Real winter finally arrived in full-glory across a large swath of Minnesota (and the Midwest) last week. I knew I had to get out and ride before it melted.

Three days later, I’ve nearly forgotten just how lame most of the last three months have been.

Arctic Cat just issued a press release stating that it will build co-brand its 120 snowmobile with Yamaha for 2013.

Click to read the release.

I was looking at the six engines that, together, power all of the 2013 Arctic Cat snowmobiles.

Which sparked my curiosity...

Click to see what I mean.

After a year in which Arctic Cat unleashed three new platforms, 2013 is understandably a model year in which the company is catching its breath just a bit.

Still, there are new models and improvements to existing machines.

Technology marches forward.

Click to read.

The 5th Annual vintage (and antique snowmobile show & ride will take place in Thief River Falls on March 3.

Are you going?

Click for details.

Heckuva weekend for Team Arctic!

Tucker Hibbert won the FIM Snocross World Championships while Ryan Simons led a 15-class-crushing at the USCC Oslo 100 cross-country.

Click to read the press release.

The first RMSHA Hillclimb of the 2012 season proved how formidable the M Series machines are in the hands of Team Arctic racers.

Click to read about the team that won half of the finals.

Photo by RLT Photography.

At the USCC Oslo 100, Christian Bros. Racing's Ryan Simons returned to the same form that netted him the USCC Championships.

Click to read the team's press release.

Photo by sledRacer.com.

Tucker Hibbert is the 2012 FIM World Champion of snocross!

In typical Hibbert fashion, he made it dramatic with come-from-behind finishes in the three-main event.

Click to see a video, pix and a description of race in Russia.

I (barely) survived the 2012 Snowmobile Hall of Fame weekend, including the Ride With the Champs and the induction of two friends.

Click to read the story.

Another excellent video from FlyingAFilms, this one on the impressive Christian Bros. Racing program, undoubtedly the largest private team in snowmobile racing.

P.J. Wanderscheid DRIFTed to the 2012 TLR Cup Championship.

Click to read the DRIFT press release.

Check out this excellent video from Tucker Hibbert of the recent ISOC National snocross in Pontiac, Mich.

This past weekend Team Arctic oval racing phenom P.J. Wanderscheid captured the prestigious TLR Cup Championship and the $25,000 check that went with the title!

I talked with him about the win, his Champ sled, Eagle River and the outlook for his career.

Click to read.

Watch one lap of the USCC Grafton cross-country race from the perspective of 11-year-old Daron Pringle, who scored a solid sixth place in the Junior 10-13 class. It's Awesome!

(The racing begins around the 8-minute mark.)

With the rescheduled ISOC New York National happening on the same weekend as the FIM Snocross World Championships in Russia, Tucker Hibbert was forced to do something he hated: choose.

After much agonizing, he’s opted to compete in the World Championships.

Click to read the interview.

In the hands of D&P Performance, the new Arctic Cat Wildcat won the King of Hammers off-road endurance race.

Click to read the press release.

Photos: UTVUnderground.

Team Arctic continued its onslaught on the USCC cross-country circuit, winning 13 of 17 classes at the Grafton 100.

Click to read the company's press release, and to see the top Cat results.

FlyingAFilms checks in with Team Arctic's Dan Ebert, who's been on injured-reserve the past month.

I made the trek to Grafton, ND, this past weekend to watch the first full-on, midwestern cross-country race of the 2012 season.

There was river, ditch and...dirt. Pretty brutal conditions.

Team Arctic won 13 classes and D.J. Ekre swept the pro classes.

Click to read my report.