Skier's Checklist

[Zand]

A Skier’s Checklist
A 117-step program to becoming an accomplished addict

1. Ski the Back Bowls of Vail.
2. Experience an epiphany in the trees at Steamboat.
3. Survive Corbets Couloir at Jackson Hole.
4. Bump with the best on Al’s Run at Taos.
5. Spend a powder day on the Utah Interconnect.
6. Confront fear in the Pallisades at Squaw Valley.
7. Participate in the madness of a midwinter weekend at Hunter.
8. Brave the Front Four at Stowe.
9. Climb and carve New Hampshire’s Tuckerman’s Revine.
*10. Mogul with the masses on Outer Limits at Killington.
11. Wander through the snow ghosts at The Big Mountain, Montana.
12. Eat July corn on Mount Hood.
13. Schuss the Hahnenkamm downhill course at Kitzbuhel, Austria.
14. Journey for a week on the Haute Route from Chamonix, France, to
Zermatt, Switzerland.
15. Heli-ski in British Columbia.
16. Spend an entire winter as a ski bum.
17. Ski at least once in chest deep powder.
18. Ski at least once on blue glare ice.
19. Make powder 8’s with a friend down an untracked run.
20. Make powder 11’s by yourself down an untracked run.
21. Perform a sweet maneuver under a chair that provokes cheers from the
riders.
*22. Take a major-league yard sale under a chair that elicits jeers from
the riders.
23. Ski with Stein Eriksen at Deer Valley and Billy Kidd at Steamboat.
24. Get to a ski area at 7am after a 12 inch dump and stand in line to
get the very first chair of the day.
*25. Ride the very last chair of the day.
*26. Take a dip in an outdoor hot tub while snow is pounding down.
*27. Ride the slow-as-molasses single chair at Mad River Glen.
28. Ride the high-speed six person chair at Boyne Mountain, Michigan.
*29. Cause a chair to be stopped because of some bonehead thing you’ve
done.
*30. Lean your skis on a rack and cause all the other pairs to slide off.
*31. Get blasted in the face by the spray of a snow gun.
*32. Fall while standing in a lift line and take 10 other skiers with you.
*33. Get hit in the back of the head by a chair while getting off the lift.
*34. Experience your most dramatic fall of the day while walking across
the ski area parking lot.
35. Have your ticket ripped for going to fast.
*36. Drop a pole from a chair lift.
37. Drop a glove from a chair lift.
38. Get frostbite on your nose.
39. Ride a T-bar with someone 2 feet taller or shorter than you.
40. Fall off a poma.
*41. Accidentally take the wrong pair of skis off a rack.
42. Ski over a pointy rock and put a 6 inch gouge in the bottom of your skis.
*43. Get stuck on a stalled chairlift for at least a half an hour.
44. Spill a full cup of hot chocolate on a new white turtleneck.
45. Ski during the summer in South America or New Zealand.
46. Ski all 12 months of one year.
47. Jump off a rock that gives you at least 10 feet of air.
48. Snowboard at Mt. Baker, Washington.
49. Learn how to telemark.
50. Take an overnight cross-country trip in Yellowstone National Park.
51. Ski the backcountry in Alaska.
52. Ski Mauna Kea volcano in Hawaii.
53. Ski across an international border.
54. Make a first-ever ski descent.
55. Learn how to do a spread eagle, back scratcher, mule kick, and
helicopter.
56. Develop your own ridiculous ski jump and name it after yourself.
*57. Get involved in a massive base-area snowball fight.
58. Spot an eagle, a rabbit, a deer, and a moose while skiing.
*59. Night-ski under the lights at a local hill.
60. Ski without artificial light beneath a full moon.
61. Win a gold medal in a NASTAR race.
62. Attend a World Cup ski race.
63. Spend a night in the Little Nell in Aspen.
64. Spend a night in the ski dorms at Sunday River, Maine.
65. Spend a night in a cabin on Colorado’s 10th Mountain Trail.
66. Spend a night in the back of a VW bus during ski-free week at Crested Butte.
67. Order breakfast (and wait a half hour for it) at The Kitchen in Winter Park.
68. Eat a five course lunch at The Outpost at Keystone.
69. Eat a PowerBar lunch while riding the chair.
70. Eat a $200 dinner (including wine) at Pinons in Aspen.
*71. Eat a big handful of fresh snow. (Anywhere with snow)
72. Drink beer at Shamus O’Toole’s in Breckenridge.
73. Drink tequila at the Fly Me To The Moon Saloon in Telluride.
74. Drink whisky at The Heartbreak Hotel at Hunter.
75. Drink wine at Michel’s in Sun Valley.
76. Drink Sake at Sushi Village in Whistler.
77. Experience a snow-induced airplane delay in Denver or Salt Lake City that exceeds 6 hours.
78. Do a 360 degree spin in your car on a icy access road.
79. Drive at least 1000 miles to reach a ski area.
80. Hitchhike to get to a ski area.
81. Forget the color and make of your rental car an lose it in a ski-area parking lot.
*82. Call in sick to your office or skip school and go skiing.
83. Take a private lesson from someone who doesn’t speak English.
84. Forget to bring your ski boots on a trip.
*85. Learn how to correctly fold a trail map.
*86. Figure out how to walk up a flight of icy stairs in your ski boots while holding skis and poles.
87. Learn how to tune your own skis.
88. Memorize all of Glen Plakes’s lines in the great stump film “License to Thrill.”
89. Write a funny message on a lift shack chalkboard.
*90. Spend a day skiing with a pack of 12 or more skiers.
*91. Spend a day skiing alone.
92. Have a romantic liaison on the slopes.
93. Continue it in a gondola.
*94. Ski in the pouring rain while wearing a plastic garbage bag.
*95. Ski in 60 degree weather while wearing shorts and a T-shirt.
96. Ski on a day where the temperature drops to below negative 50 (with the wind chill factor).
97. Ski in a one-piece Bogner outfit.
*98. Ski in blue jeans and a sweatshirt.
*99. Ski during a complete whiteout.
*100. Ski on a hill with less than 300 feet of vertical.
101. Hike up and ski down a mountain with no lifts.
102. Ski below the Mason-Dixon line.
103. Ski and golf on the same day.
104. Ski on a pair of $2000 Lacroix skis.
*105. Ski in rental gear.
106. Ruin your family’s iron by using it to wax your skis.
107. Own an extremely silly ski hat - and wear it.
108. Own T-shirts from at least 10 different ski areas.
109. Purchase a piece of equipment you absolutely cannot afford.
110. Lose a piece of gear in deep powder.
*111. Have a piece of equipment stolen.
112. Use a favorite pair of skis for at least 6 seasons.
113. Break a pole while riding through a chairlift mid-station.
*114. Break a pole in a wipeout.
115. Rip a hole in the seat of your ski pants in a wipeout.
116. Wear a pair of gloves that contains more duct tape than fabric.
*117. Wreck someone else in a wipeout.

