Patent ID: 7311165

Claim:
A snowmobile ski comprising: at least one outboard keel member along an outer edge of a running surface of the ski; and at least one elongated wing member projecting laterally outward and upward from a region proximate an upper, outboard portion of the at least one outboard keel member, a length of the at least one elongated wing member being substantially coextensive with the at least one outboard keel member, wherein the at least one elongated wing member includes a substantially elongated planar member having a relatively narrow lateral width as compared to a lateral width of the ski running surface, and wherein the at least one elongated wing member has a greater lateral width near a longitudinal midportion of the at least one elongated wing member than near fore or aft portions thereof with the lateral width of the at least one wing member gradually increasing from fore and aft directions towards the longitudinal midportion of the at least one elongated wing members.