snowcat

noun

snow·​cat ˈsnō-ˌkat How to pronounce snowcat (audio)
: a tracklaying vehicle for travel on snow

Examples of snowcat in a Sentence

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Guests of Scarp Ridge Lodge and Sopris House in Crested Butte, Colo., have snowcat access to 1,000 acres of terrain at Irwin, an area situated in the snow shadow of the Ruby Range that sees twice the amount of snow as nearby ski resorts, averaging 450 inches a season. Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2025 Devil’s Thumb Ranch’s snowcat has more room to roam. Max Scheinblum, The Denver Post, 3 Feb. 2025 After guests complete avalanche training in the morning, runs are accessed from the warm comfort of a snowcat that transports skiers and snowboarders to the top of terrain and picks them up at the bottom, to do it all again. Cassidy Randall, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025 Renner took to Instagram to thank the medical staff who saved his life after the Mayor of Kingstown actor was accidentally run over by a 14,300-pound snowcat at his home in Reno, Nevada on Jan. 1, 2023. Mariel Turner, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for snowcat 

Word History

First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of snowcat was in 1955

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“Snowcat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowcat. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.

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