Tubing

I find that one of the best ways to get through the winter is to get outside and make the most of it. After record low temperatures of last week and the snow and rain projected for this week I took the chance to be outdoors on Sunday and enjoy winter. I went to Edelweiss with a group of students for an afternoon of Tubing care of the SAO.

When I think of tubing, it’s childhood memories of sliding down a hill on a crazy carpet that come to mind. That is not what it’s like at Edelweiss. This was going tubing down the kind of hill that you dream about as a kid. It looked like they had transformed one of their older and shorter hills for tubing. There was a mix of difficulties for the runs. The lowest intensity is was on the left with the most intense and steepest on the right.

I started on the left and worked my way over. There are staff at the top of the hill to help you set up and give you a good push, (and if you choose, spin!) on your way down.  Going down the first hill I was fine. It was the second hill that had two drops in it that was my favorite. The interesting part was that this hill was just as fun as the others, but what made a run more exciting was the push and spin that you got on the way down.

I knew I would enjoy myself at this event, but I had no idea I would like it that much! The rush as you speed down a hill with little control of where you’re going is so fun it’s hard to describe.

The worst part of tubing at other hills, was always carrying your tube back up, but at Edelweiss they have a conveyer belt that you stand on and it pulls you up the hill. This takes away the worst part and allows you to really enjoy yourself!

This was a great way to make the most of winter weather. I highly recommend you get out there if you can!

          - SAO blogger Sarah Raphael