Recent content by swebaron

I was there on Sunday. Snow conditions were pretty decent. Smart to take a group lesson midweek and before next weeks craziness. Since you are not a 1st timer, your "group" will be probably be quite small. Hope you have fun with your bluejacket coach!

Don't forget the akvavit!

what the heck? Sweden actually has some amazing restaurants and food, and I'm not just talking about $$$ ones. Sorry the gore cafeteria ones weren't doing it for you. You need lingonberry with it.

The Bear cub quad was running today at 11am and when I left, taking passengers too.

update on gondi via tom's snow report on website: 1/5/24: The Summit & Bear Mountain are open! Access these mountain areas via Wood In and the High Peaks Quad. Please be aware that the Northwoods Gondola is currently undergoing mechanical repairs. A faulty bearing in the gearbox is the cause of...

The new Bear cub quad had electrical issues. It had some kind of fault which kept shorting. The company had to come back, and I guess they fixed it. Good to hear it is spinning again.

Could be a big win for ORDA... World cup stop for xc mountain biking at Mt Van Ho for next 3 years. They definitely have the double track, but singletrack not so much. They must be cutting new bike specific singletrack there next spring/summer...

Had to reply, being that I'm swedish american. Homemade moonshine was probably Aquavit or Akvavit which translates into "water of life". Some are better then others. Ask the telemark crowd they know the stuff. You might have even sang a drinking song with the girls or heard them sing. Here's...

It might be a miserable rainy day today... but a few days ago it was pretty sweet at Gore. Here's a vid (I didn't put it together), but I was at event. Thought some people might appreciate it ... These tele events open to public too.