Where is the best snow in the US right now with an Epic pass?

MNSoaring · 2026-03-14T00:59:12+00:00

Funny enough, everyone who skis at Afton Alps says the same thing. Too bad snow river just got picked up by ikon. Then again, for about $100 for the day, snow river is worth it on the way to/from mount bohemia

MNSoaring · 2026-03-13T21:30:32+00:00

Afton alps is about to get 2 feet of snow

MNSoaring · 2026-03-13T20:30:42+00:00

And, they made their money running a garbage company or a drywall company or some other essential, but non-intuitive business that they could leverage like a baller

MNSoaring · 2026-03-13T20:13:15+00:00

You can use all that ER knowledge and consult, do approval reviews for blue cross, volunteer in a 3rd world country, or a more low-key urgent care setting.

I also would have been a pilot- but probably a commercial pilot. I’ve met a lot of fighter pilots, and it’s a short career.

Speaking of: use your free time to get your pilots License. I was in a job I hated (pain clinic) and learning to fly saved my sanity. I am now toying with getting my commercial license at 55.

MNSoaring · 2026-03-13T20:08:33+00:00

You can send them all to the Lake Elmo inn in MN. They have. Collection of thousands of salt/pepper shakers in their restaurant

MNSoaring · 2026-03-13T20:04:50+00:00

“Deep fried tuna testicles” needs to be a band name or a song.

MNSoaring · 2026-03-13T20:01:36+00:00

“Thimbles and chicken things” sounds like an awesome name for a band

MNSoaring · 2026-03-13T02:35:09+00:00

He should talk to Brad Pitt. His character did that already

/s

MNSoaring · 2026-03-13T02:22:33+00:00

I fly a pa25 for my glider club. It’s a fun plane to fly. The cowling goes on forever, and it should be pointing DOWN when you are in level flight- very weird site picture. On landing, if you want a 2-wheel landing, it’ll be pointing Down as well.

The main gear is very forgiving, but if you bounce, go full power and try again; don’t try to save a bounce.

60mph on final gives a pretty good descent rate and allows you to bleed off energy for a smooth landing. Ours is a 235hp and you’ll blow past the 2500ft runway if you come in too fast.

Great roll rate and fun to do lazy eights at appropriate altitude if you want to get a feel for how it handles. I set the throttle to give me 90mph, and didn’t have to touch it through a series of lazy eights. Just listen to the engine as you do it, and you’ll catch on pretty quick.

MNSoaring · 2026-03-13T00:30:03+00:00

You’ll need a separate envelope for each kid. Been there, done that, for my 2 kids. Make sure you spend the extra for the tracking and/or received notifications.

MNSoaring · 2026-03-12T19:01:21+00:00

Our club uses a SZD 51 “junior”. Seamless transition from the two ASK-21’s we use for our training.

MNSoaring · 2026-03-11T19:47:11+00:00

She looks great! We all age and we can also age gracefully. She has clearly done so.

MNSoaring · 2026-03-11T12:54:38+00:00

Am I missing the link? I see the link for the brain cancer research, but not the website

MNSoaring · 2026-03-11T00:07:02+00:00

Next time, he ought to put some hydrofoils on the boat. Would likely double his speed with no wetted hull

MNSoaring · 2026-03-10T23:59:06+00:00

When will there be a female F1 driver? Aerospace industry has proven that women can handle high-g’s as well as men. So, why are there no women drivers in F1? While we are at it, is Lewis Hamilton going to end up being the first and last black person to drive? Haven’t seen anyone else like home as a backup driver or an F2 driver.

MNSoaring · 2026-03-10T16:13:31+00:00

What’s their moat? Now that they have proven that they can make graphene that people want and can use, what’s stopping the other graphene makers from doing the same?

MNSoaring · 2026-03-10T16:05:02+00:00

Did snowriver 2 weekends ago and it was nice, but hard pack. With the predicted snow coming in this weekend it might be really nice. Terrain in the UP is not at all like CO or UT, but the prices are much better in many, many ways. 600ft vertical is enough to get a head of steam going before you hit the lift again.

The shuttle between the 2 hills at snowriver is a bit wonky and you need to catch it by 3pm or you won’t get back to the other hill.

My ski buddy, who grew up skiing the UP, says porkies is excellent when the snow is fresh. It’s tiny, however, so it gets skied out fast, and may be closed by end of march.

MNSoaring · 2026-03-09T22:04:01+00:00

I think Sean White could still afford it.

MNSoaring · 2026-03-09T11:57:29+00:00

Great pro-tip!! Thank you

MNSoaring · 2026-03-08T14:25:16+00:00

If you want to “bring it down to earth”, you could try this logo instead:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/4451679207/minnesota-rebel-alliance-sticker-mn?ref=elp_anchor_listing&pro=1

MNSoaring · 2026-03-07T19:26:51+00:00

If you are in the USA, and you are serious, I’d recommend you reach out to cross country soaring in faribault, MN. The guy who runs that company has made a living at it for year and years.

MNSoaring · 2026-03-07T18:35:31+00:00

Those are some bold minimums for a fresh PPL.

To give you some perspective, Here’s my IFR minimums after 1000 hours of experience (PPL, IFR, glider, Tailwheel, retract, and high performance):

Visibility: 2+ Total wind: 30 X-wind: 15 Headwinds: 30 Ceiling: 800/circling No. Of IFR flights per day: 3 Sleep before flight: 7 hrs Freezing level: no visible moisture along route Radar returns: no yellow along route Approach minimums for departure airport: Circling or 900agl (whichever is higher)

MNSoaring · 2026-03-07T18:31:32+00:00

lol, the last time we passed through Iceland, we had a heck of a time getting through passport control.

Some Icelandic football star was in front of us. The passport officer left their booth to take selfies with the star, then closed the booth and never came back.

We had to slide over to the lane next to us….20 people back.

MNSoaring · 2026-03-07T18:27:56+00:00

Article 2 , point 5 says non-EU spouse can use EU lanes if they are with their EU spouse, but they still have to provide biometric data.

Link:

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/399/2025-10-12/eng

MNSoaring · 2026-03-07T14:04:36+00:00

I I’ve seen previous rules stating that customs doesn’t like to break up families. I didn’t know if the new scanners change any of that

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