31.

 

[kingslug]

Well I got 31 of them.

 

[thetrailboss]

A Skier’s Checklist
A 117-step program to becoming an accomplished addict

8. Brave the Front Four at Stowe.

*10. Mogul with the masses on Outer Limits at Killington.

14. Journey for a week on the Haute Route from Chamonix, France, to
Zermatt, Switzerland. I skied in Zermatt...half credit.

16. Spend an entire winter as a ski bum.

18. Ski at least once on blue glare ice.

19. Make powder 8’s with a friend down an untracked run.

20. Make powder 11’s by yourself down an untracked run.

21. Perform a sweet maneuver under a chair that provokes cheers from the
riders.

*22. Take a major-league yard sale under a chair that elicits jeers from
the riders.

*25. Ride the very last chair of the day.

*26. Take a dip in an outdoor hot tub while snow is pounding down.

*27. Ride the slow-as-molasses single chair at Mad River Glen.

28. Ride the high-speed six person chair at Boyne Mountain, Michigan. (Stratton)

*29. Cause a chair to be stopped because of some bonehead thing you’ve
done.

*30. Lean your skis on a rack and cause all the other pairs to slide off.

*31. Get blasted in the face by the spray of a snow gun.

*32. Fall while standing in a lift line and take 10 other skiers with you.

*33. Get hit in the back of the head by a chair while getting off the lift.

*34. Experience your most dramatic fall of the day while walking across
the ski area parking lot.

*36. Drop a pole from a chair lift.

37. Drop a glove from a chair lift.

39. Ride a T-bar with someone 2 feet taller or shorter than you.

40. Fall off a poma.

*41. Accidentally take the wrong pair of skis off a rack.

*43. Get stuck on a stalled chairlift for at least a half an hour.

53. Ski across an international border.

*57. Get involved in a massive base-area snowball fight.

58. Spot an eagle, a rabbit, a deer, and a moose while skiing.

*59. Night-ski under the lights at a local hill.

69. Eat a PowerBar lunch while riding the chair.

*71. Eat a big handful of fresh snow. (Anywhere with snow)

*82. Call in sick to your office or skip school and go skiing.

84. Forget to bring your ski boots on a trip.

*85. Learn how to correctly fold a trail map.

*86. Figure out how to walk up a flight of icy stairs in your ski boots while holding skis and poles.

87. Learn how to tune your own skis.

*90. Spend a day skiing with a pack of 12 or more skiers.

*91. Spend a day skiing alone.

92. Have a romantic liaison on the slopes.

93. Continue it in a gondola.

*94. Ski in the pouring rain while wearing a plastic garbage bag.

*95. Ski in 60 degree weather while wearing shorts and a T-shirt.

96. Ski on a day where the temperature drops to below negative 50 (with the wind chill factor).

*98. Ski in blue jeans and a sweatshirt.

*99. Ski during a complete whiteout.

*100. Ski on a hill with less than 300 feet of vertical.

101. Hike up and ski down a mountain with no lifts.

*105. Ski in rental gear.

106. Ruin your family’s iron by using it to wax your skis.

107. Own an extremely silly ski hat - and wear it.

109. Purchase a piece of equipment you absolutely cannot afford.

*111. Have a piece of equipment stolen.

112. Use a favorite pair of skis for at least 6 seasons.

115. Rip a hole in the seat of your ski pants in a wipeout.

*117. Wreck someone else in a wipeout.

54 1/2 :wink:

 

[Geoff]

