Snowmobiles are subject to the Greenlandic traffic laws and you must be 18 years of age to operate a snowmobile. However, a license is not required.
SNOWMOBILING IS PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE
Riding a snowmobile in Greenland has become a part of our local culture and we have adopted this means of transportation as a natural extension of how we move throughout the countryside.
For some of us, especially young people in the larger cities, it is a fulltime lifestyle with all the trappings of what that lifestyle encompasses relating to identity, fashion, the right lingo and the sporting aspect. But snowmobiling is far more than an important element of local youth culture; we use the snowmobile as everyday transport, in South Greenland with its culture of farming, during hunting in the mountains and out on the ocean ice. Some even use a snowmobile just to get to work.
During weekends family and friends will head out for tours in the mountains or go for a picnic at the local ski lift. If you keep an eye out for some of the groups of snowmobilers going out over some hill-side ridge, you will discover that it is often local people who are going out to a favorite hill side spot, camping for the day and using their snowmobile as a ski lift to get them to the top of the hill.
Package Tours
South Greenland Adventure
Hiking in East Greenland
Disko Island Exploration
LONGING FOR WINTER
Every year around October a segment of the Greenlandic population begins to get restless. They go down into their basements rummaging for equipment; they look up at the sky and study the cloud formations, they share their joy when the first frosty days are upon us, and groups of young people get a dreamy expression in their eyes when the snow starts to fall.
Before you know it, there is enough snow for a snowmobile to race through town. The sound of this first pioneer of winter roars out on the street, signaling the beginning of a six month season, when the back country is conquered by locals inspired by the spirit of adventure. It is all about getting out into the mountains and enjoying the freedom that snowmobiling provides.
