Snowmobiles Essays

  • Argumentative Essay About Snowmobiles

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    Snowmobiles Impact on our Earth Another way to see a beautiful geyser? Or a green and black streaked front yard? A small, efficient engine? Or a polluting, gas guzzling, machine, ruining our ecosystems? These questions all pertain to the debateable subject of land usage on a snowmobile. Some people view snowmobiling as enjoyment of breath taking winter landscapes and spending time with friends and family. Others believe that snowmobiling is harmful to the world we live in, and that it should be restricted

  • Polar Queen Drive Inn Case Study

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    Introduction: Polar Queen Drive Inn, is a small family owned business that has been part of the Payson, Utah community for the past sixty years. Owner Andrea Caussey grew up watching her aunt and then father run the business (A. Caussey, 2017). When her father retired from the company Andrea inherited the business that she has operated for the past fifteen years (A. Caussey, 2017). Although Mrs. Caussey attended business school, she struggles to find innovative ideas that would help the company

  • Personal Narrative Essay: The Boy Who Changed My Life

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    The good, the bad, and the smelly Little do many people know that a long long time ago in a place not so far away, I was a boyscout. I started as a kid and was in “Den 7” and slowly through the years I crossed over into boy scouting. I went through all the ranks and all the summer camps and even all of the outings. Toward the end of my scouting career I really grew to hate the program, I never thought it was “cool” to be a boy scout but with high school right around the corner I figured I was absolutely

  • Personal Narrative Analysis

    273 Words  | 2 Pages

    There I was having fun snowboarding last season in Breckinridge Colorado over October break. I was riding the park and exploring the mountain “This is so fun “I said excitedly. The mountain was very big and crowded. There were a lot of people in the park. I had not fallen all day and then… What happened was I hit a jump and it had a really bad landing and it "This hurts really badly" I said in pain. I did a 360 off the jump and fell really hard. I did not think that I broke my wrist, but just

  • Reflective Essay: Life Was Good On Aspen Mountain

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    Once, I was a little snowflake on top of a mountain. Life was good on Aspen Mountain with the exception of being trampled by skiers. Until one day when a skier wipes out on top of me. As he was falling, Me and my brothers were swept into the man's jacket. Most of my brothers tumbled out as the man stumbled for his Ski poles but I was stuck. I was consumed With panic, praying somehow, someway I would get out before I melt. As the man started to ski down the mountain again, I started to feel the heat

  • Personal Narrative On Alpine Skiing

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    For as long as I can remember I have been a skier. Two years ago I decided to try alpine touring (or randonnée skiing). The only real difference between alpine touring and downhill is that instead of taking the chairlift up the mountain, you put skins on the bottom of your skis and hike up. It was probably around 6 in the morning in early March when my ski group and I woke up from our slumbers in the warm, cozy lodge, threw our packs and skins on, and set off down the trail. We were hoping to catch

  • Personal Narrative On Skiing

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    As I raced toward the bottom of the mountain I suddenly realized there was a cliff not far from the base. My family and I were skiing in Colorado for a vacation. My parents were down in the lodge on the other side of the mountain, and only my brother and I were skiing. I was on the opposite side of the mountain as my brother because I wanted to prove that I was a better skier than him. I had to make a hasty decision to avoid tumbling off the cliff but I didn’t know what to do! The first time my father

  • Essay About Snowmobiles

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    first snowmobile was built in 1908 going by the name Snow Machine. In 1909 a man named O.C. Johnson was the first man to build a snowmobile that would actually go over snow. When the first snowmobile was built in 1908 it was originally built to haul logs in the snow. It was built in Waterville, Main. This large awkward machine resembles a locomotive, but it had a half track design and front skis. Some of our new snowmobiles have many similar features to the snowmobile back then. Old snowmobiles had

  • Persuasive Essay On Snowmobile Safety Tips

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    Snowmobile Safety Tips For First Time Riders Winter weather provides a great opportunity for many outdoor activities that can only be done when it snows. Snowmobiling is one activity that can be exciting, but many people do not own the necessary equipment to do it. If you plan on renting a snowmobile for the first time, be sure to follow these safety tips. Do Not Ride Alone The first time on a snowmobile can be challenging. You may not know what to do when if your snowmobile breaks down, you get

