Scott.Creer Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 I went for about 30 minutes on Sunday. Hero snow. Limited runs open. I only brought my rocker like a dummy, cause the kids were gonna come out for their first lesson. That didn't happen, so I just went home. Gonna try Mount Kato this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobble Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 12 minutes ago, Scott.Creer said: Gonna try Mount Kato this weekend. why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott.Creer Posted December 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 Never been down in that area, and the boss has a friend down there to visit. I don't have my hopes up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobble Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 I went to Mankato State. only went skiing twice there. when my nephews went to school there we all went to Mt. Kato. it was snowing hard that day. the front run might be okay for carving. its steep but short. backside runs were flat. we couldn't turn with slowing down too much due to snow. hope it works out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNSurfer Posted December 11, 2019 Report Share Posted December 11, 2019 Looks like a fun hill. Kind of a mini Afton. It would be fun to hit, on a day off. Andre's Tower Hills looks pretty sweet, too! Afton has been great, this year. Finally opening more terrain, but perfect timing on their part. The Canteen is a great addition, as is the look of the creek re-direction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUD Posted December 13, 2019 Report Share Posted December 13, 2019 I have been out twice this week. Monday and last night. The snow is really good for this early. I skied on Monday and it was nice. I brought out the hard boots last night. It was on my Coiler which is pretty forgiving. The snow required commitment, but it held really well, and when it didn't, it wasn't super dramatic. There where "powder" piles all over, but they where light and you could just go through them. Good times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNSurfer Posted December 13, 2019 Report Share Posted December 13, 2019 Afton was good, today (Fri, 13DEC); Great snow, no crowd, bar was open at 11am. They were grooming everything on the Alps side, so I'm guessing there will be a lot more terrain open, this weekend. A liftie was saying there is a big ski race/event this weekend, which will make the best runs, moot. On the flip side, it'll be cold as all getout, so should keep things quiet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trent Posted December 14, 2019 Report Share Posted December 14, 2019 late notice... do NOT come to afton this weekend, unless you like long lines and hills covered in gates. racing on hills 1,2, and 7. also 200+ kids in the jr race program, and they'll be everywhere else (probably all over chair 3 and 5). highlands is supposed to open sunday, so it might be better. but the racers will still have all the best (open) hills taken. plus, they just groomed 1 and 2 yesterday for the first time. doubtful it will be set up yet. but, it sure made installing all the b-netting easier. -trent 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNSurfer Posted December 20, 2019 Report Share Posted December 20, 2019 Fri 20DEC19 Great day, today! Mellow crowd, and super-fun conditions. No gates anywhere to be seen! Ran into Trent, dragging knuckles riding the sticks. No other 'Booters. Highlands needs some work; lumpy, uneven. Feels like they need to run the groomer over it a few more days, and it should be good. Keep up the excellent work, Afton! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUD Posted December 21, 2019 Report Share Posted December 21, 2019 I was there Thursday with our ski team. My daughter forgot her pants. Two hours in the chalet for me. Fun times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobble Posted December 28, 2019 Report Share Posted December 28, 2019 12/27/19 decided to ride afton. my brother and his family were going to be there. met mnsurfer on chair 7. both of us were riding donek freecarves. identical topsheets. i had problems with riding 7. snow was too fast. i couldn't maintain a decent edge. i was hitting ice. brother arrived and we went to the highlands. the runs were turning into sugar from everyone skidding off the ice. it wasn't really that much fun. it was a rodeo trying to avoid children. lift lines were getting long. the trail from 7 going towards the main chalet, the piles were deep. i had saw a few kids on skis fall down on that trail. when i went back to the chalet on that trail i understood why. the piles were everywhere from people skidding. i tried to carve but was getting bounced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott.Creer Posted January 4, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2020 Everything was sugar on teeth chattering boiler plate this morning. Super flat light. I left after 30 minutes. Things looks a little better this afternoon when I went back with the 4 year old. Magic carpet was in good shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trent Posted January 7, 2020 Report Share Posted January 7, 2020 heads up, d-team/arc racing sat 1/11 at afton. teams from mt kato, welch, coffee mill, and afton will be everywhere. expect all of the front hills to be covered in gates. the good news is sunday should be much better. they have a race at troll. so probably only have to deal with possible special olympic racers, and the dreaded red coats and their idiotic training across an entire run. -trent 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNSurfer Posted January 8, 2020 Report Share Posted January 8, 2020 13 hours ago, trent said: ... and the dreaded red coats and their idiotic training across an entire run. -trent Thank you! This has been especially obnoxious, this season. Couldn't they just pick a run that no one uses, and rope it off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobble Posted January 8, 2020 Report Share Posted January 8, 2020 7 hours ago, MNSurfer said: Thank you! This has been especially obnoxious, this season. Couldn't they just pick a run that no one uses, and rope it off? we had a large group show up on a weekend morning at Buck. i had jumped onto the webcam at 7AM and the lift was running. I