Thanks to everyone involved for another great Art Sled Rally, despite the icy conditions. Mark your calendars for January 25, 2014, the seventh annual Art Sled Rally!

We’re closing in on the 6th Annual Art Sled Rally at Powderhorn Park (January 26, 2 – 5). As usual, we need volunteers. We have quite a few options and if you’re interested, please contact us.

We have:

• 11ish – setting up the hay bales, flags, flag poles, tables, etc
• 1:30 – meeting on the hill to figure out what to do next!

You can:

• Collect signed waivers just before a sled goes down the hill
• Help keep folks in line and moving while they’re waiting to go down the hill,
  Give them blank waivers if they haven’t signed one yet
• Sled pushers
• Ushers along the sledding hill to help keep folks off the hay bales and to help with the sleds while they’re going down the hill if needed
• Sled wranglers – help folks move their sleds (or the debris) off the bottom so the next sled can come down
• Donations – yep, solicit donations before, during and after the event.
• T shirt sales – if I get some t shirts made
• Clean up

Saturday, January 26, 2013 · 2pm

Please join us on the western slopes of beautiful Powderhorn Park in South Minneapolis for the 6th Annual Art Sled Rally!

Show up with your sled and we’ll ask that you sign a waiver that will be given to the waiver “collectors” before you go down the hill. You will also be asked to sign the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board Photo Release Form, and a Parental Release form if your children will be participating in the event.

To save time at the Rally, you can download the waivers using the links below, print and sign them and bring to the Rally, or you can get one on at the site on the day of the event.

• Download the Art Sled Rally Waiver
• Download the MPRB Photo Release Form
• Download the ASR Parental Consent Form

The Art Sled Rally will not be canceled, postponed, or moved to a different date in any circumstance. The Rally will proceed as planned. Weather conditions will inform the nature of the sledding, as always. Thanks!

Thanks for making the 2012 Art Sled Rally a whopping success!

photos: Nick Lethert

A documentary about the 2011 Art Sled Rally in Powderhorn Park, Minneapolis, by Fintan Lethert. Music by the Brass Messengers, with vocals by JB McLain.

Art Sled Rally 2012: Shark, crab, minnow, jellyfish, octopus, mermaid and friends take to the slopes inside their aquarium. from grambofof.

Please join South Sixteenth High Jinks for the 5th Annual Art Sled Rally, Today, in beautiful Powderhorn Park, Minneapolis at 2pm.

The Rally will be held on the western slopes of the park, close to 33rd Street and 10th Avenue South

Dress warm, consider bringing a helmet and prepare for a fast ride!

Registration Information

To secure a slot in the line up, just show up at the sledding hill by 1:30pm with your sled-contraption. A volunteer facilitator wearing a stupid hat will help you find a place in line and take the name of your project for the moderators on the slope to announce when it is your turn to show off.

You will need to sign a waiver

saying that you take complete responsibility for your silly actions that day. You may sign a waiver at the Rally, but it is much easier for us if you download a copy of the waiver linked below, sign it and bring it with you to hand in.

Parents of minors must also sign & bring a copy of the Parental Consent Form linked below, or sign one at the Rally site.

• Download the Liability Waiver Form
• Download the Parental Consent Form

Everyone riding in your sled must sign a separate waiver.

The earlier you come the earlier you will slide.

• Anything you bring with you must be brought back out with you when you leave. Yes, this is true even if the sled you brought in breaks into 30 pieces. We have contractors bags available at the top of the hill.
• Dress warm, we are running parallel sled runs this year, but it may take an hour for everyone to slide.
• Kids under 7 must wear helmets.
• You may choose to slide with your project solo or in tandem (think racing possibilities) with a sled on a parallel track separated by a berm. The hill is about 170 long with the first three quarters easy and the last drop a steep 30 degrees into the soccer fields.

The Rally will happen at 2pm, as planned. Dress warm, plan for a fast ride on the slopes, consider wearing a helmet!