I get 57

*1. Ski the Back Bowls of Vail.
*2. Experience an epiphany in the trees at Steamboat. On some big powder days, too. Shadows & Closet are wonderful skiing in powder
3. Survive Corbets Couloir at Jackson Hole. Haven't been to Jackson Hole yet
4. Bump with the best on Al’s Run at Taos. My one Taos trip, Al's Run was awfully firm. We didn't bother with it
5. Spend a powder day on the Utah Interconnect. Only been on the lift-serviced there
6. Confront fear in the Pallisades at Squaw Valley. NFW! My Squaw memories are epic April & May spring skiing days
7. Participate in the madness of a midwinter weekend at Hunter. I don't expect I'll ever experience that
*8. Brave the Front Four at Stowe. My home mountain in college.
*9. Climb and carve New Hampshire’s Tuckerman’s Revine.
*10. Mogul with the masses on Outer Limits at Killington. Yep. I'm part of the problem
11. Wander through the snow ghosts at The Big Mountain, Montana. Haven't been there. I'd probably base myself at Moonlight Basin, though
12. Eat July corn on Mount Hood. Nope. Done Squaw 4th of July and the Blackcomb glacier
*13. Schuss the Hahnenkamm downhill course at Kitzbuhel, Austria. Did that at age 9. Most of it is pretty intermediate
14. Journey for a week on the Haute Route from Chamonix, France, to
Zermatt, Switzerland. Unlikely
15. Heli-ski in British Columbia. Almost. Snow cat skied in BC. Heli-skied in New Zealand.
*16. Spend an entire winter as a ski bum. 2 in a row in 98-99 & 99-00
*17. Ski at least once in chest deep powder. Snowbird 4 years ago. Chile several times.
*18. Ski at least once on blue glare ice. I grew up skiing New England before snowmaking. Check
*19. Make powder 8’s with a friend down an untracked run.
*20. Make powder 11’s by yourself down an untracked run.
21. Perform a sweet maneuver under a chair that provokes cheers from the
riders. Not that I recall
*22. Take a major-league yard sale under a chair that elicits jeers from
the riders. I'm sure
23. Ski with Stein Eriksen at Deer Valley and Billy Kidd at Steamboat. I was introduced to Stein at Deer Valet. He said, "I'm sure you're happy to meet me." What a tool
24. Get to a ski area at 7am after a 12 inch dump and stand in line to
get the very first chair of the day. Been in the first 4 or 5 chairs. Never the first
*25. Ride the very last chair of the day. Check
*26. Take a dip in an outdoor hot tub while snow is pounding down. Check
*27. Ride the slow-as-molasses single chair at Mad River Glen. Check
28. Ride the high-speed six person chair at Boyne Mountain, Michigan. Been on the ones at Treble Cone, NZ and Park City. Unlikely I'd ever ski in Michigan
*29. Cause a chair to be stopped because of some bonehead thing you’ve
done. Check
*30. Lean your skis on a rack and cause all the other pairs to slide off. Check
*31. Get blasted in the face by the spray of a snow gun.
32. Fall while standing in a lift line and take 10 other skiers with you.
*33. Get hit in the back of the head by a chair while getting off the lift.
*34. Experience your most dramatic fall of the day while walking across
the ski area parking lot. I can even do that at the office
35. Have your ticket ripped for going to fast.
*36. Drop a pole from a chair lift.
*37. Drop a glove from a chair lift.
*38. Get frostbite on your nose.
*39. Ride a T-bar with someone 2 feet taller or shorter than you.
40. Fall off a poma. I fell off T-bars as a kid.
41. Accidentally take the wrong pair of skis off a rack.
*42. Ski over a pointy rock and put a 6 inch gouge in the bottom of your skis. I've ripped edges out completely
*43. Get stuck on a stalled chairlift for at least a half an hour.
*44. Spill a full cup of hot chocolate on a new white turtleneck.
*45. Ski during the summer in South America or New Zealand.
46. Ski all 12 months of one year. 11 is the best I've managed
47. Jump off a rock that gives you at least 10 feet of air.
*48. Snowboard at Mt. Baker, Washington. I've skied there. There weren't many people on skis
49. Learn how to telemark.
50. Take an overnight cross-country trip in Yellowstone National Park.
51. Ski the backcountry in Alaska.
52. Ski Mauna Kea volcano in Hawaii.
53. Ski across an international border.
54. Make a first-ever ski descent.
55. Learn how to do a spread eagle, back scratcher, mule kick, and
helicopter.
56. Develop your own ridiculous ski jump and name it after yourself.
57. Get involved in a massive base-area snowball fight.
58. Spot an eagle, a rabbit, a deer, and a moose while skiing.
*59. Night-ski under the lights at a local hill.
*60. Ski without artificial light beneath a full moon.
61. Win a gold medal in a NASTAR race. Never even been on a NASTAR course
*62. Attend a World Cup ski race.
63. Spend a night in the Little Nell in Aspen. Eaten dinner there when mom used to live at Snowmass
64. Spend a night in the ski dorms at Sunday River, Maine.
65. Spend a night in a cabin on Colorado’s 10th Mountain Trail. I have XC skied at Ascroft but never did an overnight trip. A college roommate of mine ran those overnight trips for a few years.
66. Spend a night in the back of a VW bus during ski-free week at Crested Butte.
67. Order breakfast (and wait a half hour for it) at The Kitchen in Winter Park.
68. Eat a five course lunch at The Outpost at Keystone.
*69. Eat a PowerBar lunch while riding the chair. At Deer Valley, on a powder day, no less
70. Eat a $200 dinner (including wine) at Pinons in Aspen.
*71. Eat a big handful of fresh snow. (Anywhere with snow)
72. Drink beer at Shamus O’Toole’s in Breckenridge.
73. Drink tequila at the Fly Me To The Moon Saloon in Telluride.
74. Drink whisky at The Heartbreak Hotel at Hunter.
75. Drink wine at Michel’s in Sun Valley.
*76. Drink Sake at Sushi Village in Whistler. They have those cool square maki rolls, too
*77. Experience a snow-induced airplane delay in Denver or Salt Lake City that exceeds 6 hours. I've driven from DEN to Aspen in a rental GEO Metro when the flight didn't go. The floorboards were hitting snow for miles around Dillon, Frisco, Copper & Vail
78. Do a 360 degree spin in your car on a icy access road.
79. Drive at least 1000 miles to reach a ski area.
*80. Hitchhike to get to a ski area.
81. Forget the color and make of your rental car an lose it in a ski-area parking lot.
*82. Call in sick to your office or skip school and go skiing.
*83. Take a private lesson from someone who doesn’t speak English.
84. Forget to bring your ski boots on a trip.
*85. Learn how to correctly fold a trail map.
*86. Figure out how to walk up a flight of icy stairs in your ski boots while holding skis and poles.
*87. Learn how to tune your own skis.
88. Memorize all of Glen Plakes’s lines in the great stump film “License to Thrill.” I can probably dig up most of "Blizzard of AAaahhhs", though
89. Write a funny message on a lift shack chalkboard.
*90. Spend a day skiing with a pack of 12 or more skiers.
*91. Spend a day skiing alone.
*92. Have a romantic liaison on the slopes.
93. Continue it in a gondola.
*94. Ski in the pouring rain while wearing a plastic garbage bag.
*95. Ski in 60 degree weather while wearing shorts and a T-shirt.
96. Ski on a day where the temperature drops to below negative 50 (with the wind chill factor).
97. Ski in a one-piece Bogner outfit.
98. Ski in blue jeans and a sweatshirt.
*99. Ski during a complete whiteout.
*100. Ski on a hill with less than 300 feet of vertical.
101. Hike up and ski down a mountain with no lifts.
102. Ski below the Mason-Dixon line.
*103. Ski and golf on the same day. Squaw. 4th of July
104. Ski on a pair of $2000 Lacroix skis.
*105. Ski in rental gear.
106. Ruin your family’s iron by using it to wax your skis.
107. Own an extremely silly ski hat - and wear it.
108. Own T-shirts from at least 10 different ski areas.
109. Purchase a piece of equipment you absolutely cannot afford.
*110. Lose a piece of gear in deep powder.
*111. Have a piece of equipment stolen.
112. Use a favorite pair of skis for at least 6 seasons.
113. Break a pole while riding through a chairlift mid-station.
*114. Break a pole in a wipeout. Yep. And broke the ski shop owner's personal pair he lent to me 2 days later
*115. Rip a hole in the seat of your ski pants in a wipeout. I ripped my pants right off falling down the Hanging Valley Wall at Snowmass
*116. Wear a pair of gloves that contains more duct tape than fabric.
*117. Wreck someone else in a wipeout.

