getting unstuck is a science..but not that tough to figure out..on flat ground, the best way I have found to get one unstuck..just stomp/shovel all the snow down to the track and ski on one side..grab the mnt bar and step up on the running board and use your body to tug the sled over onto its side(you need to practice this in the garage so you know what to do..but it is actually easier in the snow because the snow gives when you pull it over), once on its side, go around to the other side and shovel/stomp all the snow tat was on that side of the machine into the hole the sled left..same with the snow in frt of where the sled was headed...now flip the sled back up right and it should be sitting right on the snow you packed down..with nothing touching snow but the track and skis..and you have a packed down launch pad to take off on...for uphills...its tougher..but easier..biggest thing is there is a point when you are going uphill and it starts to loose momentum..thats to late to react..but you need to learn /remember the very start of that happening..thats what you need to reconize..and start turning out right then..your goal is to get the sled turned 90* to the hill before it stops....(in the real world it wont stop once you get turned..but it happpens)then just pack the snow down on the downhill side to the track and skis, go around to the uphill side, lock the brake on and slowly push the sled over....you have to try and control its roll as best as you can but ideally it will roll over on the bars, to the other side then back onto the track..and be pointed pretty much straight down the hill...dont hang on to the sled if it trys to take off when you roll it...it might pulkl you over then roll over you..but try to do it slowly and just move your hands from the bars, to the track then the other track edge, then the board as it goes over....once its upright and pointed down hill..hold it full throttle and pull start it(make sure to ease up on the throttle as soon as it fires up), release the brake and down you go...with practice even a small person can flip a sled..especially if you dig out the snow on the downhill side before you flip it..and you use your leg muscles to lift with.....if all else fails..they do make a jack that you can pack on the sled that will allow even a kid to move a sled around when stuck...I rode a 600 crossfire for two years, the hcr for one and now a pro rmk800. by far the rmk is way easier to side hill. I'm 5ft tall. 120lbs. i have lost 45 pounds in the last two years, and i can sidehill and move the rmk way easier than the cats. i know the cats got moves... i've seen them, but sometimes its just the sled unless you know how to ride already
I've always wanted a day or two for practicing on techniques. I"m thinking about going to a small clinic or paying people to take me on a "teaching" ride. I find that going riding with people, I'm trying to learn and keep up at the sametime, which momemtum is good while learning, but if you get stuck to much, it takes fun away from the others your with.
there should also be a day of how to get yourself unstuck when you're "muscle" inhibited
