Saturday v. Sunday

[drjeff]

I've never been a day tripper so I can't relate to only skiing one day on a weekend. When I'm in weekend warrior mode, I rarely miss many days when I'm not working and the lifts are spinning. My lifetime average is probably around 50 days per year. You don't get to that kind of number by agonizing over whether to ski Saturday against a Sunday or trying to appease the non-skier part of your flatland life for those 6 months. Everybody in my life accepts this since it's a fundamantal part of my identity.

That quantifies myself pretty well too (except that I'm probably at about a 30 day/year average since a few years of higher education and kids being born during ski season cut into my average a bit )

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I've never been a weekend warrior..I always had night skiing during the week here in PA and when I lived in VT and MT the majority of my skiing was during the week...

I wouldn't want to make the drive to New England or New York every Friday afterwork and every Sunday afternoon/evening..

 

[drjeff]

I wouldn't want to make the drive to New England or New York every Friday afterwork and every Sunday afternoon/evening..

Come on GSS, it's awesome being able to cruise up I-91 Friday afternoon/evening and NOT have to then stop at the video store when I get to VT because I've been able to watch the latest video releases right off the DVD player in the back of the car infront of me

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

I've never been a day tripper so I can't relate to only skiing one day on a weekend. .

That wasn't the question. As someone who skis Sat. and Sun. Do you perfer one over the other snow conditions being aboy the same?

 

[drjeff]

That wasn't the question. As someone who skis Sat. and Sun. Do you perfer one over the other snow conditions being aboy the same?

Phrasing it that way, my answer is still "no" since there are too many variables involved. If I had a week leading upto the weekend where I didn't sleep all that well, then often Sunday will be better for me after a good night's sleep on Saturday. Sometime's I'll physically wear myself out Saturday so Sunday won't be as good.

Either way at my home hill of Mount Snow, both Saturday and Sunday AM usually have a good crowd present by 9/9:30 that usually starts thinning out after 1:30 and either way I tend to spend a bunch more time on trails/lifts that the masses don't regularly frequent

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Come on GSS, it's awesome being able to cruise up I-91 Friday afternoon/evening and NOT have to then stop at the video store when I get to VT because I've been able to watch the latest video releases right off the DVD player in the back of the car infront of me

But you're already halfway there living in Connecticut..remember I'm coming from PA..so I have to contend with Jersey..

 

[WWF-VT]

Conditions can vary between Saturday and Sunday but what is most consistent is that there are usually a lot fewer people on the mountain on Sundays especially after noon. If you prefer quieter days then Sunday is often the better choice. Lots of weekend warriors go too hard on Saturday night which also is a factor resulting in fewer people out on Sunday.

 

[Riverskier]

I've never been a day tripper so I can't relate to only skiing one day on a weekend. When I'm in weekend warrior mode, I rarely miss many days when I'm not working and the lifts are spinning. My lifetime average is probably around 50 days per year. You don't get to that kind of number by agonizing over whether to ski Saturday against a Sunday or trying to appease the non-skier part of your flatland life for those 6 months. Everybody in my life accepts this since it's a fundamantal part of my identity.

Skiing is a fundamental part of my identity as well, but I still average 35-40 days skiing for the most part only one weekend day (plus vacation days, holidys, etc.). Part of it is to appease the non-skier part of my flatland life, but I wouldn't likely ski both days on most weekends anyway, unless I could afford to buy a place on mountain. At this point that is nothing more than a dream. If that were to become a possibility from a financial perspective, it would likely happen despite having a non-skiing wife, and at that point I would be able to ski at least part of both weekend days. We would simply buy a place with other activies that could keep her busy, and a place we could enjoy year round.