18 AMERICAN SNOWMOBILER • http://www.AmSnow.com ON THE WEB //^ More reviews at
http://www.AmSnow.com/techCAT’S MONORAIL SUSPENSION EASY TO HANDLE
Alpha One suspension may prove a
boon to small riders
■ (^) Monorail: The first go
Back up about 20 years and you’d find
me wheeling a yellow whiskey wagon
around the woods of Utah and
Wyoming. I grew up riding a Ski-Doo
through the REVolution of rider-for-
ward designs which taught me how to
move around on a snowmobile to
achieve what I needed it to do. After
realizing my one and only growth spurt,
■ SLED REVIEWS ALICIA MARTIN
Although I am a staggering 5-foot-2 and 115 lbs. pounds of
pure fury, wrestling a sled through the mountains all day isn’t
exactly in my wheelhouse. I rely on finesse over force and a sled that
is responsive to subtle rider input is my best friend.
ALPHA ONE DIGS IN With Arctic Cat expanding
its monorail lineup, there’s no reason you
shouldn’t try one.
I knew I needed a sled and setup that was
sensitive to rider input to move through
technical mountain terrain. I never
thought a sled would be more responsive
than a Gen4 850 Ski-Doo. Then I rode
the Arcit Cat’s Alpha One that uses its
monorail suspension.
The first 15 miles, admittedly, were a
rodeo. On my first ride, the sled felt skin-
ny beneath me and the vertical steering
was completely foreign. Although I sat
through all the conversations about how
everyone tips it over in the first five sec-
onds, some primitive part of my brain