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To reach the top of the Waldspritz sledding run above the village of Grindelwald in the Swiss Alps, I hiked 90 minutes into the backcountry, dragging a small runnered sled by a rope to roughly 7,400 feet.

There is nothing tame about this pasttime, where participants rocket down steep, mileslong slopes, sometimes at night

There is nothing tame about sledding in Switzerland, where participants rocket down steep, miles-long slopes, sometimes at night.