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Whitecap Mountain Resort

March 10, 2019 0

Whitecap Mountain Resort is located in Northern Wisconsin around Hurley. It is in the area where Big Powderhorn Mountain and the Big Snow Country resorts are located, so this area is a ski mecca for […]

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Training to Ski

February 18, 2019 4

For the annual ski trip instead of driving to ski we were “training” to ski. That is we took the Empire Builder Amtrak train from Columbus Wisconsin to Whitefish Montana. In my previous two trips […]

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Avalanche Beacons Inbounds

January 21, 2019 0

Responding to Unofficial Networks I reckon most skiers do not know what an avalanche beacon is let alone wonder if they need to wear such beacons inbounds at resorts. However, Unofficial Networks editorializes on the […]

Trainerroad review -- a screen capture of my trainerroad wnorkout -- kennedy mountai
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Trainerroad Review

December 9, 2018 0

I recently purchased the annual license to Trainerroad and I present to you this Trainerroad review! Disclosure Every review I write contains this disclosure statement (maybe not the early ones but I do note how […]

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Time to Plant Poles!
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Pole Harvest

March 11, 2014 0

Many ski sites talk of pole planting, well after a ski season of planting poles it is soon to be time for the pole harvest! Last Saturday I was at Blackjack again and I found […]

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Midwestern Snow

January 15, 2011 0

How are snow conditions? Much improved from my previous report. A constant stream of tweets and FB updates indicate the northern WI & UP of Michigan received lots of snow since I was there (not […]

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The Musical Time Machine

April 14, 2011 0

The reason this is so, is because the Abba CD was stuck in the CD player of my Brother’s truck and so there was no other option. I don’t remember much about those ski trips, but I remember being with my father and brother and always will and the skiing was just incidental. […]

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Exposure and Color

August 3, 2011 2

Base Exposure The two photos in this post illustrate are different by one F-Stop. This is a freshly germinated lupine flower shot by our Sony A55 camera. The lens I used was my old 50 […]

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