18 SnoWest’s Project X

Building the ultimate backcountry Ski-Doo was our latest project as we transformed a stocker into the quintessential mountain machine.  By Ryan Harris

26 Take Aways From Intermountain Snowmobile Show

We finally got some work out of SnoWest Magazine publisher Steve Janes at the Intermountain Snowmobile Show when we asked him to attend each one of the seminars at the show and give us the highlights. Here's what he came up with. By Steve Janes

28 Whitewashing The Blues

Okay, it was Mother Nature doing all the work but we definitely were the beneficiaries of her handiwork. Nearly two feet of snow fell while we were snowmobiling in Oregon's Blue Mountains and the riding couldn't have been better. By Lane Lindstrom

36 Yamaha Phazer MTX

Still considered by many as the entry-level mountain sled for western riders, Yamaha's Phazer MTX is back for another season of sledding. By Lane Lindstrom

42 5 Tips To Help Every Woman Rider

Canadian rider Shelley Ferguson gives five tips to help women not only learn how to be a better rider but have fun doing it. By Shelley Ferguson

Departments

8 White Out & Wide Open By Steve Janes

10 Letters To The Editor

12 Fronts & Forecasts

14 Gear Box

34 Advertiser Index

41 Product Review: Fly Helmet

44 Snow Dust

Cover

The reward for spending hours and hours (and lots of dollars) on building the SnoWest project sled is when you finally get it on the snow to see if all that work will pay off. With Project X the answer was, "Oh, yea." Photo by Ryan Harris