Any winter campers use a sled?

[Skimo]

old GI cross country skis will haul most loads, even old arm chairs through powder.

pretty sure that for about $20 you could make risers and a plywood platform to haul gear on, or save a little weight and use a net to hold your gear.

 

[x39]

Used to be a site on a "upatan," a native american @12in wide toboggan sled, pulled behind.

Sounds similar in construction to the plans in the book I mentioned.

 

[Any Cal.]

Download the "Pulkbook" for a bunch of ideas and links to parts and bits for the harness and attachments.

 

[Any Cal.]

Looking at the Granite Gear pulk is kind of daunting. That looks like something for bringing a base camp way into nowhere. For hauling 35-50 lbs it seems like bigtime overkill. Note that I don't ski though, so it could be different for that.

 

[Kismet]

Sounds similar in construction to the plans in the book I mentioned.

Think it was Cree or Algonquin tribes.

 

[PayetteRucker]

Kifaru. Hopefully I'll be pulling an elk out of the mountains within the next few weekends, and there's not a sled in this world I'd rather pull than a Kifaru

 

[x39]

Think it was Cree or Algonquin tribes.

The Conovers place a very strong emphasis on traditional methods and materials, which would explain the similarity. Their web-site: www.northwoodsways.com the gallery section features some nice pictures of sleds in use.

 

[Kismet]

The Conovers place a very strong emphasis on traditional methods and materials, which would explain the similarity. Their web-site: www.northwoodsways.com the gallery section features some nice pictures of sleds in use.

X39?

Ticked me off that the original site I had saved had disappeared, but the sled the person made looked like this one:

www.tipatshimuna.ca/1110_f.php?catalogue_no=pm29

http://www.tipatshimuna.ca/1110_f.php?catalogue_no=pm29


With some description.