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4 SNOWEST FEBRUARY 2015 24 TESTING—ONE, TWO, THREE One of the biggest events of the winter for us here at SnoWest Magazine is the Deep Powder Challenge. We're gearing up for another big event this year, start- ing with weighing the machines. By Steve Janes 28 TASTE OF TORQUE We ride Yamaha factory hillclimb sleds on Grand Targhee's slopes. What a ride. By Ryan Harris 34 5 COVERS THAT SHOULD HAVE MADE IT BUT DIDN'T We take thousands of pictures every winter season and then have to deter- mine which one of those thousands get to be on the cover. Here are five pic- tures we thought should have been on the cover but never made it. 40 HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER BY CHRIS BURANDT, KEITH CURTIS These hardcore snowmobilers and rac- ers don't snowmobile all the time even though they would like to. We caught up with them this past fall to see what else they like to do with their time. 44 ANOTHER STAR VALLEY TRIP, ANOTHER GREAT RIDE We can't seem to get enough of snow- mobiling in western Wyoming, espe- cially in the mountains towering above Star Valley. By Lane Lindstrom 48 WESTERN GUIDE TO SNOWMOBILING FEATURES Volume 42, Number 2 | February 2015 DEPARTMENTS 6 RUNNIN' ON EMPTY By Lane Lindstrom 8 FRONTS & FORECASTS 12 GEAR BOX 22 PRODUCT REVIEW Titanium muffle from Summit 23 PRODUCT REVIEW Klim Adrenaline GTX Boa Boot 32 ADVERTISER INDEX 39 PRODUCT REVIEW Motofist Trophy Jacket 72 PRODUCT REVIEW XP/XM Big Wheel Kit 76 SNOW DUST THE AUTHORITY FOR WESTERN SNOWMOBILING SNOWEST'S SNOW BIKE PROJECT Take a look and see what we did with a 2015 Husqvarna FE501. By Ryan Harris 18 CONTENTS CONTENTS

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