Engineering design need not be all work and no play, especially when it comes to winter sports. Case in point: Two engineers from Clarkson University, Potsdam, N.Y., are working to design a faster and ...

A design team led by a University of Cincinnati professor will be avidly watching its latest creation at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. But it will be gone in a flash on your TV screen.

Swedish mobility company Vidde has developed an electric snowmobile in partnership with Italian design studio Pininfarina that aims to minimise carbon emissions while being fun to drive. Vidde set out ...

In a competition to create a cleaner-running, quieter snowmobile, the team from the University of Minnesota Duluth reduced friction and turned heads to dominate the competition when it came to style ...

Like the trail bike rider, the driver of a traditional snowmobile is all but oblivious to the guttural whine of their machine. For those in the immediate vicinity, the noise is often an unwelcome ...

PITTSFIELD — It’s finally February, which can only mean one thing for kids in the Berkshires: taking a homemade sled to the slopes at Clapp Park in Pittsfield and racing to be the first to reach the ...

With most current Iditarod mushers focused on the finish line in Nome, one former musher is still thinking about the start. At this year’s ceremonial start in Anchorage, Rod Perry drove a sled that ...

While my story goes back many decades, it proves one thing -- that on-the-cheap engineering is not a new phenomenon. After literally destroying my 1976 Rupp Nitro 340 (liquid-cooled) snowmobile (what ...