What is the one thing that will cut your ski day short?

[Tony Storaro]

That may be true where you are... but there is a large generation/population of older snowboarders now that don't deserve all the standard jokes and memes. And some skiers that behave like people think snowboarders do in all the standard jokes and memes.

That said, remember that...

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[Tony Storaro]

I find that I'm more likely to call it a day sooner if I'm at my local hill, than if I've traveled to a resort. I don't have an explanation....

Ah that’s easily explained-it is easy to give up and call it a day when you know you will be there skiing the same hill next morning, no biggie. Whereas when traveling to a distant resort it is an investment and you want as much return as possible.

 

[Seahaven]

High wind has also sent me packing on rare occasions. Ever notice how the wind always blows downhill while you're on the lift but it blows uphill once you get off?

Or it stops you dead at the top of the lift ramp and the lift chair hits you from behind? Rare, but fun.

 

[pchewn]

Flawed Poll !!! You forgot volcanic eruption.

 

[crgildart]

Flawed Poll !!! You forgot volcanic eruption.

Or worse... TODDLERS! Thank goodness for lodge mom/dad shifts but toddler meltdowns can definitely cut into everyone's ski day..

 

[Jack skis]

Here's the ultimate way to cut a ski day short:

Fluke ski fall turns tragic but locals literally save the day… and Orion - The Crested Butte News

A perfect storm of circumstances By Mark Reaman It seemed like such an easy tumble into the soft sno

crestedbuttenews.com

 

[Pat AKA mustski]

Or it stops you dead at the top of the lift ramp and the lift chair hits you from behind? Rare, but fun.

Yes! This is very true … add in a distracted liftie as you scramble to duck under multiple chairs and everyone doing their darndest not to ski over you!

 

[Seahaven]

Here's the ultimate way to cut a ski day short:

Fluke ski fall turns tragic but locals literally save the day… and Orion - The Crested Butte News

A perfect storm of circumstances By Mark Reaman It seemed like such an easy tumble into the soft sno

crestedbuttenews.com

That is a great story. Even the best and most skilled of skiers can get in trouble, so I know it can certainly happen to an average joe skier like me. I hope on the day I need it there are skiers around like the six rescuers in the story, and I hope that on another day I am the aware skier that can lend a hand to someone else.

 

[Scotty I.]

I got drunk at lunch. It wasn't my fault. It's the altitude.

 

[gilligan]

Hell-ish traffic gets me off the mountain early. When I ski locally at Crystal on weekdays, I always try to roll out of the parking lot by 1:30 or 2:00. Otherwise, my 1 hour 45 minute drive home can easily become 3 hours.

 

[DanoT]

But a hangover… a hangover and a bad night of sleep will make me lose all desire to ski and question why I’m even there.

New Years DAY, best day to avoid the holiday crowds.

I forgot my pants yesterday

Too bad there are no nudist ski resorts.

For me the day killer is a tie between rain and crowds. Fortunately my home mountain gets little of each.

Also, we do sometimes get 0*F/-18*C and colder, at which point I don't even start the day on skis. OTOH I have been to Aspen and Steamboat where the day started that cold but by noon there was water flowing in the mud puddles which is something that never happens in Alberta and the B.C. Interior.

For those who are fog adverse, I recommend Smith Chromapop goggles AND don't ever go to Big White, B.C., aka Big Whiteout.

 

[johnnyvw]

A number of those listed would make a day a non-starter. The most common one for me to end a day when I'm already skiing is when the crowds get to be too much. That's why I tend to be one of the first on the lifts, get my runs in before that happens

 

[Peak203f]

High wind has also sent me packing on rare occasions. Ever notice how the wind always blows downhill while you're on the lift but it blows uphill once you get off?

This means you are skiing really fast.

 

[az29okg]

Tired sore thigh muscles.

 

[KingGrump]

Tired sore thigh muscles.

Why?
Did they turn off the gravity generator?

 

[pushgears]

What is the one thing that will cut your ski day short?​

Being asked to judge a wet T-shirt contest.

 

[ThomasD]

Once I'm on the mountain about the only things that would end the day would be serious personal injury or a family crisis.

Everything else can be dealt with by proper application of creativity, calmness, or cold hard cash.

Most season I am lucky to get more than a couple dozen days on the snow.

 

[ATLSkier]

Watching the Georgia Bulldogs play in the Orange Bowl. Go Dawgs!

 

[PNWRod]

Hell-ish traffic gets me off the mountain early. When I ski locally at Crystal on weekdays, I always try to roll out of the parking lot by 1:30 or 2:00. Otherwise, my 1 hour 45 minute drive home can easily become 3 hours.

+1 Same hill, same drive, same reason.

 

[snwbrdr]

A concussion on my first day on the mountain.