I had this hammock made of metal piping about 2.5 inch diameter. I had some wet snow and a few peices of firewood and proped it up. you can either use q peice of wood and have the rail rise or slope down or make it parralel to the ground with 2 peices of wood. you need enough snow to make a jump to get onto the rail thou. becarefull because when i went switch on or spin opposite on, I landed to hard and knocked off the tube. also, pcv seems too week to suport weight unless you have a few supports.