Yamafest 2011

Well it was that time of year again. Time to make the road trip to Revelstoke, BC to take part in a Yamaha tradition. For the last ten years Yamaha Canada has been putting on this event to to showcase their next seasons products for the snowmobile industry.

HillCrest Hotel Coast Resort  was Yamaha`s headquarters this year.

 But it is so much more than that.Usually on the Saturday up on Boulder Mtn near the "Sugar Bowl" they set up shop with all the next years models for you to test drive. The biggest attraction was getting to try Chris Brown`s Nytro with MCX 240 turbo installed.

Yamafest demo rides Sugar Bowl , Boulder Mtn

Here is the list of what they were demoing.
2012 Nytro MTX with all new Camo "Ascent" 2.25 track. New Drivers, Skis and Seat.
Chris Browns Nytro with MCX 240 kit
Apex EPS with MCX 290 kit
Apex XTX EPS 144
Nytro 153 SE
Venture GT
Grizzly with Tric Track kit(photo by PowderPuff)

Chris Brown`s 2012 Nytro with MCX 240 kit

 This year was a little different in that Yamaha and their partners were teamed up and offered up a mini passport porker run kinda thing. When you signed up to take part in the test rides you were given a passport. So starting in the parking lot and on the trail up there were check points for you to stop and check out what the partners have to offer. At each stop you get your pass punched.

Passport Partners were:
509  ( First stop)
BCA (Second stop)
Canadian Avalanche Center  (Second stop)
GYPA, Klim, FXR,  (Third Stop)
Yamalube, (Final Stop)
SRS and Revelstoke Snowmobile club supported as well

Randy Swenson assisting a demo rider

Due to some circumstances