Caught in the Worst Winter Snowstorm I've Ever Seen 

Hi Sandy, I have to smile as I watch this video of you and your Skandic superwide . I live in Northern Alaska and have trapped up here for fifty years now. I presently own two Skandics and have driven this kind of machine thousands of miles on the trapline. I never leave the yard without a big scoop shovel, an axe, and a come-along with a bunch of rope. Make yourself a box that fits in the back behind your seat. I have never had the luxury of a backup to pull me out so this is how I made it to age 72 without being stranded in the wild and maybe not making it. The Skidoo Skandic SWT is in my opinion, the best machine made for getting a guy out and back in deep snow. If you give it more gas at the start, they usually will jump up on top of the snow and if it were not so narrow on your trails you could keep it on top much longer. I have enjoyed your wood sawing videos very much and have thought about a Woodland Mills sawmill but my wife thinks it is too late in my life for that.. Enjoy your snowmachines and sawmill and God bless you this winter. Arctic Circle Dave

What a great adventure! Thanks for bringing us along!

Wow that was a fun adventure and a well earned 'likearoo'! Thanks for the ride Sandy! I was smiling and laughing the entire way! Brings back great memories! Great sled! Nice rescue job!

Now that’s an adventure Sandy. I never would’ve ventured out to begin with. Take caution in that much snow. Many a man has met his maker over exerting. I know you live it every day but things tend to speak up on at times. It was a great watch. 😊

Your attitude is awesome, even in difficult situations. That’s admirable! Like you said, “snow machines are a lot of fun, until it’s stuck, then it’s a lot of work” keep Rockin!! Love your videos!

Record set for "Oh Ya's"! Outstanding!

Wow! Thanks Sandy for taking us along on that adventure. Being from Southwest Mississippi we be rarely see snow let alone a blizzard. Awesome!

This is one of my absolute favorite videos on RU-vid. I love the way that whatever goes wrong doesn't phase you and you treat it in the same way. That must be a tough place to live, but also an incredibly beautiful one. Thanks for the videos.

I've watched a lot of your videos but now I'm an absolute fan! That was great!! I found myself leaning in my chair and twisting my toes up when you were trying to make the corners! Looks like a lot of fun, but I'm happy you're the one having it and not me! Great video!

Wow, that's some serious snow. 😁 Kudos to your Skandic and your driving skills that you made it as far as you did. Thanks for sharing the adventure.

"This thing turns like a school bus", I love watching snow videos, so I understand how you're channel ended up in my feed, and I'm so excited to have found you and this content!!! Just unbelievable the amount of snow you were skiing in, and the sinking!!! "If you don't like snow, don't come around here", lol!!!

Thanks for sharing, your snowmobile is a tank. It looks absolutely beautiful there. Love all the snow. You definitely have the equipment to take care of it.

That was an excellent video. We got the same storm Christmas day. When it was done we had 34". The Skandic was impressive. I chuckled every time you got rolled off, knowing exactly what it feels like. Thanks

Most fun video ever! I'm also in Central Ontario, and did what you did, but in the opposite order. Spent a tank of diesel snowblowing some of my paths, then took the SWT for excursions into the woods. Watching your video was a flashback for me of tipping the Skandic over, getting stuck, unstuck, and stuck again. Next time I'm in that deep snow, I'm packing snowshoes, and putting on the ski skins for better flotation. I don't know if yours has the articulating rear end, but I think mine saved me when backing up out of trouble. Thanks for a great video.

Love your videos and laugh with you as you venture out. As you talk to us in the camera I am right there with you. Brrrrr. Keep up the educational and entertaining videos. The fact that you can film all this in your back yard is priceless! Submarine snowmobile!!

Greatest snowmobile video ever! That was tremendous.

We had 30" in central NY 2 years ago so I feel for ya. I've never seen a snowmobile go in powder like that, impressive!!!

Man that was awesome! Looks like you were having a blast (of snow lol). Would love it if we got a snow storm like that here. Roof on your sawmill shed looks like it's holding up good. I've been trying to find a Skandic for sale around here and they are practically unobtanium. I saw 1 several hours away and it sold pretty quick! Stay safe out there and take it easy

Wow!!! What a great video, now that’s some snow, that’s way to much for me and I live in Michigan 😂 Thanks for sharing Sandy, you made it a lot farther than I thought you would. That Scandic is a total beast of a machine!

Wow!!! A how to and a what not to do in deep snow! What an adventure that was! Glad your ok!

