail grooming implements, carrying several passengers, and negotiating deep snow. Engine and transmission combination are designed to deliver ...
List of snowmobile trails in New York This page was last edited on 24 September 2017, at 15:55 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Snow Trac and Snow Master units were used during the Olympic Games in Sapporo, Japan as trail groomers and for transportation. Porsche Snow Trac with custom cabin designed for Antarctic use. The Swedish made Aktiv Snow Trac of which approximately 2265 were manufactured in Sweden between 1957 and 1981.