Extreme Sledding

We wanted one more fun snow activity with Ben and Suz and their family before they went back to the Southeast in January (incidentally, they went back to snow, but we couldn't have predicted that).  Uncle Ben knew of a cool place to go sledding near the Tibble Fork Reservoir in American Fork Canyon, so we headed that way.  After fueling up at Krispy Kreme.

The biggest part of the adventure was technically arriving at the sledding destination.  We walked (or some people rode) down a road that had been closed off from driving for the winter.

We continued for a little while until we came to a place where we could cross the American Fork River.  Then we walked a long way along a snow-covered trail.  The kids, and the adults, were so anxious to do some sledding that we stopped at little slopes on the side of the mountain intermittently, to sled and play in the very, very deep snow.  We only had a couple of close calls with people going over the edge toward the river.

We finally arrived at The Sledding Place, and it was awesome.  It was a huge bowl, covered in slick, icy snow, so steep the kids could barely climb to the rim.  But they persisted, and had a great time sliding down the slopes, whether they were on sleds or not.  I don't have any great pictures, but Google Photos helped me out with this fun video from our excursion so you can get an idea of what this bowl looked like.

After our long trek to the bowl and a little bit of time sledding, the kids were ready to get back to the car and warm up (and find a bathroom).  They endured a few more pictures before we started walking back.  Luckily, we used a shortcut on our return trip so it wasn't quite as long.

Eliza was really ready to be done.

It was such a fun adventure!