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Afton Alps, Minnesota

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dUbzee
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Hey friends! As we approach the ski season and my second year as a freeskier, I'm excited to see what Vail Resorts is planning to do with the Afton Alps terrain park.  Any fellow Minnesotans have an inside scoop?
Oct 13 2013 5:58AM
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Lick
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Regionals. There's a bunch of info in there, and vail has posted pictures of what they're going to make it. Two rope tows, and some other things.
Oct 13 2013 9:43AM
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emopoppins
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2 whole rope tows!! my dick! skiing in the midwest be off the handle. mahalo brahh
Oct 13 2013 10:20AM
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Heart
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It's minnesota. We take what we can get.

Here's the thread about it OP. I'm pretty excited, especially since snow park technologies is running the park side of things.

https://www.newschoolers.com/ns/forums/readthread/thread_id/722929/page/2/
Oct 13 2013 6:19PM
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Mids
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They sent out the terrain park layout a while ago.
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They also sent all the season pass owners from last year a new hill map. They have expanded the nordica (or what ever the racing thing is) Took out chairlift 1 (I think). Two sets of towropes, or t-bars.

Afton is going to be the shit this year.

Oct 14 2013 10:02AM
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bgeskior
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keystone is providing the rails, and they look really fun
Oct 14 2013 10:45AM
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Lick
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Are you serious? That's dope.

Some of their rails were a little beat up last year, and their boxes are shit I'm sorry
Oct 14 2013 10:04PM
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JackJohnSki
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As a full time Granite Peak skier, I can't wait to see how Afton will compare to Granite (Which is the gold standard for the Midwest in my mind)
Oct 14 2013 10:31PM
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PuffyJacketMan
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Well it looks like I bought a season pass to the wrong fuckin place... Now I gotta go ski at some resort with those high speed lifts and sick rails and jumps instead of getting to go to afton which has no high speed lifts and I don't think anyone on aftons staff skis... Cause all of their landings for their jumps are shit. They have way too steep of slopes, so you have to be going the perfect speed to hit the landing. The biggest gap they have is barely 40', so that's shit as well.
Oct 14 2013 10:44PM
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UrbanYeti
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Still won't compare to granite peak...
Oct 15 2013 3:35PM
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Heart
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I dunno, with Snow Park Technologies managing it I think we'll see a huge improvement. Granite has much longer runs though
Oct 15 2013 7:36PM
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Lick
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Yes, their landings were nice and long, but they were too steep compared to the kicker. Especially the last one. wayyyyy too steep. they were nice though
Oct 15 2013 7:52PM
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JackJohnSki
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I heard that SPT is just building it to start with and that Afton is going to have to maintain it. In which case, the whole thing could go to shit. I will be going a couple times, but I think Granite will still be #1, the runs are longer. What other hill in the Midwest can you hit a four jump line with a 45fter, and than into a rail run with over 20 jibs in it
Oct 15 2013 8:00PM
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Lick
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No where, but Afton could be a contender. We'll have to see.
Oct 15 2013 8:08PM
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JackJohnSki
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Agreed. I feel that Afton will replace Hylands for #2. Gonna have to start riding MN more this season
Oct 15 2013 8:15PM
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Lick
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Yeah, Afton has a nicer park (well, it should), but Hyland is more fun IMO
Oct 15 2013 8:28PM
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UrbanYeti
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Totally agree^ I went to afton 4 times last season and their maintenance team sucks!!! Sure they have some good runs with over 40 mph speeds, but their lifts are slow and kill your legs after riding just a couple times. The best part of afton is the number of chalets.
Oct 15 2013 8:34PM
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JackJohnSki
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Yeah, and Granite might be getting back one of the old parks they lost; bringing the grand total to 5 or 6?
Oct 15 2013 8:53PM
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Toaster-Tony
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Oct 15 2013 9:37PM
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PuffyJacketMan
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Exactly. Afton has small jumps and the matinance team is gonna fuck up the landings, they always do. The only part about afton that is better than granite is the new rope tow and tbar.
Oct 15 2013 10:30PM
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JackJohnSki
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I actually prefer Granite 6 man high speed. I mean I would like a rope tow for the big jump and one in the rails, but it's so nice to lap for days on the chair lift and it's a quick 1:30 ride up the hill. Not bad at all!
Oct 15 2013 10:33PM
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PuffyJacketMan
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I like the same thing you like. We should get a new thread goin and try to get granite to put in a rope tow or something right before the season starts.
Oct 15 2013 10:40PM
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UrbanYeti
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That would be sick if granite had a rope tow or tbar
Oct 15 2013 10:40PM
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JackJohnSki
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I've talked to Wyatt multiple times about this and there are a couple reasons why they can't.
1.) Insurance
2.) Space
3.) Against the law to add new tow ropes? Someone told me that you can no longer buy new tow ropes. Ski hills that have them can still keep them, but you can't add new ones now?
Oct 15 2013 10:57PM
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UrbanYeti
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How is afton adding rope tows if it's illegal?
Oct 15 2013 11:01PM
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AceleTerrie
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ORRRR you could just leave the midwest....
Oct 15 2013 11:06PM
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JackJohnSki
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Remember, I'm talking about Granite Peak, in WI. I'm also just going off of what I was told. Could be completely wrong
Oct 15 2013 11:07PM
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UrbanYeti
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Check out puffyjacketman's thread on granite peak, wi
Oct 15 2013 11:11PM
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PuffyJacketMan
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Tbar then
Oct 15 2013 11:11PM
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JackJohnSki
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You obviously don't come to Granite very much to know how stingy the owners are... We never get to do fun things like preseason or post season skiing because they have to leave the hill from the state. Also the prices are outrageous. It's the best place though, hands down. I wish they would get a t-bar. That would be so sick
Oct 15 2013 11:13PM
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PuffyJacketMan
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So what your sayin is that we need to get some 8===D 0: goin for this to happen
Oct 15 2013 11:17PM
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JackJohnSki
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That orrrrrrr, get a bunch of strippers to make it rain on the owner while he baths in his piles of money he makes off of visiting families from such places as Pakistan. (He owns Granite Peak and Lutsen)
Oct 15 2013 11:19PM
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