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Snow grooming is the process of manipulating snow for recreational uses with a tractor, snowmobile, piste caterpillar, truck or snowcat towing specialized equipment. The process is used to maintain ski hills, cross-country ski trails and snowmobile trails by grooming (moving, flattening, rototilling , or compacting) the snow on them. [ 1 ]
Lake Orion (/ ˈ ɒr i ən / ORR-ee-ən) is a village in the northern outskirts of Metro Detroit in Oakland County, Michigan, United States. The population was 2,973 at the 2010 census . [ 4 ] " Lake Orion" can refer to either the village or the much larger Orion Township , [ citation needed ] of which the village is a part.
Skijoring can also take place behind a snowmobile or other small motorized vehicle. The vehicle and driver pull a skier in a manner more akin to the equestrian style, which is more suited for higher speeds than is the dog skijoring style. Another variant can tow skiers behind an all-terrain carrier such as the Bandvagn 206. In this case ...
Orion Charter Township (/ ˈ ɒr i ə n / ORR-ee-ən) is a charter township of Oakland County, Michigan, United States. The population was 38,206 as of the 2020 census. [3] The official motto of the township and village is, "Where living is a vacation". [4] "Lake Orion" is often used to describe both the village and the township.
The lake is located within the Village of Lake Orion and Orion Township. It is the eighth largest lake by area in Oakland County, Michigan. The current area of the lake was formed by a collection of smaller lakes over time, beginning with the damming of Paint Creek in the 1830s. [3] Canals have also been dredged to maximize lake frontage.
Bombardier Inc., was founded in 1942 as L'Auto-Neige Bombardier Limitée (Bombardier Snowmobile Limited) by Joseph-Armand Bombardier at Valcourt in the Eastern Townships, Quebec. As of October 6, 2009 [update] , BRP had about 5,500 employees; [ 3 ] its revenues in 2007 were above US$2.5 billion.
A PistenBully 600 working in 2006. A snowcat dedicated to snow maintenance rather than transport is known as a snow groomer. Other terms are "piste machines", "trail groomers" (in North American English) or "piste bashers" (in British English) because of their use in preparing ski trails ("pistes") or snowmobile trails.
Tommys Lake is a private 42-acre (17 ha) lake in Orion Township in Oakland County, Michigan, United States. The lake is located off of Clarkston Road just east of Joslyn Road. [2] On the east shore of Tommys Lake is Camp Agawam. The camp was a Boy Scout camp founded in 1918 [3] by the Boy Scouts of America's (B.S.A.) Clinton Valley Council. The ...