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Quartz Creek, Golden BC

Quartz Creek is by far the most popular sledding zone in the Columbia Valley, and for good reason. It has almost everything a sledder could want, wrapped up in a convenient package:…

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…

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…

I Survived a Big Avalanche While Snowmobiling Video – What Happened?

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

Parks Canada Q&A

On December 6, 2014 two snowmobilers required rescue inside of Glacier National Park boundaries. At a court date in Golden BC on February 17th 2015, one of the sledders was found guilty…

Behind the Scenes: Ski-Doo Club 2017 Showroom

The Ski-Doo Club 2017 Showroom reveal of the new BRP lineup happened last night, and 3000 lucky dealers and industry people got to see all the new sleds and gear firsthand in…

TGFG W2014/2015 Slideshow

TGFG. You might recognize Tim Grey’s name from the Mountain Sledder Magazine masthead, right underneath where it says ‘Editor-in-Chief’. But what you probably don’t realize is that he spends more time in the backcountry than any…

Stewart and Northern BC Spring Road Trip

Chris Granter and the Trigger Point crew hit the road and headed north to experience spring sledding utopia near Stewart, BC near the Alaska border.

Spontaneous Trips: Sled Golden

If there’s anything I’ve learned from the past few seasons it’s that you can never go wrong with spontaneous sled trips to Golden. Just check the avy conditions first. When someone says…