As has been the case for the past few years, SnowShoot 2013 found us once again in West Yellowstone, Mt. I know I’ve said it before, but West continues to be a great place to spend time during the winter. The town really does know how to cater to snowmobilers and we found the trailsRead More
Park Service Releases Final Winter Use Plan/SEIS with Non Commercially Guided Snowmobile Access
On February 22nd the National Park Service (NPS) announced the release of the final Winter Use Plan and Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (Final Plan/SEIS) for Yellowstone National Park. The Winter Use Plan Final SEIS analyzes a wide range of alternatives and now has a new final Preferred Alternative. BlueRibbon and our partners will be reviewingRead More
Ride Report – Black Woods Blizzard Tour ALS Fund Raiser Ride
As you have likely seen on the Maxsled website and Facebook page this year Maxsled helped a couple of riders in this year’s Black Woods Blizzard Tour ALS fund raiser ride. We were glad to help in this worthy cause, putting Ike and Steve on a couple of our long term test sleds, the 2012Read More
K2 Sports acquires BCA
The following press release came out over the weekend from BCA and K2. Seattle, Wash., (Jan 4th, 2013) – Complementing its industry-leading roster of 14 outdoor recreational equipment brands, K2 Sports this month closed the acquisition of Backcountry Access (BCA), a pioneering designer, manufacturer, and champion of backcountry snow-safety equipment and education. The move reinforcesRead More
Max Sled 2014 Model Pure Speculation
Every year we gaze into the headlights of our sleds and try to peer into the future to guess what the OEMs will bless us with the following year. The snowmobile industry has a history of coming out with something new or different each and every year. Sometimes we hit the mark and sometimes weRead More
Help MaxSled.com Help the Pink Ribbon Riders
The Pink Ribbon Riders have been around for over 7 years and MaxSled.com has been helping them since the beginning. We will once again be riding on the Minnesota Tour on January 5, 2013, and we are asking you to help us support them. Pink Ribbon Riders helps patients who have been diagnosed with breastRead More
MaxSled.com to support Black Woods ALS Charity rider Ike Daughenbaugh
If you haven’t been touched by ALS consider yourself lucky. ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) or better known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease is a terrible disease that robs its victim of the ability to walk, speak, swallow and breathe… finally killing them after a terrible battle. So when we here at MaxSled.com were given the chanceRead More
Comment Needed On Yellowstone Draft Winter Use Plan/Seis
They are at it again. We continue to fight. Here’s an alert we got from the BlueRibbon Coalition and they need our comments. Read on… Dear Action Alert Subscribers, SITUATION The National Park Service (NPS) has prepared a Draft Winter Use Plan and Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (Draft Plan/SEIS) forYellowstoneNational Park. The purpose ofRead More
Recreational Trails Program Reauthorized
The BlueRibbon Coalition today expressed its appreciation that the two-year transportation bill, approved by Congress at the end of June and signed by the President last Friday, July 6, included reauthorization of the Recreational Trails Program (RTP). The bill provides $85 million dollars annually for the next two fiscal years. Since its inception and authorizationRead More
The Best Good Friday
by Lewis McLeod Sterling Mountain is located in northwestern British Columbia, approximately forty miles north of Terrace on Highway 113. The main trails are maintained by the Skeena Valley Snowmobile Club, along with two cabins. This year, it has been a snowmobiler’s paradise, with somewhere between twelve and fourteen feet of snow at the second cabinRead More