20 Sledders have been killed on sleds in Alaska since Nov 1 . 3 in the last 4 days.  That's actually a very serious statistic. More Alaskans have died on sleds than on our highways during the same period... and this is a low snow year in many places. Any sport with those kind of fatalities in a short period of time would alarm the Center for Disease Control. The State kinda ignores the issue with education, but not regulations, like speed, mufflers, etc,,,That works to a point. It's not about avalanches. It's more the culture surrounding the sport.