no, It wasn't over the hood, I prefer it not over the hood because that snow mist gets in the air box and goggles. This was the best I have seen in a long time. We rode from 10:30 to 5:30, never seen another sled. We rode mainly logging roads and some bush and only burned 5.4 gallon on the Max, 5.0 on the xfire 800, 5.7 on the assault and 5.8 on the 550fan. Half our time was resting as it really takes it out of you hoggin the sleds around. The snow was absolutely perfect, about 16" of fresh where you still could hardly feel the base. It was carving heaven at it's best