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Behind the Snowscenes

Central Oregon Snowbusters keep snowmobile trails smooth

Cresting the top of a well-groomed trail in 1971 to a breath-taking view of a snow bound expanse in Northern Idaho, I had no idea how popular the sport of snowmobiling would become. According to the International Snowmobile Manufacturers Association, snowmobilers generate more than $34 billion dollars of economic activity in North America annually. Here […]

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Snow is in His Blood

Local company expands into snowmobile gear

Last year was a miserly winter, with poor snow pack on the West Coast and brutally low temperatures in the Midwest and Eastern Seaboard—and those conditions dramatically crimped both the Nordic and downhill ski industries, with major dropoffs in nearly every measurable indicator of those sports. Yet, at the very same time, another snow sport […]

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