What’s the best sledge?

Wheely bin / council estate bobsleigh

We used to make them back in the 70s/80s. Few bits of 4×2, two runners, shaped at the front into a rough curve, several cross-pieces to make the deck and plastic hosepipe nailed onto the runners. Low, solid, (until you went two up and binned it into the stream at the bottom……) they absolutely shit on anything you could buy except the proper alpine wooden slat ones . Abbey Fields at Kenilworth was our Mecca.

@dovebiker. Should have tried one of the big pads that are wrapped around the snowcannons/pylons. We found one that was just loose at the bottom of a slope one night (even in our drunk state we knew not to remove one that was around anything).

The acceleration was astounding, also butt clenching. I honestly didn’t know whether to be excited or terrified. The only thing that stopped us was the side of a chalet…………200 metres away. We were still accelerating. Luckily the padding prevented all injuries, so all good. It was too heavy to drag back up for another run though.

The Stiga snow racer is a good option for controlled fast sledging, you can also get a version with proper bars on lol.

Me last weekend at the old local ski slope at the top of their gnarliest hill, you’re never too old….

This is the parents version:

small inflatable boat. With crash helmets. Sent three kids down White Horse Hill in ours a few years ago. Unbelievably fast!