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Casey's for no ethanol, beer, and Pizza.Quote:
Originally Posted by jdoyle
We have a dog and 90% of the time we are at La Quinta North Platte or La Quinta Kearney. 100% success rate with them. The one in NP has a dog run out back and no ethanol gas at the station next door (not a Casey's).
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What’s wrong with ethanol?
Kills mpgs. I can get about 5 more mpgs on non corn gasoline.
Met up with maggot Axebiker at Trollhaugen on Friday. Great snow, 1-2 inches of cream cheese on top of corduroy. We got there right at opening so untracked all over the place. So much fun ripping around, we were the undisputed Best Skiers On The Mountain. Maggot domination.
Shitloads of beater activity in the lift line. So I upped the ante and loaded the lift incorrectly and got yelled at by a lifty. I told him my name is Harry, so somewhere in WI/MN some poor sap named Harry got his pass pulled.
Lifts spin till 3am on Friday nights with live punk bands, but we didn’t make it quite that long, we left just as the Rail Jam was starting.
Trollhaugen is really hopping, fun place.
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Another day skiing with fellow maggots, this time the infamous Ski J. We met up at my local hill Christie Mountain where indie ski company BPM Skis was having demo day. I spent the day trying out different skis in their lineup.
Pleased to announce their skis are legit. Definitely geared toward the Midwest market. Some very cool topsheets, plus they can do custom artwork. Pick your width, pick your length, pick your topsheet, they build the skis.
Very intuitive skis, just think about turning and off you go. Got them up to speed and the wood core stayed nice and stable. I really don’t need new skis, but I could certainly see myself buying a set of these. The CEO is a Patroller at Christie and he makes these in Chippewa Falls WI.
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Interesting company and sounds as if you like their skis after your demo. I wonder if BPM could apply these photos to a top sheet?
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Were those taken on Harry’s island?Quote:
Originally Posted by Talisman
Today was damned near crispy winter perfection at Chestnut. Yesterday's pow was welcomed but proved challenging, clumps of snow in flat light with icy scrapers underneath. A couple of the finest skers I know proved unflappable (one is a young race coach for our team who's U10 kid rips harder than 99% of the worlds skiers), but for the rest of us we tried to rise to the challenge and enjoy our mini pow day without taking any over the handle bar diggers. Throwing down on the edge of control, and when the legs finally tired, we slowed our pace and skied an unusually variable hill to the bottom, sometimes slamon skiing through the carnage left behind by those completely out matched by the snow and terrain.The skis that worked well were heavy 100ish chargers with sharp edges, and my quiver was missing that, my dull E104 edges will be fixed this week, but even then it took a ski with some heft to chop the pow mounds.
Today, the heaven sent freshness was all groomed into the icy base layer and the result was special sauce awesome. Pure hero snow. No excuses accepted. You are what you ski.
I missed crossing paths with GPSrex both days, he was dealing with training in his people over on chair 2 and I had everyone I know show up yesterday charging chair 3 beside me.
Really makes you appreciate the midwest. We don't have the snow or the mountains, but we have free no hassle slopeside parking with no traffic to the hill, friendly known faces everywhere you turn, and mostly ski on chairs, and days like today, the hill delivered bigly.
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HAHA, no.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mustonen
Both of those pics are Grizzlies, and both pics are from Big Sky. I brought a big azz Uhaul from Big Sky to here, but I did not have room for a Grizzly. My game camera did catch a very chubby black bear on my island this fall though.
That first pic is notable for his claws. I think Talisman took that pic at the Specimen Creek trailhead in Yellowstone Park.
The second pic was taken by a guy Talisman and I know. It was near West Yellowstone. If you notice there is a dead buffalo in that pic too. Classic grizzly, round ears, big round head. I think there is a good story behind pic 2, but I forget the details. Talisman can fill us in.
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I hope there’s no grizzly in WIQuote:
Originally Posted by Mustonen
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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!!)
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.
In a fair response to mustonen, pic 2 does look quite a bit like my island. So I can understand his confusion.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mustonen
Do you have bison on your island in addition to the black bears?
