The 2010 World Championship Snownobile Hill Climb is in town for the weekend. It's really one of my favorite weekends of the year. There is a hill climb circuit that goes on throughout the winter all over the west, and this event is the last of the year, its the "Grandaddy" of snowmobile hillclimbs.
Lots of big trucks, trailers, and ego's!
Kyle Tapio's sleds and trailer. He was the 2009 "King of the King" and overall champion.
This will be the last year that I get to see the same make and model sled that I have climbing the King. Ski Doo has a new 2011 sled that is out and it will be in full force next year. This guy is riding the exact sled as me, albeit with a lot more force than yours truly.
"The Pit" area. This is where all the mechanics do last minute tinkering to the sleds to get them all ready before their runs. Their is a "stock" division which is a sled that has nothing done to it and is essentially as you would purchase it out of the box. Then their is a "semi-mod" division which would have some modifications to the sled such as a can, improved track, pipes, et. Then their is the full "mod" division which anything goes. Nitrous injections, race fuel, et. They are really loud. Within the stock, semi mod, and mod, you have engine classes consisting of 600cc, 700cc, 800cc, and 1000cc. You can see why if you are a badass you roll into town with a massive trailer to haul all of your race sleds.
The 2011 Ski Doo. It's a bad momba jamba sled.
A racer is stuck in the middle of the hill. "Hill Help" is there to grab it before it rolls off down the hill. Most of these sleds are around $15,000 machines, and even if you are a pro/sponsored rider, you don't want to total your sled. You can just see the catch net at the bottom of the picture that catches all run away sleds.
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