I was assuming the Bartender's rack was the Gun show.
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I was assuming the Bartender's rack was the Gun show.
Spoiler: it ain’t gonna look like that!Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry
I’d head up if I could. Family dinner obligations.
I was at Troll yesterday evening. Sloppy, wet snow. Got better as the sun went down.
Gun show surprised me, was grabbing my pass and saw someone marching thru the parking lot with a shotgun like he was some JROTC reject, missed the Pic of him though. Think typical small town Wisco redneck.
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You gotta go ski those Revolts!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mustonen
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Hah. I think I’d take something I didn’t mind putting a few creases in. Plenty of skis in the quiver that have seen rocks.Quote:
Originally Posted by naedward81
My vision for the revolts is as a Bohemia ski though…. Something for tight trees but can still hang.
Ended up sleeping in today. It was a long week. Then the Wild managed to disappoint me and waste a couple hours of time.
No gun show for me.
Lutsen did not disappoint. Thursday the snow was awesome. It satyed cool enough where even with the sun the snow held up really well. They left a few trails ungroomed, but as expected, kids and I found a few sharks. Got a little busy around 11 but cleared out around lunch and never got congested again. Wind was howling out of the west so didn't ski Eagle mountain at all.
Out for first chair again Friday and started on moose again. Never got above freezing Thursday so snow was outstanding. By 1030 Thing 1 was ready to hit Eagle and the girls stayed on moose. Skied all the blacks from skiers right to left in order twice before he wanted to hit the pool. They all were fun but the bumps on upper and lower Hari Kari were in great shape. I suck at bumps so it was fun to push it and get out of my comfort zone. I made the mistake of showing junior the video of Candide zippering them. Surprisingly, it only resulted in 1 complete yard sale where I was concerned for his well being.
On day 3 the girls had enough so we hit a bunch of spots on the lakeshore from gooseberry falls up past Grand Marais, Temperance River State Park was our favorite. Hit Hungry Hippy Tacos in Grand Marais for late lunch, recommend stopping if you're in town.
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18” to 32” forecast for tomorrow. I swapped my summer tires on Sunday. Just swapped snows back on when I got home from work. If I’d known that’s all it took I’d have put my summers on weeks ago when the lifts were still running.
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My vision is you skiing the Revolts tomorrow in the 18-24"
This funky heavy snow feels like GPO or Renegade? Won’t matter because I’m a dull boy who has to work. Meetings with The Bobs (8 of them in total) all week.
I just got an email from a weed dispensary up by Bohemia that they are shutting down early due to “intense snowstorm”.
Yeah right… I bet their workers have Revolts and declared that the Powder Rule was in effect.
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Are there still hills spinning lifts out yonder?
Nope. All turns are earned as far as I know. Bohemia spun up last weekend and if they get snow up there they may again. As far as I knew it wasn’t really snowing much out that way, though.
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Originally Posted by lifelinksplit
Your buddy will like Eau Claire. Lots of parallels with Missoula. Older logging boomtown with a river right through the middle of downtown, turned into a university town known for a party atmosphere. I could definitely live there.
Do you or your buddy know non-mag Nick G ? He was a local snowboarder in Big Sky who guided for Gallatin River Guides. He mostly guided the Madison, and he also worked several seasons in Craig for Headhunters. Anyway his wife got into a PhD program in Eau Claire so he bailed on Big Sky and became a Musky guide. He appears in a Huge Fly Fisherman musky video. He says he loves living in Eau Claire.
Definitely look me up when you come back here. I think you pass within 5 miles of my island when you drive to your sisters cabin. Guest bedroom available for wife/Walter/all are welcome. It will be great to see you again.
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Lutsen is still open through this weekend.Quote:
Originally Posted by buttahflake
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Harry - "The Mayor of the Midwaste"...
“No One Cares You Skied Buck Hill”Quote:
Originally Posted by axebiker
- my latest bumper sticker.
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Where did you mount those Revolts? On the line? Any hole overlap?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mustonen
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Hole conflicts were actually sort of tricky with FKS at my BSL and whatever you had going on before. I ended up about 0.5cm to 0.75cm forward, I think. Had to reuse the rearmost toe holes that happened to have the same width as the rearmost FKS holes, or near enough. Otherwise I’d have had to go way forward or way back.Quote:
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FIFY...Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry
I’d post a pic but apparently that’s not a thing anymore.
Lutsen was great this weekend, skied Friday and Saturday. Cold nights and warm sunny days. First trip there with my 5yo, won’t be the last.
It's a pretty cool place for MNQuote:
Originally Posted by birdboatboy
I am doing something cool today.
You may heard in the national news that the Ice Age Trail has been upgraded in the National Park system.
Park Rangers are hosting a public meeting today at the town hall in Weyerhaeuser WI today to go over the changes. There are several trailheads close by my house and I am excited to hike on them this summer. I will attend today’s meeting and get info, i hope they have maps available.
Weyerhaeuser is the gas station where midwest Maggots usually meetup for ski trips to Christie Mountain. The Ice Age Trail runs within a mile or so of the ski runs at Christie Mountain.
https://www.nps.gov/iatr/index.htm
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That is awesome Harry. I follow some Ice Age trail groups and need to do some sections (Devils Lake for instance).
