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The Official Michigan Winter Thread

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Alright everyone since Summer is over, fall has just begun and we've already had our first rail jam of the year, it's time to start a new thread for the 10/11 winter.

Last year we had the "Southeast" michigan thread, but I think we should do all of Michigan. Sure, most of population lives in S/E michigan but we all ride the same resorts in the LP and even the UP if we get a chance, so we should have one thread to bring everyone together.

Cheers everyone we're probably only like 70 days from open resorts!
 
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Yeah I bet everyone down here took a beating the last few days it's been way too warm to blow and also too warm to do any real grooming o maintain the base. Once it cools off they'll be able to push it around again. The wall was pretty brown on Sunday, although there were a few people "riding" it, it was basically just dirt/grass with a dusting of snow over it.

Shell deal starts up again on January 4 :D
 
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Has anybody been to Nubs Nob in the past few days? Can you give a fuller picture of conditions than their web site, which list 10 trails open and temperatures good for snowmaking? (I see an inch or two is in the forecast for the weekend.)

I had plans to go to Vermont for the whole week before Christmas with my older son, but Sugarbush, where we usually go, still only has a single way down the mountain. So I was thinking of taking a quick north and ride Nubs on Monday - Wednesday.

@Shell deal

Grrr! Discrimination against those with small cars and small gas tanks! I had a conversation about this last March with a coworker who rides. He couldn't believe that I never buy 10 gallons of gas, so I've been keeping track for the past 8 months, and I've bought over 10 gallons exactly 1 time. I'm guessing my tank's about 12 gallons, but my daily round trip to/from work is 88 miles, so I never let my tank get that low.
 
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Definitely had the worst hangover ever today but damn that was a kickass weekend. Awesome meeting you guys Garret, Jesse, Dave, Jay and Leo. Too bad we didn't get a group shot before we took off.

Now I shall soak and get rubbed down for the next 6 days so I can get out there again on Christmas day. :thumbsup:


Hopefully we can get out again soon, even if somewhere down here.
 
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Definitely had the worst hangover ever today
Hahah! Brad was an absolute wreck today. I had to pull over on the side of the road to let him purge the hangover...

Hopefully we can get out again soon, even if somewhere down here.
We should definitely set up another one of these if we can!
 
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great time guys!! thanks for all the organizing leo and dave. great time with the Marhar crew too! now we get to pay holiday pricing at holly and pk from now thru the new year. all i gotta say is thats bullshyt. $40 for a couple of sorry runs is robbery. pk still shows all of their parks closed too. this will def influence how much i go (or don't go) in the next 2 weeks. how can they get away with this crap :mad:
 
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Hahaha I don't have the time or energy to do what the LSAP people are doing. Actually, I don't even think it's an "organized" thing there is this site for MI, a similar one in New England that I read about ~5years ago called NELSAP (New England Lost Ski Areas Project) and a few others scattered across the country. That's hardcore dedication. Also, I think the people that run these sites tend to be old enough to have lived through the culling in the early 1970s as a result of changes in resort liability, so they actually skied at some of these places and have a personal, nostalgic attachment to preserving the record of those places.

Anyways, I have no desire to do what they're doing. But I'm glad they're doing it. But...

I'm googling some of those spots and if we ever get any snow I'm going hiking. There are a few that look like they have not been turned in to strip malls or subdivisions yet and it would be neat to try and ride one of them.

Fuck. I just wrote a blog.

I know the Riverview Highlands one is still a hill. It is a golf course now and not used in the winter. Don't know how strict they are in that area though, if they were to find you poaching runs. Don't see why it would matter other than trespassing.

I can't remember where I was reading it, but there are some spots that look pretty cool in the Upper Penninsula that actually have some decent terrain. The one area though, was a mountain range that is on the private property of some very elite sportsman club. You'd have to do some googling to find out what it was, but it is a very conspicuous situation. This sportsman's club only has room for x-amount of members, and only those people are allowed to use the land. Henry Ford had to throw a ton of money and basically build the road up there to even get a chance to be a member.

From what I remember, a couple of the "peaks" were over 1000' tall. It would be pretty cool to do a man vs. nature trip out there on a splitboard setup... You'd have to camp overnight and what not, as the peaks are deep into the private property.

Sorry for the long rant. Now get a split and start a "tour" of Michigan. Take pics and blog about it.
 
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From what I remember, a couple of the "peaks" were over 1000' tall. It would be pretty cool to do a man vs. nature trip out there on a splitboard setup... You'd have to camp overnight and what not, as the peaks are deep into the private property.

Sorry for the long rant. Now get a split and start a "tour" of Michigan. Take pics and blog about it.
Yeah I have heard about some stuff like that, not sure about the Ford connection but that private sportsmen club kind of rings a bell with me. IDK if I would bother investing in a splitboard. Probably I would support some local business and get a pair of Marquette Backcountry skis. Dirt cheap at only $189, part snowshoe part ski, this is exactly what I would want for Michigan backcountry stuff.
 
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One of the tallest (if not the tallest) peaks at almost 2k feet - not too shabby for flat ass michigan.
I'm about an hour from those mountains. I've driven that 28/41 stretch a dozen times now and always questioned why it didn't follow the lake.

Do you have more information on where to ride in that area? I have access to snowmobiles, and I've been dieing to see some backcountry.
 
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anyone interested in checking out Misfit Lab in the next couple of weeks? i'd like to go check it out. i'm also looking at heading to Cannonsburg in the near future. their park setup looks legit, or at least it will when we get some damn snow. i gotta give em credit tho-they were open with tow rope only earlier this week-$12 tow ticket. too bad the places around here wouldn't make the same effort instead of charging full price for a lift ticket when i'm gunna spend 90% of my time in the park. also gotta say that cannonsburgs website is really impressive. lots of info on their park setups and features. i mean c'mon, holly and pk haven't updated their website since 1990. still waiting for holly or pk to decide if they're gunna open up today.
 
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