 

[awf170]

1. Ski the Back Bowls of Vail.
2. Experience an epiphany in the trees at Steamboat.
3. Survive Corbets Couloir at Jackson Hole.
4. Bump with the best on Al’s Run at Taos.
5. Spend a powder day on the Utah Interconnect.
6. Confront fear in the Pallisades at Squaw Valley.
7. Participate in the madness of a midwinter weekend at Hunter.
8. Brave the Front Four at Stowe.
9. Climb and carve New Hampshire’s Tuckerman’s Revine.
10. Mogul with the masses on Outer Limits at Killington.
11. Wander through the snow ghosts at The Big Mountain, Montana.
12. Eat July corn on Mount Hood.
13. Schuss the Hahnenkamm downhill course at Kitzbuhel, Austria.
14. Journey for a week on the Haute Route from Chamonix, France, to
Zermatt, Switzerland.
15. Heli-ski in British Columbia.
16. Spend an entire winter as a ski bum.
17. Ski at least once in chest deep powder.
18. Ski at least once on blue glare ice.
19. Make powder 8’s with a friend down an untracked run.
20. Make powder 11’s by yourself down an untracked run.
21. Perform a sweet maneuver under a chair that provokes cheers from the
riders.
22. Take a major-league yard sale under a chair that elicits jeers from
the riders.
23. Ski with Stein Eriksen at Deer Valley and Billy Kidd at Steamboat.
24. Get to a ski area at 7am after a 12 inch dump and stand in line to
get the very first chair of the day.
25. Ride the very last chair of the day.
26. Take a dip in an outdoor hot tub while snow is pounding down.
27. Ride the slow-as-molasses single chair at Mad River Glen.
28. Ride the high-speed six person chair at Boyne Mountain, Michigan.
29. Cause a chair to be stopped because of some bonehead thing you’ve
done.
30. Lean your skis on a rack and cause all the other pairs to slide off.
31. Get blasted in the face by the spray of a snow gun.
32. Fall while standing in a lift line and take 10 other skiers with you.
33. Get hit in the back of the head by a chair while getting off the lift.
34. Experience your most dramatic fall of the day while walking across
the ski area parking lot.
35. Have your ticket ripped for going to fast.
36. Drop a pole from a chair lift.
37. Drop a glove from a chair lift.
38. Get frostbite on your nose.
39. Ride a T-bar with someone 2 feet taller or shorter than you.
40. Fall off a poma.
41. Accidentally take the wrong pair of skis off a rack.
42. Ski over a pointy rock and put a 6 inch gouge in the bottom of your skis.
43. Get stuck on a stalled chairlift for at least a half an hour.
44. Spill a full cup of hot chocolate on a new white turtleneck.
45. Ski during the summer in South America or New Zealand.
46. Ski all 12 months of one year.
47. Jump off a rock that gives you at least 10 feet of air.
48. Snowboard at Mt. Baker, Washington.
49. Learn how to telemark.
50. Take an overnight cross-country trip in Yellowstone National Park.
51. Ski the backcountry in Alaska.
52. Ski Mauna Kea volcano in Hawaii.
53. Ski across an international border.
54. Make a first-ever ski descent.
55. Learn how to do a spread eagle, back scratcher, mule kick, and
helicopter.
56. Develop your own ridiculous ski jump and name it after yourself.
57. Get involved in a massive base-area snowball fight.
58. Spot an eagle, a rabbit, a deer, and a moose while skiing.
59. Night-ski under the lights at a local hill.
60. Ski without artificial light beneath a full moon.
61. Win a gold medal in a NASTAR race.
62. Attend a World Cup ski race.
63. Spend a night in the Little Nell in Aspen.
64. Spend a night in the ski dorms at Sunday River, Maine.
65. Spend a night in a cabin on Colorado’s 10th Mountain Trail.
66. Spend a night in the back of a VW bus during ski-free week at Crested Butte.
67. Order breakfast (and wait a half hour for it) at The Kitchen in Winter Park.
68. Eat a five course lunch at The Outpost at Keystone.
69. Eat a PowerBar lunch while riding the chair.
70. Eat a $200 dinner (including wine) at Pinons in Aspen.
71. Eat a big handful of fresh snow. (Anywhere with snow)
72. Drink beer at Shamus O’Toole’s in Breckenridge.
73. Drink tequila at the Fly Me To The Moon Saloon in Telluride.
74. Drink whisky at The Heartbreak Hotel at Hunter.
75. Drink wine at Michel’s in Sun Valley.
76. Drink Sake at Sushi Village in Whistler.
77. Experience a snow-induced airplane delay in Denver or Salt Lake City that exceeds 6 hours.
78. Do a 360 degree spin in your car on a icy access road.
79. Drive at least 1000 miles to reach a ski area.
80. Hitchhike to get to a ski area.
81. Forget the color and make of your rental car an lose it in a ski-area parking lot.
82. Call in sick to your office or skip school and go skiing.
83. Take a private lesson from someone who doesn’t speak English.
84. Forget to bring your ski boots on a trip.
85. Learn how to correctly fold a trail map.
86. Figure out how to walk up a flight of icy stairs in your ski boots while holding skis and poles.
87. Learn how to tune your own skis.
88. Memorize all of Glen Plakes’s lines in the great stump film “License to Thrill.”
89. Write a funny message on a lift shack chalkboard.
90. Spend a day skiing with a pack of 12 or more skiers.
91. Spend a day skiing alone.
92. Have a romantic liaison on the slopes.
93. Continue it in a gondola.
94. Ski in the pouring rain while wearing a plastic garbage bag.
95. Ski in 60 degree weather while wearing shorts and a T-shirt.
96. Ski on a day where the temperature drops to below negative 50 (with the wind chill factor).
97. Ski in a one-piece Bogner outfit.
98. Ski in blue jeans and a sweatshirt.
99. Ski during a complete whiteout.
100. Ski on a hill with less than 300 feet of vertical.
101. Hike up and ski down a mountain with no lifts.
102. Ski below the Mason-Dixon line.
103. Ski and golf on the same day.
104. Ski on a pair of $2000 Lacroix skis.
105. Ski in rental gear.
106. Ruin your family’s iron by using it to wax your skis.
107. Own an extremely silly ski hat - and wear it.
108. Own T-shirts from at least 10 different ski areas.
109. Purchase a piece of equipment you absolutely cannot afford.
110. Lose a piece of gear in deep powder.
111. Have a piece of equipment stolen.
112. Use a favorite pair of skis for at least 6 seasons.
113. Break a pole while riding through a chairlift mid-station.
114. Break a pole in a wipeout.
115. Rip a hole in the seat of your ski pants in a wipeout.
116. Wear a pair of gloves that contains more duct tape than fabric.
117. Wreck someone else in a wipeout.

