Snowmobile safety
SnoRiders believes in going big and going home.
Join us and read stories about serious riders who know how to read terrain, current safety news, products to keep you safe while adventuring in the snowy wilderness—and events like safety workshops and classes.
We all love to do things that get our heart racing and adrenalin pumping, so let's live to do it another day.
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A special avalanche warning
For the third weekend in a row, the Canadian Avalanche Centre (CAC) is issuing a special public avalanche warning for large sections of B.C.
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An important update
The 2009-10 season has been fairly safe from avalanches up until now
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Another option for safety and peace of mind
Why have SPOT GPS messenger devices become so popular?
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The physics of rescue
Utah mountain responder Steve Achelis studied how electronics can interfere with avalanche transceiver operation
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Awesome but variable
Karl Klassen, public avalanche bulletins manager for the Canadian Avalanche Association, analyzed an amazing spot near Valemount
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Everyone wished I had a GPS that day
Dwayne Brandly found more stories of GPS rescue
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Avalanche video
Even when an avalanche rescue goes perfectly, those minutes of burial seem like an eternity.
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Enter the SnoRiders safety contest
Send us a photo that shows you have taken a safety course and we will enter you into a draw for monthly snowmobiling safety products.
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Hand-held GPS—A toy or a safety device?
Dwayne Brandly shares his GPS practices for safety and route-finding while snowmobiling
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How well can you assess this terrain?
Match your snow assessment abilities with public avalanche bulletin manager, Karl Klassen, as he turns his eye to Prattle Glacier near Golden
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The voice of experience
Ripping it up on a snowmobile on the mountains without compromising snow safety is the m.o. of Tom Soles.
