How many days have you skied so far?

[noprobllama]

Did day 8 yesterday at Solitude. Tried out Honeycomb canyon for the first time which was really cool, really fun. Overall the resort was mainly packed powder, but managed to find a few nice stashes on quieter off-piste runs. Looking forward to getting another day in the books with the hubby this weekend with the incoming forecast!

 

[sibhusky]

 

[shadoj]

Day 22! Day crew help.

2 back bowl shifts -- earlier one had much better snow, of course. Made some nice short-radius turns on our steeper runs. Closed and swept that area (no night skiing there), then went home to dry off gear for DivaEast!

Temps weren't too bad, but the wind was a bit brutal in certain places. Sun peeked out for most of the afternoon. Snow was firm but not very scrape-y except for the usual late-day sections. Sought out the snowy patches for turns at the end, and had confident fun.

Our hill is lucky in how many quality instructor-patrollers we have. Had a good discussion on technique involving the whiteboard when we were on snack break. "Describe, in your own words, how you make a pivot slip happen... where is the pressure on your skis throughout a short/medium-radius turn... etc."

Ugh, now on to packing!

 

[Jenny]

3 days now. I know you're all green with envy.

Me, too - 3rd day yesterday.

 

[tinymoose]

Me, too - 3rd day yesterday.

 

[Iwannaski]

I’m at day 14, it’s snowing 6“ today and we’re getting day 15 tomorrow.

DH and I were discussing how when you’re where we are (re)learning in middle age how to ski, the frequency is REALLY valuable

 

[Mudgirl630]

So, my Aspen App says it was my 70th day.
Snowing a lot now.
A warm day at 14°f at the top. Although the light was super flat and sacked in at times, it was a great day.

This is my 8th year living in Aspen to spend the entire season to ski.
Skiing is a life long leaning. So grateful I get to do this. Thank you.

 

[Mudgirl630]

So, my Aspen App says it was my 70th day.
Snowing a lot now.
A warm day at 14°f at the top. Although the light was super flat and sacked in at times, it was a great day.

This is my 8th year living in Aspen to spend the entire season to ski.
Skiing is a life long leaning. So grateful I get to do this. Thank you.
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Does anyone know how to fix the sideways photos? I do not mean those of you who are staff. Annoying, yet hate to bother someone to ask to be fixed....

 

[Jenny]

Does anyone know how to fix the sideways photos? I do not mean those of you who are staff. Annoying, yet hate to bother someone to ask to be fixed....

If you edit it just the tiniest bit (I usually just crop off a small slice) for some reason that takes care of the issue.

 

[Jenny]

Deleted - was testing something

 

[Mudgirl630]

If you edit it just the tiniest bit (I usually just crop off a small slice) for some reason that takes care of the issue.

I tried that as well. Sometimes that works. Thanks.

 

[sibhusky]

 

[marzNC]

Skied Taos over the weekend, so up to 13 out west. Also 10 days in VA/WV at Massanutten and Timberline with most being short days.

 

[Mjm11]

I wanted to go to one of the Drag Bingo, but could not find with whom anyone to go......

Now sounds like fun!

 

[noprobllama]

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I love those snow ghosts!!

 

[noprobllama]

Up to day 9 where I did a full ski day instead of my half-ish days midweek! Definitely notice my endurance improving and needing less stops while skiing off-piste.

 

[newbieM]

Day 3,4,5

Day Solitude, originally we were going to do Alta but we had snowboarders in our travel group so we did solitude. Beautiful afternoon with fresh snow falling. Groomers were super soft, visibility was mostly great.



day 4 - powder mountain - avoided dealing with cottonwood canyon on a powder day. So much fresh snow, the visibility was pretty crummy. Couldn’t see anything at the top of the lift because the fog was insane.



Decided to take the free mountain tour at 10:30am. They only take you on blue and green groomers. Which was good because I had regular skis on. We mostly did great except the tour guide got turned around taking us to an area called paradise that I’ve never been to. She took us down an ungroomed black. My skis were not really made for that so they kept getting stuck in the powder and popping off.

Then while trying to re-route us we ended up in no man’s land between two trails. Snow was super soft and thigh high. I couldn’t get out. I had to take off my skis and carry them because they kept popping off. It took me 30 minutes of huffing and puffing to make it out of thigh high snow. Every step I took sunk me all the way down to my hips in snow. I couldn’t slide on my butt or anything because the snow was so deep. The tour host apologized profusely but I was pretty exhausted and just beat up after trying to struggle through that after 3+ hours of skiing already on a repeat day.

note to self for any beginner skiers - check your DINs mine were still set at beginner level. It wouldn’t of made much a difference in this case but maybe would have saved me from some earlier falls.


Day 5 - back to Powder Mountain with 9 inches overnight. I had new boots and I rented Powder skis.

Besides breaking in new boots and being super sore from the day before OMG was it a MAGICAL day. So many fresh lines of powder throughout the whole mountain. Lots of runs where I was the only person. It was like skiing on clouds. Holy cow do wider skis make a huge difference.

I was practically crawling to the car by the end the day but it was amazing

 

[sorcamc]

5 DAYS - all at Heavenly. Loved it! Want to ski more..need Divas to ski with- as hubby doesnt ski, Have skis, have cash, will travel..lol

 

[skinnyfootskis]

9 days....

 

[santacruz skier]

5 DAYS - all at Heavenly. Loved it! Want to ski more..need Divas to ski with- as hubby doesnt ski, Have skis, have cash, will travel..lol

You missed 13 inches of the lightest snow I’ve encountered in years! Sorry we never met up!