snowcat
Tracked snow vehicle
A snowcat is a large tracked vehicle designed to travel over snow-covered terrain, used for grooming ski slopes, transporting people and equipment in remote areas, or traversing glaciers and polar regions.
Unlike snowmobiles, which are smaller and rider-operated, snowcats have enclosed cabins and can carry passengers or cargo.
The ski patrol used a snowcat to reach the stranded hikers.
Designated ski route
- corduroyRidged cotton textile
- slopeAngled terrain or steepness
- trailPath through wilderness
- powderFine dry particles
compaction · smoothing · leveling · terrain · skiing · resort · groomer · tiller
Followed the course of
- cabVehicle for hire
- dieselCompression-ignition fuel
- engineMachine producing motion
- treadsOuter tire surfaces
transmission · hydraulic · operator · driver · machine · Tucker · chassis · cockpit
Rapid mountain snow collapse
- SAREmergency location efforts
- searchAct of seeking
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- beaconGuiding light source
survival · evacuation · stretcher · medevac · patrol · backcountry · recovery · victim
Snow sport on runners
- touringTraveling for pleasure
- heli-skiingSkiing via aircraft transport
- powderFine dry particles
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
untracked · terrain · lodge · guide · adventure · expedition · remote · access
piste
Designated ski route
powder · compaction · smoothing · leveling · terrain · skiing · resort · groomer · tiller · halfpipe
tracked
Followed the course of
treads · transmission · hydraulic · operator · driver · machine · Tucker · chassis · cockpit · headlights
avalanche
Rapid mountain snow collapse
beacon · survival · evacuation · stretcher · medevac · patrol · backcountry · recovery · victim · transport
skiing
Snow sport on runners
- touringTraveling for pleasure
- heli-skiingSkiing via aircraft transport
- powderFine dry particles
wilderness · untracked · terrain · lodge · guide · adventure · expedition · remote · access · traverse
creature
Living, sentient entity
cougar · folklore · legend · sighting · mystery · elusive · beast · tracks · wilderness · mountain
- skiingskiing, ski, ski resort, ski slope, ski slopes
- snow transportsled, sledge, sleigh, toboggan, dogsled
- specialty vehiclesambulance, hearse, fire truck, tow truck, limousine
- exploration vehiclesMars rover, lunar rover, lunar module, submersible, bathyscaphe
- polar operationsice roads, ice station, research station, icebreakers, research base
- tracked vehiclestracked vehicle, tank, bulldozer, excavator, crawler
snowcatdune buggy
Open vehicle for beaches
sand rail · swamp buggy · airboat · amphibious vehicle · hovercraft
snowcatsnowplow
Vehicle clearing frozen precipitation
plow truck · snow blower · ice scraper · salt spreader · road grader