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 took the week off to ride fatbikes in the groomed trails in Cuyuna MN. flow in the snow!
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fabulous
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Mar 12, 2023 11:26
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exe cummings posted:
I keep meaning to rent a fat bike in winter, how deep can the snow get and still be fun? How viable are they on ice? We get a ton of standing snow where I live but its rural so while there's lots of trails its likely id have to be breaking trail a lot of the time Got into XC Skiing this year which owns, think next year i might try and see if i can get my dogs to do dog racing, apparently its a thing here
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Mar 12, 2023 17:59
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xc skiing is great, doing it with a dog is even better. teaching our girl to slow/stop on command on the downhills was the hardest part. once she gets some speed up she doesn't want to stop running. my fat bike is unfortunately in another country at the moment, but it depends a lot on snow conditions as well as depth. loose, fresh stuff can be hard going, but it's often great after a couple days' consolidation. you can definitely still skid out - if you get a lot of ice then studded tires are the way had a huge dump of fresh snow last night and it was a bit much for even my fattest xc skis, went snowshoeing instead. stomping through the deep snow is seriously hard work compared to gliding over the top
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Mar 12, 2023 19:42
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i really want to do some xc/backcountry skiing but the cost of entry is so high. used skis/bindings are like $500, plus boots, plus avalanche kit  here's me clomping around in snowshoes with my cute little dog  fArt.jpg  
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Mar 13, 2023 15:20
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Mr. Crow posted:I keep meaning to rent a fat bike in winter, how deep can the snow get and still be fun? How viable are they on ice? You can pack and ride your own trails up to about 6 inches or so (it's real hard work). Above that you'll need to pack it with snowshoes first. Cuyuna had about 3 feet of snow, but they have grooming machines. Anything not groomed or well-packed was unrideable. In the right conditions the groomed trails can get very fast and grippy which is really fun. w/r/t ice, studded tires will let you ride black ice on pavement like it's a warm summer day. On natural packed trails it's unusual to encounter ice. we did not attempt to ride the frozen lakes, but I assume there would be enough traction just with the snow.
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Mar 13, 2023 15:57
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HAIL eSATA-n posted:i really want to do some xc/backcountry skiing but the cost of entry is so high. used skis/bindings are like $500, plus boots, plus avalanche kit This is awesome! i love snowshoes
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Mar 13, 2023 16:03
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HAIL eSATA-n posted:i really want to do some xc/backcountry skiing but the cost of entry is so high. used skis/bindings are like $500, plus boots, plus avalanche kit very nice! everyone here has a bunch of old skis in their garage so you can usually pick up a set for $50 or so. i wouldn't take my xc kit into avvy terrain though - there are some really cool looking xc skis these days that are almost alpine in their profile and are designed for steep stuff, but i think I'd need to learn proper Telemark technique to get the most out of them check this poo poo out, you can ride them with nnn-bc bindings and leather boots 
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Mar 13, 2023 17:00
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cool cool next year ill grab a fat bike, mix it up or a snowbike I never could get into snowshoeing, its always like not that snowy so id rather post hole or I'd have to do like a 6+ mile approach to actually needing them or id rather just hop on skis. The couple times i rented them they seemed like to much work
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Mar 13, 2023 19:53
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i always thought it'd be cool to do snow sports but never lived in a place where it made sense weather-wise but i really like the idea of cross country skiing and snowshoeing and snow camping and stuff like that.
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Mar 14, 2023 03:30
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cibola national forest: 
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Mar 14, 2023 04:18
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cool
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Mar 14, 2023 04:23
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always blows my mind how much larger scale things are out west, like something that looks 100 yards away is actually 500+
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Mar 16, 2023 20:05
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and slightly north, this was nearer salida CO:
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Mar 24, 2023 04:03
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very good dog
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Mar 24, 2023 04:08
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that is (princess) buttercup
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Mar 24, 2023 04:10
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looks like she is about to awoo
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Mar 24, 2023 04:12
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 i walked the trail behind the office.
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Apr 14, 2023 21:42
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did you see any wildlife
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Apr 14, 2023 21:55
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EIDE Van Hagar posted:
did you step on snek
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Apr 14, 2023 21:59
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do you count kids from the episcopal school next door smoking weed in the woods?
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Apr 14, 2023 21:59
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EIDE Van Hagar posted:do you count kids from the episcopal school next door smoking weed in the woods? only if they're smoking weed with the snaek
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Apr 15, 2023 00:54
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Roosevelt posted:only if they're smoking weed with the snaek they call that 'doing an eden'
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Apr 15, 2023 04:16
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 i bought a box and put bugs in it
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Apr 17, 2023 02:53
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i wish my lot were big enough to have a bug box without the police coming to shoot them
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Apr 17, 2023 03:00
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yeah we'll see lol
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Apr 17, 2023 03:19
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by this time tomorrow i'll be on a train back to zhangjiajie to walk around the mountains alone for a week stretch goal: don't look at a screen at all for 6 days
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Apr 21, 2023 08:47
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a train to outside? what a nice thought
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Apr 21, 2023 15:16
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watch out for the train police
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Apr 21, 2023 15:46
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lord funk posted:by this time tomorrow i'll be on a train back to zhangjiajie to walk around the mountains alone for a week how will you take pictures for me to look at itt with no screen time? p rude imo, prioritizing your own mental health like that.
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Apr 23, 2023 14:28
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we took our new tent for its first outing. verdict: a++ tent. still getting freezing temperatures and fresh snow almost down to sea level here, it looks like i packed my skis away prematurely  
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Apr 29, 2023 14:46
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looks like a hell of a tent
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Apr 29, 2023 17:06
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my previous tents have been tiny ultralight things for alpine stuff so it feels very luxurious to have so much space inside. and the doggo seems happy in it, which is important
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Apr 29, 2023 23:32
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i am waaaaay too much of a snow coward to tent camp in snow, looks like a beautiful spot tho.
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Apr 30, 2023 00:49
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PokeJoe posted:did you see any wildlife turn off your monitor
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Apr 30, 2023 12:40
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big scary monsters posted:we took our new tent for its first outing. verdict: a++ tent. still getting freezing temperatures and fresh snow almost down to sea level here, it looks like i packed my skis away prematurely i wont lie.. that looks cold
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Apr 30, 2023 12:41
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that can't be true, it's nearly summer here
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May 1, 2023 15:16
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EIDE Van Hagar posted:how will you take pictures for me to look at itt with no screen time? well, almost no screen time   the park is accessible via busses that take tons of people up to the viewing areas. but if you just find the trails up / down the mountains, you can be on your own completely away from everyone else on my last day, i hiked down the mountain and didn't see another human for three hours. it ruled    monkeys are cute and all when they're hanging out beside the people trails. but one day, i took my lunch into an area where i was all alone and got ambushed. two monkeys dropped down from the trees, one of them was an arm's length away and hissing / growling in my face. as soon as i realized they wanted my food, i stuck it into my backpack and showed them my empty hands, shouting '没有！没有！’ ('don't have!' because they're chinese monkeys, of course). glad i got away from that one without a scratch  mandarin ducks!
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right on
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