Liikonen, Larri; Alanko, Mikko; Jokinen, Sirpa; Niskanen, Ilkka; Virrankoski, Lauri
(Ministry of the Environment, 2007)
The Finnish Environment 33en/2007
Planning snowmobiling routes and considering the possible need for off-road traffic restrictions requires that the noise impact of snowmobile traffic is known.
The objective of this report was to take off-road readings in order to determine snowmobile noise emissions and the spread of noise from snowmobile routes into the environment. Based on the readings taken, it can be said that the noise zones created by snowmobile traffic are quite narrow at current traffic levels. Noise pollution can be prevented with good planning. The biggest problem in assessing noise impact is the diversity of snowmobiling and incursion of noise into otherwise quiet areas.