Well, I'm back :-)

Uphill was rather brutal, but our snowshoes both have crampons so it wasn't so difficult compared to the pack being on our back.

We did not use paris company sleds. Our's were just some off-brand kid sled that are maybe... 2 feet wide at one end so that was annoying going down the more narrow parts of the snow trails. The wide sleds create a lot of drag from slicing through the icy trail walls. About a quarter of the time we were dead lifting the sleds along some cliffs because the trails were just wide enough for our snowshoes.

Other than that I noticed I was definitely not as sore as I usually am from carrying the pack on my back and it was very nice being able to carry a little more weight for those needed comforts, like a gallon of hot coco :-)


Anyone have a paris company expedition sled? They are only 5feet long and 6 inches deep so I question how much gear I can really carry in them. The narrowness of the sled is the main reason I want to pick one up though.