who invented snowmobiles?

A man named O.C. Johnson made the first snomobile in 1909.

According to this site, Carl Eliason invented the snowmobile.

http://patentpending.blogs.com/patent_pending_blog/2005/11/the_invention_o.html

This site gives the credit to O.C. Johnson.

http://library.thinkquest.org/04oct/00450/snowmobiles.htm