Great Trip Report! looks like you both had a lot of fun!.
Love the blanket coat - I'm actually jealous of that
OTOH a really light sled strapped onto the back of a pack can be pulled like a sled when the going is easy, and picked up and carried when it would take less energy than pulling it.
Jim
This is actually what I typically use - a light orange pelican sled lashed to the back of an MEC expetion pack. wiht a cover tarp when it's not being used as a backpack. if I get into deadfall and crap I can pick it up and carry it as a backpack, and most of the time I can drag it like a sled.
orange kid sleds work pretty good if you do three things:
1) don't overload them, and put the weight at the bottom, or they tip.
2) tarp your load - if you do tip it you don't want it full of snow.
3) add a couple little bars of angle iron or aluminum to the back with pop rivits to keep if from sliding sideways.
I don't use runnered sleds because in my kind of snow they will dig in like that.
If you ski with it, you may need to consider poles ot pull it pulk style so you don't have the sled running you over. as I snowshoe I don't bother, it's eaiser to deal with ropes for me.
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