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We were also surprised at how good the 1.6-inch lug on a 146-inch track was off-trail. This sled is nearly perfect for a 50/50 on-trail/off-trail sled. Honestly, with a 1.75-inch or 2-inch lug on this sled, there wouldn’t be many places you couldn’t go. But the 1.6-incher meant that this sled was stupid fast in the straightaways for such a long machine.
Finally, we can’t say enough about how much we like the tons of storage options available with the LinQ system. Add a 2-up seat, lots of bags, racks for snowboards or whatever you like. This sled could really be a do-anything sled with all the options available and the ease of installing, uninstalling or changing them.
Real World wins
In our Real World testing, this sled turned out to be the second lightest of all our demo sleds at 571 pounds, totally wet. It was second only to the much smaller 600cc Polaris Switchback Pro-S.
The Backcountry also got high marks in fuel economy, coming in with a season average of almost 16 mpg.
The only downside of this sled that we could come up with was the shock package, which was a little soft at times, which seemed to add to the deeper keeled skis hooking in the corners. However, both of those things were certainly condition-dependent and could be changed.