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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Mar 2, 2015 3:13 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Mar 2, 2015 3:13 PM UTC Everyone knows that horrible winter weather is actually really awesome if you’re a kid. (Think sledding, snowman building, school cancellations and not having to worry about digging your car out of the snow.) But one dad in New Jersey made winter even better for his young children by constructing a homemade high-speed sledding track. It’s pretty simple — and not quite as elaborate as the [Olympics-themed backyard luge track](http://time.com/11473/dad-builds-backyard-snow-luge/) one dad made last year — but it’s still awesome and his kids seem pretty into it. He’s not like a regular dad, he’s a [cool dad](http://time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/post-30708-im-not-like-a-regular-mom-im-a-8lwl.gif). ### Gorgeous, Dreamlike Photos of Snowflakes Shot on an iPhone  The following photos were shot on Greg Miller's iPhone: Snowflake I Greg Miller  Snowflake II Greg Miller  Snowflake III Greg Miller  Snowflake IV Greg Miller  Snowflake V Greg Miller  Snowflake VI Greg Miller  Miller photographed the snowflakes by holding a loupe up to the lens on his iPhone Tina Chiappetta-Miller ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3728213/backyard-snow-luge-track/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3728213/backyard-snow-luge-track/"},"headline":"Coolest Dad Ever Builds Homemade Luge Track For His Kids","datePublished":"2015-03-02T15:13:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:47:58.017Z","description":"One of the few great things about winter","url":"https://time.com/3728213/backyard-snow-luge-track/","keywords":["Newsfeed","weather"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3728213/backyard-snow-luge-track/","name":"Coolest Dad Ever Builds Homemade Luge Track For His Kids"}}]}] ```