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Midwest powder

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l337
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Midwest powder is ice with 1 to 2 inches of snowmaker snow on top.

Its the best we got and its always in patches.

Dec 9 2005 9:40AM
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l337
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Does anyone know aboat this?
or are all of you guys spoiled west coast people.
Dec 9 2005 11:37AM
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japanada
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yes i ski WI. another type of pow we get is when they are blowing mad snow(cause we dont get much natura) and you get to ski by the guns!!
Dec 9 2005 11:42AM
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CORKED
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yeah, gotta love that soft fluff blasting out of the snow guns. makes for an ill ice sliding session.
Dec 9 2005 11:44AM
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Ice-Is-Scary
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I used to ski west virginia, everytime we would get natural snow they would groom it to increase the base, so gay
Dec 9 2005 12:13PM
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Henry
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i don't know what your talking about, i ski pow all the time here, just not waist deep like out west.
Dec 9 2005 1:05PM
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japanada
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MM and bohemia get good pow. but down south we dont too often.
Dec 9 2005 1:07PM
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MADmidwest
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northern michigan isn't bad on snow, The lake effect helps tho
Dec 18 2005 8:51PM
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mnjib
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last week i skied 5 inches of fresh powder in minnesota.
Dec 18 2005 9:20PM
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eheath
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Yeah nukka west coast is da bomb.
Dec 18 2005 9:22PM
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forfun
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last week i skied 2 feet of fresh at hood
Dec 18 2005 9:23PM
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sexy_skier_babii
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two weeks ago there was knee deep powder in colorado
Dec 18 2005 9:25PM
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Tinga
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i skied enough snow to cover my tips today on the side of runs but its about 6 inches wide and like 4 inches deep
Dec 18 2005 9:39PM
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gnuboarder
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he is so true, you can never get more than 2 inches
Dec 18 2005 9:39PM
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awsomecoolguy
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haha last week i skied about 6 inches holy shit powder is so nice for learning stuff on jumps
Dec 18 2005 9:50PM
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mark311
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first run of the year was in MN with 3 inches of real powder.
Dec 18 2005 11:15PM
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sconnyFC
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wtf ever! i have found knee deep turns at cascade (Wisconsin) this season, multiple times. you guys must not know where to look, and i am not gonna tell ya because all my snow would be tracked out then.
Dec 19 2005 5:17PM
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crazyfuck
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we've had constant snow since i got home from school on thursday- at least a foot of fresh every day for the past five days.
Dec 19 2005 5:24PM
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crazyfuck
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i ski at Nub's when i'm at home, btw. MM is way more fun, though.
Dec 19 2005 5:25PM
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SkiBM680
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maybe its just me but it seems the areas by the great lakes get plenty of natural snow, atleast it always looks that way on the weather channel
Dec 19 2005 5:27PM
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crazyfuck
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yeah, we get loads of lake effect when the wind is right.
Dec 19 2005 5:28PM
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SkiBM680
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that dosnt sound to bad then
Dec 19 2005 10:02PM
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