Have always had a fascinating with through hiking but have only ever done week long backpacking trips that are more camping focused than miles. Love to listen to the Backpacker Radio pods. Not sure I could ever actually do a super long hike (which is why I think I am fascinating...not knowing if I would get bored or lose motivation and leave trail quickly), but the Colorado trail, Superior Hiking Trail are probably within my attention span. PCT would be my first pick for a long one if I managed those shorter trails. Ice Age is the only one within arms reach though.
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Yeah, no backpacking or thru hiking on my agenda. Those days are way behind me. I’m just looking for day hikes. The new reroute will have a trailhead 10 minutes from my house. Stoked!
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^^^ Awesome Harry! I’m here to support your fitness goals and want to share my hiking fitness routine with you…
Add ski poles (with straps!) for extra twirly fun… It helps to be stoned and listening to Phish.
Me and Mrs Axe will certainly join you on some day hike shit any time, Harry!Quote:
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JP cracks me up - when he's not doing passive-aggressive poli-tard shit...Quote:
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Text sent. Let’s do it !Quote:
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I just bought a midweek pass at Lutsen.
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How many season passes are you getting for the 2024-2025 ski season? What does a midweek Lutsen pass run?
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Geez, a Veteran retiree pass should be cheep, yes?Quote:
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Harry, wish you'd come back to JH this year. We didn't get enough turns last year. Might see ya in the Fall. Ready to put a MicroMansion on the Isle?
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Current pass quiver for next season:
Trollhaugen = $280
Lutsen midweek = $375
Blues Hills Nordic = $50
Lutsen pass is also good at Snowriver in The UP and at Granite near Wausau. I bet I use it at Snowriver as much as at Lutsen.
My home mountain is Christie Mountain, but the math makes a season pass hard to break even because the day pass is so cheap. They are only open Fri-Sat-Sun so it will dovetail nice with the midweek pass.
note for Talisman: Granite is the place we saw that day we drove with my Mom & brother across the state.
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Damn for less than three day tickets at Big Sky at rack rate you have three season passes!
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Originally Posted by Harry
hey, Harry -
even "Normal" snowfall,
Snowriver will be the place to be -
You are familiar with the drive from IronBelt into ironwood ( watch-out for the Law... ).
hwy2 is an Easy run.
the 6pack at JacksonCreek ( on indianhaed moutain ) is a game changer -
Thursday and Sundays ( and Monday - Wednesday ) are going to be the days there
( oh. Not Sunday -
Good value on that pass with a window-price of 90. (ninety) )
it reads like your trip west worked-out -
Your 'best day in a decade' post is my *post of the year*
Thank you for that --
I intend to spend the last week of August on the Flambeau -
I have been on ctyD a bunch this Spring and I look at the chain of lakes and think about Harry's Island--
a jungle hammock or a screen wall tent ( stand-up ) might be all the "development" I would do
( unless there is Park prep. to-be-done - and
I am interested in being party to that. )
last month, I looked it up -
Rice Lake Sand and gravel owns Hardscrabble.
I am pretty-sure I used to ski there with the kid from EC who ( I am pretty-sure ) owns that
(( see Red Flint (materials) ))
mining. landscaping stone and frac. sand...
Summer. fishing -
ha. I got three runs at arapahoe last Wed. before PE shut me down ;
passed on a tram ride at the 'Bird as we made a fast (?) drive to cali.
2600 miles - one way.
FknA.
( towing the chevy back next week )
roll on, Harry ! !!!
( you runnin' the Bronco for the summer ? ?? ))
With Respect. !
tj
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Greenfield tornado was wild yesterday. We skated this one over here in eastern Iowa with like one minute of 40 mph winds. Thankfully all night and all day storms and clouds zapped the energy froum our atmosphere so things fell apart as the line approached us. These storm events are becoming more and more stressful for me. Sort of grew up and became impervious, realizing they pretty much always miss us and probably always will. But things have changed. Feels like with our new superheated atmosphere the odds have turned in favor of the tornados and derechos wrecking into us eventually.
Article in the WP says this may be an F4 or F5 based on observed damage and wind speeds recorded by a mobile doppler radar that was nearby with storm chasers. Houses swept clean off of their slabs. Last F5 confirmed in the US was 11 years ago.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weath...ornado-storms/
I don't know why in fuck you would live in a house on a slab in Iowa. My basement is fully underground, and poured concrete.
Looking forward to our next insurance rate increase as the insurance companies continue to pay our more than they take in every year. At least our company hasn't dropped us yet.
Ugly, glad you and yours are safe from yesterday's storm
Thanks Skuff, same to you. Always amazes me how many less tornadoes Wisco and Minnesota get than Iowa, around half as many.
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Glad your family is ok. Remnants of that storm made it up here and sunk my boat.Quote:
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Oh damn Harry! That sucks.
Nail in the coffin for the spring fire season, at least in the BWCA. Reports of 2.5 inches up there.