Holiday sledding in Ann Arbor

Posted on Mon, Dec 31, 2012 : 5:40 p.m.

Holiday sledding in Ann Arbor

By AnnArbor.com Staff

Sledders climb the hill near a playground at Hunt Park in Ann Arbor on Friday, Dec. 28. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com

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Sledders climb the hill near a playground at Hunt Park in Ann Arbor on Friday, Dec. 28. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com

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Sledders climb the hill near a playground at Hunt Park in Ann Arbor on Friday, Dec. 28. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_Holiday Sledding/cache/12282012_ENT_Sledding_DJB_0108_fullsize.JPG
Four-year-old Lauren Lund gets a push from her mother while visiting Ann Arbor on Friday Dec. 28. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_Holiday Sledding/cache/12282012_ENT_Sledding_DJB_0173_fullsize.JPG
Six-year-old Leah Motowski sleds down the hill at Hunt Park on Friday, Dec. 28. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_Holiday Sledding/cache/12282012_ENT_Sledding_DJB_0183_fullsize.JPG
Ionie Steudle, six, yells to her mother from the bottom of the hill at Hunt Park on Friday, Dec. 28. The inner tube was a christmas gift. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_Holiday Sledding/cache/12282012_ENT_Sledding_DJB_0199_fullsize.JPG
Neighborhood resident Noah Garfield, five, watches sledders at Hunt Park with his dad, Mike, on Friday, Dec. 28. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_Holiday Sledding/cache/12282012_ENT_Sledding_DJB_0241_fullsize.JPG
Mike Motowski sleds with his grandchildren Lance, Kate Lund, and Audrey Lund on Friday, Dec. 28. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_Holiday Sledding/cache/12282012_ENT_Sledding_DJB_0268_fullsize.JPG
Sophie Wegryn age 6 and her mom Ann get some air as they sled in Rolling Hills County Park in Ypsilanti Township on Friday Dec. 28th. Courtney Sacco I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_1_file/cache/122812_Sledding_CS-4_fullsize.jpg
Grant Terris age 13 of Saline goes head first as he sleds in Rolling Hills County Park in Ypsilanti Township on Friday Dec. 28th. Courtney Sacco I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_1_file/cache/122812_Sledding_CS-5_fullsize.jpg
Going head first Hailey McCune sleds in Rolling Hills County Park in Ypsilanti Township on Friday Dec. 28th. Courtney Sacco I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_1_file/cache/122812_Sledding_CS-1_fullsize.jpg
River Capvano age 4 and his dad Jeff push off as they head down a hill in Rolling Hills County Park in Ypsilanti Township on Friday Dec. 28th. Courtney Sacco I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_1_file/cache/122812_Sledding_CS-2_fullsize.jpg
John Terris gives his daughter Emma and two nephews Jack and Ryan a push as they sled down a hill in Rolling Hills County Park in Ypsilanti Township on Friday Dec. 28th. Courtney Sacco I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_1_file/cache/122812_Sledding_CS-6_fullsize.jpg
Regan Cox gives her self a push as she sleds down a hill in Rolling Hills County Park in Ypsilanti Township on Friday Dec. 28th. Courtney Sacco I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_1_file/cache/122812_Sledding_CS-3_fullsize.jpg
Regan Cox gives her self a push as she sleds down a hill in Rolling Hills County Park in Ypsilanti Township on Friday Dec. 28th. Courtney Sacco I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_1_file/cache/122812_Sledding_CS-8_fullsize.jpg
Angela Knickelbein, 15, sleds at Huron Hills Golf Course on Friday, Dec 28. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_Holiday Sledding/cache/12282012_ENT_Sledding_DJB_0340_fullsize.JPG
A sledder climbs a hill at Huron Hills Golf Course on Friday, Dec 28. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_Holiday Sledding/cache/12282012_ENT_Sledding_DJB_0376_fullsize.JPG
Emily Haddrill, Rachel O'Dea and Nicole Weber sled together at Huron Hills Golf Course on Friday, Dec 28. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_Holiday Sledding/cache/12282012_ENT_Sledding_DJB_0405_fullsize.JPG
Sledders at Huron Hills Golf Course on Friday, Dec 28. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_Holiday Sledding/cache/12282012_ENT_Sledding_DJB_0451_fullsize.JPG
Ann Arbor resident Kaisei Takemoto, seven, looks down the hill at Huron Hills Golf Course on Friday, Dec 28. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_Holiday Sledding/cache/12282012_ENT_Sledding_DJB_0461_fullsize.JPG
Ypsilanti resident Daniel Finwall, seven, climbs the hill at Huron Hills Golf Course on Friday, Dec 28. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_Holiday Sledding/cache/12282012_ENT_Sledding_DJB_0471_fullsize.JPG
A lost mitten is left behind after a day of sledding at Huron Hills Golf Course on Friday, Dec 28. Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/_Holiday Sledding/cache/12282012_ENT_Sledding_DJB_0500_fullsize.JPG

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Ann Arbor residents took to the outdoors during the holidays to enjoy some winter sledding.

AnnArbor.com staff photographers were there Friday to capture the fun on film.

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tommy_t

Tue, Jan 1, 2013 : 3:12 a.m.

Courtney Sacco's Mom and daughter getting air and Daniel Brenner's 3 on the toboggan really catch the moment (and fun).

Ann English

Tue, Jan 1, 2013 : 1:17 a.m.

See anyone going down a sledding hill STANDING all the way? I would expect such a person to be using a snowboard. Last Friday, someone did this at Veterans Memorial Park; I was hundreds of yards away, so I couldn't see what was being used. But no spinning took place, and no coming off the snowboard.

Ann English

Tue, Jan 1, 2013 : 1:10 a.m.

I get the impression from some of the photos that, like the Veterans Memorial Park sledders I watched from the Aldi parking lot last week, that sledders, when 3/4 of the way down the hill, begin to spin, so that they're sledding backwards for part of the last quarter of the way downhill. Sometimes sledders can't stay on their sleds all the way down, but these photos don't give that impression for these particular people. Looks like several luges were used in these photos, but it was easy to imagine someone suggesting that several of these sledders train for the Skeleton event in the Winter Olympics; it's done on ice rather than snow, but like some of these people, Skeleton competitors lie on their stomachs and slide headfirst.

Dan

Mon, Dec 31, 2012 : 11:09 p.m.

Mr. Brenner, those are some of the most wonderful sledding pictures I have ever seen. You did a fantastic job capturing the joy (and fear) in the faces of the sledders. Bravo to you, please keep up the good work!