Midwest Ride-In

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Midwest Ride-In

We are a non-profit organization with a 20 member organizational committee that works year-round to Hearty food for hungry folks. in the Ballroom (CM Building).
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Full 3 Day Event – STARTS FRIDAY 1/28/22 at 9am

The Midwest Ride-In is the world's biggest family-friendly vintage snowmobile get together. Our Organizational Committee is working hard to hold our end-of-January event. Held annually at the Elk River Motor Park (ERX) in Elk River Minnesota. It’s a snowmobile ride on beautiful Minnesota trails, the world’s largest show of old sleds, trail ride, jud

ged show, youth races, vintage snowmobile racing. The ELK LAKE EASY RIDERS club will serve up thousands of grilled pork chops and burgers. Come celebrate winter with some of the finest folks in the world on the last weekend in January. THURSDAY EARLY SWAP DROP ONLY – MUST HAVE PRE-PURCHASED ADMISSION AND SWAP:
>>Trailer drop off. Enter grounds (with admission) and park your trailer from 1:00 -6 p.m.. Vendors may set up on Thursday afternoon as well. FRIDAY EVENTS:
Must be pre-registered or buy weekend pass on Friday to participate on Friday. Save time in line – go to www.mwvss.com to purchase tickets now.
>>Swap Meet - One of the world’s biggest vintage snowmobile swap meets. Come check out tons of vendors and individuals from all over the U.S. and Canada with parts, sleds, memorabilia and more for sale.
>>Ice Breaker Party. This popular Friday night get-together is 7:00 -10:00 p.m. in the Ballroom. Special guests. Cash bar. Elk Lake Easy Riders will have food for sale. SATURDAY EVENTS:
>>Swap Meet
>>Vintage riding: Take your old sled out of moth balls and bring it down for a trail ride with 800+ of your old-sled friends. The biggest vintage ride anywhere. NO Minnesota trail permit required for this vintage ride. Starts at 11:00 am. Staging for the ride is at the truck track.
>>Kid’s PRO ICE racing on ice pond all day.
>>Classic-only trail ride. This is for 1986-2000 sleds. Starts at 2:00 pm.
>>Autograph Session: noon – 1:00 p.m. inside Ballroom. Bring your featured brand memorabilia (limit 3 items) to have legends and VIP’s autograph. Special event posters available to purchase.
>>One Lunger Racing – 3:00 pm on the snocross track
>>Saturday night banquet with special featured theme dignitaries, a live auction and a great dinner. Banquet attendance is by RSVP only, purchase your tickets at www.mwvss.com. See registration page for ticket information. Doors open at 6:00 pm. Dinner at 6:30 pm. SUNDAY EVENTS:
>>Swap Meet – free swap spots available on Sunday
>>World’s biggest Vintage Snowmobile Show with over 45 classes and 140+ awards this year. Now with Survivor, Clone, Classic and Cross-Country classes. John Deere is feature brand for 2022. Celebrate 50th Anniversary of John Deere Snowmobiles.
>>One Lunger Racing – NOON on the snocross track
>>Kid’s PRO ICE racing on ice pond all day.
>>Silent auction of great vintage snowmobile memorabilia form 10:30 am to 2:30 p.m.
>>Special interest displays inside the Ballroom
>>3:00 Awards Ceremony

08/29/2026

Stop by the Midwest Ride-In booth for some sweet merch and to get details on our event.

08/09/2026

Midwest Ride-In is at the Nationals Show in Huron, South Dakota. Selling merchandise and showing off five CANADIAN ORPHAN machines to promote our end of January Ride-In.

Can you identify these Canadian makes and models?

06/13/2026

Wausau Stan Pophal pleads guilty -- exotic snowmobile auctions forthcoming:

The real victims handed over $ 14.25 million to a hollow promise. It happens. Think of Bernie Madoff and his Ponzi scheme.

Here is today's press release. Sentencing to follow, but it includes the green light to auction these high-end sleds.

