Anyone ever have their sled take off and ghost ride down the mountain?

[Merc63]

Just wondering if anyone else has had their sled take off down the side of a mountain without them?

Miraculously, the sled made it all the way down in perfect condition with only a two inch long piece of pine tree on the front.

Here's a pic looking down the hill. You would have to zoom in lots but the sleds down there at the bottom of the valley.

 

[Merc63]

Here we go. It's way down in the middle of the valley the small black dot.

 

[Merc63]

Down in the valley looking up. It went down about another 200ft past where the pic was taken.

 

[teeroy]

one of my very first trips to the mountains I did it. but not nice and secluded like you....lol. there must have been 30 people sitting at the bottom, I went up and didn't quite make the turnout. fell off and my highly modified '85 formula mx (it had plastic paddles) ghosted down the hill. to my horror....right toward the crowd. it had slowed pretty good and a guy ran up to it and grabbed the brake before it hit anyone, or anything. I did the walk of shame down the hill to the sled, as I received my ovation from the crowd.

 

[papajake]

Tether next time

 

[the_real_wild1]

Tether next time

If the sled is facing downhill then a tether wouldn't stop it.

 

[JMCX]

Don't try to hold those Pros back. They're eager to go.

 

[CrankShop910]

Your lucky, they seem to find a tree on the way down.

 

[solarguy]

Just about everyone that rides in the mountains has had the sled ghost ride experience. It usually does not end well....IE: tree hit

 

[teeroy]

Just about everyone that rides in the mountains has had the sled ghost ride experience. It usually does not end well....IE: tree hit

this is true. we were out in the Renshaw a few years ago riding around in one of the low draws southeast of the lake, a few of us were sitting there when a sled appeared out of nowhere ghosting down the hill. buddy says "look at that!" as this rev comes winding down the hill, into a little ravine and center punches a tree about 30 feet from us. about ten minutes later, a couple guys 2 up come riding down following the tracks, dude said he fell off over a kilometer away up top

a friend of mine on his first time ever in the mountains on a borrowed 2002 Mountain Cat, tried his hand at highmarking and fell off just before the old hillclimb at Allen Creek. sled ghosted down and into the only tree for a thousand acres. hit so hard the tips of the skis were almost touching each other on the other side of the tree and the tunnel behind the drop brackets kinked. she was toast

 

[TROLLCAT]

98 powder special 600 twin just got it back from warantee (clutch went threw hood and belly pan)
was on a climb and turned a round a tree and a branch wiped me off the sled
watched my sled go passed about 8 guy's (and there was time to stop my sled)heading for a 100+ ft drop
lost sight of sled did watch the snow fly off of the tallest tree in the valley

did the TEEROY walk of shame -because my name is troy

did ride the sled home and that wrecked 1 of the 4 hoods I put on that sled back in 98 LOL

Ride Safe My Friends

MERRY XMAS

 

[moyiesledhead]

Yup.....and I'm not gonna tell the story cuz it's too embarrassing.

 

[Absledder]

Buddy did it last year. He had his go pro on too but refuses to show me the footage of him sprinting down the hill after it lol

 

[gdhillon]

havent had it happen to me yet(no snow), one of the first things i got on my sled was a tether, not that itll help in this scenario

to the guys that had this happen before with insurance, did they help out at all?

 

[gdhillon]

98 powder special 600 twin just got it back from warantee (clutch went threw hood and belly pan)
was on a climb and turned a round a tree and a branch wiped me off the sled
watched my sled go passed about 8 guy's (and there was time to stop my sled)heading for a 100+ ft drop
lost sight of sled did watch the snow fly off of the tallest tree in the valley

did the TEEROY walk of shame -because my name is troy

did ride the sled home and that wrecked 1 of the 4 hoods I put on that sled back in 98 LOL

Ride Safe My Friends

MERRY XMAS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hooKVstzbz0

 

[pano-dude]

 

[teeroy]

nice one lol

 

[teeroy]

there was a vid posted a few years back of a sled skier/snowboarder that jumped off his sled and rode down the hill, then after he stops the sled mows him down like 2 miles away. been searching for it with no success but it was hilarious

 

[deaner]

It seems to happen less and less as I get older, but I have had some doozeys. Unreal lucky every time too...knock on wood.

Best one was just about made a tough climb, and jumped off my sled and give it a blip to keep it up on the snow like I have done a million times before. Well, blipped the sled too hard and it got away from me. Went down the hill, jumped the road, down the next hill into old growth timber doing mach chicken. Waited for the inevitable bang and nothing. Went down there and my sled went in about 300 yards missing who knows how many 30"+ trees by inches, and then nosed into a big snow drift. Not a friggin mark on it.

 

[Merc63]

Well I am just really really glad it didn't explode into anything, she didn't have any collision on her.... She's does now, lesson learned.

Does anyone know if a sled is smashed up really good and you leave it up there would insurance send someone to get it or are you reaponsible for bringing it back?