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Now I’m wondering what in the hell ever happened to my unused Change stickers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by axebiker
If I remember correctly there are some specific instructions for cleaning Freeride Systems jackets. Maybe MiCol can drop in and help a brother out.
ERA Plus - cuz protein gets out protein... ;)
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...
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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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.
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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.
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Mrs. Smear demonstrating some angulation on the nastiest blues at Giant's Ridge.
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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.Quote:
Originally Posted by uglymoney
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.
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That's them! Kinda cool.
My steezy flat brim.Quote:
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Today in MN was fucking off the hook nice. We made it up to 20°F for about an hour so the oldest midget and I went out for some XC on the lake. We're all recovering from some flu shit so it was mellow. Gonna try to hit the Ridge tomorrow.
A buddy from further north dropped in to say hi. I made him a cup of tea and then he scooted on out.
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Awesome pic.Quote:
Originally Posted by bio-smear
All ya need is a woodchipper
And some ice fishing.
Ran up to Paul Bunyan a few Wednesdays ago after school with the kids. Hard to get many laps in but the kids enjoyed the show.
Been running up to Brule to use up our pre-passes most Sundays, but I keep forgetting to take decent pics. Snow has been really good, hoping it stays cold enough in the UP that they don't get this shit weather moving in.
#2 has gone from fairly timid to moderately horrifying this year. Saturday was no exception. Had 3 pretty big spills, hoping she learns pretty quick that you can ski fast but you need to know when and where before she ends up in a cast. #1 is just a blast to ski with now. Loves to go fast but he's always in control and really does well in bumps and tight trees. Looks to jump off everything possible, wonder where he gets that from...
Other than thinking #2 was going to be in the patrol sled a few times it was fricken awesome. Sweet picnic spot in the lot and the venison dogs we just got back are probably the best hotdogs great snow, great weather. Got my mom out with us too, she hasn't been able to ski a ton since her and my dad split. If you ski there, stop and get a beer at the old logging lodge on the backside.
I'll be at Granite solo Wednesday night if anybody is around
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is this a Fargo reference? I have a wood splitter but no chipper. Would take a long time to get rid of a body.Quote:
Originally Posted by Core Shot
This is fuckin awesome.Quote:
Originally Posted by lake_effect
Anyone holding a Mt Bohemia season pass this year and want to join a long weekend in the UP? I have a friend in Wassau, WI and we are planning to get up therefor a few days. PM me to discuss details.
That’s dope. And I need it. Maybe I can just call them someday and buy over the phone.Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry
After 30 plus years I finally made it back to Devils Head last weekend. That place is a trip. Soviet style hotel, hallways that go forever, old school bars, big hill but pretty flat. Our room must have been in the deluxe section, lofted ceilings and close to parking lot. It was clean and decent, contrary to reviews I have read. The hallways in that hotel by Saturday night though...lol. What a trip.
They have 4 newer very nice padded Dopplemyr quads, which is crazy, and contrary to the old school vibe oozing from every other resort pore. Unfortunately, they all move pretty slow for their length, and the best terrain sits on the far eastern side of the hill served by a lift that they never run. Which makes no sense. So you have to take the long ride to the top and enjoy the flat lead in, and push out back to the lift at the bottom.
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The bars are cool. They had 3 operational, one at the bottom of the race hill with a huge deck to watch the race or throw up off of.
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I think it is also notable how affordable it was to stay slopeside on a relatively busy weekend. Bill for 2 nights was way under $300, and $26 dollar pizza with everything, $5 New Glarus cans the entire weekend.
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Anyway, my girl won the two heat morning U14 GS race, and her time was good enough to be 9th overall on the big kids hill all age classes U14-U20 so we were really proud of her sending the shit out of those combined runs. These pics are from the next race, she made a big mistake on a middle gate, but still managed a U14 5th.
The straight south facing hill worked out fine for us.
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Slalom the next day...brought this race dad back down to earth. She broke into the U14 top ten on one race at least.
PM your address and I will send you the hat plus some stickers.Quote:
Originally Posted by gaijin
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PM'd. And do the same, I'll send you a Zao package.
I have a very similar pic of me when I was 18 at Devils Head.Quote:
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Post it up !Quote:
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