Snowmobiling

Blog #7                                                                                                              Ryan Hollatz

Snowmobiling

Snowmobiling can be a fun sport, but it can be very dangerous if you do not know what you are doing.   There are trails that you can ride on. They are all marked by had by the members of the snowmobile clubs in the area that you are riding in.  You must have a snowmobile safety course certificate in order to drive your own snowmobile with an adult.  If you don’t have your certificate or you don’t have a licensed driver with you, you could still drive on your own land. You can ride and be safe and have fun at the same time. If you are not careful you could flip the snowmobile and get hurt bad. So be safe and have fun. Do not ever go on the trails by yourself.  If you break down, or get into some kind of accident, you may not be able to get help.  If you still choose to go riding alone, you should tell a person where you are going and how long you will be gone. If you are going on a long trip you should check in every couple hours and make sure that the snowmobiles have the right amount of gas and oil. One of the first times you go riding you should go with some one that knows the trails. If you ride on the trails you should have a sled that is a good fit for you. When riding with other people, you should look back every once in a while to make sure that they are still behind you. You should never break away from the group that you are with. Some of the things that you should have when riding are, a helmet, warm gloves, a jacket, extra hats, snow pants and matches. You should always have a map of the state and a map of the trails. Some of the places that I go snowmobiling are the Wisconsin Dells area, upper Wisconsin and of course around the Ripon area. Right now the trails are open all around Wisconsin, many other states have there trails open to like, Minnesota and Michigan.   I have never been to any other state but I think that it would be fun to go. We have two snowmobiles and they are Ski-Doos. They are very nice and have each one has about 700 miles on them. That is really good because most have a thousand or more miles because they have been ridden more or are older.