What are non recreational uses for snowmobiles?

Question

What are non recreational uses for snowmobiles?

Answer 1

I lost my wallet near a ski lift once and the nice folks there let me ride back up the mountain to look for it. They then came and got me with their snowmobile and took me to the bar. They told me the snowmobile was usually used to bring down injured skiiers. My friend in Idaho uses one for transportation to get to his cabin. He keeps it in a barn near the highway and leaves his car there and we get in the snowmobile and roar off. It's a lot easier and faster than using snow shoes.

Answer 2

Snow mountain Rescue. Allot of people in the North West in the winter don't use cars to go to work they use the snowmobiles. I have an Army buddy that lives in Great Falls Montana..

Answer 3

People use them to transport goods out in the arctic.

Answer 4

Medical. Saving lives in the Mountains.

Answer 5

Pulling sleds down the mountain with injured skiers.

All rescue missions not accessible by other means.

Patrol mountainous areas, not easily accessible.

Animal research in the winter.

Photographic journeys in snowbound areas. Pull all the gear behind you on the sled.

Here in Minnesota cops and conservation officers ride snowmobiles to enforce snowmobile regulations. If they take your sled for DWI they give it to their buddies in another county. True.

Would competitive racing be recreational?

Answer 6

Many,

They use them at ski resorts frequently for grooming trails, maintenance work, rescue, and crew changouts.

Other uses are for primary transportation during the winter months in snowy areas.  

Park rangers use them also for search and rescue and patroling.

Answer 7

hmmmm as far as I am concerned .... NONE if you dont have snow...Ours sat in the garage for like 2 winters once  when we didnt get enough snow...  we sold em  and ended up spending more time in our boat which was more practical as we could use that more often throughout the yr!!!

Answer 8

The biggest snowmobile I've ever seen was made by John Deere and used by farmers and ranchers to check on their cattle and haul hay out to the fields. Most other non-recreational uses have already been mentioned.