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[loafer89]

A Skier’s Checklist
A 117-step program to becoming an accomplished addict

1. Ski the Back Bowls of Vail.
2. Experience an epiphany in the trees at Steamboat.
3. Survive Corbets Couloir at Jackson Hole.
4. Bump with the best on Al’s Run at Taos.
5. Spend a powder day on the Utah Interconnect.
6. Confront fear in the Pallisades at Squaw Valley.
7. Participate in the madness of a midwinter weekend at Hunter.
8. Brave the Front Four at Stowe. Skied all four in icy conditions.
9. Climb and carve New Hampshire’s Tuckerman’s Revine.
*10. Mogul with the masses on Outer Limits at Killington.
11. Wander through the snow ghosts at The Big Mountain, Montana.
12. Eat July corn on Mount Hood. I harvested August and September corn as well.
13. Schuss the Hahnenkamm downhill course at Kitzbuhel, Austria.
14. Journey for a week on the Haute Route from Chamonix, France, to
Zermatt, Switzerland. I summer skied at Zermatt
15. Heli-ski in British Columbia. Cheap skiing that was lots of fun.
16. Spend an entire winter as a ski bum.
17. Ski at least once in chest deep powder. Did this at Brighton, and at Plattekill.
18. Ski at least once on blue glare ice. This happens nearly every year.
19. Make powder 8’s with a friend down an untracked run.
20. Make powder 11’s by yourself down an untracked run.
21. Perform a sweet maneuver under a chair that provokes cheers from the
riders.
*22. Take a major-league yard sale under a chair that elicits jeers from
the riders.
23. Ski with Stein Eriksen at Deer Valley and Billy Kidd at Steamboat.
24. Get to a ski area at 7am after a 12 inch dump and stand in line to
get the very first chair of the day. Did this at Sugarloaf last February.
*25. Ride the very last chair of the day.
*26. Take a dip in an outdoor hot tub while snow is pounding down.
*27. Ride the slow-as-molasses single chair at Mad River Glen.
28. Ride the high-speed six person chair at Boyne Mountain, Michigan.
*29. Cause a chair to be stopped because of some bonehead thing you’ve
done.
*30. Lean your skis on a rack and cause all the other pairs to slide off.
*31. Get blasted in the face by the spray of a snow gun. Frequent occurance at Killington
*32. Fall while standing in a lift line and take 10 other skiers with you.
*33. Get hit in the back of the head by a chair while getting off the lift.
*34. Experience your most dramatic fall of the day while walking across
the ski area parking lot.
35. Have your ticket ripped for going to fast.
*36. Drop a pole from a chair lift.
37. Drop a glove from a chair lift.
38. Get frostbite on your nose. I got frostbite on my ear at Loveland Basin
39. Ride a T-bar with someone 2 feet taller or shorter than you.
40. Fall off a poma.
*41. Accidentally take the wrong pair of skis off a rack.
42. Ski over a pointy rock and put a 6 inch gouge in the bottom of your skis.
*43. Get stuck on a stalled chairlift for at least a half an hour.
44. Spill a full cup of hot chocolate on a new white turtleneck.
45. Ski during the summer in South America or New Zealand.
46. Ski all 12 months of one year.
47. Jump off a rock that gives you at least 10 feet of air.
48. Snowboard at Mt. Baker, Washington.
49. Learn how to telemark.
50. Take an overnight cross-country trip in Yellowstone National Park.
51. Ski the backcountry in Alaska.
52. Ski Mauna Kea volcano in Hawaii.
53. Ski across an international border.
54. Make a first-ever ski descent.
55. Learn how to do a spread eagle, back scratcher, mule kick, and
helicopter.
56. Develop your own ridiculous ski jump and name it after yourself.
*57. Get involved in a massive base-area snowball fight.
58. Spot an eagle, a rabbit, a deer, and a moose while skiing. How about a bear?
*59. Night-ski under the lights at a local hill.
60. Ski without artificial light beneath a full moon.
61. Win a gold medal in a NASTAR race.
62. Attend a World Cup ski race.
63. Spend a night in the Little Nell in Aspen.
64. Spend a night in the ski dorms at Sunday River, Maine. And get no sleep
65. Spend a night in a cabin on Colorado’s 10th Mountain Trail.
66. Spend a night in the back of a VW bus during ski-free week at Crested Butte.
67. Order breakfast (and wait a half hour for it) at The Kitchen in Winter Park.
68. Eat a five course lunch at The Outpost at Keystone. Skiing afterward was not fun.
69. Eat a PowerBar lunch while riding the chair.
70. Eat a $200 dinner (including wine) at Pinons in Aspen.
*71. Eat a big handful of fresh snow. (Anywhere with snow)
72. Drink beer at Shamus O’Toole’s in Breckenridge.
73. Drink tequila at the Fly Me To The Moon Saloon in Telluride.
74. Drink whisky at The Heartbreak Hotel at Hunter.
75. Drink wine at Michel’s in Sun Valley.
76. Drink Sake at Sushi Village in Whistler.
77. Experience a snow-induced airplane delay in Denver or Salt Lake City that exceeds 6 hours.
78. Do a 360 degree spin in your car on a icy access road. Did this in a friends car on route 4 at Killington.
79. Drive at least 1000 miles to reach a ski area.
80. Hitchhike to get to a ski area.
81. Forget the color and make of your rental car an lose it in a ski-area parking lot.
*82. Call in sick to your office or skip school and go skiing.
83. Take a private lesson from someone who doesn’t speak English.
84. Forget to bring your ski boots on a trip.
*85. Learn how to correctly fold a trail map.
*86. Figure out how to walk up a flight of icy stairs in your ski boots while holding skis and poles.
87. Learn how to tune your own skis.
88. Memorize all of Glen Plakes’s lines in the great stump film “License to Thrill.”
89. Write a funny message on a lift shack chalkboard.
*90. Spend a day skiing with a pack of 12 or more skiers.
*91. Spend a day skiing alone. Do this all the time.
92. Have a romantic liaison on the slopes.
93. Continue it in a gondola.
*94. Ski in the pouring rain while wearing a plastic garbage bag. Did this on June 1st at Killington
*95. Ski in 60 degree weather while wearing shorts and a T-shirt.
96. Ski on a day where the temperature drops to below negative 50 (with the wind chill factor).
97. Ski in a one-piece Bogner outfit.
*98. Ski in blue jeans and a sweatshirt.
*99. Ski during a complete whiteout.
*100. Ski on a hill with less than 300 feet of vertical. Yagoo Valley, Nashoba Valley, Campgaw.
101. Hike up and ski down a mountain with no lifts.
102. Ski below the Mason-Dixon line.
103. Ski and golf on the same day. Killington, Stratton and Mount Hood.
104. Ski on a pair of $2000 Lacroix skis.
*105. Ski in rental gear.
106. Ruin your family’s iron by using it to wax your skis.
107. Own an extremely silly ski hat - and wear it.
108. Own T-shirts from at least 10 different ski areas.
109. Purchase a piece of equipment you absolutely cannot afford.
110. Lose a piece of gear in deep powder.
*111. Have a piece of equipment stolen.
112. Use a favorite pair of skis for at least 6 seasons.
113. Break a pole while riding through a chairlift mid-station.
*114. Break a pole in a wipeout.
115. Rip a hole in the seat of your ski pants in a wipeout.
116. Wear a pair of gloves that contains more duct tape than fabric.
*117. Wreck someone else in a wipeout.