Wow that snowmobile is amazing! I live in Wisconsin so I've seen some pretty deep snow. Only one or two like that one though. I was on pins and needles hoping you'd make it back and not get hurt. That was quite an adventure!

Thanks for taking us along.Being from SE Texas I have never seen anything like that,but the snow reminds me of the little styrofoam balls in a bean bag.

Being an old snowmobiler growing up my uncle sold AMF ski dadler snowmobiles my dad bought one with a 24 inch track. That sled had 8 inch wide skis. The nose didn’t dive down like the skidoo’s great video brings back a lot of memories. Thanks man !!

What a FUN ride !!! Thanks for taking us along!!!

Hello Sandy. Most everyone has already said everything. For that storm to catch you off guard like that must have been one of those once in a decade storms. Riding through the branches must have not felt good. A full-face helmet might have been the thing to have. Have good days!

Holy poo that's a lot of snow! I'm no stranger to snow, but that amount will bring buildings down. So fun and so terrifying at the same time! I wish you luck on snow removal! Take care Sandy. ❄✌

Holy Crap Sandy...This by far the best video youve done. What a crazy snow storm. We had a similar one of 3 feet about 3 weeks ago along the North Shore of Superior. Love your Snow Machine. awesome stuff!!! That machine snow plowing was so ridiculous.

wow!!! that is a ton of snow!! we didn't anymore this 3 inches here. and now everything is gone and looking like more rain tomorrow. thanks for sharing this and giving us a look at what you had to deal with.

I love this guy. He never gets worked up

Hey Sandy, Im in Parry Sound and we got the same storm. You gotta be in shape to do what you just did. Love your videos

Sandy, youre a stand up guy! Keep grinding! God Bless you brother, stay warm and safe!

Pleased to meet you Sandy! 1st time viewing. I just loved the snow mobile adventure. Just great!!

Amazed that you are going through it without a front bob

I never felt so anxious watching a snow ❄️ video! The buried alive under snow feeling has never been so real 😂. We don’t get snow like this in the 🇬🇧, thank goodness 😅.

Looks like you shrunk Sandy! 😎 Wow to all that snow. Great footage, it's really beautiful. P.S. Thanks for wiping our eyes.❅❄⛄

I've never seen so much snow. It's buzzing as I watch in my cosy bed. Thank for taking us out and about lad .

Best advice NEVER venture out in deep snow without snowshoes, whether you are on a snowmobile or in a car.. We had 4 meters (13 feet ) of snow one year and this advice comes from personal experience.

Ugh, reminds me of my Massachusetts days. No thank you. I'me happy in the southeast - no snow.

WoW ! That’s an incredible amount of snow ! The trip in was magical . Great video

Literally one of the most epic snowfalls I’ve seen! That was quite entertaining and thanks for let us coming along to wade the snowfall with you! That definitely would have been a fun time and one pile of work keep the olde Skandic a float to say the least!!! Awesome to see the DK to the rescue buddy! Honestly, we only have about 2-4” of total snow here.. with mild temps currently with not a whole lot coming in the forecast here in Central NB. Thanks again for having us out Sandy and hopefully everyone was safe and well during this event! Take care! Andrew from NB :)

Holy smokes. Glad it ended well. It was looking a little sideways there for a minute!

I'm surprised that you don't have like swing doors or a blind of some kind to cover it from drifting and blowing. Crazy and enjoy it the best you can.

LOVE the accent... and the attitude!!! "Can do" is an understatement! LOVE IT!!! I SO hope you really go through your vid and pull some stills from it - there's some FLAWLESS shots of undisturbed snow, which are truly hard to get! BRAVO, man - don't even know ya, but love ya like a brother already!

Great video Sandy, as usual. We are missing out on those amounts of snow here in Labrador this year. It's as if we have a dome over us. Barely enough to take the snowmobiles out. I think if you used low gear in the deep powder, you would of been in better shape at the end due to track spin out. Keeping in mind, deep powder is hard to control in with any wt/swt unless you are going flat out. Enjoy the snow and keep posting. Take care

Well, I imagine you'll have plenty of wood to harvest come spring. A very entertaining vid but I live by the Gulf of Mexico and I think I'll take my chances with hurricanes.

That is an insane amount of snow

Love your sunny disposition. Beautiful scenery

Loved watching you on the snowmobile looked like a lot of fun!

Nope. Nuh uh. Too flippin much snow and cold. Fireplace. Coffee. Book. Hibernate. Still good vid. Thanks.

