Lutsen Update

[rwmaron]

Took the family to Lutsen today figuring that there would be a similar (generous) snow cover as we have here in Duluth, but one or two storms must have veered off in the 90 miles between my house and Tofte. A very hard surface beneath a thin cover of loose power-tilled snow; they're trying hard but it wasn't much fun for carving, plus the usual holiday weekend mob was in attendance.

Just a head's up if anyone's planning the long drive up from the cities......

[bobble]

i saw the ski report they show on kare 11 sometime last week, and it looked like the snow base for lutsen was quite a bit lower than spirit.

i've had so much bad luck with lutsen that i have no real desire to go there. that bridge lift is scary when its windy. it scares me when i ride it and it scares me when i see little kids riding it and who don't grip the center pole.

[Carp]

Was up in the UP over the last week and the snow was the best it's been up there this early in the season. I suggest anyone looking for good conditions to head north of Wisconsin. The drive is really pretty too.

[rwmaron]

The worst part was that we flipped a coin on the way out of the driveway and Giant's Ridge lost.......

In the interest of full disclosure, though, it's not just coincidence that it's also known as "Giant's Fridge"