Baller_ swbca Posted March 13, 2023 Baller_ Share Posted March 13, 2023 (edited) This is from our 'yard cam' at the lake tonight. Minnesota has had near record snow fall which will end up in the lake; soon we hope. When I see people posting about their first run of the season a few weeks ago, its hard to figure how upper midwest skiers with a 4 or 5 month skiing season can be competitive, but somehow a few manage to do it. Minnesota has never had any open division celebrities but many National bronze to gold medalists over the years. This year a skier with a 4th in the Nationals and another with an Over35 World Tournament Gold. The only benefit of the short season may be fewer artificial joints with a lifetime of skiing. Edited March 13, 2023 by swbca 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller tjs1295 Posted March 13, 2023 Baller Share Posted March 13, 2023 Eagle River, Wisconsin today. The lake is out there somewhere. The good thing is that the lakes never formed very thick ice. So hopefully once it does warm up, it will open up fast. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller BrennanKMN Posted March 13, 2023 Baller Share Posted March 13, 2023 The lake I have the course at has a median ice out date of April 10th. Something tells me that isn't happening this year. 28 days away and no real warm days in the 15 day forecast. I generally consider it a win if I can ski on or before Easter. We'll see what happens... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Nando Posted March 13, 2023 Baller Share Posted March 13, 2023 @swbca, we’re not that far away, you know where in South Canada, and we need every flake to have enough water to ski our course when it finally melts. While I curse that it’s still snowing, we need the precip! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller epnault Posted March 16, 2023 Baller Share Posted March 16, 2023 Based on the snow banks at our place this year, I think we will be skiing before all the snow is melted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller LOTW Posted March 17, 2023 Baller Share Posted March 17, 2023 I'm just north of I. Falls in Canada and last year we had BIG snow and epic sledding but with the melt and all of the spring rain, our lake level came up 5' and destroyed many docks and boathouses. It was CRAZY, like the storm of a lifetime but over a few weeks. Skiing was whacky too in that high water! The bounce back waves in our course made it almost unskiable. Water level is back to normal now, maybe lower than normal. I was in Duluth yesterday, after driving from Toronto, and stood in the Miller Hill Mall parking lot and they have the snow we had last year. If it rains a lot this spring it's gonna be trouble. They were in line to get another 1.5' yesterday in that area, WOW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller epnault Posted March 17, 2023 Baller Share Posted March 17, 2023 Agreed @LOTW slow and steady melt please 🙂. Floods suck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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