All weather or fair weather?

[geargrrl]

Which one is it, ladies? I'm definitely an all weather gal. I'd rarely ski my home mountain if I waited for something like "visibility". Skiing in snow storms can be fun if you're dressed right. You typically get the whole run to yourself, and the tracks might fill in as you ride the lift so you can get freshies all day.
My hubby trained me this way but I've grown to appreciate it.

gg

 

[num]

All weather. Just like you, if I waited for fair weather I'd have to ski a lot less than I do. The bad weather is generally -15 degree weather that's -45 with windchill or rain/sleet/'wintry mix', with a healthy dose of wind. Snowstorms would be greatly appreciated :D

 

[ski now work later]

I'll ski in most conditions, but draw the line at the following:

complete white outs and thick fog (for safety re: visibility)
soaking rain (for comfort)
high winds (for safety and lift problems)
so cold that frostbite is a high risk

I guess that rules out a lot of conditions for me, doesn't it?

 

[MaineSkiLady]

Hmmmm....the more I think about it, the more fickle I seem....today the winds are RAGING here, meaning 99% of all lifts at both places I ski will be shut. The wind chill factor will be downright dangerous. Serious white-outs/lack of visibility tend to give me pause. As do mega-cold temps (below zero). I'm not a big fan of rain, either. Okay, I'll shut up now....I'm incriminating myself.

 

[persee]

I'm sorta a fair weather girl. I wont' ski in rain. I hate rain regardless of what I'm doing but if it's in a situation where I can't get out of it all the worse. I'm also hesitant about winds due to both fear of lift closure so I can't get to any terrain (ie wasted travel, lift ticket, etc), or the prospect of winds shutting down a lift while I'm riding it. The prospect of having to download in wind is not terribly appealing to me. For the most part these restrictions havent limitted my skiing terribly much. Additionally this year we don't have passes so each day I ski I must pay for, so I might as well make sure I'm getting my money's worth!

 

[MaineSkiLady]

Persee, I'm 100% sure that Sugarloaf is 100% CLOSED today because of the high winds out here :( Sometimes they hit that point long before I feel the wind 40 miles distant. HOPE this isn't the case when you make your trip up here!! Let's keep in touch - I can provide updates.

 

[greekpeakskier]

so far, i'm all weather. i'm sure there are conditions i won't ski in but we haven't seen them this year or last. yesterday i crawled to the resort at ten miles an hour in white out. they closed the resort for part of the time i was there. i'll ski in rain, on ice, in fog. if it's really bad fog, i stay on the green and work on "railroad tracks," one foot skiing, or 360s (if it's completely empty). if it is really bad ice, i'll ski the blacks slowly, thinking it will teach me to ski steeper terrain.

the liftees laugh on some bad days and tell me how many are in the total resort (you are one of six. you are one of three). i like to ski alone generally (though with exceptions) and am really interested in improving, so the varied conditions are ideal for that.

today would have been my 46th day this season, but it's my child's flu that kept me home, not the weather. i might even have to call in and take a sick day tomorrow .... and not even to ski!

 

[MaineSkiLady]

today would have been my 46th day this season, but it's my child's flu that kept me home, not the weather. i might even have to call in and take a sick day tomorrow .... and not even to ski!

46 - WOW! You go, girl. Sorry your kid's sick, though, hope she feels better soon. Flu stinks.

 

[ski chick]

Weather

In the past our family has skied in all weather- especially really cold temps (below 0). We just come in often to warm up and dress really well. I think back on some of those days and just can't believe we did it. But so far this year, although they are few, our mountain days have been perfect. Sunny, no wind, and good snow. I'm beginning to think we might be getting spoiled.

Yesterday was a tough call. The winds weren't supposed to start until the afternoon. I just didn't want to risk our getting up to the mountain (1 1/2 hour drive), purchase the lift tix ($$) and have to go home becasue they closed the lifts. As it turns out the winds didn't start there until about 3 pm. But when the wind started, it was raging 50+ gusts. Our grill (huge) actually got taken off our deck. We might have had a tough time getting home becasue we had so many squalls.

