I remember sneaking onto a ski mountain to go sledding... now theres some fun. :) Some friends and I would start at the bottom and hike our way slowly up about 250 yards on a trail (avoiding ski patrol of course :), then go screaming down, our only lighting being from the moon shining brightly and the headlights from the occational snow-cat. Now if you are a ski/snowboarder, you know that the terrain for a green dot (easy trail) is hardly what you would call steep, in fact, a lot of times its negligable. Well when you get to the top, turn around, sit down on that sled and are take a look down, the angle seems to increase dramatically. :) A word to the wise: if you are sliding down on a snowsaucer, you better be very adept on controlling it. Because going into a flat spin on one at about 735ft up is not a good thing. In fact, its just plain bad. Especially when you continue to spin, despite the fact that you throw you legs out and dig them into the ground to slow rotation and straighten you out. Nuh uh. Now youre just spinning and weaving. This is not kosher, since you ultimately find yourself with your head facing the wrong way, and the snow is being kicked up and really hindering your vision. And lastly, your are moving at about 20-plus mph towards your destination; which by the way is the steps leading down to the base lodge itself. Your objective it to bail at the last possible moment and let the sled slide straight down the steps. And just for kicks, thats coming up very rapidy, in (oh no!) 3...2...1... Yeah, like I know all this from experience right? Not me.... ;)