2019/2020 Midwest Stoke Thread

[axebiker]

Looks like I ain't gonna be making it boys...

[Harry]

5 maggots at Trollhaugen today !








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[uglymoney]

Damn! Has to be one of the biggest midwest summits in history.

Wish I'd have been able to make it.

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[Harry]

It was a fun day! Hardly anyone there and we just endlessly hot lapped it, no lift line ever. Trollhaugen is a cool place. Awesome skiing fast in a big pack.


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[Djongo Unchained]

Strong work running the show at the 'Haugen.

Nice volkls.

[GSinister]

Yes, it was a great day of skiing. It was also great to meet you maggots in person. You guys shred!

[tgapp]

Strong work mags, love to see it

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[BaconMeCrazy]

Fun day at the Troll with good people and soft snow. Thanks for the invite! Hope to ski you guys again this season. If anyone heads towards Welch this season, hit me up.

[justcuz]

Nice Harry!

Brule was awesome. I really like that place. It's hilarious that a certain FB group admin loves to shit on it every chance he gets. The place is special. Joke is on everyone who doesn't visit this gem.

The girl did all 4 days of the camp and reports great fun was had, not a clusterfuck at all ever, and found a super solid serious USSA type race friend from Marquette to slap gates with Saturday and Sunday. Her dad and I took some laps and of course he knows Yooper, who rarely posts here anymore but is a part of the OG fabric of TGR's midwest contingent.

They only had one run open so I waited till Sunday to ski, with a slightly smaller race group in the house that day.

When I did take those first turns it was with a nice fresh layer of yooper pow and the one run skied great, did enough laps to make my legs sore. Skied with some great folks. Just a great day.

Those old Hall chairlifts haul ass. Love it.

Found another huge dork in the parking lot with the Wisco version of my plate. Our cars twinned for the win and we weren't hypocrites at all, having skied some fresh that day.

Wow. Missed opportunity here. Sent ya a pm but I think our kids had fun with yours Thursday and Friday. Talked about swivel skiing and other stuff—-I think my daughter thought she found a new bestie.


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[uglymoney]

Wow. Missed opportunity here. Sent ya a pm but I think our kids had fun with yours Thursday and Friday. Talked about swivel skiing and other stuff—-I think my daughter thought she found a new bestie.


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Pm'd yesterday to confirm and didn't see this till today.

Those two definitely lapped chairs together the first couple days while you guys were there.

The midwest mini magget contingent is strong!

[Tom_H]

It was a fun day! Hardly anyone there and we just endlessly hot lapped it, no lift line ever. Trollhaugen is a cool place. Awesome skiing fast in a big pack.

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Looks like Troll did a nice job of laying down some depth out there. Wild was pretty boney last night, especially with about 5 high school teams trenching one of about 5 runs open. The other main race hill open is thin enough that they have to be drilling dirt to set gates.

By the end of the weekend they're going to be hurting seeing as they'll have the D-team racing starting, a full patrol toboggan refresher, and one of the roving ski schools (Blizzard) bringing out about 600 kids. At least it looks like they'll be able to fire the guns back up on Saturday night.....

[GSinister]

Looks like it’s going to be an EPIC day at Afton tomorrow! Sunny and warm. The snow should hold up until at least noon. First chair at 10:00 AM. See you there!!

[GSinister]

Hot lapped the front hill at Afton for 4 1/2 hours today. The sun was up and the snow was good. Not many runs were open, but I usually only ski the front hill anyway……

[GSinister]

I hate it when that happens, I bet you do too!

[Harry]

Hey GSinister, I’m planning on doing next Wednesday’s senior citizen day at Trollhaugen, you in? Free coffee! ☕️


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[GSinister]

Yep, I’ll be there! Woo hoo!

[Harry]

I’ve been wandering around the UP the past several days with my lady friend who used to live in Ontonagon. Went to Houghton to ski Mt Ripley, but apparently some of the ski patrol wants to be paid in Bitcoin. Plus the temp was in the 50s and the wind was blowing about one billion mph. So I went to Tractor Supply instead of skiing.




Rented a cabin right on the beach near Silver City because I’m a romantic kind of guy, and my artistic lady friend enjoys collecting driftwood for her projects. Took folding chairs onto the beach around midnight to watch the Geminoid meteor shower and watch the Northern Lights out over Lake Superior. Highly recommended activity.




Continued the exploration of the UP by visiting the Porcupine Mountains and the little ski area. It was 32 degrees, raining, and wind still blowing one billion mph.







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[Mustonen]

This December has been pretty gross. Make sure you hit us up if/when winter finally lands.

[Harry]

This December has been pretty gross. Make sure you hit us up if/when winter finally lands.

If it wasn’t for that wind, I would have been wearing shorts that day in Houghton. I think I have your digits from when we met in Big Sky. Lady friend’s primary care doctor is in Houghton, so she goes there once a year, even though she moved out of the UP quite a few years back. Apparently she likes this Doc enough to make a 150 mile trip every December up there.


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[uglymoney]

It's definitely a yellow wax kind of December. On top of the warm days and not cool enough nights we have the rain predicted down here tomorrow. We really, really need rain, but why now and not in October?

My stepson just stepped off of the train home from CB where conditions have been good. He seems stoked as ever to ski garbage tmmrw. So just have to make the best of it.

At least we have something to ski.



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[Leftyt]

Never thought I would see PNS in the USA Today for skiing. That being said we have had endless amounts of fun at that joint!

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[romeo tango]

i'm shocked there's no snow ....



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[Harry]

Christie Mountain delivers the goods.

Man made snow, check.
Temp in the 40’s, check.
Rain and fog, check.

All that said, I had a blast at Christie as usual.





The road to the ski hill was crowded.





Lift ride up into the fog.








The goods were closed.






WROD was open. Slush included for no extra charge.








Headed into the lodge for a burger and a New Glarus.Half the price of Trollhaugen.





Click here for a good time.
https://www.christiemountain.com








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[Askel]

Went to Houghton to ski Mt Ripley, but apparently some of the ski patrol wants to be paid in Bitcoin.

Ripley tried to open last weekend, but by the time I got there to pick up my pass on Sunday afternoon it looks like they lost the base under the T-bar and said 'fuck it'.



Mountain biking has been good though....



And with all the rain/snowmelt, waterfalls are cranking like it's spring right now.

[skuff]

Ripley tried to open last weekend, but by the time I got there to pick up my pass on Sunday afternoon it looks like they lost the base under the T-bar and said 'fuck it'.



Mountain biking has been good though....



And with all the rain/snowmelt, waterfalls are cranking like it's spring right now.

Uff da