These ingenious machines throw the doors open wide to parts of the province that would otherwise be inaccessible. Snowmobilers' clubs organize a host of terrifically popular and colourful competitions and events all season long, like the North American snowmobile festival in Thetford Mines and the Rallye International de Chibougamau.
Snowmobiles are also a great way to get to other winter activities , ice fishing in particular.
There's nothing like the warm camaraderie of a day spent fishing out in one of the little towns of shacks that spring up on the ice of the St. Lawrence, Saguenay and Sainte-Anne rivers as soon as they freeze over.