Swede - the date has been set. Looking at Fri-Sat, March 14 & 15. Arriving Thursday night.
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Swede - the date has been set. Looking at Fri-Sat, March 14 & 15. Arriving Thursday night.
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Originally Posted by axebiker
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I see the dates, but no one other than Harry (+ now you) have replied that they are attending. All other replies contain regrets that they cannot make it- just gauging commitment</p>
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Well - are you coming? ;)
Good times up at Chestnut today. Not quite enough snow early to call it a pow day but the snow kept coming all day. Enough snow to call it a snow day. Daughter's school was shut down for the storm, so we skied last night and today.
Ran into a telemarketing from Hudson named Dieter? I asked if he knew gsinister and he did, apparently Harry and Baconmecrazy as well. The ski community is a small world. He was down here on an Indypass tour and skiing bell to bell. We probably spun 20 laps before I had to split off. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...d01011091e.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...2bb71b2db8.jpg
The only time I skied with Deiter, he was rocking tele skis at Trollhaugen. I couldn't believe how fast he was on those things!
I have to remember not to use apostrophes......
Yeah, dude rips! He was happy that Chestnut is long and steep enough to work his quads. Looking at the cams it is still snowing so I am sure he is having a great day.
Dieter...he is a NUT! LOL... Good guy. I have skied with him a few times. Good tele guy too...but pretty sure that Im better... ;)
HAHA, Deiter is a total goofball, gotta love him. Cool that he is traveling around having fun.
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Damn, i will miss the Lutsen summit. You mags have fun!!
^^ hey, is Troll doing a demo day this year? They don’t have anything listed on their website about it.
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I wanna ski with you guys.
I can't keep up with peeps here haha
is it true that everything is slower?
If you don’t ski with the Midwest Maggots this year, you will be one year older when you do.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buzzworthy
Troll Demo March 8th and 9th.
I will be in the Volkl tent as usual.
^^ Optical illusion caused by the Flow State you achieve while hot lapping a 280 vertical foot hill like Trollhaugen. Time seems to stand still. Deiter gets it.Quote:
Originally Posted by shroom
OK, well that sets the date for…..Quote:
Originally Posted by naedward81
***** 2nd Annual MAG TAKEOVER @TROLL *****
Saturday, March 8th
First Chair, First Tracks
Total Dominance
Dammit! Going to miss the Lutsen gathering and demo day at Troll edit- that is not the post I quoted, replace the box fan already tried to quote naedward81 about demo day at TrollQuote:
Originally Posted by axebiker
Next Wednesday, Feb 26, ima gaper is going to join GSinister and I for senior citizen day a Trollhaugen. ima gaper is not old as dirt like GSinister and I, so he won’t get free coffee like we do.Quote:
Originally Posted by skuff
I’m not sure where exactly ima gaper lives, but I think his route to Trollhaugen goes right past your house, skuff. You should hop in and join us.
I have a long drive from Peoria Il. My plan is to drive to some place between madison and black river falls on Tuesday night depending on how early I get away and when I get tooQuote:
Originally Posted by Harry
tired to keep driving.
Skuff not sure where you call home but if your some where in that vicinity and want to catch a ride your welcome to hop in. Send me a message and we can work out the details. This offer stands for anyone along my route that wants to ski senior day at troll.
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Long dang drive, -gapper -
I have stayed at the Super8 in Tomah and been satisfied
( inexpensive, away from traffic, especially if you ask for a room on the north end; worn/aged, but I don't care. clean enough ; there is newer stuff at BRF ) ;
have Fun, magg.s ! !!
skiJ
Yeah 7 hours but I got the time off work next week and I’m excited to ski with more mags. If I break the drive up it shouldn’t be too bad.
Thanks for the info on the super8. That could be an option. I am actually thinking about a camp pad and sleeping bag in the back of the suv. Stop at the rest area just before tomah.
Also my plan is to ski Thursday someplace on my way home. I’m open to wherever, but I would love to ski with some more mags. If anybody wants to meet up in southern / central Wisconsin hit me up.
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Originally Posted by Harry
I really appreciate the generous offers but I cannot make it this upcoming week... I have meetings on Monday, Wednesday and ThursdayQuote:
Originally Posted by Ima gapper
Communication via text established with ima gaper.
If no one speaks up, a really cool route would be The Great River Road and ski at Mount LaCrosse. Lots of cool scenery along that route. Highway 35 passes right through Dresser WI where Trollhaugen is, and goes right down the St Croix and then right along the mighty Mississippi through the driftless area.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ima gapper
Might want to check if Mount LaCrosse is open on Thursday.
LaCrosse has potential
( State meet was last weekend, so that's clear ), But it adds a lot of road time when -gapper is Peoria bound.
Cascade is the easy choice -
maggots if you are river bound would be at Welch ( there is some low-angle cruising there, and Chicken will get your attention for a couple of runs ).
If Time is not limiting ( and money is not very limiting,,,. And you haven't been there -
My suggestion is GranitePeak on Rib mountain at Wausau.
on Thursday, GP will have well groomed snow ( where they groom ), And
That hill has history.
I have not looked in five years, but on-line, IF you can find it and have credentials ( ski school, ski patrol, ski shop ), you could get half-price on-line, 24hr advance purchase.
