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I don't think they allow kids to sled on the hill I grew up sledding on anymore. Someone was probably killed or permanently injured. The last time I was there I was probably in my early 20's and it was still epic, so this isn't the sort of hill the lost its magic as you got older. That hill was serious business.
Really the only proper sled for the hill was a toboggan which afforded some degree of control and kept you near the ground with a low center of gravity. Something with runners, while it could steer, in the event you crashed, would usually cause injuries due to the fact you were off the ground. There was no need to get a running start, even the bravest among us inched over the edge. A forward fall due to gravity as you went down was entirely possible, leaning back a bit was advised.
Someone (usually me) always felt the experience could be improved with a quality ramp at the bottom. No one would tell a new arrival to the hill it was there though which provided top notch entertainment.
And then some genius would give always give an inflatable a go on the hill. This sort of sled was almost a guaranteed tragedy and if it didn't occur during the near vertical drop you could count on results in the form of ridiculous air time when they hit the ramp at the bottom.
I can hear bodies crashing into the snow at high speeds, the popping of inflatable tubes during landing, kids crying after discovering the hill and the jump were a little more then they bargained for, and people struggling to breath from having the wind knocked out of them even now...
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