Title: Re: [XC] Blue Mound ski
congrats! I had a friend that skiied there a week ago, on the ice, and fell and broke his taillbone, so BEWARE! Biking is safer now! (I think!) K
From: "Don Fariss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 10:44:22 -0500
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Subject: [XC] Blue Mound ski
XC Die-hards,
Am writing to inform & brag, not to entice.
Karl Heil may be the only man in Wisconsin with his own glacier albeit long & skinny. And I may have been the last person to ski on it at Blue Mound this season. I skied yesterday in 35 degree temps.
Had to hop from patch to patch portaging over mud & gravel to the bottom of the hill below the parking lot at the pool, but from then on both John Minx and Willow Springs trails in the woods were 98% covered. Covered mostly with a clear looking material (ice) that was rotten enough on top to be rough and warm enough to be soft enough to get purchase with no-wax skis. About 25% of the time there was actual white, skiable snow along the edges.
A very strange experience to ski on this thin ribbon with only patches of white on a mass of brown all around.
Would I recommend it? No. Was it fun? Yes, to be able to say I skied in April in southern Wisconsin on natural snow (well, ice). Am I certifiably crazy? Nearly.
All hail to Heil the guru of the groomer,
Don Fariss
