20/21 How many days so far?

[Jim Kenney]

41 lift-served and probably done. Real happy with that given a late start and all the uncertainty this season. Also had four X-C days.

 

[Philpug]

Today will be 95 for me at A-Basin

 

[Quandary]

Let's hear verticals. That's what really matters.

 

[James]

Let's hear verticals. That's what really matters.

Let’s not bother.

 

[Quandary]

As they say length matters.... It's a much more relevant measure.

As an instructor you know. Take my brother as an example, full time instructor at Breck, on the snow almost every day but doesn't actually get to ski much. "Days" are really a meaningless measure. Assuming of course that's the point of this thread.

 

[4ster]

Let's hear verticals. That's what really matters.

About,

Maybe 4M. Rarely less than 20K or more than 40K per day but there’s a big difference between 30K of steep moguls & the same on blue groomers .
I didn’t get nearly as much vertical while teaching full time but this thread has always been about how many days.

 

[Tricia]

Yesterday and today were 99 and 100 for me.
It was a very good morning at A-Basin today. The clouds and light breeze kept conditions pretty darn good until after 1:00
Its been a long time since I've had some personal time to sit with these ladies and just have lunch and chat after a morning of skiing.

Also, I never noticed how much the frame of the BML looks like the mountain that frames it.

 

[gilligan]

My goal was 40. Not too bad I suppose for a guy with full-time, non-skiing job. But got an email from Crystal today that they're opening this weekend, so maybe I'll get one more.

 

[Saintsman]

A few Italian and French resorts actually opened main slopes (not summer glacier) this weekend after some extremely late snowfall coincided with relaxed Covid restrictions. So there's some lucky Europeans who got their first day of the season in yesterday or today

 

[Doug Briggs]

This was the last day for Breck. I might get a few hiking days in yet. I'm ready for new projects and activities, though.

 

[Guy in Shorts]

Showed up for 161 out of 170 Days that Killington operated. Last day of the Eastern season was Sunday May 16th. Even drove down the street to hit Okemo for one day this season.
Season vertical total 1,928,248.

Final run

 

[Jwrags]

I feel like a slacker but got my final day of the season today at Mt. Bachelor. Day 21, all on Ikon. The most I have had in a long time. As you can see, the weather wasn’t great this morning but my son wanted to ski this late in May.

 

[SBrown]

That's probably it for me this year. Strange one, for everyone. Considering I had my knee replaced last summer; the, ya know, Covid thing; and the miserable BC snowpack, I guess it's not too bad. Had a great trip up north in February and several Taos pow days for some spice, but overall, a bit meh. Onward and upward!

 

[Mike Rogers]

75, 76, 77 for me this Canadian long weekend. I skied toured up Mount Andromeda in the Columbia Icefields on Saturday and skied the final two days at sunshine yesterday and today. Yesterday was pretty fun. Today was fun too, but it rained to treeline.

That's it for lift-serviced skiing in Canada. I hope to ski in the backcountry the next two weekends, but the weather will have to cooperate. After the first week of June, I'll stop skiing on a regular basis. But if we don't get clear skies and good freezes, I might be done now.

I'll still try to ski one day (or a least a few turns) in June, July, August, and September.

Great season overall. Liz and I didn't visit her parents in Ontario this Christmas and we took a rare February vacation.....so more days than usual even though our work schedules were more or less unchanged.

Some pics from our latest (hopefully not last) backcountry day.

 

[Unmarkedobstacles]

My season finished with 167 of 167 at Alpine Meadows, every day they were open, plus one at Squaw and one at Mammoth for a total of 169 days and 2.6 million vertical feet that my Apple Watch managed to track. It usually missed a run every day or so.

 

[skibum4ever]

Hit 60 last Sunday and that was it for the season as our condo was rented for Memorial weekend. But...my renters just cancelled. Will have to discuss the possibility of getting 2 or 3 more days with my DH.

 

[Tricia]

75, 76, 77 for me this Canadian long weekend. I skied toured up Mount Andromeda in the Columbia Icefields on Saturday and skied the final two days at sunshine yesterday and today. Yesterday was pretty fun. Today was fun too, but it rained to treeline.

That's it for lift-serviced skiing in Canada. I hope to ski in the backcountry the next two weekends, but the weather will have to cooperate. After the first week of June, I'll stop skiing on a regular basis. But if we don't get clear skies and good freezes, I might be done now.

I'll still try to ski one day (or a least a few turns) in June, July, August, and September.

Great season overall. Liz and I didn't visit her parents in Ontario this Christmas and we took a rare February vacation.....so more days than usual even though our work schedules were more or less unchanged.

Some pics from our latest (hopefully not last) backcountry day.
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Those pics are incredible.

 

[blackke17]

Day 62 last night , Alta still holding some goods! really awesome being up there with absolutely nobody around .

 

[Saintsman]

Day 1 done, such as it was. 2 hours in the Milton Keynes Snozone (for those not based in the UK, a 170m indoor slope)

Firstly the pros:

- Covid restrictions meant that it was almost empty - so effectively no queuing, just almost endless laps.
- First run out for my Line Blades and I'm in love
- The fitness work I've put in over lockdown has made a huge difference to me - skiiing takes far less effort, even allowing for the ease of the new skis.

The cons

- 15 months since I last strapped the boots on, and eveyrthing aches
- The "snow". I don't know what they've been doing over the last 15 months, but it felt like they'd created a 170m ice sheet and layered some icy crust over the top. It used to feel like 2-3 inches of damp powder
- I'd forgotten just how much I HATE button lifts.

 

[Doug Briggs]

Is a button lift aka platter lift? A disk on the end of a rope/pole? I've never heard them called a button lift but then Brits have different words for many things.