Backyard summmer skiing with snow

SkierFromOhio

SkierFromOhio

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Yesterday I made a thread on how to transport ice rink snow to my house. Now I would like to know how I should use the snow to build a setup. Any ideas will help.
 
Did you end up scoring a truck to use? How much of this ice rink snow can you get? I say build a quarter pipe or a big cube like a butter pad if you have a ton of it and lots of time to build. The bigger your feature the longer it will take to melt.
 
13456712:OregonDead said:
Did you end up scoring a truck to use? How much of this ice rink snow can you get? I say build a quarter pipe or a big cube like a butter pad if you have a ton of it and lots of time to build. The bigger your feature the longer it will take to melt.
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I don't think I will able to get a truck so im looking for ideas that wont require a lot of snow or investing money in a drop in
 
13456712:OregonDead said:
Did you end up scoring a truck to use? How much of this ice rink snow can you get? I say build a quarter pipe or a big cube like a butter pad if you have a ton of it and lots of time to build. The bigger your feature the longer it will take to melt.
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Now that I think about it my grandparents backyard has a hill so i can probably take my rail to their house (my grandparents live across the street from me) and put some snow on the slope.
 
Like building from scratch? Do you just have a bunch of snow?

If you use the hill, make sure you build as long of an inrun as possible. Make it long and thin. You won't be able to turn but it will save snow
 
topic:SkierFromOhio said:
Yesterday I made a thread on how to transport ice rink snow to my house. Now I would like to know how I should use the snow to build a setup. Any ideas will help.
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The best ramps that I've seen are made out of bubble wrap. Get a bunch of bubble wrap, put it in a pile then place snow over bubble wrap. It will keep the snow cold for a longer amount of time and gives you extra spring when hopping onto the rail. Make sure to have extra speed when you hit the bubble wrap
 
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