The ice was just right for sledding when I got home.. The kids had been out all day getting it just right. They went to my sisters house which is uphill, then farther up the hill to the next house and started from way up the street. They were sliding across all the back yards on our street. Was about 300 yards total from the top of the hill to the bottom. They would go down a big hill between houses then slow when going 30 yards across the back yards then hit another big hill between houses then across the next yard.. They never had to get off the sled! It was fun to watch the kids just have a blast on the ice... It may look like snow but it is solid slick ice...