2026 Snowmobile Vacation Guide

2026 Snowmobile Vacation Guide

Discover top U.S. snowmobile destinations, from Maine’s Aroostook County to Wyoming’s backcountry, featuring premier trails, scenic rides, and must-visit winter hubs.
Club Feature: Mille Lacs Drift Skippers

Club Feature: Mille Lacs Drift Skippers

The Mille Lacs Drift Skippers Snowmobile and ATV Club in Isle, Minnesota, maintains over 100 miles of trails, supports year-round riding events, and plays a key role in local tourism and community development.
A father-and-son dream becomes reality as four Arctic Cat riders snowmobile 2,800 miles from New Brunswick to Thief River Falls, Minnesota, in the adventure of a lifetime.

The Ride of A Lifetime: New Brunswick to Minnesota

A 2,800-Mile Father-and-Son Adventure From New Brunswick To Thief River Falls, Minnesota
Snow Goer Great Escapes magazine

New Great Escapes Mag Features Oregon, Vermont And Minnesota

Another issue of Snow Goer's Great Escapes magazine has launched, offering fellow snowmobilers details on more places to ride and things to do with...

Classic 10 Best Snowmobile Destinations List Looks Mighty Familiar

In one of the last issues of Snow Goer before it "went dark" for a few years, the then-editors created the "Our Bests Issue."...

Mid-Season Adventures In Ely, Minnesota

With the snowmobiling season in full swing we trailered north toward the Canadian border to find ourselves in the mining communities of Tower and...

A Tale Of Two Night Rides

Last week we featured the area of Nevis, Minnesota, in our Go Ride e-newsletter, which can be subscribed to for free and covers both...

Five Day Tour Across Minnesota Includes Polaris, Arctic Cat Factory Visits

The glory of snowmobiling was on full display during the 2016 Great Escape Tour across northern Minnesota, but maybe not the way you might think....

Another Fine Mid-March Ride

For some areas throughout the Midwest when March 1 is crossed off calendars, it’s time to start accepting the fact that the end of...

Fighting Frigid Temps To Ride Some Snow

Here at Snow Goer we don’t like to sit around – as soon as the temperatures begin to drop, we start searching for snow...

Still Riding In Beautiful Northern Minnesota Oasis

Just when it seemed like the snowmobile season might end early close to Snow Goer's Minneapolis-area offices, a fresh blast of snow came to Northeastern...

Season’s First Ride Is In The Books

Turning my Polaris onto the trail yesterday morning for the first time this season brought a sense of relief and I was truly happy to...
spring snowmobiling

Spring Snowmobiling And A Weekend Of Firsts

Last weekend three friends and I rode snowmobiles in the Minnesota Arrowhead Region. All of them — Jim, Tom and Nick — are fellow...

Snowmobile Trail Riding … In April

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources posted to its website on April 2 that the Arrowhead State Trail is "… in pretty good shape...

Spring Snowmobiling: Go For It!

Spring is the time of year when the Snow Goer staff typically does most of its riding. Schedules have loosened up because all of the season's...
Minnesota snowmobile trails

Minnesota Snowmobile Trails In Excellent Condition

If you own a snowmobile and you live in or near Minnesota, you owe it to yourself to get out and ride that snowmobile....

Friday Fast Five: 5 Favorite Snowmobiling Destinations

For this week's Friday Fast Five, I'm talking about five of my favorite places to ride snowmobiles. With 10 snowmobile seasons under my belt...
Snowmobiling has been a cure for cabin fever in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin since the 1960s.

Upper Midwest Snowmobiling

To say that snowmobiling is popular in the Upper Midwest would be an understatement. Ever since the sport took off in the late 1960s...

Snowmobiling In Minnesota

Snowmobiling throughout Minnesota is always a pleasure and there’s no shortage of great places to explore. Distance riders can also rack up big miles...
C.J. Ramstad North Shore Trail near Grand Marais, Minnesota

Day Trip: Snowmobiling The C.J. Ramstad North Shore Trail

Do you have day-trip snowmobiling destination? It's good to have a go-to place where you can load up the sled and head there for...