31.

I scored a 53

 

[SnowRider]

1. Ski the Back Bowls of Vail.
2. Experience an epiphany in the trees at Steamboat.
3. Survive Corbets Couloir at Jackson Hole.
4. Bump with the best on Al’s Run at Taos.
5. Spend a powder day on the Utah Interconnect.
6. Confront fear in the Pallisades at Squaw Valley.
7. Participate in the madness of a midwinter weekend at Hunter.
8. Brave the Front Four at Stowe.
9. Climb and carve New Hampshire’s Tuckerman’s Revine.
*10. Mogul with the masses on Outer Limits at Killington.
11. Wander through the snow ghosts at The Big Mountain, Montana.
12. Eat July corn on Mount Hood.
13. Schuss the Hahnenkamm downhill course at Kitzbuhel, Austria.
14. Journey for a week on the Haute Route from Chamonix, France, to
Zermatt, Switzerland.
15. Heli-ski in British Columbia.
16. Spend an entire winter as a ski bum.
17. Ski at least once in chest deep powder.
18. Ski at least once on blue glare ice.
19. Make powder 8’s with a friend down an untracked run.
20. Make powder 11’s by yourself down an untracked run.
21. Perform a sweet maneuver under a chair that provokes cheers from the
riders.
*22. Take a major-league yard sale under a chair that elicits jeers from
the riders.
23. Ski with Stein Eriksen at Deer Valley and Billy Kidd at Steamboat.
24. Get to a ski area at 7am after a 12 inch dump and stand in line to
get the very first chair of the day.
*25. Ride the very last chair of the day.
*26. Take a dip in an outdoor hot tub while snow is pounding down.
*27. Ride the slow-as-molasses single chair at Mad River Glen.
28. Ride the high-speed six person chair at Boyne Mountain, Michigan.
*29. Cause a chair to be stopped because of some bonehead thing you’ve
done.
*30. Lean your skis on a rack and cause all the other pairs to slide off.
*31. Get blasted in the face by the spray of a snow gun.
*32. Fall while standing in a lift line and take 10 other skiers with you.
*33. Get hit in the back of the head by a chair while getting off the lift.
*34. Experience your most dramatic fall of the day while walking across
the ski area parking lot.
35. Have your ticket ripped for going to fast.
*36. Drop a pole from a chair lift.
37. Drop a glove from a chair lift.
38. Get frostbite on your nose.
39. Ride a T-bar with someone 2 feet taller or shorter than you.
40. Fall off a poma.
*41. Accidentally take the wrong pair of skis off a rack.
42. Ski over a pointy rock and put a 6 inch gouge in the bottom of your skis.
*43. Get stuck on a stalled chairlift for at least a half an hour.
44. Spill a full cup of hot chocolate on a new white turtleneck.
45. Ski during the summer in South America or New Zealand.
46. Ski all 12 months of one year.
47. Jump off a rock that gives you at least 10 feet of air.
48. Snowboard at Mt. Baker, Washington.
49. Learn how to telemark.
50. Take an overnight cross-country trip in Yellowstone National Park.
51. Ski the backcountry in Alaska.
52. Ski Mauna Kea volcano in Hawaii.
53. Ski across an international border.
54. Make a first-ever ski descent.
55. Learn how to do a spread eagle, back scratcher, mule kick, and
helicopter.
56. Develop your own ridiculous ski jump and name it after yourself.
*57. Get involved in a massive base-area snowball fight.
58. Spot an eagle, a rabbit, a deer, and a moose while skiing.
*59. Night-ski under the lights at a local hill.
60. Ski without artificial light beneath a full moon.
61. Win a gold medal in a NASTAR race.
62. Attend a World Cup ski race.
63. Spend a night in the Little Nell in Aspen.
64. Spend a night in the ski dorms at Sunday River, Maine.
65. Spend a night in a cabin on Colorado’s 10th Mountain Trail.
66. Spend a night in the back of a VW bus during ski-free week at Crested Butte.
67. Order breakfast (and wait a half hour for it) at The Kitchen in Winter Park.
68. Eat a five course lunch at The Outpost at Keystone.
69. Eat a PowerBar lunch while riding the chair.
70. Eat a $200 dinner (including wine) at Pinons in Aspen.
*71. Eat a big handful of fresh snow. (Anywhere with snow)
72. Drink beer at Shamus O’Toole’s in Breckenridge.
73. Drink tequila at the Fly Me To The Moon Saloon in Telluride.
74. Drink whisky at The Heartbreak Hotel at Hunter.
75. Drink wine at Michel’s in Sun Valley.
76. Drink Sake at Sushi Village in Whistler.
77. Experience a snow-induced airplane delay in Denver or Salt Lake City that exceeds 6 hours.
78. Do a 360 degree spin in your car on a icy access road. (Been in 1)
79. Drive at least 1000 miles to reach a ski area.
80. Hitchhike to get to a ski area.
81. Forget the color and make of your rental car an lose it in a ski-area parking lot.
*82. Call in sick to your office or skip school and go skiing.
83. Take a private lesson from someone who doesn’t speak English.
84. Forget to bring your ski boots on a trip.
*85. Learn how to correctly fold a trail map.
*86. Figure out how to walk up a flight of icy stairs in your ski boots while holding skis and poles.
87. Learn how to tune your own skis.
88. Memorize all of Glen Plakes’s lines in the great stump film “License to Thrill.”
89. Write a funny message on a lift shack chalkboard.
*90. Spend a day skiing with a pack of 12 or more skiers.
*91. Spend a day skiing alone.
92. Have a romantic liaison on the slopes.
93. Continue it in a gondola.
*94. Ski in the pouring rain while wearing a plastic garbage bag.
*95. Ski in 60 degree weather while wearing shorts and a T-shirt.
96. Ski on a day where the temperature drops to below negative 50 (with the wind chill factor).
97. Ski in a one-piece Bogner outfit.
*98. Ski in blue jeans and a sweatshirt.
*99. Ski during a complete whiteout.
*100. Ski on a hill with less than 300 feet of vertical.
101. Hike up and ski down a mountain with no lifts.
102. Ski below the Mason-Dixon line.
103. Ski and golf on the same day.
104. Ski on a pair of $2000 Lacroix skis.
*105. Ski in rental gear.
106. Ruin your family’s iron by using it to wax your skis.
107. Own an extremely silly ski hat - and wear it.
108. Own T-shirts from at least 10 different ski areas.
109. Purchase a piece of equipment you absolutely cannot afford.
110. Lose a piece of gear in deep powder.
*111. Have a piece of equipment stolen.
112. Use a favorite pair of skis for at least 6 seasons.
113. Break a pole while riding through a chairlift mid-station.
*114. Break a pole in a wipeout.
115. Rip a hole in the seat of your ski pants in a wipeout.
116. Wear a pair of gloves that contains more duct tape than fabric.
*117. Wreck someone else in a wipeout.

