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2/5/22 got there early. snow was great. it started getting crowded for a sunday. one first run i somehow tweaked my lower back. kept riding hoping the muscle would relax. after an hour or so i went in for a break. when i came back a skier stopped me to say he loved watching me carve. went back out. olympic had more people and my back was starting to ache so i left around 10:30AM. Signs that you suffer from Precrastination You stand at the lift line 15 minutes early before it opens in order to secure the coveted first chair.

2/4/23 arrived early. the lifty let me on at 8:50AM because i'm a regular. got first tracks on milkrun, crossroads and Olympic before coaches started setting up courses. there was an FIS ski race on milkrun. in the lift line there were a couple racers ahead of me. the lifties at main chair were checking for tickets. one of the racers didn't have one and was told to get one. they were also checking at the south chair. i rode skiers right on Olympic. snow was great. there's a little bit of ice on the uphill side of the rollers. almost had the run to myself. the course on crossroads was dismantled but it was hard to maintain an edge. clouds rolled in around 10:30 AM. it was getting difficult to see so i left at 10:45.

2/2/23 trent, greg and myself. sub-zero windchill. snow was decent. good times!

2/1/23 rode at lunch. crossroads had a clinic with gates. after they finished i tried taking a run. too many deep ruts. i asked the ticket office if they were going to have gates on crossroads tomorrow. the owner was confused and said there were no gates on milkrun. i said that i was talking about the ones on crossroads and pointed outside. again she was confused until one of the employees explained that crossroads was on the other side of the chairlift. she honestly thought that milkrun was the entire hill. anyways someone said there will not be gates on milkrun tomorrow (thursday). i believe buck blew snow on olympic. there are two large mounds, one at the top and the other near the bottom. if you hit the bottom one at speed, it can launch you onto flat ground which would not be fun. i rode twice and only got 4 decent turns before i had to skid. grooming sucked. warners was okay. milkrun was fine.

wait a second... there's no call-ahead grooming????

1/31/23 rode in evening. crossroads had gates. same with milkrun. same with olympic. warners had ruts. railyard has turned into railyard -- there's a very narrow lane to bypass the jumps and rails. i just did the backside and spilled onto teachers pet. the snow felt good. after racing stopped on milkrun, i tried making a run but it was too chopped up.

1/29/23 sub-zero temps but blue sky. snow was great today. only complaint was olympic still has some bad bumps that i always seem to hit on heel-side. had to take a 20 minute break in the chalet just to warm up. rode until noon. warmed up to about 3F when i left.

1/28/23 saturday morning. bitterly cold, about 3F. flat light. activities on almost all the runs. could only ride milkrun. snow was great for carving. the cold wore me down. only lasted an hour. my toes had crystallized.

1/27/23 yep, it snowed. maybe 2+ inches. place was crowded. lots of kids bombing the runs.

1/26/23 at lunch. milkrun was far better than crossroads or olympic. crossroads had no cord whatsoever. still has bumps from race practice. olympic had terrible grooming and really fast.

1/24/23 rode over lunch. very fast conditions. big turns. hard to main an edge with all of the bumps from ski race training.

1/23/23 rode in evening. milkrun had races and was rutted. crossroads had training. they left the run with large ruts. olympic unavailable warners. there was training on warners. skiers right was open but it was rutted from drills. only run i could do was railyard along the path around the jump line. should've stayed home.

1/22/23 early morning it was lightly snowing with tiny flakes. the hill was almost fogged over. difficult to see. unusually busy for sunday morning. there was a dusting of snow over cord. if visibility wasn't bad it would've been decent conditions. the cord is soft. couple times i fell because the snow gave way. some of my turns left wide trenches. i rode mostly crossroads and olympic.

1/21/23 visibility was terrible. it was foggy with some precipitation that was freezing on my goggles. snow was okay. very fast. if visibility was better the snow would've been fun. for a while it was hard to commit to carving because of my goggles. i ended up removing them just to be able to see. i tried riding olympic but it was still difficult to see the terrain. it's somewhat choppy. all i could do was skid down the run. there's an invisible small mound in the hill somewhere near the middle that caused a slight adrenaline rush. milkrun was difficult to carve. too many depressions in the snow from ski races. crossroads was at least doable. towards the bottom i was getting a little vertigo from not being able to see where it flattens out. tried going down redtail to cross onto teachers pet. kind of sketchy where trails merge. ended up riding with @flatcokeover on warners. snow was just okay.

1/20/23 disappointing conditions. IF you enjoy riding over bumps, ice marbles, or pockets of grippy snow that immediately slow you down. THEN this is your day.

1/19/23 got about 4-inches of light snow. when i arrived at noon the temperature was above freezing. seemed like it was misting. the snow was sticky.

1/18/23 made 2 runs in the evening and left. rain on MLK didn't help. this evening the snow was sugar on top of ice/hard pack. all runs had race courses on it. took one run down railyard and it sucked. went back up the chair and then kicked my around the back of buck to ride down teachers pet to leave.

1/15/23 sunday morning. ski races continue. didn't bother riding yesterday. i was so bored that my biggest accomplishment was clearing out a sink drain pipe using a wet vac. i didn't think it would work. when i turned on the wet vac, i felt the mass of gunk course through the wet vac hose. the experience was cathartic. warm temps today. blue bird skies. crossroads was already a mess by 9AM. i tried it, too bumpy to maintain an edge. rode olympic exclusively. excellent cord. felt great. it was getting busy. left after an hour.

1/13/23 rode at lunch. lousy light. fast snow. ski racing all weekend. might not get out.

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.

1/12/23 rode over lunch. flat light. couldn't see. very fast snow. olympic would've been great if i could only see. the cord is virtually untouched but there were some bumps.

1/10/23 rode over lunch. foggy conditions. can't see the moguls. snow however felt great. trent and his daughter showed up.

1/8/23 great day. unusally crowded for sunday morning. lasted until 12pm. on my last run the main chair stopped working for about 10 minutes. i took that as a hint to leave. @flatcoke will have to catch up. i am usually at buck weekend mornings. i sometimes ride over lunch break during the week (work from home).

1/7/23 epic conditions! firm cord. blue skies. got crowded with ski jammers and d-teams. i got a couple runs on olympic before it was closed off. it was either milkrun or crossroads.

1/6/23 rode over lunch. snow was very soft. slow carving. crossroads was somewhat washboard-y. olympic was really bad in that regard. i wanted to try milkrun but there were skiers doing a clinic or something. surprising number of people out skiing. probably a good day for skiing.