The Official Michigan Winter Thread - Page 186 - Snowboarding Forum

oefdevilvet · 02-26-2012, 05:10 PM

I think it's something with the internet up here but I can't get on page 185 of this thread. Right now we have received 6-7" of new snow in most places but there were spots it was definitely a foot, it's likely we will get another 6" tonight with probably another 8-10" on Tuesday and Wednesday. It's still really dumping snow here, and the wind we have also been getting is making some pretty gnarly wind lips in the Bear Den/Mining Co. sections of the hill. Tomorrow is going to be killer, so will tuesday/wednesday I think and it should be pretty damn good for a couple weeks as long as temps stay friend and it doesn't get completely raided during Mardi Gras and just about everything around Lac la Belle in the vicinity of Boho is pretty full.

chomps1211 · 02-26-2012, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by oefdevilvet

...Right now we have received 6-7" of new snow in most places but there were spots it was definitely a foot, it's likely we will get another 6" tonight with probably another 8-10" on Tuesday and Wednesday. It's still really dumping snow here,..

OK,.. Now you're just Rubbin' It In!!!

Wish I could head that far north next weekend!! Hope it reaches down as far as Boyne & Gaylord! That JohnDee weather site seems to think it might! I'm crossing my fingers!!!

p.s. Quick,.. Somebody tell me how the "Snow Dance" is supposed to go!!!

david_z · 02-26-2012, 07:16 PM

ahhhh man I just *cannot* justify the drive this year. too far, not enough time budgeted for the trip... plus it looks like the northern LP will be getting some LES too and I've got my season pass at Crystal so I'm most likely going to take advantage of that for a few more days.

Man I wish I could do both...

oefdevilvet · 02-26-2012, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by chomps1211

OK,.. Now you're just Rubbin' It In!!!

Wish I could head that far north next weekend!! Hope it reaches down as far as Boyne & Gaylord! That JohnDee weather site seems to think it might! I'm crossing my fingers!!!

p.s. Quick,.. Somebody tell me how the "Snow Dance" is supposed to go!!!

Sorry, I'm just so stoked that I finally found the good snow this year. I just got lucky, you are always taking a chance when coming up here if you're looking for good conditions but sometimes you get heavily rewarded.

What always gets me jealous on this site is seeing the pics/vids from the guys in Japan, I just can't even look at it anymore.

BTW did you here about the party in I think it was Vail or Aspen this year where the resorts were actually finding people to come out and do an actual snowdance performance, I think it was in late December, they weren't getting snow but had quite a few people and had to keep them entertained somehow.

I wish all you guys good luck on snow down in the LP.

david_z · 02-26-2012, 07:27 PM

Even if there is not fresh snow there are logs out there begging to be jibbed

david_z · 02-26-2012, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by oefdevilvet

What always gets me jealous on this site is seeing the pics/vids from the guys in Japan, I just can't even look at it anymore.

I don't bother with Japan either. And I don't follow the S. America/NZ threads in the summer for the same reason

oefdevilvet · 02-26-2012, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by david_z

Even if there is not fresh snow there are logs out there begging to be jibbed

Last night there was like 10 guys from Detroit here, and out behind the hostel yurt we had a picnic proped up to a bench where there was a big dead pine tree that we knocked over and made our own line, the dudes here were calling it "yurt style" and this was all happening between midnight and about 2:30 in the morning, and I know they have some pics and a vid of the guy who was riding with smoke bombs taped to his helmet, I'll see if I can track these down, and with permission, post them on here if you want.

david_z · 02-26-2012, 08:17 PM

yeah that would be awesome if you could track those down! I love the DIY approach, too, using the picnic table, pine tree, bench, etc. Awesome stuff!

