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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 ]
Kässbohrer's largest division is snow grooming vehicles, which represents 90% of the company's revenue. The division develops, manufactures, sells and services equipment for maintaining ski hills. The PistenBully brand dominates the worldwide market for such machinery. [2]
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.
List of Bombardier recreational and snow vehicles and products.. These vehicles and craft were made by Bombardier or from 2003 Bombardier Recreational Products of Canada. In 2004 the industrial vehicles division was sold to the Camoplast company of Canada.
Snow Groomer EVEREST Forestry mulcher Prinoth Beaver An old snowcat manufactured by Prinoth for the Italian State Police. Prinoth is an Italian manufacturer of snow groomers and tracked utility vehicles. The company's headquarters are located in Sterzing, South Tyrol, Italy. With its fleet of snow groomers, Prinoth is active in slope preparation.
Bombardier was a mechanic who dreamed of building a vehicle that could "float on snow". [6] In 1935, in a repair shop in Valcourt, Quebec, he designed and produced the first snowmobile using a drive system he developed that revolutionized travel in snow and swampy conditions. In 1937, he patented and sold 12 of the 7-passenger "B7" snow coaches ...
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Snow machine may refer to: Snowcat, a large vehicle with tracks, for grooming of snow or transport over it; Snowmobile, a small vehicle for individual transport (the primary meaning of the term in Alaska) Snowmaking equipment, primarily an outdoor snow cannon with fan and compressor; Fake snow machines, usually for indoors, often producing soap ...