Snowmobiling

A snowmobiler in Iron County died in accident early Thursday morning.

71 year old Kevin Peterson died in the snowmobile accident in the Tomahawk area

Off-trail snowmobile riding has led to some trail closures and re-routes in recent weeks in the Northwoods.The Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest is also warning that it puts sensitive wildlife species at risk.

A 71-year-old man reported missing over the weekend was found dead in Somo Lake on Monday afternoon.

Some snowmobile trails in the region are reopening thanks to this week’s snowfall.

Riders asked to stay off trails for now

Often the only snowmobile accidents you hear about are ones that end in death or severe injury.But a study by the Marshfield Clinic Research Institute study estimates there are more than 600 snowmobile-related injuries a year in Wisconsin.

On a quiet winter day snowmobilers can be heard for miles in parts of the Northwoods.But what if they were quieter and better for the environment? That’s the challenged that’s been posed to more than a dozen colleges from across the United States and Canada for the last 23 years.The SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge competitors all brought their sleds to the Eagle River Snowmobile Championship track to put them to test this week.

The Vilas County Sheriff’s Office says 75 year old Robert Groter of Wyoming, Illinois, and 43 year old Andrew Spiess of Elmhurst, Illinois were killed

Jeff Katzer, equipment manager with the Cross Country Cruisers Snowmobile Club out of Arbor Vitae says they've amped up security measures on the trails including adding new signage, ribbons and barrels to clearly mark the trails, as well as issuing more citations to rule-breakers