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Old 08-22-2008, 07:20 PM
 
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Hey all, I was just curious if anyone drives snowmobiles during the winter? Are they hard to learn how to drive? I know in VT there are a lot of trails and the VAST trail systems. Does NH have anything like that? My hubby and were talking the other night about buying a couple snowmobiles when we move there. What are the good brands to look into? Thanks for any info.
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Old 08-22-2008, 07:21 PM
 
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Hey all, I was just curious if anyone drives snowmobiles during the winter? Are they hard to learn how to drive? I know in VT there are a lot of trails and the VAST trail systems. Does NH have anything like that? My hubby and were talking the other night about buying a couple snowmobiles when we move there. What are the good brands to look into? Thanks for any info.
All I can answer is heck yeah they snowmobile in NH - from South to North and there are trails all over the place. Beyond that I can't give any advice - I was always a passenger
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Old 08-22-2008, 07:25 PM
 
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All I can answer is heck yeah they snowmobile in NH - from South to North and there are trails all over the place. Beyond that I can't give any advice - I was always a passenger
Well we need to get a CD Forum ladies snowmobile club going then!! Lol. We will tear up the trails. Give the men a run for their money
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Old 08-22-2008, 07:30 PM
 
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Well we need to get a CD Forum ladies snowmobile club going then!! Lol. We will tear up the trails. Give the men a run for their money
Heck yeah - we can do it
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Old 08-22-2008, 08:11 PM
 
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Up here in northern NH, we have a snowmobile club. My brother in law is the vice president and in charge of maintaining the snowmobile trails. All 132 miles of them up here in the northern woods. He's also part of the ATV trail club and maintaining that too. I learned something this week, snowmobiles can ride the ATV trails but ATV's cannot ride the snowmobile trails. And how do they maintain the trails you ask?? well, here's what they use... (my daughter standing in front of it) the snow trail groomer. It only costs pocket change of $180,000 for the whole set up. Every week volunteers of the club offer their time to groom the trails with this thing. I'm anxious to go for the ride in it this winter (it's heated of course). My brother in law likes to groom at night time because if the snow is deep, the wildlife like to hang out in the middle of the trails where it's not so deep. I enjoy snowmobiling. my brother has 4 machines of his own. Some of the common brands you'll see up here are Arctic Cats and Polaris for both snowmobiles and ATV's. Throughout the year the snowmobile club will host cookouts, snowmachine radar runs and different things like that to help in the expense of things. They are easy to drive. if you can drive an ATV it's no different on a snowmobile. You have a gas throttle and a brake throttle but i would recommend some heated grip pads so your little fingers don't freeze. Oh yes, they do have them heated. One other thing i learned, always wear Wool. Never cotton or polyester. Just pure wool. Wool will not make you sweat which if you sweat, your clothes get wet and you'll get cold.





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Old 08-22-2008, 08:21 PM
 
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And down south where I live people snowmobile all over the place. Very common in winter, although I don't know about trails. Not an activity for me (too anxious) although it sounds like a blast.
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Old 08-22-2008, 09:00 PM
 
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Hey all, I was just curious if anyone drives snowmobiles during the winter? Are they hard to learn how to drive? I know in VT there are a lot of trails and the VAST trail systems. Does NH have anything like that? My hubby and were talking the other night about buying a couple snowmobiles when we move there. What are the good brands to look into? Thanks for any info.
According the the New Hampshire Snowmobile Association, there are 115 snowmobile clubs in the state, and 6,830 miles of trails. Snowmobiles are easy to learn to drive, but you have to have common sense and obey the rules, just like driving a car. When I was about 10 years old I started to snowmobile to school rather than walk. I used to drive Artic Cats and Ski Doos. FUN!!
New Hampshire (NH) Snowmobile Clubs and Snowmobiling Links
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Old 08-22-2008, 09:32 PM
 
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During the winter it is very common to see the older kids going to school on their snowmobiles. The trail here in Colebrook goes through my property. On nice sunny weekend days it is a steady stream of machines heading into and out of town. I like to ride myself but my back shortens the time and distance before it starts to bother me and forces me to go home.
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Old 08-23-2008, 09:34 AM
 
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My hubby and were talking the other night about buying a couple snowmobiles when we move there. What are the good brands to look into? Thanks for any info.
I don't know about New Hampshire, but I grew up in Michigan and the majority of people drove either Polaris or Arctic Cats as far as brands/models go. You can't go wrong with either model. But Yamaha and Ski Doo's are a good choice also.
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Old 08-23-2008, 10:09 AM
 
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The most snowmobile trails are in the northern part of the state. They have a huge number of corridor trails in that area.
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