Also left my snowboard at loon, on the rack and remembered it after i had made the 2 1/2 hour car ride home.

Left a cooler in the parking lot

My friend new Burton Dominant Board stolen

Snowboarded in a SPRITE snowboard during the mountain dew vertical challenge.

Tried to go strait down a mogul course on a snowboard without turning...predict how that ended

 

[Mark D]

1. Ski the Back Bowls of Vail.
2. Experience an epiphany in the trees at Steamboat.
3. Survive Corbets Couloir at Jackson Hole.
4. Bump with the best on Al’s Run at Taos.
5. Spend a powder day on the Utah Interconnect.
6. Confront fear in the Pallisades at Squaw Valley.
7. Participate in the madness of a midwinter weekend at Hunter.
8. Brave the Front Four at Stowe.
9. Climb and carve New Hampshire’s Tuckerman’s Revine.
10. Mogul with the masses on Outer Limits at Killington.
11. Wander through the snow ghosts at The Big Mountain, Montana.
12. Eat July corn on Mount Hood.
13. Schuss the Hahnenkamm downhill course at Kitzbuhel, Austria.
14. Journey for a week on the Haute Route from Chamonix, France, to
Zermatt, Switzerland.
15. Heli-ski in British Columbia.
16. Spend an entire winter as a ski bum.
17. Ski at least once in chest deep powder.
*18. Ski at least once on blue glare ice.
*19. Make powder 8’s with a friend down an untracked run.
*(on a snowboard tho)20. Make powder 11’s by yourself down an untracked run.
*21. Perform a sweet maneuver under a chair that provokes cheers from the
riders.
*22. Take a major-league yard sale under a chair that elicits jeers from
the riders.
23. Ski with Stein Eriksen at Deer Valley and Billy Kidd at Steamboat.
*24. Get to a ski area at 7am after a 12 inch dump and stand in line to
get the very first chair of the day.
*25. Ride the very last chair of the day.
*26. Take a dip in an outdoor hot tub while snow is pounding down.
27. Ride the slow-as-molasses single chair at Mad River Glen.
28. Ride the high-speed six person chair at Boyne Mountain, Michigan.
*29. Cause a chair to be stopped because of some bonehead thing you’ve
done.
*30. Lean your skis on a rack and cause all the other pairs to slide off.
*31. Get blasted in the face by the spray of a snow gun.
*32. Fall while standing in a lift line and take 10 other skiers with you.
*33. Get hit in the back of the head by a chair while getting off the lift.
*34. Experience your most dramatic fall of the day while walking across
the ski area parking lot.
*35. Have your ticket ripped for going to fast.
36. Drop a pole from a chair lift.
*37. Drop a glove from a chair lift.
38. Get frostbite on your nose.
39. Ride a T-bar with someone 2 feet taller or shorter than you.
40. Fall off a poma.
*41. Accidentally take the wrong pair of skis off a rack.
*42. Ski over a pointy rock and put a 6 inch gouge in the bottom of your skis.
*43. Get stuck on a stalled chairlift for at least a half an hour.
44. Spill a full cup of hot chocolate on a new white turtleneck.
45. Ski during the summer in South America or New Zealand.
46. Ski all 12 months of one year.
*47. Jump off a rock that gives you at least 10 feet of air.
48. Snowboard at Mt. Baker, Washington.
49. Learn how to telemark.
50. Take an overnight cross-country trip in Yellowstone National Park.
51. Ski the backcountry in Alaska.
52. Ski Mauna Kea volcano in Hawaii.
53. Ski across an international border.
54. Make a first-ever ski descent.
55. Learn how to do a spread eagle, back scratcher, mule kick, and
helicopter.
56. Develop your own ridiculous ski jump and name it after yourself.
57. Get involved in a massive base-area snowball fight.
58. Spot an eagle, a rabbit, a deer, and a moose while skiing.
*59. Night-ski under the lights at a local hill.
60. Ski without artificial light beneath a full moon.
61. Win a gold medal in a NASTAR race.
62. Attend a World Cup ski race.
63. Spend a night in the Little Nell in Aspen.
64. Spend a night in the ski dorms at Sunday River, Maine.
65. Spend a night in a cabin on Colorado’s 10th Mountain Trail.
66. Spend a night in the back of a VW bus during ski-free week at Crested Butte.
67. Order breakfast (and wait a half hour for it) at The Kitchen in Winter Park.
68. Eat a five course lunch at The Outpost at Keystone.
*69. Eat a PowerBar lunch while riding the chair.
70. Eat a $200 dinner (including wine) at Pinons in Aspen.
*71. Eat a big handful of fresh snow. (Anywhere with snow)
72. Drink beer at Shamus O’Toole’s in Breckenridge.
73. Drink tequila at the Fly Me To The Moon Saloon in Telluride.
74. Drink whisky at The Heartbreak Hotel at Hunter.
75. Drink wine at Michel’s in Sun Valley.
76. Drink Sake at Sushi Village in Whistler.
77. Experience a snow-induced airplane delay in Denver or Salt Lake City that exceeds 6 hours.
*78. Do a 360 degree spin in your car on a icy access road.
79. Drive at least 1000 miles to reach a ski area.
80. Hitchhike to get to a ski area.
*81. Forget the color and make of your rental car an lose it in a ski-area parking lot.
*82. Call in sick to your office or skip school and go skiing.
83. Take a private lesson from someone who doesn’t speak English.
*84. Forget to bring your ski boots on a trip.
*85. Learn how to correctly fold a trail map.
*86. Figure out how to walk up a flight of icy stairs in your ski boots while holding skis and poles.
*87. Learn how to tune your own skis.
88. Memorize all of Glen Plakes’s lines in the great stump film “License to Thrill.”
89. Write a funny message on a lift shack chalkboard.
*90. Spend a day skiing with a pack of 12 or more skiers.
*91. Spend a day skiing alone.
*92. Have a romantic liaison on the slopes.
93. Continue it in a gondola.
*94. Ski in the pouring rain while wearing a plastic garbage bag.
*95. Ski in 60 degree weather while wearing shorts and a T-shirt.
96. Ski on a day where the temperature drops to below negative 50 (with the wind chill factor).
97. Ski in a one-piece Bogner outfit.
*98. Ski in blue jeans and a sweatshirt.
99. Ski during a complete whiteout.
*100. Ski on a hill with less than 300 feet of vertical.
101. Hike up and ski down a mountain with no lifts.
102. Ski below the Mason-Dixon line.
103. Ski and golf on the same day.
104. Ski on a pair of $2000 Lacroix skis.
*105. Ski in rental gear.
*106. Ruin your family’s iron by using it to wax your skis.
107. Own an extremely silly ski hat - and wear it.
108. Own T-shirts from at least 10 different ski areas.
*109. Purchase a piece of equipment you absolutely cannot afford.
110. Lose a piece of gear in deep powder.
*111. Have a piece of equipment stolen.
112. Use a favorite pair of skis for at least 6 seasons.
113. Break a pole while riding through a chairlift mid-station.
114. Break a pole in a wipeout.
*115. Rip a hole in the seat of your ski pants in a wipeout.
*116. Wear a pair of gloves that contains more duct tape than fabric.
*117. Wreck someone else in a wipeout.


