Making Your Own Pulk

Pulks are sleds that are towed behind winter travelers with harnesses and rigid pole systems. The poles allow winter travelers to ski down steep hills with the load behind them in control.

Ed Bouffard, has been designing ski pulks since 1994. While he started producing systems commercially, he is best known for his extensive experience with homemade designs. These designs have been the subject of articles in Backpacking Light Magazine, Boundary Waters Journal and Silent Sports.

These designs have been used in Europe, Iceland, South America, Australia and through out the United States and Canada.

This clinic will cover several designs from the quick and easy design for shuttling groceries to the cabin to more complex systems for expeditions or mountaineering. The pros and cons of the different designs and the special uses of accessories like fins and breaks will also be covered.