Tag: Rescue

Here’s our list of key essential safety gear that every sledder should consider packing along for a ride in the mountains. We’ve broken the list down into three levels of priority, from…

Is your rider buddy equipped with the skills to use all that gear to save your life? Have they practiced recently, or are their skills rusty? Why not ask them straight-out: When…

The sledder, who was reportedly travelling alone with his transceiver off, was buried 2m beneath the avalanche debris. Two nearby snowmobilers had heard the engine sound of a distant snowmobile stop and happened…

Chilling avalanche rescue footage from a pair of skiers in France, originally posted almost exactly 2 years ago, has resurfaced.   The edge-of-your-seat video shows a skier trigger a large avalanche and…

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…

This avalanche burial video shows a sledder become completely buried on a deep snow day at Blue Lake, a riding zone near Sicamous, BC.