End of January Weekend

January 28th through 31st, 2010

Lake Lucerne
We made it up late Thursday and hit Brule on Friday instead of Saturday. For the first few hours it was 17 runs, 4 lifts, and us two. More people came later in the day but the slopes were still pretty empty.
Lake Lucerne
The lake area witnessed a great winter sunset on Friday night.
Lake Lucerne
The hard, cold light of Saturday morning showed that the phone booth was placed a bit to close to the bar. Snow sliding from the roof was slowly pushing it over.
Lake Lucerne
Rescued! It took about a half hour to pull it away from the avalanche zone.
Lake Lucerne
A hole was drilled on Saturday to check the ice.
Lake Lucerne
There is just over 14 inches on the lake. The top 2 inches is the airy kind. The bottom 12 inches is the solid kind.
Lake Lucerne
The north bottle rocket fort will need some major restoration if is ever to be used in combat again.
Lake Lucerne
The south fort is a complete tear down.
Lake Lucerne
The webcam on the north end survived the weekend cold. Saturday morning was reported to be 10°F under it's recommended operating temperature by that guy at the dump that demands your permit number.
Lake Lucerne
Saturday's sunset was every bit as good as Friday's.
Lake Lucerne
The brief warm-up last week has taken much of the snow from the lake. Only about an inch or two of the white stuff covers open areas. There was more in drifts nearer the shore. If the snow remains thin in the middle, the lake golf season should start on Saturday February 13th this year.


-Nemo