Posted: 12.16.2010

Now that the extended hunting season is over and much of Wisconsin is covered with snow, many of the state's snowmobile trails are opening for winter enthusiasts.

Wisconsin has more than 25,000 miles of trails through forests, lakes, fields and villages __ or enough miles to sled from Los Angeles to New York and back three times.

But the Wisconsin Department of Tourism cautions that some swamp
areas and lakes are not completely solid yet.

The snowmobile was invented in Wisconsin in 1924, when Carl
Eliason built one in his garage and called it a ``motor toboggan.''
Some of his early snowmobiles are at the Vilas County Historical
Museum in his hometown of Sayner.

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