I'll call it 53 times on snow.
However, I am compelled to qualify that number with the fact that I teach part-time and, sometimes, I spend a significant amount of the day on beginner terrain.
My breakdown is as follows:
Stowe 3X
Stratton 1X
Bolton Valley 1X - 1st time
Mad River Glen 1X - 1st time
Pico 1X - 1st time - Special Day
Gore 1X
Whiteface 2X
Catamount 4X or 5X - 1st time
Royal Mountain 2X - 1st time
Jiminy Peak - Remainder
Highlights:
- Skiing with Jeb Boyd of the PSIA National Alpine Demonstration team
- Meeting Stu Campbell.
- Skiing with Jay Baranger and his crew from Catamount
- Skiing and instructing with my colleagues from Jiminy Peak
- My night adult class at Jiminy Peak
- Skiing with my old pals at Whiteface
- Introducing myself to Freddy Anderson (as I do every year) and pointing out that my two boys started skiing with the Schenectady Ski Club at Maple Ski Ridge.
- My boys asking to ski on National and Liftline at Stowe
- My boys asking to ski Skyward and Cloudspin at Whiteface
- Skiing North American at Stratton with my daughter Emily who was five at the time.
- My boys asking if they could join the race team - interclub (rec or house)
Regrets - Things to look forward to fixing next season:
- Not getting my wife on snow enough
- Not getting to Magic, Bromley, Smugglers, Jay Peak
- Not getting to Snow Ridge, Hunter
- Not skiing at Maple Ski Ridge after skiing at least one time in each of the past five years.
- Not skiing the slides on 4/21 when we were invited
- Not skiing with any Azers
- (Not) Running out of vacation time
- (Never) Giving up on the season in early Feb
Would I go out again? Yes. But I have no idea how I could pull it off. I am out of vacation time. Soccer and SAT testing seasons have started.