In winter, we watch the snow pack on the trails for enough coverage to haul heavy loads with the pulk.
Our pulk is a Pelican sled that we’ve rigged with lines, poles, and carabiners to haul heavy loads over snow. With it, we can carry about three times as many wood rounds as I can haul on my back, with roughly the same amount of effort. When we hauled firewood in past years, Michelle and Aly took pack boards and carried a round each—light loads to allow them more agility so they could help hold back the sled’s weight on the downhill runs. All told, the three of us could bring 9 rounds of wood back to the cabin in one trip.
Three round haul, and still smiling. The pulk makes trucking heavy loada over snow much easier than packing (Photo: Michelle Zeiger).
