Cornhead
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So, I packed up my gear at 5AM prior to leaving for work in anticipation of night skiing after work, either at Greek or Elk. I text my Son and he says he'll go to Elk with me. I start getting dressed at work, and lo and behold, no pants. No biggie, my house is on the way to Elk. I pick up my Son, tell him we have to stop at my house so I can throw on my pants. As we walk out his door I say, "Are you sure you have everything?", to which he replies, "Yes". So I stop at the house, throw on my pants, and off we go. I get to the hill, drop him of at the lodge and head up the hill to park. I change and ski down West Slope to the lodge where I'm met by my Son who says, "Don't buy me a lift ticket, I forgot my pants." Are you shitting me, I say, "How the hell could you forget your pants?" He had a good come back, since I had forgotten mine. I told him I would buy him a pair in the Elk shop. I looked around, and could buy a pair for $80. He didn't want to do it. He told me he would just hang out while I skied. I was willing to drive back to town to get his pants, we could have been on the hill by 7, they're open till 10, again he declined. I decided to just leave, so I now had to take the lift to the top of West Slope so I could ski down to my car. I was ready with my sob story for the liftie, but they never looked for a pass.As I rode the lift, I thought I should buy a pair of pants from the shop I want, make him wear them, and have another pair I could use, I didn't. So, I got one full run, in sections, of the West Slope, that was it. The snow was nice too, Elk got 5" the other night. I have no idea why you wouldn't just put your pants on at your house? It's only a 40 minute drive to Elk.On the bright side, I saved $56.