What is the highest elevation a snowmobile has gone?

[polaris dude]

Curious just how far above sea level a snowmobile has made it. I'll take both an official and non official (verifiable) source. Just interested in general I suppose.

My best contribution would be the pictures/proof I've seen of certain individuals who almost rode to the top of one of the 14,000 ft peaks here in Colorado. You know who you are :face-icon-small-coo

 

[Dogmeat]

There was a dude on here about 10 years ago from Casper Wyoming that summited K2 on his Rev XP .....

 

[polaris dude]

There was a dude on here about 10 years ago from Casper Wyoming that summited K2 on his Rev XP .....

C'mon man snowmobiler fish tales don't count :face-icon-small-win . Although I heard rumor his grandma lapped him while he did it

 

[Timbre]

C'mon man snowmobiler fish tales don't count :face-icon-small-win . Although I heard rumor his grandma lapped him while he did it

Must be true! Word has it, he (snowmobiler) was running some top secret shizzz back then that only NASA and Al Gore knew about.

 

[fc8464]

Must be true! Word has it, he (snowmobiler) was running some top secret shizzz back then that only NASA and Al Gore knew about.

I heard about that. 4.5M grant to search for Manbearpig!

 

[mountainhorse]

Lets start it out simply...

Colorado has some pretty high elevation riding...

What is the highest elevation that you hear of sledders riding in the USA.
With Breckenridge at 9600 ft... what about around there??


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[DDECKER]

12,900 my max

 

[polaris dude]

Lets start it out simply...

Colorado has some pretty high elevation riding...

What is the highest elevation that you hear of sledders riding in the USA.
With Breckenridge at 9600 ft... what about around there??


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As I said someone got to about 13,800 feet in Colorado near gray's and Torrey peaks. I guess at that point it comes down to if people are going higher internationally. I presume

 

[DDECKER]

Max of 25000 feet id guess hahahha!

 

[summ8rmk]

Burandt flys his polaris' down to Argentina.
Planes fly at 35,000ft?

 

[Timbre]

Burandt flys his polaris' down to Argentina.
Planes fly at 35,000ft?

Looks like we have a winner

We can only get to about 8-9k around here. I would imagine the power loss (without a turbo) at 12-13k would be VERY noticeable.

 

[WyoRado]

We can only get to about 8-9k around here. I would imagine the power loss (without a turbo) at 12-13k would be VERY noticeable.

8-9k is about as low as we get to go. I would imagine the power gain at lower elevation would be very noticeable!! haha

 

[DDECKER]

every time I ride Idaho I have to re-clutch for altitude loss

 

[summ8rmk]

every time I ride a ho I have to re-clutch for attitude loss

Interesting statement....

 

[05900]

Interesting statement... early Primary Engagement??...

:face-icon-small-dis

 

[CO 2.0]

Jones Pass in Colorado is just over 13K ft. That's the highest I've ever got a sled. Way back in 2006 or so on my Edge.

 

[Yamadoo04]

13,107 ft for me

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[AndrettiDog]

Lets start it out simply...

Colorado has some pretty high elevation riding...

What is the highest elevation that you hear of sledders riding in the USA.
With Breckenridge at 9600 ft... what about around there??

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I live in the area. We usually start around that altitude. Vail pass is over 10k at the parking lot. You can drive a car over 14k in a couple spots in Colorado, so it's certainly doable.

I've been well over 13k on my sleds several times!

 

[03RMK800]

I would guess some should not confess where they have been. I can say i have been over 13,800. A ptek did great, injection is better.
In the seventies, it was an adventure to hit 11500. Those old sleds truly showed the purported 7% loss per thousand.

 

[Clark42]

Do heli-extractions count?! ?