On any wintersports outing, one person in your party should take an emergency kit in addition to your regular gear. Litter And Sanitation Litter and debris can mar the quality of a recreation experience, particularly when viewed against a mantle of snow. Help others enjoy winter travel in the National Forest by carrying out what you carry in. It has long been popular in the colder parts of Europe, and Californians are beginning to realize the freedom this winter sport offers. All you need is an area with some snow cover and flat ground and a little training in techniques.
Forest roads are good to begin with.
This is a sport which involves a little caution, a change of clothes, and imagination. Innertubes and toboggans should be used with care. Innertubes don't have any steering or guiding mechanism, and unless you chart where you are going before you commit yourself, you ride could end abruptly against a tree trunk or off a bank onto a road. Sleds are somewhat more maneuverable. All snow play should be guided by good sense as well.