I have always wanted to show the rest of Canada, and by that I primarily mean Alberta through to Ontario, what snowmobiling in Yellowknife is like because it isn’t like anywhere else that I know of.
Instead of nicely groomed double wide trails where everyone can nicely pass everyone else, we have barely single wide trails that if you’re not careful will bounce you right off you snowmobile. We also don’t have endless amounts of fields to use, we have lakes but we need to first get to those lakes. And unlike almost anywhere south of Yellowknife (or rather the NWT) we can drive our snowmobiles on the city roads (except for one part).
Our trails are groomed and cared for, they have been forged through the bush from decades of use. There are unwritten rules that snowmobilers follow when in the city. Things like don’t break a new trail and move to the side if you can to let someone pass. Of course there are speed limits in town, where aren’t there.
I guess I just wanted to show that snowmobiling in and around Yellowknife isn’t a manufactured activity. It was born from the roots of hunters, fishermen and trappers and we adopted it. It’s awesome. Lake are our highways and trails are our streets.
This is just a quick video to give you a small idea about what snowmobiling around Yellowknife is like.
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