Mountain Sledder Ceases Print Publication

Digital Channels To Continue Publishing Content

Since 2012, the long summer days have been cooled by thoughts, words and images of cold, white winter, as Mountain Sledder staff laboured with love on the stories destined for forthcoming issues of its print magazine.

Sadly, this has not been the case for these past few hot, buggy and smoky months. Mountain Sledder magazine will not publish a print issue this fall for the first time in over a decade.

Mountain Sledder Magazine Ceases Print Publication

It’s been a slow decline for periodical print publishing in this digital age, and Mountain Sledder weathered the storm better than many niche publications. However, it cannot be ignored that audiences consume content today in fundamentally different ways. Even if our collective enjoyment of the tactile feel of paper and physical experience of flipping a page has not diminished, there is a greater demand for the ‘here’ and ‘now’—from both the audience and those who want their messages shared.

In the larger picture, we feel there will always be a place for periodical print publications, even if on a smaller scale. Beyond that, might print magazines someday experience a sustainable renaissance like those other analog media—vinyl records and photo film? Perhaps.

If so, will Mountain Sledder magazine be there, enticing and inspiring sledders to pursue our pastime with the utmost passion? We can hope.

The Story Continues at sleddermag.com

In the meantime, our audience may continue to enjoy new, original and authentic mountain sledding stories, photography, video, news and more at www.sleddermag.com and on our social channels this fall and winter. To read past issues of the magazine, head over to the Mountain Sledder page on Issuu.

As we shift gears, please enjoy a small sample below of images we’ve shared in print over the years—ones that help tell the story of some of the notable milestones we’ve passed in the last decade plus of MS print publication.

Snow is on the horizon, and we’re getting chilly just thinking about it! See you out there.

– MS

47c himself, Carl Kuster, ripping on the world’s first factory turbocharged 2-stroke snowmobile, the 2020.5 E-TEC Turbo.

Not long before came the first ever factory turbocharger 4-stroke snowmobile, Yamaha’s Sidewinder M-TX, decked out in 50th Anniversary decals in this case.

Arctic Cat’s ALPHA ONE made waves as a revolutionary new rear suspension innovation, back in MY2019.

Ski-Doo was paying attention to its ambassadors in steep and deep Revelstoke and Sicamous, and was the first to bring a ‘super’ long track factory sled to the mountains.

Through the magazine, we had the opportunity to meet and ride with many great sledders, athletes and industry folk over the years.

Technological innovations like SHOT Starter have made sleds lighter for incrementally better performance and improved the overall rider experience.

Arctic Cat brought a clean-sheet snowmobile platform, Catalyst, to market with aspirations of setting the standard for lightweight and durability.

Avalanche safety became a priority for riders, with thousands enrolling in education training, along with innovations such as avalanche airbags becoming more commonly used.