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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…

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.…

Sled Manufacturers Donate Big to Fort McMurray Fire Relief

Two snowmobile manufacturers, Polaris Industries and BRP, have stepped forward with large donations to assist in the Fort McMurray fire relief efforts.

Behind the Scenes: Polaris 2017 Reveal

All images courtesy of Mountain Motorsports in Golden, BC. Well, the 2017 Polaris Snowmobile reveal has come and gone. If mountain riders were expecting huge changes for 2017 on the heels of…

2016 RMSHA Season Opener

We just finished our RMSHA season opener at Klim the Mine in Bellevue, ID. It was a hit for both racers and spectators. Klim (technical riding gear) was a big sponsor for this…

Dan Adams and Travis Rice—Convergence

  Dan Adams and Travis Rice, who met back when Adams was a coach for the Jackson Hole Snowboard Team, got together late in Winter 2015 to film Convergence, a spot for Polaris…

WCHA 2015 Canadian Hillclimb Championship at Silver Star

Pro Mod qualifying and finals were on the menu.  The Mod sleds are evil, vicious monsters built from the ground up to eat snow and annihilate the rough.  They crackled, they spit,…

Shelley Heap, sledding talent

Shelley Heap regularly stomps the competition on the RMSHA hillclimb circuit, but she also challenges herself by attending university, holding down a part-time job and getting into the backcountry as much as…

Why do you ride?

We would wear bread sacks over our socks to keep our feet dry. My gloves would be rock solid by the end of the day, and I had to suck on them to…