Lake effect weekend!

Note for midwesterners (and anybody else looking for something
different): looks like the lake effect should be dumping on the
Keweenaw late this week and through the weekend (if johndee.com is
right), so I'm planning to dodge MLK-weekend crowds and head for
Bohemia. If anybody's been curious about the place, this could be a
good weekend to check it out. Although it might be a bit bracing;
weather.com calls for a high of 0 on Sat., and a balmy 3 on Sun, which
ought to keep the lift lines short and the powder fresh. Just FYI.

bw

"bdubya" wrote in message
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Note for midwesterners (and anybody else looking for something
different): looks like the lake effect should be dumping on the
Keweenaw late this week and through the weekend (if johndee.com is
right), so I'm planning to dodge MLK-weekend crowds and head for
Bohemia. If anybody's been curious about the place, this could be a
good weekend to check it out. Although it might be a bit bracing;
weather.com calls for a high of 0 on Sat., and a balmy 3 on Sun, which
ought to keep the lift lines short and the powder fresh. Just FYI.


Where is this Bohemia you speak of ?

"LePheaux" wrote in message
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"bdubya" wrote in message
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Note for midwesterners (and anybody else looking for something
different): looks like the lake effect should be dumping on the
Keweenaw late this week and through the weekend (if johndee.com is
right), so I'm planning to dodge MLK-weekend crowds and head for
Bohemia. If anybody's been curious about the place, this could be a
good weekend to check it out. Although it might be a bit bracing;
weather.com calls for a high of 0 on Sat., and a balmy 3 on Sun, which
ought to keep the lift lines short and the powder fresh. Just FYI.


Where is this Bohemia you speak of ?

http://www.mtbohemia.com/home.html
--
Marty

We're supposed to be getting lake effect too. Bet ours is better!

"bdubya" wrote in message
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Note for midwesterners (and anybody else looking for something
different): looks like the lake effect should be dumping on the
Keweenaw late this week and through the weekend (if johndee.com is
right), so I'm planning to dodge MLK-weekend crowds and head for
Bohemia. If anybody's been curious about the place, this could be a
good weekend to check it out. Although it might be a bit bracing;
weather.com calls for a high of 0 on Sat., and a balmy 3 on Sun, which
ought to keep the lift lines short and the powder fresh. Just FYI.

bw

Bohemia is in the keewena penisula of the upper michigan. check out
www.mtbohemia.com

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 20:43:37 -0600, "pigo"
wrote:

We're supposed to be getting lake effect too. Bet ours is better!

Pfaugh. You call that a lake? "Pond effect", maybe, but isn't it
really more of a desert/mountain effect? I mean, granted, it ought
to be better (bite me, btw), but still, you need a Real Lake to have a
lake effect. IMHO, YRSMV, etc.

bw

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 18:32:01 -0600, "LePheaux"
wrote:


Where is this Bohemia you speak of ?


It's at 47d23.5'N, 88d0.5'W. To put it differently, it's about 45
minutes past the ass end of nowhere. Or, about 20 minutes this side
of the edge of the world (Copper Harbor, MI, and if you don't believe
that's the edge of the world, you've never been there in winter). Or,
not quite dead-center in Lake Superior, but as close as you can get
without a boat. I've raved about it in a trip report or two in the
past - for details, see google and the URL others have thoughtfully
posted.

We typically stay in Copper Harbor for the superior nightlife (TWO
bars), although Lac LaBelle is closer.

bw

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 21:23:18 -0600, bdubya
wrote:

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 20:43:37 -0600, "pigo"
wrote:

We're supposed to be getting lake effect too. Bet ours is better!

Pfaugh. You call that a lake? "Pond effect", maybe, but isn't it
really more of a desert/mountain effect? I mean, granted, it ought
to be better (bite me, btw), but still, you need a Real Lake to have a
lake effect. IMHO, YRSMV, etc.

Lets compare.

Salt Lake:
1,700 square miles (75x28)
maximum depth 35 feet

Lake Superior:
32,000 square miles (350x150)
Maximum depth 1,333 feet
Average depth 489 feet

BTW - anyone else having trouble getting messages through at rsam?
I've sent a couple that way that haven't made it up. Just gone. I
resent this one (originally crossposted) a couple minutes ago, so
we'll see.


nate

uglymoney wrote:
On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 21:23:18 -0600, bdubya wrote:
On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 20:43:37 -0600, "pigo" wrote:

We're supposed to be getting lake effect too. Bet ours is better!

Pfaugh. You call that a lake? "Pond effect", maybe, but isn't it
really more of a desert/mountain effect? I mean, granted, it ought
to be better (bite me, btw), but still, you need a Real Lake to have a
lake effect. IMHO, YRSMV, etc.

Lets compare.

Salt Lake:
1,700 square miles (75x28)
maximum depth 35 feet

Lake Superior:
32,000 square miles (350x150)
Maximum depth 1,333 feet
Average depth 489 feet

Plus the ice fishing on the Great Salt Lake is awfully poor.

--
//-Walt
//
// There is no Volkl Conspiracy

"uglymoney" wrote in message
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On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 21:23:18 -0600, bdubya
wrote:

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 20:43:37 -0600, "pigo"
wrote:

We're supposed to be getting lake effect too. Bet ours is better!

Pfaugh. You call that a lake? "Pond effect", maybe, but isn't it
really more of a desert/mountain effect? I mean, granted, it ought
to be better (bite me, btw), but still, you need a Real Lake to have a
lake effect. IMHO, YRSMV, etc.

Lets compare.

Water temp. vs. air temp.
Amount of lift (aerographic?) between lake and Mtns.
Total amount of snowfall generated by said "lake effect".
Quality of snow generated.....
Angle of terrain where snow falls in order to take advantage of previously
mentioned "lake effect".

Your "lake" may be bigger but our ''effect" is better.