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According to the Union Leader article above, the rock jetty that was struck was the 100' long access road or walking path that extends out, across the water, to the very big, Kona Inn boathouse. As far as I know, that is a unique setup and has been in place for maybe 100 years. Considering, this incident occurred during a snow storm, how good was the visibility?

All it takes is about 30 seconds watching a snowmobile speed across the lake to understand why snowmobiles can easily be dangerous to their riders.

It's nothing like driving on a paved road with painted, lane lines....it's an irregular snow-ice-open water, lake surface with no speed limits. Some snowmos can go 100mph, so who or what is at fault here?
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One side benefit of the small open water areas created by water circulators is they give animals like deer and merganser ducks a watering hole, a spot where they can drink the water.

It's kind of interesting....the one overly large ice-free zone I have in mind.....one hour, it attracts a lone, black & white, merganzer or maybe a bufflehead, that bombs in out of the sky for a rapid descent and a perfect three-point landing......another hour, it attracts a single snowmobiler who decides to seperate away from his pack and gun it across the 100' of open water, leaving behind a wake that looks like the track of a snow-mo...