oefdevilvet · 02-26-2012, 08:41 PM

12 years ago this place didn't exist but all the local skiers and boarders would come out here on powder days and hike up the hill, I wasn't here then but I've heard this from half a dozen people I know who work here including Lonnie. I don't doubt it there is 1 or 2 boarders up here well into their forties were just flat out bombing this hill, and I know for a fact I've heard these guys talking about how they didn't remember when this place got a chairlift, it just kind of showed up one day. And there are other hills around here I've heard about people hiking to where people had their own lines set up using a chainsaw. I'm not really into jibbing unless it's going to get me down the hill faster so I wouldn't go that all out, but there are definitely places at Boho where I saw a guy riding a new Kink today.

cmubennett · 02-27-2012, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by chomps1211

Post a pic or description of yourself in your gear,.. I'll keep an eye out to say hello if I see you on the hill!

I'll try and get a picture up this week but I will most likely have a white burton coat with thin black strips, red pants and I'll be riding my NS Legacy. My board will probably make it easy to spot me if you see it! haha

02-26-2012, 05:10 PM	#1851 (permalink)
oefdevilvet -LIFETIME MEMBER- Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Stevens Point, WI Posts: 105	I think it's something with the internet up here but I can't get on page 185 of this thread. Right now we have received 6-7" of new snow in most places but there were spots it was definitely a foot, it's likely we will get another 6" tonight with probably another 8-10" on Tuesday and Wednesday. It's still really dumping snow here, and the wind we have also been getting is making some pretty gnarly wind lips in the Bear Den/Mining Co. sections of the hill. Tomorrow is going to be killer, so will tuesday/wednesday I think and it should be pretty damn good for a couple weeks as long as temps stay friend and it doesn't get completely raided during Mardi Gras and just about everything around Lac la Belle in the vicinity of Boho is pretty full. __________________ When I was in the Army I knew a man who had 3 rules about sex, one of them was "quantity not quality". I really regret not asking him what 200 pound twins would classify as.

02-26-2012, 07:16 PM	#1853 (permalink)
david_z Official SBF Blogger Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Detroit suburbs Posts: 3,028 Blog Entries: 5	ahhhh man I just cannot justify the drive this year. too far, not enough time budgeted for the trip... plus it looks like the northern LP will be getting some LES too and I've got my season pass at Crystal so I'm most likely going to take advantage of that for a few more days. Man I wish I could do both... __________________ Repping the world's smallest mountains... Mt. Holly - 12 Pine Knob - 9 Alpine Valley - 2 Vail - 4 Breckenridge - 3 Crystal Mountain (MI) - 3 Hawk Island Snow Park - 5 Caberfae Peaks - 1 Boyne Mountain - 1 aGNARchy: no rules, just gnar!

02-26-2012, 08:41 PM	#1859 (permalink)
oefdevilvet -LIFETIME MEMBER- Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Stevens Point, WI Posts: 105	12 years ago this place didn't exist but all the local skiers and boarders would come out here on powder days and hike up the hill, I wasn't here then but I've heard this from half a dozen people I know who work here including Lonnie. I don't doubt it there is 1 or 2 boarders up here well into their forties were just flat out bombing this hill, and I know for a fact I've heard these guys talking about how they didn't remember when this place got a chairlift, it just kind of showed up one day. And there are other hills around here I've heard about people hiking to where people had their own lines set up using a chainsaw. I'm not really into jibbing unless it's going to get me down the hill faster so I wouldn't go that all out, but there are definitely places at Boho where I saw a guy riding a new Kink today. __________________ When I was in the Army I knew a man who had 3 rules about sex, one of them was "quantity not quality". I really regret not asking him what 200 pound twins would classify as.

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02-26-2012, 07:27 PM	#1855 (permalink)
david_z Official SBF Blogger Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Detroit suburbs Posts: 3,028 Blog Entries: 5	Even if there is not fresh snow there are logs out there begging to be jibbed

02-26-2012, 08:17 PM	#1858 (permalink)
david_z Official SBF Blogger Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Detroit suburbs Posts: 3,028 Blog Entries: 5	yeah that would be awesome if you could track those down! I love the DIY approach, too, using the picnic table, pine tree, bench, etc. Awesome stuff!