Snow slides - winter drive for children and adults (48 photos)

Fun in the fresh winter air must be active, fun. Of course, everyone loves to play snowballs, sculpt a snow woman, and skate. However, only in skating from a snow hill there is a certain element of drive, when it is breathtaking in speed.

Snow slides can be natural and artificial. A natural slide is the best option, since there is no need to make efforts to create it and maintain it in a “working” condition. The only drawback is that a small number of city courtyards or parks / squares can boast of the presence of suitable natural elevations. However, there is absolutely no reason for disappointment, since it is not at all difficult to make a slide out of snow with your own hands.

Advantages of an artificial hill:

• no serious materials and tools are required to create an artificial elevation;
• the ability to create slides of various shapes and designs (arches, turns on the descent look interesting);
• not only adults, but also children can take part in the creation of the slide.

A small drawback of a snow slide is its dependence on weather conditions. After any small thaw, it must be restored.

In principle, the construction of a hill of snow can be attributed to simple work, because the construction of the structure requires the most ordinary materials and fixtures. These are snow, water, shovels and pieces of plywood.

Rules for the construction of slides

To make the slide really become an object of entertainment, and not a source of injury, several nuances are taken into account.

It turns out in advance exactly who will ride the slide. This is important for determining its height. If adults and adolescents will have fun on the hill, then you can build a structure about two meters high. For young lovers of winter fun, it is recommended to equip a small hill no higher than a meter. It is from this height that the kids will move out with great pleasure and without fear. For such slides, a descent length of at least five meters should be provided.

It is very important to set the descent to the correct angle. The best option is 40˚.

If you make the descent steeper, it is likely that the descent will be so fast that lovers of winter entertainment do not have time to have fun. Moreover, with such a sharp descent, a person receives a strong blow. If you make the descent more sloping, then the drive from the descent will be lost. To make it fun to ride on a hill, you should not clearly maintain one angle of the slope. You can start the exit from a steep slope, and finish as sloping as possible, that is, the slope will not have a clearly even shape, but a little concave.

To warn the exit from the children's slide to the side, special large sides are arranged on both sides of the descent.

Since any snow slide is primarily a slippery hard surface, it is important to exclude the possibility of injury, so it is advisable to sprinkle the steps with sand. In the event of a thaw, sand will mix with melted snow, and when the temperature drops, it will freeze into ice.

To make skiing fun and safe, the choice of a place for arranging winter entertainment is of great importance. It is recommended to build a hill at a decent distance from the road.It is necessary to exclude the likelihood that the child along a slippery path will be able to get to the road or thickets of bushes, sewer manholes.

It is also important that the site with the slide is well lit in the dark.

How to build a slide out of snow with your own hands

Depending on the temperature, the amount of snow that has fallen, different methods of constructing a slide can be used. In its manufacture should adhere to several requirements:

• the descent of the snow / ice hill should be concave, the edges should be at least ten centimeters;
• when forming the length of the descent, a certain proportion should be adhered to. The height of the slide refers to the length of the run as 1: 6. That is, at a slide 2 meters high it is necessary to equip a descent no shorter than 12 m;
• the stairs on the ice slide should be cool. The best option is steps with parameters 20x20 cm (height and depth);
• at the top of the mountain there must be sides at least 40 cm (they should protect against accidental sudden fall).

If something didn’t work right away, don’t be upset. When you create a mountain out of snow with your own hands, you can always easily and simply adjust any parameter.

Snowball construction

As soon as a lot of snow falls, you can begin to build a slide. For work, it is better to choose warmer weather - the snow is perfectly molded and rolling several balls of different diameters is not difficult. The balls are laid out in the form of a slide and carefully covered with snow. After the mountain of the desired height has formed, proceed to the arrangement of the descent and steps. As soon as the air temperature drops, it will be possible to begin water procedures - the structure is doused with water.

Slide with formwork

It happens that a hill is being built already on frosty days. In this case, formwork is collected from any means at hand. With the help of wide shovels, snow is raked, poured into the mold and compacted tightly. If the snow in the snowdrifts was already heavily packed, then it is quite possible to cut out the snow "bricks" and build a slide from them.

When constructing a slide of any type, it is important to remember about the arrangement of the sides. This measure will provide additional safety when skiing.

Naturally, there are always a lot of kids on the slides and sometimes real lines are built. To make it convenient and safe for children to stand at the top of the slide, a small sheet of plywood or several boards can be placed on snow / ice.

How to slide a hill with water

This procedure is considered the most important when creating a structure. The best option is to use a water line to irrigate the entire structure. If there is no such chic opportunity, it is recommended to limit yourself to the sections of the descent and stairs.

Work stages

1. Snow on the areas of descent and steps carefully tamped. For the first time, surfaces can be treated using a spray gun / spray gun. Then you should leave the slide for a couple of hours, so that the surface layer “seized”.
2. Then the descent and steps are carefully watered. The first fill is done with slightly warm water. In no case do they use hot water, since there is a great risk that certain areas will melt / get wet and bumps will form on the surface of the hill. It is slightly warm water that leads to the formation of a smooth ice surface on the surface of the hill. At this stage, you should sprinkle the steps with sand so that the ascent to the hill is quick and easy.
3. In the same way, the track in front of the slide is processed. In this section of the kids passes after the descent.
4. Now the slide is left overnight for good freezing. Usually in 8-10 hours the whole structure is thoroughly strengthened.
5. Finishing work - a bucket of cold water is poured onto the descent and the structure "grasps" for another three to four hours. If after the first bucket you don’t like the result, you can repeat the procedure. Such a measure contributes to the formation on the descent of the final smooth surface.

To make the stairs more comfortable and safer to climb, you can make and install something like handrails from improvised materials.

Original forms of slides

Now you can spy on the Internet a variety of design options for slides. Indeed, the usual descent looks somehow boring.

You can give the hill the shape of a bobsleigh track. To do this, just turn the descent several times. An interesting idea is to slightly adjust the descent canvas and give it a slight slope. In this case, it turns out very accurately imitate a professional bobsled track.

A non-standard idea is the construction of a kind of arch over a hill. The dimensions of the arch should be modest. It is important to carefully monitor such a design, especially during a period of temperature increase, since a drop in the arch can lead to injury to the children.

The hill can be given the appearance of a fairy-tale character. Or arrange a slide in the form of a tower, huts. When choosing an image of a slide, do not limit your imagination. It is simply important that the design is safe and interesting.

What to ride

You can even ride on a perfectly flat slide even in warm clothes (if this is not a padded jacket or the only winter jacket). In addition, the stores offer such a wide range of different devices for the descent from the hill that simply "eyes run up":

• “Cheesecakes” - inflatable sledges;
• classic wooden sleds on tubular or aluminum skids;
• sled trough;
• ice flakes;
• sled plates.

When choosing equipment, be sure to consult the seller - for children of what age the product is suitable, and how it manifests itself on a slippery surface. Since with some models on bare ice only an adult can handle.

General rules of conduct on the hill:

• it is necessary to move down the hill with your feet forward, preferably sitting;
• the interval between moving people must be observed in order to exclude the possibility of collisions or arrivals of entertainment participants;
• Climbing the mountain should be located in a safe place (this primarily applies to nature slides).

It is impossible to imagine winter without snow and traditional winter entertainments - sledding, skiing. On weekends and winter days, many people travel out of town for new experiences and entertainment. It is not always possible to find time for such trips, so a suitable option is a snow slide in the yard with your own hands. It is clear that such "home" facilities will be designed for children. However, the work on creating a slide is able to unite the whole family.