Christie Mountain got dumped on by that storm. Great skiing today.
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Christie Mountain got dumped on by that storm. Great skiing today.
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Nordic Mountain got ~7-8" of new, groomed into submission with small areas untouched by the PistenBully. But, I'm guessing the majority of WI ski area patrons would want it that way.
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Looks like fun over thereQuote:
Originally Posted by Harry
Special Weather Statement issued by the Minneapolis office of the National Weather Service at 6:03 am today
TODAY'S VOLATILE DAY OF WEATHER HAS NOT BEEN SEEN BEFORE INMID DECEMBER... An unprecedented outbreak of severe thunderstorms for this time of year is likely early this evening. The line of thunderstorms will race northeast across southern and eastern Minnesota into Wisconsin between 5 PM and 9 PM. Widespread wind damage from gusts possibly exceeding 80 mph will accompany the storms. Tornadoes are also possible. The highest risk of severe thunderstorms is southeast of a line from Redwood Falls to Rush City. Storms will be moving between 60 and 70 mph! Conditions will deteriorate very quickly. Unless preparations are made ahead of time, it may be hard to take adequate shelter when one notices storms beginning to approach. These are expected to be high end damaging wind producers, so pay close attention to warnings issued later today. Very strong winds will develop behind a cold front tonight. Wind gusts of 60 to 65 mph are expected area wide. A High Wind Warning is in effect. Plummeting temperatures overnight could result in a flash freeze. Some accumulating snow is also possible across western Minnesota.
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It is going to be 70 degrees here! Already 56. Shorts weather to helmet weather. Just insane. I locked everything outside down last night. We are just slightly east of the area maximum potential energy which is good news for us. Not so good for central IA into southern MN. Hoping for the best. Going to take the dog on some walks today before the wind gets too scary.
The sorta good news for us is the derecho took out a lot of hangfire and I replaced the windows on the south and west side of my house with tempered glass.
Stay safe. It worries me when the weather people seem nervous. They are trying to predict an event with atmospheric parameters they haven't seen before this deep into December. I'm seeing uncertainty in all the forecasts.
If we get through this snowmaking weather is back in the house down here at 42 degrees.
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DOT has restricted oversize loads starting at noon. Iowa State called off afternoon classes in Ames. The pavement is sweating so badly here is looks like it just rained. Sky is ominous. I am in shorts and sandal with a sweatshirt.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...125886760d.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...22f0373abb.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...b377f5c1b5.jpg
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Tornado Watch just issued for my county.
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tornado Warmings in Wisconsin the week before Christmas...
we have screwed-up this planet.
lots of luck 'engineering a Solution' ( Bill Williams. 2013. (GogebicTaconite. Gtac)) out of this...
Love your stoke, Harry ! !!
Good stuff. Thank you ! !!!
skiJ
Shit hitting the fan, sirens going off, evacing 94 y/o Mom to basement
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Thinking of you midwest mags. Hope everything turns out ok. MIL is in the SW corner of WI, strong stuff moving into there now.
We hit 73 here. Beat the old daily December 15th record of 55 by 18 degrees. Also set an all time December record. The old record was 69 on December 4th 1998.
Storms passed through with a whimper. Now dealing with backside winds.
The man-made snowpack at Chestnut and Sundown were absolutely hammered. Sundown re-opening is publically announced for Sunday. Inside word is Chestnut is going to try for Saturday with their superior snowmaking.
That was fast. Squall line came right over the top of us at about 75 mph. Did not last long though. Continuous nonstop thunder & lightning for about 10-15 minutes. Looks like we are in the clear now.
This is nuts. 4 days ago we had a 14 inch powder dump, and now it’s in the 60s and tornadoes.
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Walked the dog last night during our windstorm a bit south of ya’ll. 60mph gusts, 30mph sustained winds. Very loud! Heard a couple trees fall in the woods along the river bluff.
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It was cold AF at Christie Mountain today. Snow was surprisingly good considering the crazy storm we just had.
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Saturday at Christie Mountain was awesome. I am really enjoying perfect corduroy and zero lift lines. I was laying down trenches all day.
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It’s Sunday, so I worshipped at the Church of Courduroy. Always fun.
