BobD Posted March 11, 2011 Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 The snow should be great for carving, at least until lunchtime. Then it depends on the humidity. Sun should be out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobble Posted March 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 <table><th width="125"></th><tr><td><b>Date</b></td><td>3/11/11</td></tr><tr><td><b>Temp</b></td><td>very warm out</td></tr><tr><td><b>Visibility</b></td><td>clouds, then sun, then clouds, then sun</td></tr><tr><td><b>Conditions</b></td><td>no groom, rough at first then it softened</td></tr><tr><td><b>Hardbooters</b></td><td> 1</td></tr></table> The snow should be great for carving, at least until lunchtime. Then it depends on the humidity. Sun should be out. right you are ken Morning no grooming today. i was surprised because last night it got below freezing. conditions were a little rough but i could hold an edge. eventually the snow softened and it was quite good. i left when it got slurpy. the wind was blowing uphill from south east. it was blowing hard, about 20-25 mph. on one run the wind "assisted" my heel-to-toe side transition. saw some skiers using their poles half way down in order to get up to speed. on the chair, the snowboard acted as a wing. unnerving. reminded me of the bridge lift at lutsen. lasted till 2 pm. Kessler after riding an hour on the rossi, i finally tried scuff's kessler. took me a couple runs to get used to the turning radius. its definitely damper than the rossi. one thing that was different was my heel-sides would hook up faster. on two runs i got compressed into my knees on heel-side. i don't remember that ever happening to me before. lines in the snow looked nice and thin. felt good to ride. Donek after the kessler i rode my donek with cateks. initially it felt horrible. it felt stiffer. it took more energy to make it turn. it felt bumpier. after a couple runs i got used to it. lines in the snow were much wider compared to the kessler. will be out saturday. hope to see cord. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebionicman Posted March 11, 2011 Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 Thanks for the update Bobble. I think I will be out tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobble Posted March 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 <table><th width="125"></th><tr><td><b>Date</b></td><td>3/12/2011</td></tr><tr><td><b>Temp</b></td><td>18F</td></tr><tr><td><b>Visibility</b></td><td>crappy</td></tr><tr><td><b>Conditions</b></td><td>hard icy cord, difficult to control speed</td></tr><tr><td><b>Hardbooters</b></td><td> 2 (me, erik) </td></tr></table> Morning if you stayed home today then good call. icy. hard. cord. the tiller left slightly raised verticle columns every 3-4 feet so it was somewhat bumpy. crappy light but the snow was getting discolored -- different shades of gray. seemed to help. rode kessler. was going too fast to handle. hard to keep speed in check. the edges were barely penetrating the snow. gloves and pants were getting shredded. not fun. :( went to warners. you'd think it would be better. yeah, not so much. if anything it seemed worse. like the cord was thinner. Boarder-X buck set up the boardercross on milkrun. in between berms and rollers there was bare ice. saw some skiers and snowboarders going through the course. the speed!!! one snowboarder taking a practice run went airborn on a roller and landed on his ass. wish i was around to watch more -- good Tosh.0 material. only way i would ride through that melee is this... <iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/CwDP5-lliJM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awesomo12000 Posted March 13, 2011 Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 http://www.weather.com/weather/5-day/Saint+Paul+MN+55118 Looks like the season is over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobble Posted March 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 how was buck today? after riding welch today i'm about ready to call it quits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebionicman Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 how was buck today?after riding welch today i'm about ready to call it quits. I lasted about 1.5 hours. Karl was out with his new Donek, sweet looking ride! It was granular over ice. A little better than yesterday. It was actually fun for about an hour, once it got chunked up that was enough for me. My mountain bike is looking pretty tempting these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedzilla Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Conditions this time of year are always hard to predict. Some days you think would be awful are actually great and vice-versa. Snow looked really good today after 2pm, and there were some skiers laying out some nice carves. BH should be open for a couple more weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuff Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Snow at Hyland was firm on Saturday. Wasn't quite ice, wasn't quite granular.. it held a carve alright.. Buck was better on Sunday, but like Bionic said, it got chewed up and lost it appeal pretty quick. Gotta get my boards dialed-in for Nationals. Hope to take a couple runs tonight at Buck around 7pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobD Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Conditions were excellent this morning. When I left at two, it was only just getting softer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuff Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 Conditions were not great at 7pm.. Soft-serve ice-cream on top of melty hardpack/ice. After 4-5 runs it seemed to started becoming granular and snow-cone as it firmed up a bit. Better, but not enough fun for me to stick around. Riding Roses and Thorns - Skating on a riser plate on a slalom board in the soft mush... sucks, but once moving it sure does improve the edge hold on icy conditions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobD Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 Snow was surprisingly good today. A little icy in places, but not bad considering. A couple of nights grooming should have it carving perfect on Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobble Posted March 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 <table><th width="125"></th><tr><td><b>Date</b></td><td>3/26/11</td></tr><tr><td><b>Temp</b></td><td>26f</td></tr><tr><td><b>Visibility</b></td><td>sunny</td></tr><tr><td><b>Conditions</b></td><td>decent</td></tr><tr><td><b>Hardbooters</b></td><td> 3 (me, bobd, steve)</td></tr></table> Last Day today was fairly decent. the runs were groomed! <a href=" " title="DSC00531 by bobble, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5028/5561524865_05fb90594c_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="DSC00531" /></a> however getting to the lift was sketchy. big patches of ice. i hadn't been out boarding since welch. been ill with itchy lungs. took me a few runs to be comfortable. the snow held but occasionally i fell. i had expected crappy conditions. i drove by on 35W last monday and the run looked like a turd. today there was only a few brown spots. overall, it felt good to get outside. till next year! <a href=" " title="DSC00533 by bobble, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5027/5561525335_697215c8da_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="DSC00533" /></a> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobD Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 Kind of weird really. If the sun hadn't been so bright, it could have been any day during the winter. Not a usual last day of the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe D. Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 Season is over. Two days of pow visiting engineering schools last week in Utah with my son Joseph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobD Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 Season is over. Two days of pow visiting engineering schools last week in Utah with my son Joseph. That's a good excuse :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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