Good wind this weekend. Anyone know of anywhere with good snow? Willing to drive, if needed.
Good wind this weekend. Anyone know of anywhere with good snow? Willing to drive, if needed.
I am way up north near Eagle River, so probably not in what you consider your driving range, but I just won the trifecta for the last three days of winter. The lake on Friday, St. Patrick's Day, there was one foot of good snow, and easy to ride. Winds were 18 mph, gusting to 28 mph and I rode without problem on a 5.5 m wing and my new T.Rice Pro twintip snowboard which works great. Probably could have used the 4.2 m wing as well.
Saturday I spent at Jackson Creek Summit in the U.P. Michigan, though it was such blizzard conditions on the backroads that I almost didn't make it up the last 7 miles. Terrible driving. It was blowing 30 mph so I could have stayed on my lake but there was about 2 feet of fresh snow in the last 48 hours so I wanted to be on the mountain for that. It was a great powder day there.
Yesterday I was on the lake for three hours with winds reported at 23 mph and gusting to 35. I was on the board with a 4.2 m wing and it was great. We still must have at least a foot and a half of ice and no thawing yet.
My brothers just told me that most of your lakes down there are opened up, and I wasn't surprised to find someone here on the forum already out on the water. This time of year I still prefer to be on the snow (MUCH warmer), but good to know that when I get back I can hit the water again.
