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[Laiusky]

Hey there! quick question....

My boyfriend and I are taking a trip to Colorado and some of my friends want to go snow tubing at the Winter Park and I'm just wondering if anyone has ever tried? My bf is T12. I don't even really know what tubing is about, I've never tried, so... does anyone know if that would be possible?
Thanks and Merry Christmas!!!!

[Steve Q]

I went ot Winter Park in Jan 08 with the family. We went to the tubing hill in Frasier and it was fun. There is no ramp to get up into the building so you'll have to go inside to rent the tube. They had an employee that would wait for me to come down the hill and drag me back over to the rope that pulls you back up top. Once I got to the top of the hill one of my kids would drag me back over to go down again. You just have to be carefull about his legs flopping around. Good fun but cold as all get out (we went at night)

A picture of me and my kids at the top of the hill.



I also did some skiing with the NSCD, they're a great group of people!

[twisted_ophelia]

Oh yes, it's very possible!!! And crazy fun!! I did it a few weeks ago at Horseshoe Valley in Ontario where I went sit skiing for the day. You will need assistance. Two snowboard instructors helped out me and my friend. One of the boarders offered to tow me around the tubing park in the inner tube and luckily, they had a sort of moving carpet thing that people stand on to get to the top of the tubing hills as opposed to people having to walk up (see photo--that's me in the pink boots, the guy in black is the super awesome board instructor who helped me out). I just sat in the inner tube, legs over the side, and he towed me around, got me on the carpet and kept me on it by placing his feet behind my tube, pulled me off the carpet, etc. We tubed as a group instead of all going one by one which is lots of fun. They were all complaining about how much it hurt their asses afterwards and I developed a pretty nasty bruise within a few days of doing it so yes, it's very hard on your ass/tailbone and next time I do it, I will pad the bottom of the tube where you sit, maybe with my chair cushion so as not to risk skin and tissue damage again. The tubing park manager made a HUGE deal out of me going tubing--he was very concerned with me hurting myself and I was getting really frustrated with him. Even the snowboard instructors started to insist that I'd be fine. I remained firm that I know my body and my abilities and he eventually backed off and let us do our thing. So if you encounter resistance from anyone saying that you guys cant go tubing, tell them to eff off and that yes, you definitely can. Ask them to keep your chair indoors if possible too. Usually they have some kind of booth or building in the vicinity. Also be aware of the risks involved--like I said, tubing is very hard on the butt, and like Steve Q mentioned, legs will be flopping around. I had one of the people I was tubing with accidentally crash into me and kind of crush my legs between our tubes because I couldn't get them out of the way. Luckily no damage done You can get launched out of the tube easily or get airborne (which happened to me on one of our runs). It's definitely worth it and tons of fun though!!

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[kate42]

I haven't been snow tubing, but I did go sledding down my street the last time we had a big snow. We don't live on a huge hill, so I didn't really have to worry about big moguls or falling out of the sled or anything. I'd just get myself situated in the sled, then my sister got on (it's one of those big sleds that you can fit two or three people on), and when we got to the bottom of the hill, I'd just stay on the sled, and my sister would pull the sled back up the hill. It's tons of fun!

Good luck!

[outkastsl]

that sounds fun, i'll got with my sister and nephews when they go up again to soda springs (a tubing/sleding park mainly for kids). i didn't go last time because i thought it would be too much trouble, sounds like i was wrong.