Surprised that you are not wrecked or stuck, I forget what they are called they make a kit for riding in snow that is deep like that. He has used it only once. He goes up there every year except for the pandemic years and no border crossing. That is just down right deep and probably wet snow.

Fantastic snow video Sandy. I am in southern Ontario as of yet this season I have not had to shovel. the storms are going around us. Keep up the great videos.

Howdy Sandy- I hope you treated yourself to a big cup of sludge after you got back. I would like to see some snow but not that much 😂. Watching you having fun out there took me back some years when I was younger. That was the kind of stuff we did just to see if we could. Super fun video to watch!! Take care and God bless 😊

Stand on the back of the sled with all your weight behind the seat. That will keep the front of the sled from diving into the snow.

Reminds me of 1969-70 when I was 9 years old and lived in the Albany,NY area. We got 3 storms in a row of 12” plus. Our 1st snow machine could not handle that deep powder the way yours can!

I don’t have a snowmobile, never needed one. I’ve lived in Tennessee, Texas and Kentucky, and love playing in the snow. I’ve only seen your kind of snow on the Pacific North West, Tacoma, Washington and Alaska. However, I watch videos of snowmobiling, your’s is the first I’ve seen of a normal guy, in new powder. THAT WAS SO COOL, REAL. Thank you sooo much for sharing.

Well that was a blast driving through all that snow. I wish I was there to enjoy it. I guess it was expected to get stuck, just a matter of when. You got quite a ways before rescue Kioti. Awsome video to watch!

aim the camera so we can see what you see ahead of you, not the front of the snowmobile

I have never encountered that much snow it's really impressive that snowmachine Made it as far as it did it looks fun but a lot of work thanks for sharing Sandy

Memories of a northern Alberta winter years ago. But you definitely got way more snow. Pretty crazy, thanks for sharing the fun!

Thanks for the great ride along!! Great fun! Stay safe.

Well Sandy I am certainly impressed by your driving skills. But no matter how long it took you to retrieve that snowmobile, you'll have to admit, you had FUN in that beautiful Winter Wonderland you all have going on. I'll bet Koda is enjoying watching it from indoors 🙂

😮 that’s allooooot of snow! Thinking with the wide track you’d float on the snow but other then that, you’re still going through it!! That’s amazing!! Scandic for days!!😂

That was crazy! I've never seen snow like that, although, admittedly, I'm from the south-central US. We got 20 inches in about 36 hours once, but that was a fluke. The snow in the coniferous trees is gorgeous,! Also, this is the first time in my life that I've felt sorry for a piece of machinery, lol. It did better than I would have ever imagined. Great video!

Hello again from Pennsylvania! That was totally cool. I think I would have used the snowblower first, and then played on the snowmobile, but it looked like a lot of fun the way you did it too. I'll be honest, I think I would have just as much fun snow blowing your land, as I would riding around under the snow with your snowmobile. At least you get to really enjoy snowmobiling after you get rid of some of the deep stuff. Thanks for sharing. I hope you do another video on the snowmobile once you get the trails under control. Stay warm and keep up the good work.

awesome great video... that snowmobile is great... february of last year, when we got our storm the pines and magnolias were the trees that snapped and took the power out for a week. great video.. and stay safe

I only made it 2 minutes in but the snowmobile looks like a jet ski dipping down into the snow and coming back up 😂 looks so fun. That sleds chugging along very well lol I’m impressed and jealous 😂 ok going back to finish the video now

Hi Sandy, Great snow machine, I haven't ridden for years because of my back. I rode for part of my communications job on mountain tops in the Cascades in Southern Oregon. We finally learned to not try to lift the machine when you get stuck, shovel out the snow on one side and turn the machine over into the cleared area and fill the hole made by the track with snow and roll it back over. It works and is much easier on your back!

You have taken us far beyond literature!!!! You risked to make this video sir. Thank you, thank you take care an image would not be worth an accident for us. Cheers

Fun Fun Fun! Thanks for taking us along.

Probably one of the most "central Ontario " videos I've watched! 🇨🇦 you get my sub 100%!! Were quite south of you in the caledon area and all we've been getting is ice and rain! Awsome content!

that is true reality entertainment. Great video hope the weather gives you a brake. Thanks Sandy

👍🤣😂 I hope you had as much fun making this video as I had watching it, I think you did. Fantastic. ❄️

That was awesome you made me think of the good old days when we went looking for big snow drifts to plow through great video

So I am lying in bed watching the video and every time you tried to turn I could feel my body rolling in the same direction. Second most fun I’ve ever had in bed! 😆 I’m in eastern Ontario… and it’s coming our way.

