Snowmobiling in the 1980's: continued progress for a mature recreational activity

William T. Jr. Jobe

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Snowmobiling in the 1980's: continued progress for a mature recreational activity

Informally Refereed

Authors:

William T., Jr. Jobe

Year:

1980

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: LaPage, Wilbur F., ed. Proceedings 1980 National Outdoor Recreation Trends Symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-57. Vols. I and II. Broomall, PA: U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experimental Station: 177-180.

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Abstract

In less than two decades, snowmobiling has changed from a novelty to a way of life for some 20,000,000 Canadian and American citizens of all ages. Why has snowmobiling continued to mushroom? Why did the challenges of inadequate safe use areas, public criticism and skepticism and primitive machines fail to doom the activity to a passing fad?

Parent Publication

Proceedings 1980 National Outdoor Recreation Trends Symposium

Citation

Jobe, William T., Jr. 1980. Snowmobiling in the 1980''s: continued progress for a mature recreational activity. In: LaPage, Wilbur F., ed. Proceedings 1980 National Outdoor Recreation Trends Symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-57. Vols. I and II. Broomall, PA: U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experimental Station: 177-180.