It is winter here in the Southern Hemisphere, and popular ski destinations such as Queenstown are packed with snow, snowboarders and skiers. Sometimes people ask us if Segway Personal Transporters (PTs) can be used in the snow. The answer is "Of course!" Some places even offer Segway Tours in the snow. One example is Explore Niseko at Hirafu Village (Japan). ere is a grea photo from their website, showing a pair of explorers on Segway x2 models: Outside of winter, Segway Tours and activities can be found operating during summer months at many ski resorts, often operate in combination with activities such as zip lining. Here in New Zealand there are no 'Segway Snow Tours' per se, but Queenstown's Segway On Q operates all year round. Snow falls in Queenstown so winter tourists often get to enjoy a journey through snow - and over frosty ice. Segway On Q fits special 'snow tyres' to their fleet of Segway i2 SE and i2 models during these winter months. The tread pattern of these tyres provides considerable extra grip, even though they are the same size as regular Segway i2SE tyres. You can see a video of proprietor Kevin Hey testing out these tyres in 10cm of new powder on the Segway On Q Facebook page here (2011), and on the local ice rink here (2013). We also wrote about this in our article Queenstown (snow and ice), National Field Days (mud?) and SpeedShow (tarmac) in 2013, and included some great photos and further links. While people often expect the big wheeled (big-footed?) Segway x2SE models to cope well with snow, they are often surprised to see just how well an "appropriately shod" Segway i2SE can do. We've just found this photo from France showing something we've never seen before - Segway x2 models fitted with snow chains.