SLed Tips

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You'll want to keep the load low and slightly to the rear. This helps prevent rollovers, ensures good tracking and enhances flotation in powder.

Ski Technique
Flat Terrain: shorten your stride, keep your hips tucked forward and stand erect so that your weight is squarely over the middle of your skis to maximize your skins or wax.
Uphill: if you use waxes, a softer wax may be needed when pulling a heavy sled. Extremely steep slopes can be overcome by rotating your body in the harness, putting your skis at a right angle to the sled - letting you sidestep up. The easy solution? Get some skins.
Downhill: skiing downhill with a loaded sled is considerably easier than with a loaded pack on your back. As the sled encounters irregularities in the snow, you may notice minor pulls or pushes. These are transmitted along the axis of your skis and therfore cannot upset your balance. For steeper downhill runs, lean back slightly with your knees bent to alleviate any "face planting", or use the telemark technique.

Troubleshooting
Our sleds are designed to be maintenance free. During transitional snow conditions, you mayt experience icing up of the harness connections or icing on the sled bottom. Teflon, silicon spray or even hard ski wax can be used on these areas (especially the runners).

Storage
Never store your sled in direct sunlight, as UV rays can be harmful to any petroleum based product.
Do not store in a bent or contorted position.
Do not store in a hot environment, i.e., attics or near a furnace.
Harness poles should be stored apart - not nested inside each other. Storing them inside the sled is ideal.
Improper storage will void any and all warranties.

Extra Hardware
Essential spare parts are stored in the small bag sewn inside the catch-all bag inside your sled cover.