Sunday, January 14, 2018

Sledding Up Big Cottonwood Canyon

The boys dove out of the car into the snow as soon as we pulled up. 
The kids have been dying to go sledding, but it has been impossible since there is no snow. Then we saw a fellow instagrammer sledding up Big Cottonwood Canyon. It looked like so much fun that we decided to go. We packed up our three saucers and two beat up sleds and made the drive. As we were headed up the trailer, we actually ran into the blogger, Wander and Scout, and she was as nice in person as she is on her account.
The canyon was gorgeous. 
It was fun to run into Jamie Cook from Wander and Scout.  
The boys were impatient while Mom talked with her friend,
so they started climbing the hill on the side of the trail to sled. 
We continued up the trail and found some awesome sledding sights. There were three nice hills. Mom enjoyed the kiddie slope best because it was long, but not steep. Mark tried a really steep hill with a massive jump at the bottom. He rode right over the jump and landed on the sled. Dax and Seth were most excited about the speed on the steepest hill. We spent most of the day there on the trail to Donut Falls. We took about 400 pictures and a lot of video. Dad even broke one of the sleds right in half! But nobody got hurt, and we scratched the sledding itch. The only problem is that now we want to go back!
Seth always has a big smile as he sleds down the hill. 
The older boys loved this jump. This is Dax going off it!
Dax smiles even if he is going to crash.
Seth loves going on a sled ride with Dad. 
Dax will snowplow himself down the hill, too!
Mom loved the easy hills. No jumps for her!
Mark tackled this big hill first thing. 
Mark really loved this bumpy route. 
Mark seemed to always come down backward, but he caught air!
Seth didn't quite make it over the last bump.
Dad broke the sled in two pieces. 
Mark loves sledding. 
Dad and Seth took another ride together. 
And ended up backward!
Dax always has his mouth open when he sleds to catch any snow that might fly up. 
Seth has picked up that habit, too!
Mom ate a lot of snow on this ride. 
And spun all the way around, too!
Mark tried to take out a few people.
Nice trick Mark!
Dax could catch some serious air on this one bump in the trail. 
Seth liked to go down the bumpy trail, too. 
He never crashed. 
Go Dax Go!
Mark was smiling after every sled ride!
It was a fun afternoon.
Mom and Dad enjoyed the sledding, but they had more fun watching their boys love it so much.
Happy Sledding Day!

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