How to Use snowcat in a Sentence

snowcat

noun
  • Before dawn, snowcats then spread the piles up and down the runs atop the base.
    — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 19 Feb. 2020
  • Rescuers were able to get them over two miles of snow to the awaiting snowcats.
    — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Ride the free snowcat for a bump and be ready for a rigorous boot-pack along the ridge.
    — Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 6 Jan. 2020
  • The pals has piled on the back of the snowcat to get to the top of the mountain, which was closed at the time.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 17 Feb. 2018
  • The runs here aren't for the faint of heart and can only be accessed by the snowcat (or by foot).
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 1 Dec. 2021
  • Four of them are able to walk to the snowcat, two others need assistance.
    — Ramon Padilla, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Later in the decade, both evolved the snowcat toward its modern shape.
    — Matthew Jancer, Popular Mechanics, 5 Mar. 2018
  • The snowcat turns around to retrieve the next batch of 12 giddy skiers.
    — Jayme Moye, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Nine out of 10 snowcats that pass through his shop are privately owned.
    — Matthew Jancer, Popular Mechanics, 5 Mar. 2018
  • Take a snowcat tour and soak in natural hot springs after a day on the mountain.
    — James Barrett, Redbook, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Take a snowcat up the mountain to catch fireworks with some Clicquot in hand?
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 June 2026
  • Someone in my neighbourhood built this snowcat on a local wall.
    — Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Just like off-roading clubs, snowcat clubs organize meetups and trail rides.
    — Matthew Jancer, Popular Mechanics, 5 Mar. 2018
  • Or that another one in northern Colorado comes with a free snowcat ride to the top?
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 1 Dec. 2021
  • Join a three-hour snowcat safari or brave the cold on a snowmobile tour complete with a stop for warm drinks and biscuits.
    — Caroline Hallemann, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Prices for diesel gas, which Bogus uses for its snowcats, have also ballooned.
    — Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Don a headlamp and take a snowcat up to the top of the sledding trail, then speed down for a two-hour nighttime adrenaline rush.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 3 Jan. 2022
  • Non-skiers can hit the tubing hill, book a scenic snowcat tour, or venture onto the mountain with snowshoes or a ski bike.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2025
  • This Western mountain town is catnip for cross-country, snowcat, and heli- skiers alike.
    — Lea Lane, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2022
  • While progress had been made in the last few days, firefighters have had to access emergency scenes using snowcats.
    — Julia Musto, Fox News, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Renner was speaking to the family member when the snowcat started to roll.
    — Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Then, clamber into an open-air sleigh, towed by a snowcat, for an invigorating ride to the cabin.
    — Kristen Shirley, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2022
  • First responders maneuvered through the blizzard on snowcats and skis to rescue the survivors.
    — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2026
  • The farm also has snowcats for reaching the slopes when the choppers can’t fly and snowmobiles for touring the snowy countryside.
    — latimes.com, 21 Jan. 2018
  • The family is asking anyone in the Grass Valley area with access to a snowcat for help.
    — Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Feb. 2021
  • Just beyond one of the resort’s boundaries, off a snowcat route called the Plank, lie ungroomed and unpatrolled tree-flecked trails.
    — Christopher Solomon, Outside Online, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Try cat skiing, where a snowcat will take you to the top of Burnt Mountain for a unique skiing experience.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 12 Feb. 2024
  • People familiar with the area say snowcat-skiing has not occurred in Hatcher Pass in more than a decade.
    — Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Nov. 2019
  • Rescuers were able to get them off the mountain on the snowcat, and eventually got back to the roadway, where ambulances were waiting.
    — Megan Fan Munce, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Renner was pulling one of the family vehicles with the snowcat out of the driveway and onto the street when the accident occurred.
    — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Apr. 2023

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