End of season Rituals

[Knitjenious]

Bumping this thread, as the season in WNY has come to an end for me. My end of season ritual is to get in a morning of spring skiing, quit when the mashed potatoes defeat me, and then sit on the lodge deck and enjoy a cold beer in the warm sun and looking out over the hill. This year my husband joined me. Sigh. It was a pretty good year.

 

[snoWYmonkey]

Literally eating my last thai egg roll and tom yum tofu soup of this winter after loading up the truck with all my gear from my locker.

 

[wernerslab]

Since I still am renting gear for my 14yo (still growing!), our end of season rituals revolve around his Spring Break and returning his gear. We just got back from a Banff trip and while a lone PA resort is still open (Camelback), I don't think the 2 runs open are worth the two hour drive to get there. We'll return his gear tomorrow, and I will put my skis, poles, boots and carrier away except for some Big Snow sessions in May/ June which I want to use before my passes expire.

 

[Aerlind]

Well, we'll be returning to the pond skim (to watch) at Big Sky next weekend, but we won't be tailgaiting out of anything cool. The 1974 Chevy my SO restored has had a suspension overhaul this winter and is still on the lift, nearly finished but not quite. He's loosely shooting for an April 17th because there's a local "cruise in" that we'd like to attend together!

My "cool" car isn't an option either....it's a 2003 Nissan 350Z, and I can fit either skis OR my SO in it, but not both, and I'm pretty sure I couldn't fit his 182cm long skis even without him: mine at 165cm barely fit. And oddly enough, they don't make many ski racks compatible with rear-wheel drive sports cars (that said, I did see a Porsche 911 with ski racks on it at Big Sky a few weeks ago....so there's that...)

 

[GladeDuchess]

Literally eating my last thai egg roll and tom yum tofu soup of this winter after loading up the truck with all my gear from my locker.

OMG! Did things come to a screeching halt that soon? I literally just saw you a week ago and it was fabulous, but going quick. Thought you'd get at least another week in. : (

 

[snoWYmonkey]

OMG! Did things come to a screeching halt that soon? I literally just saw you a week ago and it was fabulous, but going quick. Thought you'd get at least another week in. : (

I am done, but the resort is still open. Teaching my last three days at Targhee. Emptied out my locker and the Thai place is where I park my truck at the resort. Love your positivity and descriptor: fabulous!

 

[GladeDuchess]

I never really know exactly when the end will be.

Two traditions at Saddleback at the end though are the pond skim which we just had, then the Bronco Buster challenge next weekend, which I hope to do for the first time next weekend and not just watch. They basically stop grooming Tightline, the steepest run, and let it get all bumped up and do an event and let people go down.
Then Saddleback closes and I chase remaining days at Sunday River and Sugarloaf, sort of grasping at hope till the last mountain open makes me leave. : )

 

[Ms Mia]

Attending our pond skim called "Snow on the Beach" has officially become my end of season ritual, as of this year! It has been very iffy conditions for several weeks, and I never really knew which day would be my last run, so I had an uncertain, quiet farewell to the season. But taking the family with me to watch the crazy costumes and daring pond-skimmers, dance and slide in the slushy snow together, and eat poutine on the Easter long weekend, was such a joyful end of ski season, early spring outing, that I'll be insisting on it every year!

The mountain closed the day after Snow on the Beach because of high winds and rain. They'll open one more time next weekend and that will be it.

 

[skibum4ever]

My season ended early this year when I was diagnosed with being bone on bone and needed a left knee replacement. No more skiing until next season.

But we are probably going up fairly soon for DH to do some spring skiing. I will hang out in the condo, do a little shopping and hopefully a lot of walking. I'm not sure if he'll want to go up again later in April. Maybe if Mammoth gets more snow. Unfortunately the storm later this week might be too warm for snow.