We’ve done a winter Pine Hollow hike for several years, and even though it was a super cold New Year’s Day (5° F!) we decided to go for it.
We bundled up and hit the trail after lunch and made really good time heading up the hill. We completed the 1.4 miles to the meadow in just less than an hour.
Once up there we stopped for a rest for a few minutes and took a few pictures. Then it was time for the fun part — the sledding ride back down.
We almost made it down without incident.
We made a couple errors. First, the conditions were fast. Because it was so cold the trail was pretty much a sheet of ice. And, because there wasn’t a ton of snow, there weren’t great berms and sidewalls to keep us on the trail. The final error was Megan deciding to do down headfirst on one of the longest and steepest sections of the trail. One rule for the future is always go feet-first so you have a good way to slow down and stop.
Megan went off the trail and right into a large tree that had been cut down. There wasn’t anything else to soften the landing or slow her down so there was quite an impact. She hit her face pretty hard, but the worst of the impact was taken on her lower back. Thankfully, she was able to get up after a few minutes and walk the last half mile back to the car.
MightyJohnsons 
Good grief, Meg, you’re lucky you’re not wearing a body cast to go with your arm cast. Reminds me of your mom when she did a head first run all the way down Ski Hill! Ask her to tell you about that… Looks like fun though!?
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