The Prairie Women on Snowmobiles travel around Saskatchewan every winter to fundraise for breast cancer research.
The women spend hours every day travelling on their rides.
The women start the day with prepping and preparing the snowmobiles at around 8 a.m.
The women are on the road by 8:30 a.m. as the prairie sun rises behind them.
Many of the trails they follow are near railroad tracks or highways.
After riding for a few hours, the women and their male volunteer techs pull over at the first town, Hague, Sask.
The women stop to enjoy a break, mingle with the community, collect donations and give pins to breast cancer survivors.
It can be an emotional ceremony to pin the pink heart 'Prairie Women on Snowmobilies' pins on cancer survivors.
After their good-byes to the first community, the women post for a photograph then are off, back on their rides.
They wait until everyone is ready then head off to the next town.
The women are accompanied by a van and a semi-truck that is used to carry the snowmobiles at night and other volunteers and organizers in the day.
On special occasions, the women will make house calls. In Rosthern, Sask., the husband of a woman who is currently going through chemotherapy contacted the prairie women and requested a special house call.
The organizers went inside the home to meet the woman while the riders each drove by with a solidarity wave.
On this special occasion as well, a group of school children surprised the women with a show of support.
The children were able to get high fives as the prairie women drove by.
Sometimes technical difficulties happened... resulting in the techs working to restart snowmobiles.
The prairie women stopped at three towns along their route.
After a short break they are off for the final leg to Prince Albert, Sask.
After arriving in Prince Albert, it is time for the women to relax and take a breath after riding along for hundreds of kilometers.
