Snowmachines: How It Started In the early sixties the snowmachine was invented and the people of the north west and east who would brave the cold found a new kind of recreation. (SnowGoer,dec,98) The first snowmachines were a very crude track and engine over forty years the snowmachine has evolved into what to day is very populare and profitable sport. The queation that I asked was why are so many people out there doing this sport. The weather is cold and the machines are not cheap. (www.snowwest.com) The first step I took was to decide were to go and I thought that at a shop would be a good place but did one observation there and found that that would not work there