We had a big parking spot at the top of our driveway. They plowed up all of the snow into one tall bank on the downhill side, and one on the uphill side. We would climb the bank on the uphill side with our sleds, and sled down the hill. But the bank there was too big on the downhill side that winter, and that ruined it.

So some of the older kids dug a long tunnel up through the lower snowbank. On the uphill side, we make it like a bob sled run with walls. That way we would hit the tunnel. Then somebody sprayed the hose on it to ice it up. So we raced down the uphill bank, through the tunnel, and then down the long hill. It was about a half mile down. The adults would sometimes meet us with the snowmobiles and tow us around the field, back to the road and back to the top. Sometimes we had to walk over to the driveway and rode back up in the back of the pick up truck. I was 8 that winter.