Rider Critically Injured After Snowmobile Hits Parked Snowmobile on Trail 51

One snowmobiler suffered critical injuries after striking an unoccupied, parked snowmobile on Trail 51 near Canyon, St. Louis County, on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2026. Emergency crews from the area responded to a serious crash on the northeastern Minnesota trail and the injured rider was airlifted to a hospital.

Local law-enforcement releases described the collision as the result of an unoccupied, parked snowmobile. The releases identified the location as Trail 51 near Canyon and characterized the incident as a serious snowmobile crash that left one person critically injured.

Officials transported the injured rider by air from the scene to receive emergency care. Authorities have not released the rider’s name or the hospital to which the person was taken in the initial releases issued after the Feb. 22 accident.

Trail 51 near Canyon lies in northeastern Minnesota and is the site named in the law-enforcement notifications. Local law-enforcement handled the on-scene response and provided the details that the collision involved a parked, unoccupied machine and resulted in a critical injury requiring air transport.

The incident on Saturday underscores the risks present on area snowmobile trails this winter. Local law-enforcement releases remain the primary source of details about the crash on Trail 51, and the county’s public safety agencies issued the initial account describing the unoccupied, parked snowmobile as central to the collision.