That club donated four emergency transport sleds to area first aid agencies. The sleds were equipped with back boards, weather protection and other medical gear to help bring injured snowmobilers and other winter recreationists out of the wooded trail lands. Helping others, creating safe riding areas, training safe riders and preparing for any problems . Some clubs have built their own clubhouses. Others have created annual fund-raising events that channel money to charitable groups while providing pleasant social events for their members.
Clubs also keep their collective eye on the snowmobile trail . . .
First came individual trails, many of them now 30 years old. Some are even international, bridging the border between Canada and the United States. All thanks to snowmobile clubs and snowmobilers.