Only skier on the mountain

[kingslug]

Has anyone ever been the only skier, or boarder on the mountain. I nailed it once at Belleayre. We had gone to Hunter but is was beyond icy, insane more like it. My wife took a nasty dive and we gave up. Since we have a place up the road from Belleayre I figured I would give it a shot. 8 inches of new snow had fallen. They said I was the only paid ticket holder and the only one on the hill that day. Maybe a patroller or 2 was around but I never saw them. I had 8 inches of nice pow all to my self. Prolly never happen again. And my wife was so conked out from her fall that she wouldn't even come up with me.

 

[snoseek]

I had a day like that at cannon a couple of years ago. Nice pp snow but incredibly cold. after lunch i was the only person running the tram. whenever i skied to the bottom, the tram ops would just tell me to let me know when i was ready!

 

[2knees]

any weekday at magic. shared it with about 3 other people last year. never saw a soul except booting up in the lodge.

 

[Greg]

any weekday at magic. shared it with about 3 other people last year. never saw a soul except booting up in the lodge.

True dat. I saw one or two other people in the lodge at Magic one weekday:

I had several runs all to myself that day:

 

[2knees]

bro, you take the sweetest pics. I love the bottom two of twilight zone. the double fall line makes it that much more interesting.

 

[Greg]

bro, you take the sweetest pics. I love the bottom two of twilight zone. the double fall line makes it that much more interesting.

Thanks. It's not that I take the sweetest pics, it's that I try to take a lot of pics. Many are crap. Now that I've gotten into the video side of things, and that I have a decent camera for video, I hope to put together a few interesting presentations this season...

 

[kingslug]

I'm hitting this place this year for sure. When they get some snow that is.

 

[dmc]

There's been a couple times at Hunter when all the chairs close due to wind except the Z Lift on the Westside..

And after a while - there's like 4 people on the lift.. Due to people heading back to the front and not being able to make it back...

Then when the day is done and your heading back to the lodge - you get every trail to yourself.

 

[riverc0il]

very rare to be the "only" skier on the mountain. certainly near impossible at an open area, even if you wait until the lift closes, patrol still does sweep. i have assisted with a patrol sweep once, and that was as close to being the only skier on the mountain... knowing for a fact that only a half dozen skiers were any where on the mountain.

backcountry and earned turns is certainly a lot easier to be the only skier on a mountain, especially less travelled places and mid-week. pretty sure i have been out quite a few times as the only person on the mountain. i generally make that assumption when i am out there even if i know one or two other people are also on the mountain.

 

[reefer]

Shhhhhhhhhh

Keep it quite about Magic! I've been alone there on a weekend......... One of my favorite places on earth. The terrain rocks! Ascutney can get lonesome during the week. They have a couple nice trails - when it snows............
Those pics are great Greg!

 

[millerm277]

Hunter on a brutal day.....it was incredibly windy, so the quad was closed. I didn't see anyone else, other than a ski patroller for two runs, until the wind died down.

 

[PowderDeprived]

I have had Sugarbush ME to myself once or twice, at least for part of a day. Other days I have been out there and there havent been more than 2 or 3 other people.

 

[billski]

Keep it quite about Magic! I've been alone there on a weekend......... One of my favorite places on earth. The terrain rocks! Ascutney can get lonesome during the week. They have a couple nice trails - when it snows............
Those pics are great Greg!

I've had my eye on Magic for a couple years now, as a hidden gem. The problem with keeping it TOO quiet it that destins it for a financial train wreck, which they've had a few. there is a fine balance here between too much and too little. perhaps an AZ-only day would suffice?
:beer:

I'll never forget our days at Saddleback. minus 20 at 8am warming all the way up to minus five and windy. Lord was it cold. No matter how hard you worked the bumps, it never quite warmed you up enough. 2 runs, then a re-heat. But did I mention, there must have been eight other fools like us on the entire mountain.

 

[Terry]

I have had some nights at Shawnee Peak where I was the only person left skiing toward the end of the evening. Pretty cool, you can rip any trail you want and not worry about people in front of you!

 

[sledhaulingmedic]

I have been the one and only skier/boarder several times at Magic, several times before sweep. It's a bit of an odd feeling.

Nice picture of Sorcerer, Greg

 

[KevinF]

I've had a solitary tram ride at Cannon on a day where it was 30-something below at the top. There weren't many other people on the mountain that day, but there were a few other people braving the cold.

I did a Washington DC Ski Club trip (back when I lived down there) to Panorama, British Columbia one year. There was a day where I honestly think the only people on that mountain were other SCWDC members. At least, I didn't see anybody I didn't know.

I've skied at Big Sky, Montana without ever having to even remotely wait in a lift line -- just get right on. Absolutely nobody in sight anywhere (except for my buddy that I was on the lift with). That was eerie!

 

[TwinTips21]

On Easter 4-6 Years ago (whenever that really snowy winter was) My sister and I had Ascutney completely to ourselves. It was about 50 degrees and every trail, including the glades were open. The only other people on the mountain were the owner and 2 ski patrollers. It was probably one of the best days of skiing I've ever head. Nothing like being able to carve huge GS turns on any trail of the mountain on nice soft snow!

 

[skibum9995]

Early season at Cannon last year on a twofer day it took my mom around 45 mins to find someone to get a ticket with. There were only 4 tickets sold that day. The Holderness ski team was training in the morning but after they left the place was deserted.

 

[eastcoastskiier]

back in the ski club days we went to Broomley, and it rained shortly after we got there, adn then turned to bright blue sky, and of course we couldnt leave, so we stuck it out, and nobody else came, ended up being a little better then a good day of spring skiing, and we had the entier mountain to ourselves. you would ride the lift and know EVERYBODY that you saw on the mountain.. it was AWSOME!!! even if the snow wasn't perfect.. the expecience was cool

 

[billski]

holes

back in the ski club days we went to Broomley, and it rained shortly after we got there, adn then turned to bright blue sky, and of course we couldnt leave, so we stuck it out, and nobody else came, ended up being a little better then a good day of spring skiing, and we had the entier mountain to ourselves. you would ride the lift and know EVERYBODY that you saw on the mountain.. it was AWSOME!!! even if the snow wasn't perfect.. the expecience was cool

Reminds me of the rain day in the 70's at a small ski area in Western NY, it poured sheets. The resort hat the b*lls to sell for a buck a pop, plastic trash bags with three holes cut in them. After they had our ticket money.