That looked like a lot of fun....well not the getting stuck part. Those machines are work horses. I had no idea that they could double as a plow. We only got about 8-10" in the North Bay area during that event. A fun video to watch. Thanks! Btw, I'm bring my sled to your place during the next blizzard. Lol.

Sandy, What a crazy video. It looked like loads of fun; and a lot of work. You could use a snow blower attachment for your snowmobile..ha... We had some cold temperatures where I am, around Christmas. The coldest weather that I have experienced. Last week I purchased an HM126 with an extension; a lot of thanks to You and Michele for sharing your lifes. Cheers! Faithfully, James

Thanks for the wilderness tour.

What a beautiful spot, hard but a total winter wonderland 🤗🥰 🙏🏻

Snow looks amazing, so soft and waves of it. Wish it would snow like this in UK. Love your video

O, my that is a bunch of snow. Glad you made it back. Probably had the family concerned. Be awhile before that melts. Most likely going to get more. Be safe and have fun.

That was awesome, Sandy! I used to have an MXZ 700 with a tall paddled and heavily studded track, wicked snappy engine, deep snow ski boots, a light weight body and it was super agile. It was awesome in the deep snow. Your machine is certainly better, tho! Mine was sometimes stuck if I had to stop in the deep snow and it had no reverse! I had to plan my path very carefully! And I always carried a little shovel and a 2" ratchet strap to use as a Come Along if I was riding the forest. It was a great deal of fun. Nowadays I'm just happy to see snow! The climate has changed so much here in Northern Vermont. More rain coming this week, too 🙁 All the best from the NEK!

Good grief! That's a lot of snow! Looks like fun. The kind of fun you only want to have once a decade....? Haha thanks for bringing us along. 👍

Your buildings design and build are done well to stand up to all that snow load. And all that moisture will really help your forest. Thanks for the video.

Love it! a snowmobiler myself. I’m Hour west of Ottawa we just got dumped on 30cm nothing quite what you got. Awesome video brother cheers 👌🏻🔥🇨🇦

That's a dang nice sled Sandy. I used to have one similar to it as a kid.. I been stuck in that stuff too. Not fun with all those clothes on. We got lots of snow here too I had to get out my crawler to move piles back. Thanks for the ride!

Phew, I was with you and worried about you all the way. Thank God for great equipment. Really enjoy this video. Stay safe.

Wow that’s some snow! Very entertaining Sandy 😂 love it!

Thanks for the adventure. Have only experienced a snow like this twice in my 75 years.

It's a beautiful view, make sure you use proper equipment for this type of unusual snow blizzard. Thankfully you're equipped with everything on the property and prepared to be safe from uncertainties.👏👏💯

Omg!😳😮 that’s a lot of snow, never seen that much before. Wow! Stay safe in your adventures.

Enjoyed your snow riding. Reminded me of many winters doing that but eventually got tired of the cold & snow and moved to Florida. But nice to reminisce.

Geat vid! And yes, you were plowing my friend. Just subscribed and glad I did! Stay safe.

I replaced the factory skiis on our sleds when we were in Maine with wider skiis and they would surge right to the surface. We had rather big engines which really helps as well. We rode 3 ft of powder and better. BUT you cannot stop. You stop and it would cost you a good half hour building a ramp of snow to get back on top again. Have fun Sandy👍😎👌

Good evening Sandy…. I was sitting in my chair trying t😊o lean with you to help. Hahahahaha That my friend was a GREAT video… Thank you for sharing it… We have 1 stinkin inch on the ground and rain coming for the next two or three days… I have only rode it snow like that twice and I had so much fun. Yup I fell off like you but I was laughing so hard… And yes getting stuck with a 600 lbs machine is no fun BUT so worth it. Thank you Sandy for sharing your fun. As always stay safe and always be kind. Cheers

Absolutely beautiful and amazing. Hi from Australia 🇦🇺 thanks for sharing.

Hi Sandy! I see you are enjoying your bugless winter wonderland!

Thanks for the ride, I really enjoyed watching it from my warm bed 😌 🤠

Absolutely beautiful but I can see it takes much work! Enjoyed the video😁

Love it when the snows deep! looks like you could use some bigger powder ski's on that Ski doo!

That's a lot of snow. Deep snow can be so exhausting. Thanks for wiping my nose now and again. 🤣