With August being down right chilly at night, and waking up to darkness, I can't help but think of snow. Sure, it's months off, and we'll even see 100 degrees again. But the thought comes anyways. I feel as though 07/08 will be another year that I say I'll learn something new everytime i go out. Will that be the case? shit no. There's always the times when you can do 4 runs before the Mrs. needs you back, or the conditions are weak. Or Or Or... But, it's august, and right now, I'm telling myself that every single day on snow this winter will be spent getting better, just for the sake of getting better. I like progression. I like new challenges, and the heartbreak that come along with them. Hitting jumps, jibbin rails, skiing backwards, it's pretty much what I'm left with untill I make it up north for some all mountain shredding in the spring. I don't mind, everyday spent on snow is another day not spent sitting in a cubical praying for death.
Point being, that everyone reading this doesn't need to be a fairweather skier. There doesn't have to be a reason not to go. If you've got time, go. You'll be glad you did. The one thing I know that I think of everytime I run out of "epic" memories is those times sitting on a lift in the rain, or mud-skipping down a trail. I remember driving 3 hours to Stowe, to do one run, having it be terrible and sitting at the Shed for the rest of the day with a Mountain Ale and a Barn Burger. Who hasn't spent an afternoon at the Wobbly Barn and felt like the trip was worth it regardless?
Fairweather is for Brochure skiers.
Point being, that everyone reading this doesn't need to be a fairweather skier. There doesn't have to be a reason not to go. If you've got time, go. You'll be glad you did. The one thing I know that I think of everytime I run out of "epic" memories is those times sitting on a lift in the rain, or mud-skipping down a trail. I remember driving 3 hours to Stowe, to do one run, having it be terrible and sitting at the Shed for the rest of the day with a Mountain Ale and a Barn Burger. Who hasn't spent an afternoon at the Wobbly Barn and felt like the trip was worth it regardless?
Fairweather is for Brochure skiers.
). By the time I left my house again it had already started to change to rain and was drizzling when I pulled into Sundown's lot. I skied for a few hours and had a great time, definitely better than work! 
