Do you eat lunch on a powder day?

[billski]

While ordinarily I need a break, on an East Coast Powder day it sure is hard to stop

 

[Terry]

Only after I am done for the day. Then it is a beer and lunch.

 

[BackLoafRiver]

Usually just a cliff bar or two stashed in the jacket. I'll eat after my legs give out

 

[riverc0il]

I eat when the untracked is mostly done and I feel like I am starting to go weed whacking for even small shots. At that point, everything is pretty much played out and you are not missing much.

If its mid-week and traffic is low, I have been known to enjoy a short break in the late morning. It is nice to be able to relax and enjoy everything when you hit it right mid-week with not much traffic.

Sometimes I'll ski through lunch until everything is played out and then call it an early day. I guess it all depends on the individual situation. I usually don't ski more than four or five hours without refueling.

 

[bvibert]

I guess I'm a sissy, I usually have to stop to rest my legs for a bit anyway...

 

[kcyanks1]

If I can make it through the day, I'll have an energy/cereal bar or two during the day. I normally need to take a couple stops during the day for the restroom anyways. Sometimes though I do take a more substantial break if I feel I need it. If I'm not going to be able to ski all day (e.g., leaving from VT to go home to NYC that afternoon), I'm more likely to ski straight through.

 

[marcski]

Lunch is for wussies!

 

[skidmarks]

Sure I stop why not? How long does lunch take anyway?

This shot was taken after lunch at Alta........

 

[bigbog]

Agreed...it is hard to stop around midday, although I bulk up on breakfast on a good snowday, knowing that water will help me last most of the day anyways... Off-resort is sometimes different, knowing that supper may be a late one..

 

[Puck it]

PB&J on the lift. No stopping any day for me.

 

[NorEasterSkier]

Depends on the day, and if I had breakfast prior to the lift opening. Most of the times just a breakfast sandwich has me going most of the day.

 

[Flan]

Powder day in the East???? If I stop it's real quick.

 

[neil]

PB&J on the lift. No stopping any day for me.

This. Clif Bars FTW.

 

[mondeo]

I don't each lunch on non-powder days.

 

[Anklebiter]

Sure I stop why not? How long does lunch take anyway?

This shot was taken after lunch at Alta........

Man, I hope Alta looks like that when I'm out their in January. Then I'll let you know if I take lunch breaks on powder days.:wink:

 

[catskills]

There is a ski patroller I have skied with who has been patrolling for over 50 years. His motto is rest is what you do on the chair lift. He still skis almost non stop morning to night. He starts the day opening up trails and doing the morning patrol work. ski all morning, 15 minute lunch and restroom break, ski all afternoon, and then final Patrol sweep. He don't take any stops on the way down the 1000+ vertical foot runs. Its pretty much non-stop gogo with this guy for over 50 years and still going.

 

[eastcoastpowderhound]

if its still nuking, hell yeah. Fuel up for the rest of the day...and get free refills while you wait.

 

[snowmonster]

Two sausage McMuffins on the drive up are all you need until dinner.

 

[riverc0il]

You guys that can go bell to bell without refueling your system... are you sure you are working hard enough? :lol:

 

[SKITODIE]

Coat is always stuffed full of snacks, Capri suns are the best non bulky drinks. Isnt the lift called "dining with a view"?