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Bonus for SkiJ, The Narrows north of Pokegama
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Chestnut was fun today. They, along with everyone else this far south, were wiped out by the 73 degree heat, wind, and heavy rain. Blew some snow the last few days, updated their website last night that they would have one run today, but they had two, and they didn't put anything on FB or Instagram about it to keep it on the down low and to keep today from being stupid. Result was no crowd and good skiing. I pretty much layed trenches for 3.5 hours straight. Only left because the wife and daughter were cold. Felt so good and the skiing was a white ribbon sleeper for sure.
Pulled out my loosey goosey OG Brahmas. Perfect tool for todays trade.
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Is that the Mississippi River in the first pic?Quote:
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Yep. The east coast of Iowa visible in the distance.Quote:
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That’s pretty coolQuote:
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thanks, Harry ! recognize it -
do you take Norewegian Road to get to the hill (?)
( I love that descent. . . )
Just ,,, thanks -
( (lotta) memories in that country... )
Christmas wishes To You And Mom !
skiJ
So what skis do most of y'all ride?
Any sighting of the Blue Hills Beast at Christie? 350' of cord - looks like a blast, I'm jealous!
I need to get over there soon. I didn't do anything this weekend...just f-in lazy, and now I regret it...
Love the chestnut stoke! Growing up I had a friend whose parents had a house in Galena. Fond memories of ripping down to the river from the lodge. Gotta admit since moving west I've never had any thoughts of hitting the hills of my youth but with Uglymoney and Harry sharing the midwest stoke I might just have to plan a visit with gear in tow.
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Crazy seeing pictures like that of Chestnut with so much grass all around the minimal snow pack. Yet to as much dust the skis off from last March but have a lot of days planned around the corner in the UP.
They need a good dumping and/or a few days of cold lake effect, but neither is in the 5-7 day forecast. They should get 5"+ tomorrow so that's a start, but fingers crossed for some real cold and NW winds coming later in the month.
blackjack and indianhead have a good start on snowmaking -
last week's heat ( 56F ) and rain did not help, but it was only one day...
Porkies has a foot. probably needs at least another foot to Open
( I am not following Bohemia
( really, MLK weekend is probably their reasonable goal these days
( not enough snow - Too warm )))
Condition should be Good for new year's weekend...
wishing you Safe travels... skiJ
Chestnut starting look good on the cams. Might make it up next week
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Christie Mountain on Xmas Eve. Fun day, gloomy and foggy, but real soft corduroy. Probably fewer than 20 people on the mountain. I ripped around carving trenches.
Crazy warm. +38F degrees on December 24, WTF ??
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Nice Harry, merry Xmas!
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You probably got the warm weather we had a few days ago. And in a few days you'll probably get the deep freeze we're about to experience. Nice pics, hope you are well.Quote:
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Had a blast today at Chestnut and we were blasted by warm air after a week of them blasting man made snow. That is lots of blasts. Nearly 50 today FML.
Chair 3 = OPEN! But barely. Thankfully the cold air is moving back in again Saturday evening. Snow skied colder. Super high water content. They've been blowing super aggressively, they have no choice.
The daughter and I skied bell to bell except for a quality lunch break with some ski friends who magically showed up. Must be Xmas.
Also met a maggot and his better half who are stranded in Iowa for a bit, away from real mountains, and are trying to dial in this bluff based ski scene and figure out how us flatlanders live and survive and even thrive somehow. Come to find out his better half knows a coastal cousin of mine extremely well. Pretty incredible small world story and another reason to meet up with your fellow maggots. Midwest ski guide and box of Heineken dispenser is a job I'm happy to take on for a day. I work for free when mags show up. Thanks guys! That was a blast.
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Hella!Quote:
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Be back in the house Sunday.
This is funny, today at Christie Mountain some random dude blurts out “Are you Harry from TGR ?” Turns out he is a lurker, no login, just keeps an eye the various threads. Anyway it was a cool encounter.
Great ski days start with a great sunrise
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Christie Mountain FTW
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How is the park setup at christie?Quote:
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Today at Chestnut. A few hours of snowmaking and they were back to about 75% open. Yesterday they lost a couple runs to the heat. Cold air is setting in this week. Should be money next weekend. Let us hope the cold air is sticky.
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Christie Mountain is normally only open Fri-Sat-Sun, but for the week between Xmas and New Years they stay open all week. So today (Tuesday) I hit it.
Entrance to the goods
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Always a good sign when the employees cars look like this...
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Uhhh....Quote:
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