  • Disadvantages Of Marketing Ski-Doon

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    Ski-Doo is recognized for being the top selling snowmobile in the industry year after year. With over 200,000 snowmobiles sold each year, Ski-Doo leads the pack selling 45% of total sales (PowerSportsGuide). They provide memories for countless people while providing a high-quality product that keeps customers coming back. They produce snowmobiles for all types of environments/activities. Whether you are riding trails, carving mountain’s sides, or maneuvering ditches; Ski-Doo will be able to provide

  • Positive And Negative Effects Of Yellowstone In The Winter

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    concerning Yellowstone National Parks income and profit, motorized vehicles within Yellowstone National Park during the winter months should be severely limited or even prohibited because of the negative effects that they cause with in the park. Snowmobiles, cars and snow plows cause unexpected pollution, commercial noises and significantly increase wildlife harassment, increasing the danger to yellowstone's resources, habitats and wildlife. The regional processes cover Yellowstone National Park and

  • Personal Narrative: My Trip To Spearfish, South Dakota

    863 Words  | 4 Pages

    Every year, my family goes on a snowmobile trip with my friend Aftyn’s family in Spearfish, South Dakota. About two years ago, we drove out for our trip as usual. The first day was super fun. We stopped at Four Corners, a fun hill to climb, and we did lots of racing. The second day was a little more eventful. “Are you guys ready to go?” my dad says as we rush out the door. It’s our last day out and we are ready to make the best of it. “We’re right behind you dad,” I say as we walk to the cars.

  • Business Analysis: Polaris Industries

    328 Words  | 2 Pages

    Products Polaris Industries is an American manufacturer of snowmobiles, ATV, and neighborhood electric vehicles, with offices all around the world. Polaris is located in the Minneapolis exurb of Medina, Minnesota, USA. Polaris also manufactures motorcycles at its Victory Motorcycles and the Indian Motorcycle subsidiaries. They specializes in making off-road Vehicles, motorcycles, snowmobiles, and electric utility vehicles, as well as parts and accessories to those vehicles. Competitive Position

  • Descriptive Essay On Snow Driving

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    am anxious to hit the trails on my snowmobile. This is the first of four days on a snowmobile trip in Grand Marais, Minnesota. We all wake up and eat breakfast, then start getting ready for the day. Almost all of my family is on this trip and we’re all very excited to be here because it 's all of our first time being in Grand Marais. After everyone has eaten breakfast and gotten dressed we head outside for a very eventful day. Before we can start each snowmobile and start the day we do a pre-ride

  • Snowmobiling: A Short Story

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    description of the incidents and events that are about to unfold. My husband and I were members of a snowmobile club. There were fifteen couples and almost everybody had their own machine. Meaning, the majority of the women drove their

  • Joseph Bombardier Essay

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    Joseph put his promise his main goal and in the following year he was proud to have created a type of vehicle that would be equipped with tracks with similar like the ones on tanks and that would be steered by skies from that moment is when the first snowmobile was built. The

  • Analysis: What Would You Do If You Got Caught In An Animal Trap

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    What would you do if You got caught in an animal trap in the freezing cold with snow up to your knees? What would your grandson do? People study about the mood and setting of a story, because it's a different way to look at the story. I chose to write about the mood and setting of the story because in The Trap by John Smelcer he uses the changing Alaskan wilderness setting and Albert being caught in a trap alters the mood from calm to suspenseful. In the beginning of the story the mood was calm because

  • Bombardier Case Study

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    Did you know Trudeau Liberal Government is loaning investing $372.5 million to Bombardier Airlines? Bombardier is a multinational aerospace and transportation company based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The issue that the cartoonist is trying to convey to his audience is that the Canadian aerospace company, Bombardier, is receiving significant assistance from the Canadian government with taxpayer dollars. We can see this illustrated in the above cartoon with the caricature of Justin Trudeau holding

  • Iditarod Speech

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    First, the Iditarod is a significant event because it is a tribute to Alaska’s history and the role sled dogs played. The passage states that sled dog culture and Alaskan Huskies were being phased out of existence due to snowmobiles. More and more people are using more snowmobiles rather than sled dogs. It’s like the almost don’t exist anymore. Another example from the passage is that the sled dogs would go on a supply route from the coastal towns to the west coast communities. Sled dogs would bring

  • Essay On The Iditarod

    402 Words  | 2 Pages

    and the role of the sled dog, it preserves the historic iditarod trail, and it saves the sled dog culture and Alaskan Huskies. First, it is a tribute to Alaska’s history and the role of the sled dog. Alaska’s Huskies almost got extinct because of snowmobiles in Alaska. The