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Dear Manufacturers, We Need to Talk

Dear Manufacturers, We have discovered a slight issue with your new sled offerings that needs to be addressed, and I am here to help walk you through it. Please head down to…

Why the F&*K do you not have avalanche rescue gear??

If you ride in the mountains without training and gear, then you are not a mountain sledder. I don't care what kind of hot-rod sled you own. Don't call yourself that. Being…

Do you carry a gun?

Gun ownership and the provisions to carry them have always been touchy subjects. But why do some sledders feel the need to carry a gun in the backcountry?

Everyone’s an Expert: The Mountain Caribou Conundrum

A recent Facebook post by the Conservation Officer Service of British Columbia has raised some interesting questions about Mountain Caribou conservation efforts in BC. There are certainly some facts regarding the decline…

Style Never Dies

The new school of riders are building on the style that the pioneers started, continuing their art of expression and taking it further than before.

Trudeau’s First Report Card and Why Reporters are Bottom-Feeding Scum

It’s been a few months with our new Prime Minister Trudeau; the honeymoon is over so I think it’s time I check up on him. Let the post-honeymoon nagging begin. See how’s…

Ode to the Bail

Bailing is ok. Important even. No, really, it is. Without the torment of bailing we would never experience the euphoria of the make. It takes a certain amount of determination to subject…

Both Sides of the Lens

Rob Alford here, checking in with Mountain Sledder. I have spent the last 20 years riding sleds, shredding pow and chucking big airs in BC’s backcountry for the camera. But in the…