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  1. Buck Hill 23/24

    in Great Lakes

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    One of these days I'm gonna take a leaf rake to rake all the racing skis and poles kids leave around into a nice pile for them at the top and bottom of the chair. Or else I'd murder someone.

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  2. Buck Hill 23/24

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    13 hours ago, bobble said:

    1/4/23

    rode in evening. almost all the snow guns were operating. 

    crossroads was choppy and busy with ski challenge.

    warners was bouncy up top, okay at second pitch.

    railyard had some small mounds. kids were making jumps and walking back up the hill.

    Just wait until they stop blowing and start grooming!

  3. Buck Hill 23/24

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    On 1/1/2024 at 11:21 AM, bobble said:

    yesterday i was talking with one of the regulars, charlie. he was telling me that when he grew up his dad would take him skiing on new year's day at Pine Bend ski hill which is right across from Flint Hills refinery. i had no idea that there was a ski hill there. he thought it closed down because of the pollution from the plant.

    it was located at 44°45'55"N   93°1'14"W.

     

    That is very cool, a few years ago when I just got my first backcountry setup I was looking for places with enough snow cover and vertical to practice, and after doing some research Pine Bluff was my choice of the slope in the whole metro area. Glad to know my research was justified!

    I ended up just asking ski patrol at Buck Hill nicely and they kindly allow us to skin up and down a couple runs and asked us a lot of questions about touring.

  4. Buck Hill 23/24

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    1/3 Met Joe subbing for G-team on a cool vintage F2 rocket shaped board. Joe made carving shitty snow look easy! @bobble Joe said hi.

    Buck hill decided to shoot rusty yellow snow probably laced with urea in the middle of the busiest hour. Apparently from what I can tell there was also zero communication, since D-team spent 20 minutes laid out some gates, immediately Buck started shooting yellow snow all over their course, then they started to pull the gates again before anyone even got any runs in. It was hilarious to watch. I feel for the coaches.

    Had two runs with Leo then went home with my son.

     

  6. Buck Hill 23/24

    in Great Lakes

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    Condition Wednesday night was pretty good, a little bumpy in spots but can hold edges well. Plan to come again Friday before it rains, then take a break until night temperature are low enough to make snow again. An inch of rain over the weekend is no joke...😵‍💫

  7. Buck Hill 23/24

    in Great Lakes

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    Bob, that'll be Leo, he relocated from Colorado to train with G-team.

    Conditions sounds tough, I'll be there this afternoon with my son, looks like it might be park time for me. Still on the fence though, I may take both setup with me.

  8. Buck Hill 22/23

    in Great Lakes

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    I was on skis until around noon then switched to alpine board for some great carving. Afternoon was nice, surprisingly not many people, and had a blast just making deep deep ruts. Too bad we needed to leave early for hockey practice. Sorry we missed ya. 

    Met Erik and saw his extreme carving from the chair and it was nice! I'm worried for tomorrow. May the rain have some mercy on us and keep the precipitation low.🤞🤞

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  12. Buck Hill 22/23

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    On 1/12/2023 at 8:56 PM, bobble said:

    i went back out in the evening and it was not good for carving. too crowded. crossroads was rutted up. milkrun had races. warners might've been okay.

    the lifty at the main chair wasn't doing his job. i boarded with some skiers and the chair slammed into all of us. the lifty was too far forward to hold back the chair. he didn't use any effort to hold back the chair...  just simply tagging the chair with his fingers as if that counted for credit. this continued for an hour while i was there.

    the shock of bumping the chair started to hurt my elbow.

    being a minnesotan passive aggressive type, i sent a message through buck's contact page to alert them the guy needs proper training.

    Seriously on the lifties. I know the guy who barely touches the chair. But worse, there was a guy who was genius enough to figure out by using the slow button for EVERY chair he can get away by not touching the chair. As a result the ride uphill is twice as long and you get carsick from the constant slow-fast-slow-fast.

    On Sunday we also saw lifties in the top hut completely oblivious and didn't see a kid failed to unload. He was about to ride the chair back down until a skier took notice and threw the emergency bar over to stop the lift.

    Snow wasn't so great since the rain and I fear for the upcoming cold spell.

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