Category: Mountain School

From choosing a great co-pilot to sleeping well on the road, here are 7 tips to make your sledding road trips more enjoyable!

Cody McNolty shares some thoughtful and detailed advice on how to safely and successfully drop cliffs on a snowmobile.

Mountain Sledder editor Pat goes through, one-by-one, every item he packs daily for snowmobiling in the mountains. Check out the video for all items and a brief explanation of why he chooses…

Throughout the day, we take note of weather factors, such as how strong the winds are, or how much it’s snowing. We’ll often perform snowpack tests to get a better sense of…

There have been so many posts on social media lately about avalanche transceiver interference from electronic devices. This is good discussion because it is a real problem, and many people still seem…

The Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale (ATES) is a system of rating backcountry terrain by its potential to produce avalanches. It will help you know if the terrain in the area you’re planning…

There's a new Avalanche Canada forecasting system which allow the organization to provide more accurate, localized forecasts to the public.

Here's how to maximize performance for winter and snowy conditions when converting your dirt bike into a snow bike.

This marks the fourteenth year of Ski-Doo providing free avalanche awareness seminars across North America, in which more than 23,000 snowmobilers have attended to learn more about riding safe in the backcountry.

Arctic Cat has announced a partnership with AIARE to support and promote avalanche safety education for mountain snowmobilers.