billski
Active member
I'm really talking about skiing challenge.
I've stayed away from Okemo since the 90's when the whole place was boulevard-ed and flattened out. I went last year and simply could not find a challenging thing except for perhaps some 20 second chutes. Now I've a friend in my club who is adamant that I would have a great time. I might blow off her opinion, if she wasn't such a damned fine, smokin fast skier. That said, she's not interested in off-piste or bumps. She said someone would need "to show me". I understand the show-don't-tell rule, but at Okemo? So what's to love for an "advanced" (never an "expert") skier? That is, enough to keep me entertained for an entire day? I went last season one time and was bored to tears. Do I really want to drop change and a precious ski day there?
Maybe the best way to convince me is to do a comparison to something that has some serious challenges. Let's say, like Sugarbush, Stowe, Jay. I don't ski Kmart, so that wouldn't help.
Thoughts?
I've stayed away from Okemo since the 90's when the whole place was boulevard-ed and flattened out. I went last year and simply could not find a challenging thing except for perhaps some 20 second chutes. Now I've a friend in my club who is adamant that I would have a great time. I might blow off her opinion, if she wasn't such a damned fine, smokin fast skier. That said, she's not interested in off-piste or bumps. She said someone would need "to show me". I understand the show-don't-tell rule, but at Okemo? So what's to love for an "advanced" (never an "expert") skier? That is, enough to keep me entertained for an entire day? I went last season one time and was bored to tears. Do I really want to drop change and a precious ski day there?
Maybe the best way to convince me is to do a comparison to something that has some serious challenges. Let's say, like Sugarbush, Stowe, Jay. I don't ski Kmart, so that wouldn't help.
Thoughts?