Subscription Services

 

Published February 05, 2012, 12:00 AM

Photo gallery: Laskiainen (Finnish sliding festival) in Palo, Minn., Feb. 4, 2012


A sled travels down the sliding tracks behind the Loon Lake Community Center during Laskiainen, a Finnish sliding festival at the Loon Lake Community Center in Palo. (2012 file / News Tribune)

  • A sled travels down the sliding tracks behind the Loon Lake Community Center during Laskiainen, a Finnish sliding festival at the Loon Lake Community Center in Palo. (2012 file / News Tribune)
  • Brian Lundstrom (from top) and his children Tatum, 2, Caden, 5, and Abby, 9, all of Palo, ride a plastic toboggan during Laskiainen, a Finnish sliding festival at the Loon Lake Community Center in Palo on Saturday. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • Jadon Aultman (from left), 10, Shari Aultman, and Jay Johnson, all of Grand Rapids, ride a plastic toboggan during Laskiainen, a Finnish sliding festival at the Loon Lake Community Center in Palo in February 2012. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • Sleds glow in the sunlight as they lean against a fence near the Loon Lake Community Center during Laskiainen, a Finnish sliding festival in Palo on Iron Range on Saturday. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • Alanna Brown of Aurora carries her 19-month-old son Hayden Brown-Meyer off the ice after riding the sliding tracks behind the Loon Lake Community Center in Palo on Saturday during Laskiainen, a Finnish sliding festival. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)