Your Official 2006-07 Ski Season Breakdown Thread

[snoseek]

Originally Posted by kbroderick

I dunno andy...I think I'm going to have to go with the official thread.

My season total: 141.
127 at Bolton Valley (including a lot of days of earned turns)
9 at Sugarbush (including one day of earned turns on Mt. Ellen)
2 at Jay Peak
1 at Stowe
1 at Mad River Glen
1 at Killington
1 at Burke

(note on the math: one of those days involved skiing MRG in the morning and then hitting some backcountry at Bolton in the afternoon, hence the 127 + 9 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 141 deal.)


Highlights that come to mind:
- learning to tele
- getting the most total days I've ever hit in a year and the longest days-in-a-row streak (76, from February 27th through May 14th)
- getting in some darn fine powder days and a lot more time in the woods
- learning how to combine Google Earth, GPS tracks, topo maps, and other useful tools in scouting potential backcountry terrain

Goals for next season, as of right now (these could easily change):
- get at least as many days at Bolton Valley as the resort turns the lifts (I think it was 131 days of lift-served this year)
- get my tele skiing to the point where I can patrol on tele gear (I can comfortably ski just about anything that would be open and on the map at this point, but I'm not yet at a level where I could run a sled through the woods on tele equipment)
- stay in better shape through the summer so that I can get in the habit of skinning for multiple runs when I skin

I'm still processing, though...I've got a lot of memories from this year, just about all of them good in one way or another, and I'm looking forward to a quick summer and then another ski season.

holy $hiyt thats a lot of days out. i ended up @ 115-120 and i don't think i could have gone out much more than i did. could have maybe pushed 130 if the season started earlier. You truly are a ski bum.

good work!!!!

[skibum9995]

121 for me. I was hoping for 125 but didn't quite make it, maybe next year.

Cannon - 72
Burke - 21
Pats - 8
Sunapee - 7
Sugarloaf - 5
Steamboat - 3
Jay Peak - 3
Attitash - 1
Tuckerman Ravine - 1

[VTpowder]

the season ended with a few hikes up jay to put me in at 165 days or so.
this by far is the most ski days i have ever logged in one season and boy was it a good one.
there are 3 days that were arguably the best ski days i have ever had or compare to the best.
i call them climax days, because quite frankly snow quality and depth were so good that it is hard to say that it can get any better. 3 in one season. up until this year i had had 4 of these climax days in my life. all in all i think the word epic can be used to describe the year i had, hopefully i can say the same in the coming seasons.

[Zand]

I'm bored so I decided to fancy mine a little.. haha this is what summer does to me.

Wachusett (21): 12/8; 12/9; 12/12; 12/15; 12/18; 1/11; 1/12; 1/18; 1/19; 1/25; 1/26; 1/30; 2/2; 2/7; 2/9; 2/16; 2/23; 3/8; 3/13; 3/22; 4/1
Stratton (1): 12/28
Sugarbush (1): 2/11
Mad River Glen (1): 2/12
Berkshire East (1): 2/22
Stowe (2): 3/17-3/18
Killington/Pico (3): 3/25-3/27
Mount Snow (1): 4/5

Memories:

Self-Made fireworks show at Wachusett on 12/18... AKA my skis hitting all the rocks due to the 2-4" cover.
Coldest ski day of my life on 1/26 at Wa... -15 summit, -6 base
Skiing bumps for the first time all year on 2/2... a mini-powder day at Wa
December-like conditions at Sugarbush on 2/11
Mini-powder day at MRG on 2/12
Rockin Liftline at Beast on 2/22
Skiing 12 of the 24 hours of Wachusett (hoping to do all 24 next year)
Skiing sub-zero temps at Wa on March 8th, just to ski there in shorts with 50s 5 days later... great bumps that day
St. Patty's storm at Stowe... 3 feet when it was all said and done
Sh*tty weather at K... first day was good but rain Monday and thick fog Tuesday
Great closing day at Wa... pond skimming, BBQ, and awesome bumps on 10th
Insane powder day at Mount Snow on Freedom from ASC day... felt like January but it was April 5th

Next season:

I will ski before Thanksgiving... I'm sick of waiting for Wa every year while reading all the K and Mount Snow reports
Hoping for 40+ days
Hopefully meeting some AZers... looking to hit Sundown one night and hopefully we can get a few meets at Wa
Already can't wait to go back to the MRV
Looking for a much more extended spring

[Greg]

Originally Posted by Zand

Hopefully meeting some AZers... looking to hit Sundown one night and hopefully we can get a few meets at Wa

That would be cool if you head down, Zand. It would be nice to meet you. If a big Wa gathering takes shape (especially on a weeknight) and there are bumps, I might make the drive up there.

[Zand]

In that case, I think the best time for a meet at Wa would be late March.

[eastcoastpowderhound]

I had some hardcore east coast blues going up until the Valentines Day storm...almost ready to pull up the roots and move west.
The storms in March and April offered some of the best skiing I've ever had in the east...renewed my faith in MaNature and NE skiing.
Brought my 20mo old daughter out for her first ski trip out of the backyard in March...that was definately a highlight of the season.
Helped my mother make a breakthrough on skis at 66...finally got her to put it all together...independant leg action, upper and lower body seperation, hands in the right place, good edge pressure...she was psyched...the improved technique and some K2 Lotta Luvs kept her going right up to the end...she used to hang them up once the spring mush got too thick.
It was a rough start, but it sure came around nicely!

[riverc0il]

47 days which is a season best for myself. Beginning on October 21st and ending on July 1st, my season went the span of ten months on the calendar though July barely counts for that but it still must be worth something. 47 days was much lower than my expectations but I slacked of during much of late November, early December, and early January due to generally poor conditions. Then I had wisdom teeth removed in May and an in grown toe nail in June which sidelined me for those two months for general recovery issues.

Just under half my ski days this season were powder days and the quality was exceptional. This is perhaps the first off season during the Summer for which I am not jonesing for next season and am really content with my season. I am just so fully satisfied with this season in its entirety despite the awkward late November through early January. So much quality skiing, so many quality days, so much powder. Even with only one day on Mount Washington coming on the first of July and a rather limited earned turns aspect, the season was phenomenal and I can rest easy as I finally pack up my gear.