could tell it was ski patrol. by time i got there the cord was already scraped. why can't they do it in their training in evenings and leave us the good snow???? what pissed me off was that day was I arrived early at 8:45AM and the chair was already running. in times past the lifty would people board early. this lunch lady in the red coat would not let ANYONE board the chair, "THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION" was all she would say. i just lost it. i complained to the woman that no one was going up the chair, no one was coming down the run, and let us on the chair. there was at least a dozen or more ski patrollers standing around the lift line just talking. some even had taken off their skis. so she yells to them, "ONE MORE RUN!!!" and then "THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION" to everyone else in line. it took ski patrol several minutes to get ready, to pair up, figure out the toboggan, and then board the chair. when it reached way 9AM I told lunch lady the lift should be open. she just said "THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION". I replied "...but i don't want to cooperate". I think I got on the chair several minutes past 9AM. took one run. Got to the bottom about 6-7 minutes later. there was another ski patroller blocking my way telling me the lift was not open to the public. I said "nope... its past 9AM so its open". So the ski patrol calls to the lifty "IS IT OPEN??? IS IT OPEN FOR BUSINESS???". I pushed past him. the lifty told him "it's open!!!". everytime... LEFT TURN CLEAR!!!! RIGHT TURN CLEAR!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNSurfer Posted January 8, 2020 Report Share Posted January 8, 2020 Yeah, I ride Buck once a year, just to remind my myself why I ride Buck once-a-year. Finally, a cold day! Fantastic groom that held-up all morning. Best of the season??? No patrols, no ski schools, pretty much empty. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobble Posted January 8, 2020 Report Share Posted January 8, 2020 2 hours ago, MNSurfer said: Yeah, I ride Buck once a year, just to remind my myself why I ride Buck once-a-year. LYNDSEY VONNE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott.Creer Posted January 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 Easy 2 was awesome. Best place on the hill. Hero snow. Steep 2 was full of dips and bumps. Everywhere else just wasn't as good. I lasted a few hours. Tons of people were trying to talk to me. I had my headphones in, plus layers so it was hard to hear sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUD Posted January 16, 2020 Report Share Posted January 16, 2020 I was out Monday evening the 13th. Snow was pretty good. Very hard, but only icy in a few areas. It required commitment, but when you did, it held. The weird one of the night was they had very few lifts open. Just enough to get around (highland was open), but nothing more. You really had to pay attention or you were walking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNSurfer Posted January 16, 2020 Report Share Posted January 16, 2020 16JAN19 -8F at lift open. Empty, obviously, but I won't complain. Fantastic, grippy groom. 7 Lift was closed, but you could still make the run from 6, with a couple of hops. Kind of neat to look up, at 1:00, and see only your turns. Bonus: 5 coach busses of women's ski club. Paul's Pub looked like a scene out of an 80's ski flick, albeit minus any sign of dudes. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trent Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 warning(s)!!!! racing at afton friday 2/24 morning/afternoon. hills 1 and 2 will be covered in high school racers. race starts at noon, but they'll be setting gates, and possibly training earlier. another d-team race sat 2/25. 400+ kids take over hills 1,2, and 3. ussa kids not going to lacrosse will be on hill 7. so, if you like the highland, the park, or hill 5, come on out! otherwise, find someplace else to play. sunday should be ok. d-team is heading to wild. so only have to worry about potential lumberjack races, or as always, the dreaded red coats showing how they can ignore almost all of the skiers code while "training". -trent 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobble Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 1 hour ago, trent said: 400+ kids take over hills 1,2, and 3. I have bad eyes... read that as 400 pound kids. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUD Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 I was skiing yesterday. In the morning it was total hero snow, really good, kind of slow though. As the sun went down it firmed up, you could still find good snow in the highlands, the front SUCKED, 7 was racers. It will be interesting to see what we get on Wednesday. I will have an update Tuesday. Cross our fingers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNSurfer Posted January 27, 2020 Report Share Posted January 27, 2020 On 1/24/2020 at 8:26 PM, MUD said: I was skiing yesterday. In the morning it was total hero snow, really good, kind of slow though. As the sun went down it firmed up, you could still find good snow in the highlands, the front SUCKED, 7 was racers. It will be interesting to see what we get on Wednesday. I will have an update Tuesday. Cross our fingers. Pretty fun, today (Monday). Looks like a rinse/repeat for the next several days, albeit a little colder (so that that should help). As long as the sun doesn't come out, which it shouldn't, MES should have some good snow. There were a lot of grade-school kids out. Not sure what that's about, but hopefully not an issue for Wednesday. Yeah, the snow was great. Though with these "warmer" temperatures, and a little help from a Proteus (thanks Alex!), it only took me about 45-minutes to make a mess of 7. MES crew will need to keep it moving. Maybe give Afton a heads-up, so they can have a groomer follow behind us. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUD Posted January 27, 2020 Report Share Posted January 27, 2020 1 hour ago, MNSurfer said: There were a lot of grade-school kids out. Not sure what that's about, but hopefully not an issue for Wednesday. A lot of schools are doing their annual ski trips right now. Ours was last Thursday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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