​Recognized as the dean of snowmobile photojournalism, C.J. Ramstad (1945-2007) began his career in the sport in 1969 when he began writing advertising for snowmobiles. C.J. quickly moved to magazines, first taking pictures and writing articles for Snowmobile Times, and Snow Goer, before founding Snow Week in 1973. C.J. is the author of four previous books: The Collected Works of Pappy (1979), Legend: the history of Arctic Cat(two editions, 1987 and 1999), and Of Ice and Engines, the history of the Eagle River Derby.
