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2019 Ski-Doo Snowmobile Lineup for Mountain Riders

Here's what's new in the 2019 Ski-Doo snowmobile lineup! Engine, technology advances, new models, colours and more new for MY2019 from BRP.

Leave Trenches, Not Trash

The garbage sledders leave is a black eye on our community. We're 'known' for this ignorance and the stereotype has to change. Human waste has put our current global environmental situation into…

Avalanche Canada: Throttle Decisions Video Series

Avalanche Canada has produced an eight-part avalanche awareness video aimed at mountain sledders, named Throttle Decisions. The video series comes in response to the realization that there are two types of mountain sledders…

Alberta Snowmobile and Powersports Show Recap

It was big. It was shiny. It was the Alberta Snowmobile and Powersports Show (ASPS) in Edmonton in all its glory.   The 2016 trade show was much like those of years…

Sledding in Radium, BC: Catamount Glacier

Words and photos by Tim Grey   Into Another Dimension: Catamount Glacier near Radium, BC   It’s late spring and the 509 team is looking to finish up shooting for their next…

Ski-Doo Avalanche Seminars Throughout North America

BRP is making greater avalanche awareness easier by providing Ski-Doo avalanche seminars across Canada and the United states this fall.

Night Rider: Suns gone, lights on.

Rider: Jeremy Hanke, Revelstoke, BC Photo: Alain Sleigher Sleds come stock with headlights right? What are headlights for? Lighting up the darkness. Even when the sun departs, more riding can go down.…

Quartz Creek Cabin Renovation

Big things happened last summer in Quartz Creek near Golden BC, as the Golden Snowmobile Club’s day-use cabin saw a large renovation. The GSC, which successfully applied for a grant from the…

Young Buck: Ryan Law

Ryan Law Where are you from? Castlegar, BC. How old are you? 16 years old. Sled/Setup: Main sled: 2014 Ski Doo Summit X equipped with Z Broz EXIT shocks, Cheetah Factory Racing…

Way Back There

Colin Wallace photo   It was one of those days when you knew it was epic way back there. The last storm cycle was a week ago and all of the easily…