Your Official 2007-08 Ski Season Breakdown Thread

Lostone · Apr 15, 2008, 8:29 PM

I'm not done yet.

Today was day 133.
2188818 vertical feet.
1631 runs

I don't count.

My watch does.

I transcribe the info from my watch into a spreadsheet. It does the remembering and any calculations I wonder about.

Yes... I know I have to get out more.

deadheadskier · Apr 15, 2008, 8:54 PM

133

yowzers

That's incredible. I honestly don't think I could ski that many days if I had the time to. I've topped 100 on three seasons out of my 25 skiing and even that was tough to do physically. 133 is insane

GrilledSteezeSandwich · Apr 16, 2008, 12:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lostone

I'm not done yet.

Today was day 133.
2188818 vertical feet.
1631 runs

I don't count.

My watch does.

I transcribe the info from my watch into a spreadsheet. It does the remembering and any calculations I wonder about.

Yes... I know I have to get out more.

Nice..I'm currently at 95 days..1500+ runs and 1.7 million vert..with a few days remaining..Last year was a record season for me in terms of days..119..but I was obscessed and skied 61 days in a row at Blue mountain..and 2.4 million vert...my best season vert wise was my Senior year of high school when I skied 2.6+ million vert in only 66 days but I put in alot of 9 hour sessions at Blue mountain and bell to bell days on ski trips..yes I'm not that old so there were high speed quads back then..

I feel like when I get into a routine where I go night skiing everyday after work..and on weekend mornings at the local hill..it's hard to miss a day..I feel guilty but lots of rain here in PA and no desire to ski in the rain cut into my days..

Lostone · Apr 16, 2008, 7:02 AM

I never skied in high school. I was one of 9 so... we went sledding.

The first year I moved up here, I got in 128 days, which was my previous record. That year I got 2.7M feet. Now I get less as I ski with friends more, and stop to take lunch with friends. That cuts into possible runs, but make it more enjoyable, overall.

Quote:

133 is insane

I can't argue with that.

Oh... and there are others, here at Sugarbush, with more days than I have. When people ask if I ski every day, I say no, but I ski every nice day.

We've had a lot of nice days.

Today is going to be another.

deadheadskier · Apr 16, 2008, 7:14 AM

As impressive as your totals are, just think about how insane this guy's accomplishment was

Paul Schipper

http://staplesonline.net/newsitems/8...%20streak.html

GrilledSteezeSandwich · Apr 16, 2008, 9:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by deadheadskier

As impressive as your totals are, just think about how insane this guy's accomplishment was

Paul Schipper

http://staplesonline.net/newsitems/8...%20streak.html

Wow..he must have really liked Sugarloaf...If I'm still alive at that age..I'll be skiing out west an awful lot..

2knees · Apr 16, 2008, 9:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lostone

I'm not done yet.

Today was day 133.
2188818 vertical feet.
1631 runs

How do you handle, physically, skiing that many days? I'm totally breaking down at 21 with tons of days between trips. I'm doing something wrong.

GrilledSteezeSandwich · Apr 16, 2008, 11:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 2knees

How do you handle, physically, skiing that many days? I'm totally breaking down at 21 with tons of days between trips. I'm doing something wrong.

Skiing groomers between bump runs helps..I think skiing consecutive days helps a ton although 10 days in a row at Jackson Hole led to complete exhaustion and a sprained thumb,,

ERJ-145CA · Apr 16, 2008, 11:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 2knees

How do you handle, physically, skiing that many days? I'm totally breaking down at 21 with tons of days between trips. I'm doing something wrong.

I didn't ski nearly as many days as that, 38 so far, but my method for not breaking down is to be kind of out of shape and not work out at all, that way all my physical activity is skiing and my body doesn't get tired from anything else.

GrilledSteezeSandwich · Apr 16, 2008, 12:19 PM

I also feel like myself and others who ski 100 or so days per season tend to put in shorter sessions on average than 20-30 day per season skiers. One guy who I ski with at Blue mountain only skis once every week or two. He gets there at 7:30AM when I do and usually by 11:00AM the runs are crowded and it's all ice and sugar piles so I leave around then but he'll bang out another 2-3 hours of skiing because he's not going to be skiing the next day..which leads to more fatigue..If I'm beat..I quit for the day..

I'm up to 95 days so far this season and last season I skied 119 days..2005-06 I skied 110 days so that's 324 days in the past three ski seasons....I must really like skiing..

View Poll Results: How many days did you ski (or will you ski) this season?
0 Days	0	0%
1 - 10 Days	8	7.84%
11 - 20 Days	20	19.61%
21 - 30 Days	20	19.61%
31 - 40 Days	15	14.71%
41 - 50 Days	6	5.88%
51 - 60 Days	9	8.82%
61 - 70 Days	2	1.96%
71 - 80 Days	4	3.92%
81 - 90 Days	2	1.96%
91 - 100 Days	3	2.94%
101+ Days	5	4.90%
I don't count days.	8	7.84%
Voters: 102. You may not vote on this poll

Apr 15, 2008, 8:29 PM	#61 (permalink)
Lostone Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sugarbush, Vermont Posts: 539	I'm not done yet. Today was day 133. 2188818 vertical feet. 1631 runs I don't count. My watch does. I transcribe the info from my watch into a spreadsheet. It does the remembering and any calculations I wonder about. Yes... I know I have to get out more. __________________ . . Look! Up in the sky! skimrv.com

Apr 15, 2008, 8:54 PM	#62 (permalink)
deadheadskier Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Southeast NH Posts: 3,438	133 yowzers That's incredible. I honestly don't think I could ski that many days if I had the time to. I've topped 100 on three seasons out of my 25 skiing and even that was tough to do physically. 133 is insane __________________ 07-08

Apr 16, 2008, 7:14 AM	#65 (permalink)
deadheadskier Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Southeast NH Posts: 3,438	As impressive as your totals are, just think about how insane this guy's accomplishment was Paul Schipper http://staplesonline.net/newsitems/8...%20streak.html __________________ 07-08

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Apr 16, 2008, 12:19 PM	#70 (permalink)
GrilledSteezeSandwich Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 7,680	I also feel like myself and others who ski 100 or so days per season tend to put in shorter sessions on average than 20-30 day per season skiers. One guy who I ski with at Blue mountain only skis once every week or two. He gets there at 7:30AM when I do and usually by 11:00AM the runs are crowded and it's all ice and sugar piles so I leave around then but he'll bang out another 2-3 hours of skiing because he's not going to be skiing the next day..which leads to more fatigue..If I'm beat..I quit for the day.. I'm up to 95 days so far this season and last season I skied 119 days..2005-06 I skied 110 days so that's 324 days in the past three ski seasons....I must really like skiing..