Sledding on Queen Anne Hill (Seattle)

[pokerfan]

Better than the usual videos we get with cars and buses sliding down that hill.

[dana_b]

1. that looks like so much fun!!

I love Seattle too. Envious!

[nolabear]

2. Read a great story about someone calling the cops on sledders here on Capitol Hill.

Like Queen Ann, they were on some impassible major street. The cops stopped at the top of the hill and told the sledders to ceases and desist, everyone milled around for a while, the cops left, the sledderes went back to it and the person who wrote the update said he had his scanner on and heard the cops report back that they'd checked out the complaint and found nobody there.

Bon Hiver, Seattle! I'm holed up with the fireplace and the critters and am contemplating a nap.

[OxQQme]

3. Weeee

Long time ago I lived up top.
That's almost a half mile sled trip to the bottom.
With JUMPS at the cross streets.
Much fun on a motorcycle. (In the summer!)

[rurallib]

4. How many blocks long is that hill?

looks like a great time.

[pokerfan]

5. about seven blocks

Another notable landmark is the Counterbalance, which is the name for the section of Queen Anne Ave between Roy street and Galer st (about seven blocks). It's a sharp incline up Queen Anne Hill--indeed, the Counterbalance rises 450 feet in those seven blocks, and Queen Anne is the largest hill in Seattle. But once you're on top, you are in a very upscale area known as Upper Queen Anne (the bottom of the hill being Lower Queen Anne, of course). Here is suburbia, Trader Joe's, boutiques, old schools converted into apartments, town-homes & short-story condos... surprisingly, it's not hard to find a reasonable rent here. Even though it's so close to the heart of the city, living up here is more like being in a small town.