Porkies are still in awesome shape. They stopped running the lift for the year, so you pretty much get the place to yourself. With up to a foot in the forecast, it's going to be a mess when this stuff finally melts. https://farm1.staticflickr.com/881/27471326928_f170eca467_k_d.jpg They also moved th...

Neat! What dataset did you use for calculating slope angle?

In which yers truly XCDs in the mountains like a big boy: With judicious application of a certain amount of free beer, I managed to survive my work obligations in the city of lost wages. They ran out of Sculpin about 45 minutes into the first day, but nobody can prove I'm explicitly at fault for tha...

Sorry, I can't resist a bad unix joke.

Yes! Tiny snowmobile porn!

RIGHT IN THE FACE YOU KNOW YOU LIKE IT BABY

You never really know for sure. Late march is usually pushing your luck with the porkies, but this has been a particularly good year. Although twin lakes through painsdale usually has workable skiing through mid april if all else fails.

Yep, lots of good stuff to explore out there, it's just a serious pain to get to in the winter. No developed roads mean you're pretty much at the mercy of whatever logging roads happen to be open. Even if you can park "close" most interesting destinations still require a hefty ski in to get there, u...

Salmon trout was way, way east of us, so probably not. I think most of those stories are perpetuated by "sportsmen" unable to function more than a mile from some means of mechanized transport. A couple idiots willing to break seven miles of trail to get to the furthest reaches of the club just to sk...

So these guys are in your neighborhood: https://www.skishaggys.com/

It's my understanding they do all their own manufacturing. There's some serious ski building knowledge and tooling that might be a couple beers away.

PEOPLE'S FRONT OF SUPERIOR, HURON MOUNTAIN DIVISION MISSION SYNOPSIS A STRONGHOLD OF FOREIGN ELITES CONTINUES TO OCCUPY YOOPER TERRITORY IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PORTION OF DA UP. MISSION: PATROL THE BORDERS, EVALUATE ENEMY CAPABILITIES, BUT DO NOT ENGAGE. LIMITED EXCURSIONS INTO ENEMY TERRITORY ALLOWED...