How to make groomed trails? - Snowboarding Forum

ThunderChunky · 10-15-2011, 12:20 AM

Does anybody have any method for packing snow really tight to get the snow fast like the resort groomers. Just thinking it would make backyard parks a whole lot easier. We always build jumps in fields and it's a pain making a path.

Tech420 · 10-15-2011, 12:32 AM

A shovel and some friends.

unxetas · 10-15-2011, 12:51 AM

Can't be much harder than packing dirt for bike jumps.. Shovels and a bit of muscle

IdahoFreshies · 10-15-2011, 12:57 AM

that should just about do it for you

jk, the easiest way i think would be to build your set up, then at night salt it or water it and let it freeze so its more hard packed base and doesent get wrecked after a few landings. If you wanted to spend the dough you could get a park rake...

C.B. · 10-15-2011, 01:07 AM

ride a snow mobile up and down it a few times, slowly without tearing up the snow of corse

blondieyo · 10-15-2011, 02:42 AM

You could get a board of wood about 4 feet long and a foot wide, attach some rope to each end (length wise) and kind of do what they do to make crop circles by stepping on it lifting it up and then stepping on it. Don't know if that completely makes sense? haha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph_wqgSb7Mo

obviously the bigger the piece of wood, the bigger the path.

**Donutz** · 10-15-2011, 09:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blondieyo

You could get a board of wood about 4 feet long and a foot wide, attach some rope to each end (length wise) and kind of do what they do to make crop circles by stepping on it lifting it up and then stepping on it. Don't know if that completely makes sense? haha

How to Make a crop circle Longwood Warren pt2 - YouTube

obviously the bigger the piece of wood, the bigger the path.

Really? You'd think the aliens would have better technology than plywood...

**HoboMaster** · 10-15-2011, 10:37 AM

1. Use a lot of snow
2. Walk along the path with a flat scoop snowshovel and use the back-end to beat the path down continuously.
3. Get a bunch of homies and just start walking back and forth along the trail, you're weight will compact it. Come back afterwards and smooth it with shovels.

slyder · 10-15-2011, 12:47 PM

How bout a grass roller

IslandCrow · 10-16-2011, 11:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Donutz

Really? You'd think the aliens would have better technology than plywood...

Ha!

10-15-2011, 02:42 AM	#6 (permalink)
blondieyo Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Radelaide, Australia Posts: 79	You could get a board of wood about 4 feet long and a foot wide, attach some rope to each end (length wise) and kind of do what they do to make crop circles by stepping on it lifting it up and then stepping on it. Don't know if that completely makes sense? haha http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph_wqgSb7Mo obviously the bigger the piece of wood, the bigger the path. Last edited by blondieyo; 10-15-2011 at 02:45 AM. Reason: found a video

10-15-2011, 10:37 AM	#8 (permalink)
HoboMaster Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Sandpoint / Moscow, ID Posts: 2,301	1. Use a lot of snow 2. Walk along the path with a flat scoop snowshovel and use the back-end to beat the path down continuously. 3. Get a bunch of homies and just start walking back and forth along the trail, you're weight will compact it. Come back afterwards and smooth it with shovels. __________________ PowderHound and TreeNinja

10-15-2011, 12:47 PM	#9 (permalink)
slyder Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Milwaukee Suburbs Posts: 1,927	How bout a grass roller __________________ Thanks -Slyder

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10-15-2011, 12:32 AM	#2 (permalink)
Tech420 -LIFETIME MEMBER- Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 491	A shovel and some friends.

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unxetas Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 61	Can't be much harder than packing dirt for bike jumps.. Shovels and a bit of muscle

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C.B. Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Northern MN Posts: 303	ride a snow mobile up and down it a few times, slowly without tearing up the snow of corse