Fun in the Snow

This week ITN used a Polaris Ranger fitted with tracks and a custom-built sled from Northern Sled Works to haul bridge materials down the Sunny Cove trail on Spruce Island, Alaska. 

Using this method we can haul up to 1000 lbs per load (more on flat surfaces) with practically zero impact on the soil.  We will return to Spruce Island this week to try the same thing with gravel.  


This is a 3-4 year project begun in 2011 and involves the hardening of 2.25 miles of tread and rebuilding of 14 bridges on an historic trail connecting the settlement of Sunny Cove on Spruce Island with the village of Ouzinkie.  Although most of Spruce Island is privately owned, this is a public trail  and is protected the a 17(b) federal easement administered by the BLM.