Raleigh’s hot sledding spot is a cemetery, a historic and respectful ride

Near downtown, sled fans in the know all head for Oakwood Cemetery, which provides the steepest slopes and the most tolerant company.

More than 50 sledders packed into the historic graveyard Sunday, taking the hills face-first, doubled-up with friends and even backward as parents howled, “Watch out! Watch out!”

“It’s very, very fast,” said Brittson Boise, a fourth-grader at Conn Elementary, “and I like it.”…

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