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Dade City’s Snowcat Ridge, which markets itself as Florida’s first and only alpine snow park, opened Wednesday with an added ice rink, private igloos for rent and upgraded food options. The ...
Ice forms in a tunnel along the Blue Ridge Parkway, causing park officials to close the gates from milepost 458-469 Nov. 1 due to icy conditions, especially in Licklog Tunnel.
Construction of a new parkway bridge is part of the I-26 widening projects — one in each county — that will improve safety and reduce travel times along the critical transportation corridor.
The wide tracks of this 1991 Logan snowcat reduce the ground pressure and improve grip but render it vulnerable to bumps. A snowcat (a portmanteau of snow and caterpillar) is an enclosed-cab, truck-sized, fully tracked vehicle designed to travel over snow. Major manufacturers are PistenBully (Germany), Prinoth (Italy), and Tucker (United States).
Helicopters are used for heliskiing and snowcats for snowcat skiing. This is backcountry skiing or boarding accessed by a snowcat or helicopter instead of a lift, or by hiking. Cat skiing is less than half the cost of heliskiing, more expensive than a lift ticket but is easier than ski touring. Cat skiing is guided. [4]
1963 10-passenger Thiokol 601 operated by the USAF Early-style, 12-passenger snow coach made by Bombardier of Canada. A snow coach is a specialized passenger transport vehicle designed to operate over snow or ice, similar to a large, multi-passenger snowcat equipped with bus-style seating. These vehicles may have multiple sets of massive, low ...
Jeremy Renner has recounted the gory details of the injuries he sustained when he was run over in a freak accident by his seven-ton snowplow last year.. In January 2023, the Hawkeye star, 53, was ...
The Tucker Sno-Cat is a family of tracked vehicles for snow conditions, manufactured in Medford, Oregon by the company of the same name. Different models have been used for expeditions in the Arctic and the Antarctic during the second half of the 20th century.