Me and a buddy came across a man and his young son yesterday. It looed like he had parked off trail and tried to get back on the trail when the track just sunk. When we came onto it there were two guys screwing around with the back of the sled (pushing down, pulling up, etc.). It seems like noone ever goes for the skis. We told the guy to gently work the throttle and each of us pulled on a ski loop. Obviously this relieves the ski friction your track is fighting and usually works and works quickly. Outed the sled in 20 seconds. Sorry if I'm "preaching to the choir", but it's not the first time we've helped people out of the puckers using this method when they'd been focusing on the back of the sled. This tends to be a much safer method also as it gets all apendages away from the moving track.

Great riding and skiing this weekend. Enjoy it while it lasts!

Saw a couple of HCSers Saturday around 3PMish on trail 16. We were parked on a couple of Yamahas. Gave a big wave but just got a blank stare.

hilltoper

We've wondered the same thing. :doh:

Well I got stuck in 4' of snow yesterday, alone, in no mans land. It took me all of 3 minutes to get out. I've been stuck a lot in my day and I guess you learn by experance. Its alway easier if someone is there to help dig or pull a ski tip, I thought thats what they were made for is pulling??? So this is what I have learned.
1) I take my helmet off, cause there is ussualy a lot of digging.
2) Dig out the skies, belly pan and exhaust.
3) Pack down the snow around the side of the track and throw the ass end there.
4) I stay off the sled, start it and when I'm ready nail it. The sled will catch and jump out of the hole and end up about 5' away sitting pretty.

Wondered the same thing here. IT must have been all those miles I put on my 69 wheelhorse that taught me how to get a sled unstuck! Hard to believe they made sleds that were so bad at going thru snow.....if it wasnt a packed trail, it wouldnt go anywhere!

Nothing is worse than when you have to lift the back of your sled to set it on better snow, and the bumper is allready as high as your chest so you can barely lift it. I got stuck in a big drift, in snow up to my waist, and It is so hard to throw the sled around when it is allready almost waist high :doh:

pulling ski tips, that's how us kids always got unstuck in the field when younger. stomp down the snow in front, lift the back end to the side, and pull on those skis. always worked well. we used to get stuck a lot after the fresh storms, too... heh.

When alone, I just throw the back end around, and take my left hand on the rear bumper, and pull like crazy, and with my right hand give it a little gas while pulling. Even my 5 year old boys know when they get their 120 stuck , they go up and grab the skis together and pull it.

Getting stuck is part of the game. I just hate when your so exhausted from muscling your sled around. Your sweating like a pig, it takes like a half hour to recover.

It sure does keep the blood flowing in us old guys though don't it?

throw the ass end there, yea right! I think I left my nuts in the snow saturday trying to do that!! :banghead: thx for the group behind me or I think I might be still there.... :help:

It's worse when you ride with someone who constantly gets stuck. They always want help getting out and I practically have a heart attack helping them. People don't know how to feather the throttle and not wind the thing up and bury the bacdk end. Then they try to get the sled moving while they are still on it and bury the thing even more! Get off the sled if you are starting to get stuck! Then give it some gas. These people weigh 200 lbs and they wonder why the sled has trouble getting started in 4 feet of snow.