rwmaron

Thursday, March 12 Rain/snow mix at open, then all rain, then light rain and fog at midday, then light rain and patchy fog in the afternoon... Surfy carving was had by dodging the hard (dirty) spots, though if you were smart enough to stay home you didn’t miss much.

Tuesday, March 10 Today’s posse: rwmaron, Jane, khoward, bigwavedave. Less than ideal conditions, but the sun was shining and I got to hang out with the cool crew for a couple of hours !

Would the radius or the diameter be 36’ in this example?

Near new condition, (3 days use), 27.5 CM, US 9.5. Bought them last year but recent foot surgery makes them no longer usable for me. $150 plus shipping. PM me for additional photos or questions.

Thursday, March 5 Similar conditions to those on Tuesday (see above) at the open, with the added benefit of flat light, then show showers, then snow showers and fog. To add insult to injury, the wind picked up out of the northeast just after noon and the big fat, sticky, snow flakes slowed things down further......towards the middle of the afternoon the base started to soften enough to set an edge on a few runs so a few turns were had! Russ

Tuesday, March 3 A couple of inches of soft groom, but the rock hard base kept rearing it's ugly head whenever an edge was pressured very hard......limited to big open turns in the few places that the surface could be trusted. I've got a bad feeling about conditions for the remainder of the season . Oh yeah Jane was killing it on her Coiler and also put us all to shame with her carefully selected color palette! Russ

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Thursday, February 27 A thin layer of whitish crystals over a rock hard base again; bright sun but the temperatures stayed in the teens so the base never softened....even runs through the plush groom of the terrain park were interrupted by jarring contacts with the icy base. Jane was out too (I saw her when she stopped at an accident scene).....I got a lot of time running toboggans today to and from accident scenes, but not much time on the edge ! Russ

Thursday, February 20 -1F at the open with a refreshing northwest breeze kept the snow enthusiast crowd to a bare minimum this morning, but the sun was bright and the groom was smooth (and typically firm) and covered all but one or two icy spots. The high point of the day was running the opening sweep of the plush groomer path through the terrain park at midday, then doing it again and again and again! Finally called it quits at 3:30 when I couldn’t take anymore. Russ

Monday, February 17 Flat light (what else is new?) but 2” of fresh snow over the heavily trafficked Minnesota groom was encouraging. Only stayed ‘til 11:30 when the holiday traffic heated up. Russ

Friday, February 14 ()... Bright sun but somewhere around -14F this morning; the usual firm Minnesota groom but no signs of the icy base except on Gandy and Blue Ruin which were left un-groomed in anticipation of racing this weekend. Too cold for the usual cadre of weekday morning retirees but the Home School Friday crew were strewn about the hillside in long sinuous lines. New Ride Friday for me - a (used) custom metal Donek Razor, 23 x 165 with an 8-10m sidecut:

Tuesday, February 11 While BWD was off in the land of milk and honey (where the water tastes like wine) us poor plebeians had to make do with what we had.....flat light early, then filtered sunlight later in the day......the very firm Minnesota groom over a rock hard icy base...... But Leighton was out on his OES board doing his skateboarding cross-over thing.....Patroller Don logged a couple more hours in his new boots on Dave's old Incline......Jane was still working on mastering her new Coiler.....and even @khoward made a guest appearance riding Dave's old Generics slalom board! Good times....good times. Russ

BWD scouting the terrain park for the single groomer pass...

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A bit chilly, but good times none the less!

Catch you in the morning!

I'll be there bright and early....gotta sweep those runs before they're open to the general public, don't ya know !

I’ll be at Spirit Thursday (my regular patrol day). I’d be up a day at GR next week! Russ

Good times today - I’ll be back for more on Thursday morning! Russ

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Thursday is my patrol day so I’ll be there! Russ

Yes, I got to taste that lovely cord last evening. The hill wasn’t open to the public but C lift was running so Ski Patrol could run our toboggan refresher on Bindle Stiff and DSAC could set gates on Scissor Bill. Sweet!!!

BWD reports that Spirit has been blowing snow 24/7 since Monday - I don't ever recall this early a start....perhaps we'll have the luxury of a bit more open terrain by opening day? Russ