Your Official 2007-08 Ski Season Breakdown Thread

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Originally Posted by Greg

I say leave it up to the individual. My day total is far from impressive compared to some so it's hardly bragging.

I like to count days (that's where it ends; tracking vert or runs is too much work) and log each one in the form of a TR. Sort of my personal online ski diary. I also have a goal each season in terms of number of days so I need to count days to know I reached it.

I've always kept track of days...from 6th-10th grades I also kept track of the number of hours skied. Then in 11th grade I bought an Avocet watch and kept track of vert as well and hit a lifetime high season of about 2.6 million vertical feet. Back then my typical weekend ski day at Blue mountain was 7:30AM to 5:00PM..Then when I went away to college at UVM I stopped keeping track of vert because I skied alot of woods and tree skiing is not apples to apples with regular runs.

When I lived in Montana after college my home hill...Bridger Bowl was all low speed lifts and I didn't keep track of vert. Then in late 2005..I discovered www.paskiandride.com and lots of people over there keep track of runs, days, and vert. I decided to once again track my vert but I now keep track of my runs skied in my head because when I wear the Avocet watch, I look at it too much. For next season I'd like a GPS so I can track top speeds and number of miles skied. Different strokes for different folks. Me personally I'm not satisfied with 10..20..or 30 days of skiing per year. Skiing is my main passion in life so I devote several thousand a year and alot of vacation time to skiing as much as I can. After two 100+ day seasons in a row..I might wind up in the high 90s this year..still mad steezy yo..

Once Xanadu opens at the Meadowlands..I'll hit that up a few times a year as well...skiing is so great...I take my skiing more seriously than anything.

[drjeff]

Today was #44 for me. As long as Mount Snow operates ATLEAST weekends only through April 27th I'll get 50 in. If they go beyond that (please, please, please), then I'll be in the low 50's

[mondeo]

I'm at 16 now, figure I'll get 2-3 more in. Of the 16, 12 were Killington, 3 were Sundown, and 1 was Holiday Valley (Western NY, over Christmas with my family.)

At the start of the season, I probably would have been contempt, but looking back I'm not. Last year (first year back after college,) I only got in 6 times, so it's a decent jump, but nowhere near the amount of skiing that I need to do to get to the level I want to be at. My ability, however, I feel has made a major step forward, mainly with my midseason commitment to actually start paying attention to my bump skiing technique instead of just hacking it.

Goals for next year (probably appropriate for another thread, but...):
50 days, 20 at Sundown, 20 at Kmart, 10 elsewhere.
5 new mountains visited (figure Okemo, Stratton, and Sugarbush, other two I'll figure out later.)
Learn how to do a helicopter; learn how to land a helicopter in the bumps.
Make it past qualifying at the Bear Mountain comp.

And no broken body parts.

[aveski2000]

26 at this point, should get 0 - 2 more days in. Most days I've skied in a season.
21 - Sunday River
4 - Sugarloaf
1 - Wildcat

[Terry]

I'm at 72 right now. I will hike for turns tomorrow after work, and am hitting Sugarloaf on friday. Not sure where on sat, and will hit SR on sunday.That will put me at 76 and I should be able to hit 80+ no problem. I have improved on my bump and woods skiing some this season and even though I sprained both knees in Jan, I have had a great season. I also improved on the race course this year.

[kingslug]

I gave up counting..it's never enough.
Alta 1 1/2 days
Snowbird 1 day
Panorama 4 days
KH 1 day
Heavenly 2 days
Squaw 1 day
Hunter ?????
Bell ????
Plattekill 1 day
Stowe 2 days
Sugarbush 1 day
Whiteface 2 days
killington 1 day

Might have hit 30.
I give the season a 50/50. Weather wasn't good to us and I wanted more time in Utah. the early season was great though 2 powder days at Hunter...nice! Meeting more and more AZr's is always great. And I think I'm finaly getting those bumps down.
My back country tour at Alta was the highlight of the season. And skiing bumps all day with Jim and Carl was my final exam. Jim gave me passing grades...a happy slug I am!!

[loafer89]

I will have to come back and visit this thread in May, until then the best is yet to come.

[gmcunni]

I had an awesome year on several different fronts.

Personally - life-time high in number of days, somewhere near 25. I was fortunate enough to get out to Utah for a family trip this winter. Even though my wife doesn't ski she sucked it up to go with the kids and me. We skied SnowBasin and Power Mountain!!

I got back to up Sugarbush and Mad River after a 20 year absence and had a great time. I skied Bromely for the first time and discovered (thanks to AZ) that there was indeed decent skiing locally here in CT at Ski Sundown. I also realized that night skiing (something I had only done once many many years ago) was a lot of fun and a great way to supplement trips to VT.

I skied thigh deep powder (Sugarbush and Pico) for the first time ever and FINALLY understand what everyone means when they talk about how great powder skiing is.

Proud Parent - both my kids made great improvements in their skiing this year.

14YO son tagged along with me most of the season and made great improvements in skill, strength, stamina and a desire to ski more difficult slopes. He has a new found passion for skiing in the woods. He declared Summit Glade @ Pico his new favorite trail and took on both Middle Earth and Castlerock at Sugarbush.

My 9YO daughter got bitten by the bug. She now declares skiing her favorite winter sport (previously skating held that title). This year she skied Utah with me as well as Mount Snow and Ski Sundown. She's stated that she needs no further lessons and wants to ski black diamonds next year. Had time not run out this season she was more than ready to tackle Gunbarrel @ ski sundown.

Lastly, as geeky as it must sound, i "skied" vicariously through many of you. Through AZ i rediscovered my obsession (wife's description) with skiing and thoroughly enjoyed reading and seeing what everyone else was doing. AZ helped me improve my skills and expand my perspective.

I'm still holding out hope for one last day on the slopes this year!

Next year - new mountains and the ski sundown bump contest.

At 43 years old, i've convinced myself that my best skiing years are ahead of me, not in my past.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Originally Posted by kingslug

I gave up counting..it's never enough.
Alta 1 1/2 days
!!

A half day counts as one day...

[Mikey1]

I am at 28 days right now and would like to reach 30. Several highlights were finally making it to Mad River Glen, meeting all you AZ'ers, and the bump competion at Sundown! Also, my 13 year old daughter became much more enthusiastic about skiing this year and actually wanted to ski more with her dad. I hope that it's not a temporary condition, but we shall see. If yesterday was my last day, I will be satisfied but some of those recent trip reports from NNE are making me drool in anticipation of more.