Today's snow chart and the rediscovery of the kicksled
Snow chart: EMHI
Photo: Kaido Einama, Reisijutud
Translation: Liis
Snow cover thickness (cm) 03.01.2010 at 08:00 am, EMHI data.
On a kicksled in snowy Kadriorg.
Northern and north-eastern Estonia really has lots of snow; around Tallinn there are record amounts.
But today let’s rather talk about the thrill of the updated kick-sled. Compared to the old well-known construction today’s sporty thing weighs only half as much. This compact kicksled easily goes into the luggage boot of a car. It is an allround “tool” to get along in nature with, on ice-covered lakes as well as sea ice and on forest roads, and the 4-cm snow-runners that can be mounted on the ordinary runners allow, if not a perfect glide then at least moving on quickly even in tractor tracks and light snow.
For travelling on ice the kicksled can hold its own against tour skates and its 4,5 kilos isn’t too much to lift across barriers, such as the pack-ice banks that occur ever more often on sea ice. It really allows one to get on nicely on snowy ice as well as on forest roads and of course it is also useful for utility transports.
More information HERE
For travelling on ice the kicksled can hold its own against tour skates and its 4,5 kilos isn’t too much to lift across barriers, such as the pack-ice banks that occur ever more often on sea ice. It really allows one to get on nicely on snowy ice as well as on forest roads and of course it is also useful for utility transports.
More information HERE
… and an introduction for those who are not familiar with kicksleds, old or modern: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kicksled