When did you start sledding in the mountains?

[TROLLCAT]

I tried to ride a 9500 plus Blizzard with chopped running boards " to raise them " and a Everest track & skid under it in northern BC first mountain sled

the fastest thing in the parking lot and the faster you went the farther away from the parking lot you were { STUCK } LOL

 

[Go-Vertical]

1997 on the ol 1990 Indy 500. Was my first trip. Been hooked ever since!

 

[MXOldtimer]

This is just too cool. The Motoski lineup was Sonic (340 free air rotary valve), Super sonic (340 liquid RV), Ultra Sonic (440 liquid RV) in the lightweight chassis. As for the Cross Country it came in 2 versions, one had a detuned 340 liquid rated at 48 HP to meet racing rules and the others had what ever you wanted to stuff into it. Very rare and I suspect the pictures on this thread are one of the factory chassis with whatever in it. They used to sell the chassis after the season but without a motor. Secrets you know.

 

[tukernater]

great post

 

[jpgmtech]

Amazing how much fun could be had before GPS, Digital Cameras, Camcorders, CD's, DVD's, Spot locators, Cell phones, iPhones, iPads, Fuel Injection, Electronic carbs, altitude compensation, digital power valves, and so on...

And a few more. I am realizing that maybe I need to start organizing these a little and set up a web album for them. Enjoy!

 

[jpgmtech]

Ran out of room, a few more.

 

[jpgmtech]

And before I miss it, this was my first sled, a 1979 Blizzard 5500 that Dad encouraged me to bring back from the dead. Learned a whole pile about wrenching sleds with this one!

 

[Slamnek]

Holy crap man you need your own thread to show off those sweet pics!!! My brother and i grew up riding my dads 1980 Everest 500 and grandpa's 79 Everest 444 and futura 440. To see those relics in the hills when they were king is awesome!! I first went to Mcbride in 2003 on a 96 XC 600 triple with a 136x2 Camo track.

 

[overkill131313]

this is my SS25 painted satin black in 1988.....that sled always broke trail.....got to love how light it was and I had the custom hand made (table saw lol) paddles on track! when I got rid of that sled it had over 25 000 km and still ran.....boy have times changed.....that is a lot for even a yamy 4 stroke! lol...I used to ride with the formula plus and mach 1 but mine was way lighter.....wasnt the 91/92 mach 1 the heaviest sled ever made.....even heavier than a 4 stroke yamy?

 

[snopro]

this is my SS25 painted satin black in 1988.....that sled always broke trail.....got to love how light it was and I had the custom hand made (table saw lol) paddles on track! when I got rid of that sled it had over 25 000 km and still ran.....boy have times changed.....that is a lot for even a yamy 4 stroke! lol...I used to ride with the formula plus and mach 1 but mine was way lighter.....wasnt the 91/92 mach 1 the heaviest sled ever made.....even heavier than a 4 stroke yamy?


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There was alot of steel in the old Mach ton's. Lol.

 

[Carrots]

this is my SS25 painted satin black in 1988.....that sled always broke trail.....got to love how light it was and I had the custom hand made (table saw lol) paddles on track! when I got rid of that sled it had over 25 000 km and still ran.....boy have times changed.....that is a lot for even a yamy 4 stroke! lol...I used to ride with the formula plus and mach 1 but mine was way lighter.....wasnt the 91/92 mach 1 the heaviest sled ever made.....even heavier than a 4 stroke yamy?


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Thats a sick mullet! LOL




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[Free Rider]

And before I miss it, this was my first sled, a 1979 Blizzard 5500 that Dad encouraged me to bring back from the dead. Learned a whole pile about wrenching sleds with this one!


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I'm loving the highmarks to the right of the first picture. Once again, thanks for sharing.

 

[Riverjet]

The first time in the mountains for me was doubling my wife up onto Mnt Bickford in the Pine Pass in 1983. We rode a 79 Arctic Cat Jag 3400FC. I still have one of the original cans of Arctic Cat Spirit Injection Oil that came with the sled when I bought it. Looks kinda cool sitting there on the shelf.

I'll see if I can dig up some pics.

 

[struglin]

Your dad was wheeling and bucking before I was born that's awesome man always hear stories about the old days but seeing it is amazing

 

[revbyu]

Those are some cool pics !! Man must have been quite the workout compared to todays sled! My first sled to mountains was on 87 Exciter - turned track around for more traction LOL . those were the days - then upgraded to a 1 1/4 paddles !

 

[jpgmtech]

Those are some cool pics !! Man must have been quite the workout compared to todays sled! My first sled to mountains was on 87 Exciter - turned track around for more traction LOL . those were the days - then upgraded to a 1 1/4 paddles !

Lol! Forgot about that trick, turning the track around.

 

[teeroy]

Amazing how much fun could be had before GPS, Digital Cameras, Camcorders, CD's, DVD's, Spot locators, Cell phones, iPhones, iPads, Fuel Injection, Electronic carbs, altitude compensation, digital power valves, and so on...

And a few more. I am realizing that maybe I need to start organizing these a little and set up a web album for them. Enjoy!

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my second sled, and first brand new snowmobile was the ski doo twin to this little mirage towin' the other sled. 1978 Ski Doo Citation 300

~edit~ I still have it too

 

[slednek]

Awesome pics. My first trip was in 1999 on a 98 summitx.

 

[jpgmtech]

my second sled, and first brand new snowmobile was the ski doo twin to this little mirage towin' the other sled. 1978 Ski Doo Citation 300

~edit~ I still have it too

Nice! A little hint on that Mirage - it wasn't a 300 anymore... somehow a 503 found a home in it, LOL. That sled is kicking around somewhere still. Can't remember which relative has it.

 

[teeroy]

Nice! A little hint on that Mirage - it wasn't a 300 anymore... somehow a 503 found a home in it, LOL. That sled is kicking around somewhere still. Can't remember which relative has it.

I did the same, a friend of my dad's wrecked his 5500 blizzard and he gave us the 503 that was in it. seemed to break a lot of skis after putting it in. that was my "snocross" sled...lol.