As soon as the first auction date is set, I will post an extensive overview of the process, so that everyone is on the same page. There will be 4 days in the online auction for personal inspection at the Wausau location.

* The press release references pictures that they never added at the end.

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06/10/2026

DREAMING OF THE MIDWEST RIDE-IN ???

In this hot summer weather, why not reflect on late January’s Midwest Ride-In?

We have assembled an amazing collection of 295 images from the new location at Dehn’s Pumpkins and Event Center in Dayton, Minnesota.

They can be accessed at: https://waconiaridein.smugmug.com/2026-event-at-DEHNS-RACING-THROUGH-THE-90s --- in full resolution and downloaded at no cost.

NEW THIS YEAR, we added several video segments that show the dynamic action of our two-day event.
- Hover over the image thumbnail and read the caption for the photo or video
- Videos are identified by a video camera image in front of the filename

In 2026, we moved to a new location and had a great turnout. See still pictures and ALSO the great video segments. You get a real feel for the show. Most of these pictures are captioned. See the image filename for the caption.

02/26/2026

How big is MIDWEST RIDE-IN ???

We wish to thank all you sled-heads who took a chance and attended our inaugural event at Dehn’s Pumpkin Patch and Event Center.
In short, it was a huge success and wouldn't have happened without YOU…

02/09/2026

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02/07/2026

PLEASE THANK AND PATRONIZE OUR SPONSORS:

Our annual event wouldn’t happen without teamwork and financial resources. We generate income from your gate admissions, event clothing and merchandise sales, as well as silent and live auctions.
Importantly, we also receive support from select corporate sponsors that want to help and give back to the hobby. Corporate sponsors that simply like the Midwest Ride-In and what it means for all of us to get together each January.
Below we honor these great companies and share them with you in hopes that you can patronize their businesses. In no particular order…

C&A Pro Snowmobile Skis https://caproskis.net/
High Performance Snowmobile Skis

Motorsports Minneapolis – St. Boni https://www.motorsportsmn.com/
Ski Doo, Can Am, Sea Doo, Yamaha, Kawasaki, Triton Trailers

Dennis Kirk https://www.denniskirk.com/
Catalog sales for Snowmobiles, ATV, UTV, Motorcycle, Dirt Bike, & Harley

Power Lodge Powersports & Marine https://www.powerlodge.com/
Ramsey, Brainerd, St. Cloud, Onamia, and Miller Marine locations. Polaris, Ski Doo, Can Am, Sea Doo, Lynx, Yamaha, CF Moto, Kawasaki, Trailers, and Boats

Thomas Snow Sports https://thomassnosports.com/
Ogilvie, MN. Arctic Cat, Argo, Tacker Off Road

Ace Solid Waste https://www.acesolidwaste.com/
Serving the North Metro area. Residential and commercial pickup

CMP Attachments https://www.cmpattachments.com/
Clear Lake, MN. Attachments for skid steer, tractor, excavator, loader or mini-skid

Antique Snowmobile Club of America http://www.ascoa.org/

Vintage Snowmobile Magazine https://vintagesnowmobilemagazine.com/

Dehn’s Pumpkins & Event Center https://www.dehnspumpkins.com/

02/04/2026

FAMOUS MIDWEST RIDE-IN JUDGED SHOW:
New 2026 awards results 4-page summary is below

January 2026 was a BOOMING year for the Midwest Ride-In.
Including our JUDGED SHOW on Saturday. It's a free event.

A big turnout and a big THANKS to those sled-heads that showed their 1990s iron.

WELCOME, and continue to show us your stuff. WELCOME

The future of our hobby…

02/03/2026

Two Midwest Ride-In Trail Rides:

Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. I counted 400 participants on Saturday.

We thank a trio of trail groomers: Northwest Trails Snowmobile Assn., Elm Creek Sno-Cruisers, and the Dehn family.

You made “tooling around” fun last weekend!

02/02/2026

how big was MIDWEST RIDE-IN this year?

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17270 125th Avenue N
Elk River, MN
55327

Telephone

+16516494688

Website

http://mwvss.com/

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