Delivering a world class snowmobile experience since 1968.
The sixties — a decade that brought us plenty of technological advancements, such as the first human moon landing, the conception of the audio cassette, and the invention of the computer mouse. This decade saw many significant developments in snowmobile technology too, with engines becoming much lighter, smaller, and less easy to blow out than in previous years. It was also in this decade that the Revelstoke Snowmobile Club was founded.
Revelstoke Snowmobile Club | Racing in 1975 | P Dusty Veideman
History.
1968
Club Created
The club was created in 1968 with Terry Fleming appointed as the club’s first president and Don Gillespie as the first vice president. The club was formed as a place to unite those who share a love of snowmobiling, as well as to promote the sport to the wider community.
1973
BC Snowmobile Racing Championship
By the early seventies, the Revelstoke Snowmobile Club had won the bid to bring the B.C. snowmobile racing championships to Revelstoke — one of the largest racing events in British Columbia. This prompted the building of a new snowmobile racing track especially for the event — a mammoth task, which enlisted a number of volunteers to help shovel and shape huge amounts of snow. All of this hard work paid off and the vent has been deemed a success, with a total of ninety-eight trophies being given out to the winners.
1973
Boulder Mountain Cabin
The original cabin on Boulder Mountain was a small, A-frame structure, built near a sub-alpine lake. The structure was mounted 5 metres off the ground to account for the mass amounts of snow!
1998
Feldinger Hut (Frisby Ridge)
For a time, the snowmobile club shared Frisby Ridge with cross-country skiers. But when logging operations ceased and the road was no longer plowed in winter, the area was abandoned by skiers and the snowmobile club took over management of the hut. After many years of use, the hut was replaced in 1998 with a more substantial structure designed to carry a heavier snow load.
1984
The First Management Agreement
Revelstoke Snowmobile Club worked with the provincial government to reach agreements on mountain caribou conservation efforts. Tom Dickson and Ron LaRoy were instrumental in negotiating the Frisby Ridge voluntary closure and were awarded Lifetime Memberships recently for their dedication to the club.
2010
New Boulder Cabin
2014
A Modern Clubhouse
The new welcome centre at the base of Boulder Mountain involved a long process coordinating land, securing permits, and raising money.
