Snowmobile Safety Training Essentials

Snowmobile expert witness says snowmobile training can prevent injuries and accidents.

Snowmobile experts stress snowmobile safety training to prevent snowmobile injuries and accidents. Safety gear, machine setup and maintenance, handle bar positioning and trail rules are just the beginning. You need to know how to turn around in surprising and difficult geographic and snow conditions. You need experience practicing in difficult terrain and a variety of snow types that affect snowmobile skis. Whether you’re traveling one-up or two-up, you need to know when it’s safe to haul and how handling is effected. Because snow conditions can change within minutes, you need supervised field instruction plus classroom training about your sled. You need to know survival techniques.