Frost Bite - Snowmobile Forum: Your #1 Snowmobile Forum

shift · 02-09-2007, 07:33 PM

Well it bit me..In the face

Its -35*C and its been a week since i rode so i took the sled out for a lil spin. And I wear a motocross helmet with goggles and a balaclava. Well it kept falling down so i just left it. And after a while my face was stinging so i went in and then it REALLY started to hurt so now i just big bumps on my cheeks....this sucks and hurts. Any of you guys/girls have any stories about this that would like to share!

tamacat · 02-09-2007, 08:43 PM

No stories,but it will remind me to make sure I dress properly before I ride. Hope you feel better .

**smallengineguy** · 02-09-2007, 08:52 PM

It can set in quite quickly! I rode for 5 minutes testing a sled without gloves. I couldn't feel my hands when I was done. No harm done, but scary!

shift · 02-09-2007, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by tamacat

No stories,but it will remind me to make sure I dress properly before I ride. Hope you feel better .

Thanks, doesnt hurt anymore but it looks like someone gave me two sucker punches to each cheek lol

98xc600racer · 02-09-2007, 09:58 PM

I got it bad last year... I was out at my dads friends in the country.. We were riding into town (10 miles) and i forgot to put my breathbox in.... Dumb idea... WEll i got into town and went inside... My cheeks started feeling HOT... Then my uncles like "What happend to you" then i looked in the mirror... I had a goggle outline on my face... And my nose was bit... It went away in like 2 weeks... But it sucks at first... Trust me it looks kinda funny when you have Clear goggle prints on your face... Then everyone asks what happend... My Ceramics teacher asked if i got attacked by a bear lol! it was a joke though

Apex ER Man · 02-10-2007, 12:11 AM

Yeah I got it about 4 weeks ago with a open face helmet and goggles. Was trying a different kind of mask that clipped onto my goggles,not good. Within 10 minutes in 17 below temps,my face got it. Luckily I had my breathbox along,then it was better. Now i bought a NoFog mask with the breathdeflector built in,hope that is the answer. Just put Neosporin on and keep it clean,the bite goes away if you didn't get it too bad.

lrnnorth · 02-11-2007, 12:49 AM

There was a guy here, who whenever he raced cross country, he would duct tape his entire face. Sounds pretty crazy but it works. Probably hurts alot to get off though,

but it does beat getting frost-bite.

mmrosshere · 02-11-2007, 10:25 AM

I have had my bakla and mask froze to my beard. That hurts when you don't realize and pull everything off at once. OUCH. lol

badbrad · 02-11-2007, 02:29 PM

yah i would imagine that would hurt

shift · 02-12-2007, 08:10 PM

Just great

it was -35 out today and my buddy called me and he ran out of gas so i had to go help get gas and such and it took about an hour and i forgot my goggles and i got frostbite again on my face and this time it hurts even worse....err no more of this -35 crap unless i got a full face lid

I_R_Josh · 02-12-2007, 08:31 PM

Any place that gets frostbite becomes more susceptible to it. Get frotbit once and it will happen faster the next time. The Duct Tape actually does work. All of the IronDog racers use it. (Which started yesterday and is the longest snowmobile race there is, in some of the worst weather conditions). It looks funny but it works.
I remember my dad coming in from riding and sticking his face in front of the heater and slowly peeling the facemask from his beard. Those were the days of open-face helmets

mmrosshere · 02-13-2007, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by I_R_Josh

I remember my dad coming in from riding and sticking his face in front of the heater and slowly peeling the facemask from his beard. Those were the days of open-face helmets

I learned to do that the hard way.. Wish you had posted that little tidbit earlier..