Nurost
New member
Hey all, new to the forum but not new to hiking.
Anyways I've been hiking since I was about 5, and in the last two years I started, and have taken to winter hiking and mountaineering.
While I enjoy the sport, I do not enjoy the extra weight that comes from the specialized gear. In the last year i really started to rethink my set up, and have purchased some new lighter gear that has dramatically reduced the weight of my pack. But its still nothing compared to my summer pack weight, and I enjoy comforts too much to go extreme light weight like a friend has.
While searching around on the internet I came across designs for a snow pulk http://www.explorenorth.com/articles/buildasled.html
And that got me thinking. So i went ahead and spent the $39 at my local hardware store and bought the materials needed. (have to know that $24.99 of that was the sled itself) and built it in about an hour (I like to go slowly to avoid errors.....which i make anyways IE putting together one of the poles completely wrong :roll: )
Anyways, it seems like a pretty good design, I'm going to change a few things though, mainly the actual length of the sled, right now its about 4 ft, going to take about a foot and a half, and revamping the harness.
Has anyone else had any experience with these? It seems like a nice piece of equipment on paper, but with the densely wooded trails here in Maine, and the WMNF, I'm wondering if it will just be a problem, rather than a solution.
I'm heading to the Mountains during my Christmas Break, so I'll give my personal opinions of it them.
Nick
Anyways I've been hiking since I was about 5, and in the last two years I started, and have taken to winter hiking and mountaineering.
While I enjoy the sport, I do not enjoy the extra weight that comes from the specialized gear. In the last year i really started to rethink my set up, and have purchased some new lighter gear that has dramatically reduced the weight of my pack. But its still nothing compared to my summer pack weight, and I enjoy comforts too much to go extreme light weight like a friend has.
While searching around on the internet I came across designs for a snow pulk http://www.explorenorth.com/articles/buildasled.html
And that got me thinking. So i went ahead and spent the $39 at my local hardware store and bought the materials needed. (have to know that $24.99 of that was the sled itself) and built it in about an hour (I like to go slowly to avoid errors.....which i make anyways IE putting together one of the poles completely wrong :roll: )
Anyways, it seems like a pretty good design, I'm going to change a few things though, mainly the actual length of the sled, right now its about 4 ft, going to take about a foot and a half, and revamping the harness.
Has anyone else had any experience with these? It seems like a nice piece of equipment on paper, but with the densely wooded trails here in Maine, and the WMNF, I'm wondering if it will just be a problem, rather than a solution.
I'm heading to the Mountains during my Christmas Break, so I'll give my personal opinions of it them.
Nick