As a kid (90's) we had a big metal slide too. It was placed at the top of a hill and in the winter we would pack snow at the base of the slide to connect it wit

As a kid (90's) we had a big metal slide too. It was placed at the top of a hill and in the winter we would pack snow at the base of the slide to connect it with the hill. The hill would then get turned to ice from all of us kids repeatedly packing the snow down. It was great, the slide was maybe 12 feet tall but the hill added another 20 feet or so. I still have nieces that go to the same school and that whole area has been re-graded and turned into a parking lot. I suppose it is a good lesson in the impermanence of things.