Build A DIY Snow Ramp

Who says all of your DIY fun has to be confined inside during the winter months? If you're lucky enough to live in a locale that receives snow (or are on the East Coast and have more snow that you can possibly want), try building a DIY snow ramp for maximum sledding entertainment in your own backyard.

Erin and her spouse, known on their blog The Stucco Bungalow as Handy Husband, did just that. They didn't have quite enough snow to make a solid ramp, so they did what any enterprising DIY-er would: improvise!

They stacked some of their deck furniture into a small mound, and then heaped snow on top of it (a chore made infinitely easier with HH's new Christmas present, an electric snow thrower) to create the snow ramp's basic shape.

Once the mound was carefully packed into place, a path was smoothed down the hill to make for fast, bump-free sledding.

How's that for a little cold weather ingenuity? If you've had a similar burst of creativity this season, let us know!

Photo courtesy of The Stucco Bungalow

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Jeff Williams

When I used to ski race in high school I built a large ramp so I could practice my kick starts over and over and over. Now days I pile up the snow in the driveway left by the snowplow into one place so that I can load my snowmobile right into the back of my truck. Today the pile is about 6' high so I'm driving the sled down into the pickup but even if there is a lot of melting the ramp will still be effective.