2023 Taos Mini-Gathering - Date Poll Added

[ilovepugs]

Has all of SkiTalk suddenly retired? Our demographics must have aged up.

I have tried, with little success, to talk my husband into “letting” me retire at the ripe old age of 34. What the hell did I marry a surgeon for if not to be a lazy piece of garbage? “No dear,” he says. “We need to pay off my student loans first.” I might be in my 40s before that is done.

In all seriousness WFH has provided a lot more location flexibility for me and opportunities to make random trips and lunchtime ski runs, that’s for sure.

 

[ilovepugs]

There's still time to attend this year's small, select mini-gathering in Banff! So far, just me and @ilovebaxter, and our spouses . . . .

There’s even room on the couch in our Airbnb for one more. My mom is coming too, but she doesn’t ski.

 

[Jenny]

There’s even room on the couch in our Airbnb for one more. My mom is coming too, but she doesn’t ski.

I didn’t remember the couch folded out . . .

 

[Pat AKA mustski]

You forgot the Mammoth and A-Basin spring Gatherings, and the Banff Gathering, which is separate from the PNW Gathering. Oh... and Bachelor! People want to go to Bachelor, right?

Definitely!

 

[fatbob]

Working on a plan/daydream for a skibatical next winter. Do we have a lock on when this most plausibly is?

 

[dbostedo]

Do we have a lock on when this most plausibly is?

So a lock on a possibility? Sure. But no promises.

The most likely week seems to be Jan 28th - Feb 4th, 2023.

 

[fatbob]

Ta. I'd read the runes that way but wondered if my end of Jan was off.

 

[LiquidFeet]

It might be good if this trip happened the week of Feb 5-10.

There will be a large group of SkiDiva people there Jan 28-Feb 4, so instructors will get used up fast with two large groups there at the same time.

Any chance of moving the dates a week later?
I'd sure love that because I'd stay and do two weeks in a row .

 

[cantunamunch]

There will be a large group of SkiDiva people there Jan 28-Feb 4, so instructors will get used up fast if both large groups are there at the same time.

Eh, instructors get used up fast by civilian trip groups no matter the week.

 

[Tony S]

It might be good if this trip happened the week of Feb 5-10.

There will be a large group of SkiDiva people there Jan 28-Feb 4, so instructors will get used up fast with two large groups there at the same time.

Any chance of moving the dates a week later?
I'd sure love that because I'd stay and do two weeks in a row .

That would line up with the previously expressed desire to move things a bit later into the season for snowpack reasons. Jan 28 - Feb 4 does that only by the very slimmest of margins.

Eh, instructors get used up fast by civilian trip groups no matter the week.

Divas go through a lot of instructors fast, is what I've heard. Personally I'd like to be able to count on, you know, fresh ones.

 

[KingGrump]

Divas go through a lot of instructors fast, is what I've heard.

So reserve yours early and avoid ending up with Fabio.

 

[James]

Lol. Headed for 2 Gatherings in 2 weeks.
What’s a large group of Divas, 40?
It is a ski area.

 

[dbostedo]

Lol. Headed for 2 Gatherings in 2 weeks.
What’s a large group of Divas, 40?
It is a ski area.

The dates @LiquidFeet suggested would put 2 open weeks between Taos and Utah Gatherings.

 

[James]

The dates @LiquidFeet suggested would put 2 open weeks between Taos and Utah Gatherings.

That’s two in two weeks. Spin it any way you want.

“Didn’t you just take a week off??”
-No! That was two weeks ago!

 

[ScottB]

I second moving Taos later one week. Feb 5th seems to be an ideal date, a little better chance for snow cover and not too close to the National Gathering. Since the NEG is for 3 days and not a week, seems there should be more flexibility for dates. I agree April is getting iffy as global warming goes on. I love spring skiing and would enjoy going west for a national gathering in the spring. For NEG, I feel Feb.-March are the best months for conditions, but its always a crap shoot so you can't win with Mother Nature no matter what you do. Natural snow goes first in NEG, so a little earlier should mean more open skiable terrain.

 

[Tony S]

Working on a plan/daydream for a skibatical next winter. Do we have a lock on when this most plausibly is?

The answer appears to be "no."

 

[LiquidFeet]

Avoid Fabio at all costs.

If the Utah Gathering is going to be Feb. 25th - March 4th, and the Taos gathering is Feb. 4 - 11, that would leave 2 full weeks between that and Utah.

That's enough, right?

People from sea level who get messed up by altitude (me) would acclimate to it during the Taos week. I've heard it lasts a while before dissipating, so theoretically it would still be in place for Utah.

 

[skiki]

Avoid Fabio at all costs.

If the Utah Gathering is going to be Feb. 25th - March 4th, and the Taos gathering is Feb. 4 - 11, that would leave 2 full weeks between that and Utah.

That's enough, right?

People from sea level who get messed up by altitude (me) would acclimate to it during the Taos week. I've heard it lasts a while before dissipating, so theoretically it would still be in place for Utah.

Eh, I’d say a smallish group of Divas and friends so far for the end of Jan week. It’s looking like the end of Feb will be a more official Diva week, which means some of the usual early season crew will likely opt to postpone.

 

[Dean]

2 open weeks between Taos and Utah Gathering

That sounds like a good enticement for some to just stay west for a month.

 

[KingGrump]

Avoid Fabio at all costs.