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Whose got better Snow: Lutsen v. Indian Head??

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plainmaster2000
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Going on a road trip next weekend (20th-23rd) and was planning on heading north to Lutsen and spending a day at Spirit Mountain. OR heading east to Indianhead and popping into WhiteCaps for a bit??

Any recommendations on snow conditions and terrain open???
Dec 15 2012 1:40PM
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Heart
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Here's a thread on TGR about the same subject:
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php/138005-Midwest-mags-Lutsen-vs-Indianhead

Seems like lutsen is the better option. I've never been to Indianhead but i really liked lutsen when i went last year, even with the super low amounts of snowfall minnesota got. Plus lutsen just got 11" so they've got some natural snow lying around.
Dec 15 2012 3:07PM
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plainmaster2000
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Sweet thread, thanks for posting it. (+k) A lot of good comparison between the two. Sounds like we are going to head up towards lutsen. Snow report is showing more open runs.
Dec 15 2012 6:39PM
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caucasian_chad
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As far as snow, Spirit's is gonna be horrible because we got rained on this weekend Indianhead probably did too. I don't know if the rain made it as far up the shore as Lutsen, it might've been spared though.
Dec 16 2012 3:38PM
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ski-swagga
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indianhead always gets lots of snow but lutsen has much better terrain and usually has decent snow too. ha id go with lutsen but i may be biased because ive been to indianhead many more times and it's gotten old.
Dec 16 2012 7:38PM
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Heart
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the weather channel has this feature now where you can view yesterdays weather and snow/rain totals. looks like lutsen got 1/25 of an inch of rain and a very small amount of snow. i dont think that much rain would do much.

also that winter storm thats dumping on the pnw may come through the midwest... fingers crossed!!
Dec 17 2012 7:21PM
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plainmaster2000
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thanks for the tips! indianheads website isn't showing a lot of open terrain either, might have to wait for that next storm to roll through
Dec 17 2012 8:29PM
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