The Polaris does take a lot of snow into the hood when riding in the deep. I used to always find huge chunks of ice built up at the bottom of my engine compartment after a day of riding. Frogzskin kit and barely anything gets in there now, same fix for the Ski-Doo.
Just another con to add to polaris's already "stellar" reputation, worst motor, worst driveshafts, worst ice build up , but hey its so flickable in the garage you could dangle from the beer fridge to the tool box......lol