2019/2020 Midwest Stoke Thread

[uglymoney]

Wednesday I threw in the towel and took my ski boat to a barn for the winter. It was a tremendous day to work outside. Grease flows nicely in the seventies.

Snowmaking weather all the way down here last night, although humidity levels are high. I noticed Chestnut wasn't able to make snow down by the still open and warm river by the time I went to bed, but by this morning they had worked their way all the way to the bottom.

Took longer for the cold air to penetrate than they thought. 74 degrees on Thursday with very high humidity kept the ground and water warm and rain made everything wet even after the welcome cold front arrived.

Watching Brule social media also and went ahead and bought our tickets for T day race camp we signed up for up there. That is looking good now.

[jdoyle]

Drove by Little Switz and they still had the guns going at 1130. LFG


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[Harry]

SkiJ - douche your box.


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[efbride]

Great video. I remember being a little kid at the lodge and there being lots of food, sandwiches, crock pots going full tilt, cookies, brownies, thermoses of hot chocolate , etc up for grabs. People would make tons of stuff and just lay it out for whomever. Everybody skied together, shared what they had, and if you wanted to stay later then somebody's parents would bring you home. There was a single gear locker where we would dump our stuff and when you went back it was always there. You never went home hungry and when you got home you would usually fall asleep pretty quickly with no prompting from mom and dad. That was 50 years ago and its nice to see it still happening.

This wins. Just like tailgates in Ohio and spring skiing at perfect north in Indiana. Flat landers rip and live the dream.

[alfajores]

OpenSnow was touting a pretty nice storm heading your way. It looks like Michigan and the Keeweenaw will get a good covering. Hoping that is a sign for a great year at Mt. Bohemia!

[Harry]

.WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THISEVENING...

* WHAT...Light snow and patchy freezing drizzle. Additional snow accumulations of up to one inch.

* WHERE...Portions of central, east central, south central and southeast Minnesota and northwest and west central Wisconsin.

* WHEN...Until 6 PM CST this evening.


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[Harry]

Trollhaugen delivered. 2 inches of natural plus 4 inches of manmade equals time to break out the dentist skis. Today was my first time on these. Gear Swap deal curtesy of schwerty out in Jackson.







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[yeahman]

^^Noice Harry!

[NuclearNachos21]

Now that the season is starting, figured I'd ask all the mt boho locals/frequent visitors. Finally able to make it out there for a trip, when is usually the best time to visit? Just looking around seems like jan/feb but never been there so dunno


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[Talisman]

Looks like a great day to be out enjoying new snow and new to you skis. Are those massive Vail type lift lines typical midweek at Trollhaugen?

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[skiJ]

Now that the season is starting, figured I'd ask all the mt boho locals/frequent visitors. Finally able to make it out there for a trip, when is usually the best time to visit? Just looking around seems like jan/feb but never been there so dunno


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February -
Bohemia may still be thin in January

( Yeti hit it right in Feb.'21 / look back for his TR
( this thread, me thinks ))


Iowa hwy20.
nine.pm, November fifteenth (2022) ,

between Waterloo and Dubuque ;

I will take the freezing Rain.

But you know what you can do with the fog.


F. that.


been on the road since three(am), Saturday ;

I Am too Old for this (snot).


( gonna) ski with Harry next week -
Maybe Wild (mountain) /
The kid deserves a change-of-pace...

FreeRide Systems ;
Might dig out the g10 mx that says,

'The older I get,
the faster I was '

Change for a nickel ! ? !!


skiJ

[uglymoney]

I call that stretch of highway 20 Iowa's Bermuda Triangle. It is a wierd zone that is always on the colder windy side of storms and it is flatter and more exposed than surrounding areas. Can feel remote and sketchball in bad weather and it seems to be the last to get treated in a storm. You missed my 4 am hwy 20 transit hauling frozen food for fatties by just a few hours.

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[axebiker]

That guy from MidwestSkiers dot com was there, I skied up to him and announced “I’m The Best Skier On The Mountain”. He did not get it and kept filming the jibbers. Pretty sure Shane would have awarded me 30,000 gnar points for that.*
























(*) google Game of GNAR if you don’t get it either…

Damn Millenials...they think they're SOOOO cool, but I think we've found a weakness....

[axebiker]

Wow. Welch Belch [emoji481] is a phrase that I have not heard in a very long time. Not many of the original crew left, however there are a few of us that still show up on a semi regular basis. Most Saturdays spent chasing my 10 yr old down the hill, but still get the occasional solo day. Usually on TX Comps and On3P’s.

I have a spare pair of well used 28.5 TX Comps and various skis w/ NTN that I could bring down.

Axe can vouch for my suckiness- I believe I may have helped him to free his heel back in the day.

Cheers

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I'm no longer patrolling and bought a pass to "The Epic & Classic" Welch Village this year, so I should be a more common siting, and plan to still "free the heel" a bit! I'll be on TX Comps & Elan Ripstick 88's or Ripstick 96 Blacks!

And yeah - Swede and Digger "taught" me how to ski in handicapped fashion!
"Uhhhh... Hey guys?!?! Were you gonna give me some tips here or what??" - Axe standing at the top of the lift at Wild Mountain as Doug and Scott zip away from me, totally forgetting that the new bird just fell out of the nest...

Looking forward to seeing you all again this season! Harry met Bacon already, so we're probably already in trouble...

@naedward - I'll take you up on some of those Troll passes!

[NuclearNachos21]

February -
Bohemia may still be thin in January

( Yeti hit it right in Feb.'21 / look back for his TR
( this thread, me thinks ))


skiJ

Sweet. You know how the spring skiing is? Don't know if it would be inconsistent or not


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