 

[Telluride Ski Babe]

I used to be all-weather, any condition (more or less), however, I think I'll be rethinking this given my recent accident. I know for sure the flatness of the light that day (it was dead, dead flat) contributed to my accident. So while I may still go skiing on days like that, I think I'll be sticking to easier trails and keeping my speed way down from now on. Luckily, we're usually sunny here (unless it's dumping), so that shouldn't be a problem.

 

[pinto]

Almost all weather.

 

[num]

Yeah, Pinto's description of almost all weather is more accurate for me. Worse weather often = shorter days for me.

 

[toughgirl]

I'm all weather if I'm on a trip up in New England... but if it's around NJ.. say the poconos.. I won't go after a melt. NO Fun w/crowds and ice.

 

[Jilly]

Like Pinto - almost all weather. I'm the same as alot of you. Safety is an issue, can't see, can't breathe (cold) or too wet. I have all the gear to ski in anything except radar for visibility. Wouldn't that be great - radar!! Working today, so no ski and I don't care that you can't.

 

[ski diva]

Can't see = Can't ski. Don't wanna and won't do it. It's a safety thing.

Can tolerate most anything else. Except this morning the winds were so high that I couldn't even make it across the parking lot to the lodge. Got back in my car and drove home. I'll try again after lunch. I can take the cold -- it's the high winds I can't abide.

 

[geargrrl]

radar, I like that idea. We get a lot of fog.
"You don't have to see it to ski it" is one of our mountain slogans - not official of course. They do have 9000 ways to say low vis on the ski report without saying "Deep Fog".

I draw the line at wind that's blowing me the opposite way that I want to go; skiing SOLO in the dingleberries in the fog; or true rain. When you are getting an ice layer on your coat it's time to think about hot chocolate.

I had a funny experience last week. Tuesday is the day I go with my hubby. He's a volunteer patroller and normally it's a great all day date as things are very quiet on a weekday. This particular day he had to go do some out of bounds runs in the deep powder and since I have white skis and left my cords in the lodge, I opted to stay in bounds.
I was over on "1" our advanced chair, and I swear I was the only person over there. The snow was fabulous, but vis was interesting the higher up you got. The trees were great; getting to them was the problem. I'd do a tree run, and then think, "oh, I should go over to Hourglass it will be great" but then by the time I got to the top with sideways snow and 1 tower vis, I'd change my plan because I didn't want to battle the wind and braille my way over to that run. Then, I'd be riding the lift, and think, "maybe I should try that..." and then by the top I'd change my mind again. Also, being solo in the deep fog in the dingleberries just sounded like a bad idea. If I'd had a buddy....

Gotta love the hubby. He said, "oh you should have gone for it. If anything happened to you we'd find you at sweep....."
gg

 

[Kimmyt]

I don't do torrential downpours.

 

[snowbunny1976]

If it's a day trip to a local mountain, I'm usually fair-weather. However, if I traveled far and wide to get there, then by golly I'm going to make the best of it! Sometimes it's worth it to tough it out - no lines! Unless it's really awful, then I'll just sit by the fire with my hot chocolate.

 

[atlantiqueen]

I'm from the Maritimes/East coast of Canada - all weather of course!! I'm just sure to wear my personal lighthouse and foghorn on the really low visibility days

If I've made the effort to be there, I'll ski just about anything - but like so many others, I want to be able to see that kid bombing down the slope in his white suit on his equally white board - bad enough on a bluebird day......so if I can't see, I don't ski.

 

[ride_ski]

I hate to admit it, but I'm more fair weather. It just seems that if it's too cold/ windy I'd rather not go out. We will ski in the rain (not downpours) and obviously the snow.There are lots of things to do around the house since it's a second home and we're not up there as often as I'd like to be. :(