SteveInCT
New member
First, let me start by saying I have been using the tools on AZ for the past year but just started looking at the forums in the past couple of weeks. I love the site and am happy to be skiing again (I took about 10 years off from skiing and just started again last year)! I am fired up to hit the slopes and was hoping to make some turns this Saturday.
Here is my confusion: Why is there so many posts where people make fun of where others ski? Why is there so much "mountain loyalty" going on? You know, the "my mountain is better than yours" posts. I guess I understand there are those out there who buy a season pass somewhere and want to convince themselves they made the right decision, but why bother trying to knock someone else down about their decision? Here is why I don't understand it: If you only ski one mountain, you are getting only a fraction of the number of trails than someone who skis any mountain on any given day. With that in mind, the one mountain wonders can't compare their mountain to someone who skis them all making them, by default, somewhere at the bottom of the pack when it comes to terrain available. So when I think about it, it is like a person who roots for a losing football team talking smack to someone who lost one more game than them. Want teams? Killington = the Raiders and Snow = the Lions. Yea.. talk smack while we all chuckle.
Ok.. enough of my rant. For those who may take offense to this post, please rest assured that it is mostly "tongue in cheek" and I am not making fun of you in a bad way. I was just thinking about the mountain wars and laughing so I thought I would create a silly post about it.
I am stoked about the upcoming season and can't wait to hit the slopes at K-Mart, Snow, Sugarbush(and loaf), Stowe, Sundown, or any other place that makes me happy on that day! ;-)
Here is my confusion: Why is there so many posts where people make fun of where others ski? Why is there so much "mountain loyalty" going on? You know, the "my mountain is better than yours" posts. I guess I understand there are those out there who buy a season pass somewhere and want to convince themselves they made the right decision, but why bother trying to knock someone else down about their decision? Here is why I don't understand it: If you only ski one mountain, you are getting only a fraction of the number of trails than someone who skis any mountain on any given day. With that in mind, the one mountain wonders can't compare their mountain to someone who skis them all making them, by default, somewhere at the bottom of the pack when it comes to terrain available. So when I think about it, it is like a person who roots for a losing football team talking smack to someone who lost one more game than them. Want teams? Killington = the Raiders and Snow = the Lions. Yea.. talk smack while we all chuckle.
Ok.. enough of my rant. For those who may take offense to this post, please rest assured that it is mostly "tongue in cheek" and I am not making fun of you in a bad way. I was just thinking about the mountain wars and laughing so I thought I would create a silly post about it.
I am stoked about the upcoming season and can't wait to hit the slopes at K-Mart, Snow, Sugarbush(and loaf), Stowe, Sundown, or any other place that makes me happy on that day! ;-)