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I have used "cedar", "redwood", "sheet plastic sign panels" and "Trex" to build spline roadbed which is almost the same as the ladder system. You should prefer the ladder system, it has fewer parts to assemble. I rip my TREX splines (strips) at about a half inch thick and am able to bend it to a 24" radius without any cracking. Cedar and redwood are to stiff and will break if you try to bend it any tighter than a 48" radius. Plastic sign panels are good but almost impossible to find outside the sign industry. I have to agree with Ian, use your slope to your advantage, don't level your yard. My yard also has a slope and all my track is on spline roadbed. At one end the track is only 6" off the ground and at the far end it's almost 4' in the air. Some parts of my track are over flower beds like the monorail through Disneyland. My track does not interfere with the flowers in any way. Your track can be level but appear to go up grade because the ground is dropping away instead. This will give you a chance to use some bridges. Drainage can also be maintained by keeping your slope in tact. May all your weeds be wild flowers.... OLD DAD
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