Snowmobiles

Winter has officially set in across the Northern Hemisphere, bringing with it feet of snow and record-breaking low temperatures across the US. Gizmag looks at a few of the latest winter gadgets and gizmos to help you brave the cold, frost and snow.

For over fifty years Caterham has been known for its purpose-built sports cars and motorsports activities. This week, however, the company announced that it will be expanding its product offerings to that of the two-wheeled variety.

The DC Shoes Toyota Tacoma concept truck designed for SEMA packs a road-clearing plow, gear racks, a snowmobile carrier and a rooftop tent. If every truck looked like this, there would be little need for ski resorts.

Seventeen college teams competed in the 2011 SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge, including a record number of electric sleds.

The Skizee is a powered tread that pushes skiers across the snow.

The Mattracks Powerboard is designed specifically for use on snow, the device features one continuous snowmobile-type rubber track on the bottom.

We've seen this approach to Arctic off-roading at a concept level, but this snow-eating Subaru WRX STI is most definitely for real.

With arctic conditions bringing the entire United Kingdom to a halt, the staff at Santa Pod Raceway in Northamptonshire decided to employ Podzilla, the racetrack's 1200 bhp Monster Truck, to travel the otherwise inaccessible 180 acre grounds.

This looks like serious winter fun. What if you could ride your high-performance, lightweight dirtbike in the snow? Imagine throwing huge snowy rooster tails, wheelying across snow-covered fields, carving corners through the powder and cranking your bike down to elbow-dragging lean angles - all the

May 15, 2007 Here's an extreme sport that's been developing quietly behind our backs for 30 years now. Snowmobile fanatics around the world are lightly modifyin

August 11, 2006 In the beginning, snowmobile helmets were motorcycle helmets, often failing to meet the injury protection standards of the day, and invariably