Old Rupps

04/24/2025

BIG news from Thief River Falls!

BREAKING: Arctic Cat has officially been acquired by an investor group including CEO and President of ARGO, Brad Darling.

12/19/2024

This one hurts!

Sad day for the snowmobiling industry.

Regardless of the manufacturer you support this affects all of us.

08/05/2024

It was an AMAZING event!

WOW! What a weekend!
(Get ready, this is a long one…)

*First off, Thank you to every one of you who came out to the 19th Annual VSCA National Show! Whether you displayed a sled, swapped, sponsored, volunteered, or even just attended the show you all made this into a great event that I will truly remember forever. I have to give a huge shout out to Gary Lofald. Gary was the volunteer who helped everyone get moved in and situated on Friday. Gary worked his butt off and I can’t thank him enough for all the help he gave. Thank you to my family and my co host Travis Anderson. Without them running registration, admission ticket sales, and everything else they helped with, it simply could not have been done without them. Another huge thank you goes out to our volunteer judges who had to judge a total of 327 sleds on display. There was a ton of great restored and original sleds on display, so their job was not easy. To Randy and Dave Karpik, along with Ed Schubitzke, and Frans Rosenquist you guys rocked the key note speeches at our banquet event. Thank you for sharing parts of your history and involvement in snowmobiling. To Tim Pederson and his sisters, thank you for putting together the great presentations on your father’s involvement in the Plaisted Polar Expedition. This event has been a vision and dream of mine for 3 years. Thank you all for making this a great experience for me and I hope you were able to create great memories that will last a lifetime. Finally I want to give a huge congratulations to our 2024 VSCA National Champion, Tom I***e with his 1974 Arctic Cat Sno Pro. Till I see you all at the next show, take care and thank you again!

-Preston Lee
2024 National Show Chairman

08/02/2024

My wife and I made it to the National Show in Duluth, MN. Hopefully, we sell a sled or two and some parts!

07/07/2024

What a great idea!

07/02/2024

Nothing really surprising here. It will be interesting to see how sales are this coming season.

An historically warm and dry winter through the vast majority of the North American Snowbelt put a hurt on sales of new snowmobiles.

01/13/2024

The trails are now officially open here in Westby!

❄️ Our trail system will open on Saturday (1/13) at 7am.

❄️ Have fun, ride safe, make sure you have your trail passes & please make sure surrounding trail systems are open before you enter their trails.

12/18/2023

We might get some snow after all!

08/13/2023

Now you know!

More Truth from Northwoods Snowmobiling LLC

06/29/2023

I just gassed up at a VP in Bowler, WI. Right now, WSPT 97.9 is cranking out Huey Lewis & The News

I feel like I have gone back in time!