Category: Mountain School

Why are we still seeing incidents involving under-informed and underequipped snowmobile avalanche victims? Is it time to regulate who can buy a mountain sled? We do it with trucks, we do it…

A proper re-entry looks awesome and is do-able for athletic individuals with the right technique. Words by Chris Brown. Sequence of Brett Turcotte by Tim Grey.   How to Execute a Re-Entry…

To really bring this wave of progression to sledding, a grab seat must be built. Here are the steps we took on our first build.

Progression is defined as a movement or development toward a destination or a more advanced state, which for most sledders this movement is something we all strive for.  Whether it’s something like…

Ron Jeremy doesn’t go snowmobiling very often. But when he does, he whips out his 174” track and starts ramming it into all the nastiest zones. Of course that’s not true. The…

A video called "I survived a big Avalanche..." shows a mountain sledder trigger—and survive—a large avalanche in the Gorman Lake snowmobile area.

Alaska Dispatch News interviews Joe Denney, a survivor of a large avalanche near Eureka, AK on February 27, 2016. He tells the story of what happened that day, and the avalanche that…

Remembering back to the days when I first started riding backcountry, I can honestly admit that I was somewhat naïve when it came to avalanche safety. I wore a transceiver and had a…

You can leave for a road trip and forget many things without turning back: toothbrush, maps, gloves and driver’s license. But the one most important thing that must NOT be left behind…

I need to remember next season that my first ride of the year (on a brand new chassis might I add) shouldn’t be with one of RSMHA’s top racers, Erin Beukelman, and…