And I believe Cascade is good for at least a half day, too !
Safe trip, Please, -gapper
( Cascade and I-94 also give you multiple Camp options, And you can catch a shower at Kwik trip at the western most EC exit or at the truck stop in BRF )
skiJ
SkiJ- thanks for all the recon. Still not sure what my Thursday looks like. All three suggestions are interesting. Lacrosse should only add 30 minutes to my total drive home, Granite would add about an hour to my drive home. However both of those options would leave me with a five hour drive home at the end of the day.
I do have an Indy pass so granite would be free.
I was kind of thinking about devils head or cascade just because of how close they are to my route. Skied devils head 10 years ago, but I have not skied the other three.
I’ll report back once I make a decision
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revised suggestion -
Cascade. there are a couple of decent runs there ( I hope they have them groomed on Thursday. it has been warm the last couple of days ; we lost a lot of snow yesterday, and today is forecast to be warm, too ( low40sF, here )
( Portage (wi) is calling for 40sF all week, with Rain on Wed. and Thursday ; pack your neoprene gloves if you have 'em )
yeah (yes), with Rain forecast, my revised suggestion is Cascade ( that hill has history, too, just not Rib mountain 1930s history! )
Safe trip, Please, -gapper !
skiJ
Hey Ima- Let me know your eta for the Madison area Thursday. I might be able meet you at Devils Head or Cascade after 12:30pm. That said, my lack of mental fortitude prevents me from skiing more than 2 hours a day in the midwest
Skuff- playing it by ear on times, but I think I will take the advice of SkiJ and go to cascade. I should be there before 12:30. I am wanting to be home by 8:00 so I will be leaving between 3 and 4 from cascade. Times should work out to meetup.
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hey, guys, Just a friendly reminder -
When the man-made stuff in the Midwest gets mid40sF warm, it tends to pool water and get 'StickySlow' ( I have only ever had one day of "corn snow" skiing, when the snow opened-up so the water could drain away in the midwest ) ;
StickySlow conditions typically develop by eleven.am or noon, and I won't risk my knees in that stuff !
it doesn't help Skuff- And you may get a good impression of what you will see at Troll. on Wednesday, But
in my experience, I would try to be at Cascade as early as possible knowing that by mid-day it could be rough going ( And raining ! )
Or
meet at 12:30, scout it out, have a Coffee or one beer. and roll on ! !!
Good luck !
skiJ
These are the kind of temps made for slush bump runs down at Buck - sure wish the places I frequent could lay down bump lines like they do there. Last kids' race for year was down there this last Sunday, so got my annual fix in.I'm hoping to make the demo days at Troll again this year. Now that racing is fully wrapped - have a bit more free time.
Thanks SkiJ - your reminded me I needed to wax my skis. Used some nice warm temp wax. I hope it helps. Attachment 511610Attachment 511611
If you go to Cascade be sure to get a pic of giant farmer statue holding the giant sausage, its near the porno shop.
I learned to ski there.
Ha! That statue sounds amusing…
Sorry I can’t join over at Troll. Just got back from a TOP NOTCH week in Idaho, minus cutting the trip short a couple days due to an illness ripping through our group. Good old-fashioned flu I think. I knew I was gonna get it, so I skipped the couple days of nomad-ing through Montana and made straight for home. Good thing too - it started to get me about 6 hours from home, and by morning, I had a 103F fever. Better today though.
I think it’s really cool what ima gaper is doing. Big road trip and making new friends. The kind of shit I did when I was younger. Reminder to myself that I need to keep doing it. Glad that I am a small part of his adventure.
Now it time for me to be a DRAMA QUEEN.
I’m going to be late today at Trollhaugen. Not sure my arrival, maybe 10:45 or 11? Not sure.
I not only have a good reason to be late, I have a COOL reason to be late.
Last summer I hired a local timber crew to come out to my island and clear a spot for a cabin. I’ve got the smaller trees and brush cleared, but there are some big trees that need to come down and it’s beyond what I can do. Heavy equipment is needed, and that means ice road during the winter. I’ve been bugging them for a month, but they have been drilling test holes in the ice and saying not quite yet. Got the call last night that at 7:30 this morning the equipment will begin crossing the ice. I need to be out there for the first hour or more to supervise and get everyone on the same page.
I will head to Troll after that.
Texts sent to ima gaper and GSinister.
according to the weather map i am looking at now, it is currently raining at Cascade and Devils Head
Yeah, it’s in the fifty’s out on the island right now. Three days ago it was thigh deep snow, now I’m looking at grass.
These loggers are nervous AF crossing the ice. It’s a week long job, probably worried their equipment might get trapped out here all summer.
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Man, I wouldn't leave the good ole boys from LORAX Inc. alone on my island. Might come home to a deforested land mass. And sure as hell don't let them choose the trees to come out.
And you keep the wood, right?
Departed island, ETA Troll ten thirty
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Yes, kudos to -gapper ! And
kudos to you, too, Harry !
A lot of the impetus for these midwest gatherings comes from You !
I hope you all have a great, Good time today, and the rest of -gappers adventure is Excellent !
roll on !
skiJ