Patent ID: 7597069

Claim:
A snow vehicle comprising: an engine including a cooling water jacket, a cooling water inlet portion, and a cooling water outlet portion; a track belt arranged on a rear side of the engine, the track belt being wound around a front axle arranged to receive a drive force from the engine; a shaft arranged to transmit the drive force from the engine to the front axle, the shaft arranged behind the engine and above the front axle; and a cooling water path arranged to cool the engine, the cooling water path including a cooler arranged to cool cooling water in the cooling water path, the cooler including a first portion interposed between the engine and the front axle and a second portion disposed above the front axle and interposed between the shaft and the front axle; wherein the engine includes a front surface with respect to a forward running direction of the vehicle that extends substantially perpendicular to the forward running direction; and the cooling water inlet portion and the cooling water outlet portion are directly connected to the front surface of the engine, and are connected to the cooling water jacket and the cooling water path on a front surface side located in front of the front surface of the engine with respect to the forward running direction of the vehicle.