SMT LANDS AT NIGHT IN SNOW WITH GEAR UP.

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I DEPARTED FSD FOR RAP ARPT. ABOUT 30 MINS INTO FLT AT 6000 FT; WHILE BEING HANDLED BY ZMP; I CONTACTED HURON RADIO AND GAVE THEM A WX RPT (PIREP); AND WAS GIVEN THE LATEST RAP WX. THEY ALSO SAID RAP MAY BE CLOSED. I ASKED FOR THEM TO CONFIRM THE CLOSURE; BUT I LOST RADIO CONTACT. I THEN CONTACTED PIR RADIO AND ASKED THEM TO PLEASE CALL MY COMPANY; FBO IN RAP TO CONFIRM THAT THE RWY WAS; IN FACT; CLOSED. THE FSS SPECIALIST AT PIR STATED HE WAS TOO BUSY NOW; BUT TO GIVE HIM THE PHONE NUMBER AND HE WOULD GET BACK TO ME; AS HE SAID HE WAS DOING A WX BRIEFING. I TOLD HIM I WOULD GET BACK TO HIM. I THEN ASKED ZMP FOR HELP AND THEY GOT STRAIGHT BACK TO ME SAYING THAT RAP WAS CLOSED NOW AND WOULD REOPEN IN 1 HR AND 10 MINS. I ASKED TO GO TO PIR AND WAS GIVEN A VECTOR AND CLRED FOR AN ILS APCH TO RWY 31. I HEARD NO MORE FROM ZMP. WHEN I BROKE OUT VISUALLY THERE WERE NO RWY LIGHTS ON. I RETRACTED MY GEAR AND CIRCLED AND ASKED PIR RADIO TO PUT THE RWY LIGHTS O. THE SAME FSS SPECIALIST AS BEFORE ANSWERED THE RADIO AND SAID; 'I DID NOT KNOW ANYONE WAS INBOUND.' I SAID TO PLEASE PUT THE LIGHTS ON AND WE COULD TALK ON THE GND. THE LIGHTS CAME ON MEDIUM INTENSITY. I SELECTED THE GEAR DOWN AND ONLY GOT 2 GREEN LIGHTS. I CONTINUED TO CIRCLE AND; AFTER RECYCLING THE GEAR; GOT 3 GREEN LIGHTS; AND PREPARED TO LAND. ON SHORT FINAL; WITHOUT MY REQUESTING IT; THE RWY LIGHTS CAME UP FULL BRIGHT; BLINDING ME (IT WAS SNOWING AT THE TIME). I REQUESTED THE FSS OPERATOR TO PUT THE LIGHTS DOWN AS HE WAS BLINDING ME AND; AT THE SAME TIME; SELECTED THE GEAR TO THE UP POS TO INITIATE A GAR. THEN; THE LIGHTS WENT BACK TO MEDIUM INTENSITY AGAIN; AND I LANDED WITHOUT THE GEAR IN THE DOWN POS.