2019/2020 Midwest Stoke Thread

[axebiker]

Harry's the grizzliest thing in the county...



Good to see you again, my friend!

(And please wash to Glory Hole leftovers off that nice jacket!!)

[GAPERsauraus REX]

As Ugly$ mentioned, Chestnut was great this weekend. Every time I ride there, it's so much fun for a small midwest hill. Plenty of side hits, especially on the left of Apache. Some fun gnar to turn into right underneath chair 3 on the right of the headwall, with a baby wind lip after. Terrain park has hits as big as you want. Runs that are steep enough to have to concentrate in the chop/ice if its open enough to ski hard on Warpath and Crazy Horse.

Our crew got in on Thursday night and by Friday morning we had ~2" fresh and it started snowing more through the morning. Felt like skiing in the mountains for a few hours.

Conditions on Friday were perfect for charging after the snow stopped. Packed snow was still soft and there was enough new fresh to slash around on in the tree edges. Kids stayed mostly on Chair 2 and worked on carrying speed and managing fresh snow. Got them over to Crazy Horse for a run, but were happy lapping Black Hawk/Fever & Bobcat/Moser/Fox.


Friday night the highschoolers came in and scraped everything off and the temp dropped about 15degrees. This set up a challenging day for the kids on Saturday, mostly in learning to check their speed with all the additional new snow, but more ice/scrape occurring throughout the day. Had a couple epic wipeouts with all 3 kids on Saturday night when we went back out as it was super-fast by that time. Escaped without injuries, just some tears and pulling kids out of side-brush.
Here's me and the wife getting a rare chair lift ride up on our own.

Sunday was an early departure as the kid was spent from the partying of skiing all day, pool sessions, copious sugar consumption, and staying up way past normal bedtime. I wrecked pretty hard in the terrain park Saturday night trying to remember what a 540 felt like, so was happy to pack it in early too.



Bummed to miss out riding with Ugly, but it was hard wrangling all the kids during the day and another friend and his kid happened to be there too, so I was helping them as they just started skiing 2 seasons ago. Definitely will make it out there again and will make sure we can actually lap a few runs and grab a beer. Appreciate all the communication in trying to meet up.

[uglymoney]

Ha!

Awesome TR GPSrex. I didn't know you were up there Friday also. The buses were from Clinton school district and in such numbers they became a thing of legend.

That was a weird micro warmup Friday afternoon leading into the cold. Definitely flipped the switch on the snowpack.

Looking at the pics I don't remember seeing you at all. Wierd. Definitely had my eyes peeled for those sweet J ski graphics.

Saturday afternoon definitely did feel like big mountain resort skiing. Had to dial it back and work your way down.

Sunday was sublime and my legs were firing. One of the best days I can remember in a long time.

We'll be at Devils Head this next weekend for the WIJARA race moved from host Cascade Race Team's excellent facilities due to some weird post covid knuckleheaded politics I don't fully understand. Chestnut team is staying at the way past prime on slope DH hotel. Last time I skied straight south facing Devils Head was 30 plus years back. I see slushy beer stained snow in my near future. Mini TR to follow.

[Harry]

Were those taken on Harry’s island?

In a fair response to mustonen, pic 2 does look quite a bit like my island. So I can understand his confusion.

[Talisman]

Do you have bison on your island in addition to the black bears?

In a fair response to mustonen, pic 2 does look quite a bit like my island. So I can understand his confusion.

[dgilligan02]

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Now I’m wondering what in the hell ever happened to my unused Change stickers.

[Mustonen]

In a fair response to mustonen, pic 2 does look quite a bit like my island. So I can understand his confusion.

It was a joke, to be clear. I’ve lived within a couple hundred miles northeast of this famed isle of wonder for most of my life and am well acquainted with our local fauna.

[Harry]

Harry's the grizzliest thing in the county...

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Good to see you again, my friend!

(And please wash to Glory Hole leftovers off that nice jacket!!)

What my buddy Axe is jibber-jabbering about is that white crusty substance all over the front of my mega-steezy Freeride Systems jacket, a result of eating Vanilla Bean yogurt for lunch. Axe immediately accused me of taking a wide stance in Trollhaugen’s men’s room.

If I remember correctly there are some specific instructions for cleaning Freeride Systems jackets. Maybe MiCol can drop in and help a brother out.

[axebiker]

ERA Plus - cuz protein gets out protein...

[Micol]

midwest is legit !

Boutique skis.....check !
pow....check !
maggots.....check !
freeride systems....check !
grizz.....check !
island compounds....check!

mayb i set up a bugout up there .....montana & co. got too many mistle silos and is all a red coud on fema strike and fallout zones.... not to mention yellowstone is surely bout to blow and costner bringing in issues

mayor get (edit) Public Health to power wash that jkt...

[uglymoney]

I just use Nikwax tech wash on my FRS softshell. Still comes out looking like new and keeps it beady on wet days. MiCol might or might not approve but it works for me.

Breaking the sound barrier past the slow zone sign on the flats of Old Main last night preparing for Devils Head's flatness.



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[bio-smear]

Been nipply here lately. Saw -33°F a few mornings ago. -26 this AM. If I wait until midday I can get out for a ghay ski. Unclipped to pose for this in hip-deep wind deposit.



The next generation of gaper is upon us and they insist on having poles. An hour later they wanted me to take the poles, so the plan worked. This was a few weekends ago. Now we all have the flu and life fucking sucks and no one is sleeping.



Mrs. Smear demonstrating some angulation on the nastiest blues at Giant's Ridge.

[uglymoney]

Giants Ridge looks like a real treasure. Can't believe I never visited when I lived in Minnesota. Good pictures.

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[axebiker]

Giants Ridge looks like a real treasure. Can't believe I never visited when I lived in Minnesota. Good pictures.

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I need to get up there again - it's been over 20 years.

[gaijin]

I wonder if I still have them, but I used to collect pins from all the ski resorts around there. Wild MT was my home, but Welch, Trollhaugen, Giants Ridge, Afton Alps.

I treasured them.

I saw some cool trollhaugen t-shirts on their website. I might have to order one.