i got 44 not bad for a 18 yearold thats only been riding for 5 years.

 

[meat]

A Skier’s Checklist
A 117-step program to becoming an accomplished addict

1. Ski the Back Bowls of Vail.
2. Experience an epiphany in the trees at Steamboat.
8. Brave the Front Four at Stowe.-WHATS TO BRAVE?
9. Climb and carve New Hampshire’s Tuckerman’s Revine.
*10. Mogul with the masses on Outer Limits at Killington.
16. Spend an entire winter as a ski bum.-LAST 3 YEARS
17. Ski at least once in chest deep powder.
18. Ski at least once on blue glare ice.
19. Make powder 8’s with a friend down an untracked run.
20. Make powder 11’s by yourself down an untracked run.
21. Perform a sweet maneuver under a chair that provokes cheers from the
riders.
*22. Take a major-league yard sale under a chair that elicits jeers from
the riders.
23. Ski with Stein Eriksen at Deer Valley and Billy Kidd at Steamboat. -SKIED W/ BILLY
24. Get to a ski area at 7am after a 12 inch dump and stand in line to
get the very first chair of the day.
*25. Ride the very last chair of the day.-HAD LAST CHAIR OF THE YEAR AT JAY ON APRIL 22
*26. Take a dip in an outdoor hot tub while snow is pounding down.
*27. Ride the slow-as-molasses single chair at Mad River Glen.
*29. Cause a chair to be stopped because of some bonehead thing you’ve
done. -TOOK ME ABOUT 2 YEARS AS A KID TO LEARN TO GET ON!
*30. Lean your skis on a rack and cause all the other pairs to slide off.
*31. Get blasted in the face by the spray of a snow gun.
*33. Get hit in the back of the head by a chair while getting off the lift.
*34. Experience your most dramatic fall of the day while walking across
the ski area parking lot.-BAD SLIP ON ICE IN JAY LOT LAST YEAR
35. Have your ticket ripped for going to fast.
*36. Drop a pole from a chair lift.
38. Get frostbite on your nose.
40. Fall off a poma.-LOOK AT #29
42. Ski over a pointy rock and put a 6 inch gouge in the bottom of your skis.-BROKEN 3 PAIRS OF SKIS AND HAD COUNTLESS CORE SHOTS
*43. Get stuck on a stalled chairlift for at least a half an hour.
47. Jump off a rock that gives you at least 10 feet of air.-40 FOOTER AT STEAMBOAT INTO 4 FEET OF POW
49. Learn how to telemark.-LEARNED THIS YEAR, FUN, NICE WORK OUT
53. Ski across an international border.-SKIED FROM QUEBEC INTO VERMONT ON BEAR MT.
54. Make a first-ever ski descent.
55. Learn how to do a spread eagle, back scratcher, mule kick, and
helicopter.
56. Develop your own ridiculous ski jump and name it after yourself.-WAS DOING "NEW SCHOOL GRABS" IN THE EARLY 90S BEFORE I SAW ANYONE ELSE DO THEM
*57. Get involved in a massive base-area snowball fight.-HIGH SCHOOL TRIP TO WHISTLER
*59. Night-ski under the lights at a local hill.
60. Ski without artificial light beneath a full moon.-POACHED CLOSED NIGHT SKIING TRAILS @ PAT'S PEAK IN HIGH SCHOOL
69. Eat a PowerBar lunch while riding the chair.-ALL THE TIME
*71. Eat a big handful of fresh snow. (Anywhere with snow)-ALL THE TIME
72. Drink beer at Shamus O’Toole’s in Breckenridge.
78. Do a 360 degree spin in your car on a icy access road.
79. Drive at least 1000 miles to reach a ski area.-DENVER TO LAKE TAHOE
80. Hitchhike to get to a ski area.
*82. Call in sick to your office or skip school and go skiing.
84. Forget to bring your ski boots on a trip.
*85. Learn how to correctly fold a trail map.
*86. Figure out how to walk up a flight of icy stairs in your ski boots while holding skis and poles.
87. Learn how to tune your own skis.
89. Write a funny message on a lift shack chalkboard.
*90. Spend a day skiing with a pack of 12 or more skiers.-HATED EVERY MINUTE OF IT
*91. Spend a day skiing alone.
*94. Ski in the pouring rain while wearing a plastic garbage bag.
*95. Ski in 60 degree weather while wearing shorts and a T-shirt.
96. Ski on a day where the temperature drops to below negative 50 (with the wind chill factor).-NEGATIVE 35 W/O WIND, PLUS 30+ MPH GUSTS (JAN 04 @ JAY) I'LL NEVER DO IT AGAIN
*99. Ski during a complete whiteout.
101. Hike up and ski down a mountain with no lifts.
103. Ski and golf on the same day-DID IT 3 WEEKS AGO
*105. Ski in rental gear.-LOOK AT #84
107. Own an extremely silly ski hat - and wear it.-HAVE AN OLD COURDEROY KILLINGTON HAT WITH OVER 60 SKI PINS ALL OVER IT, WEIGHS A TON!
110. Lose a piece of gear in deep powder.
*111. Have a piece of equipment stolen.
113. Break a pole while riding through a chairlift mid-station.-OLD K-MART DOUBLE
*114. Break a pole in a wipeout.
116. Wear a pair of gloves that contains more duct tape than fabric.
*117. Wreck someone else in a wipeout.

I think thats 64 total

 

[teachski]

A Skier’s Checklist
A 117-step program to becoming an accomplished addict

8. Brave the Front Four at Stowe.
18. Ski at least once on blue glare ice.
19. Make powder 8’s with a friend down an untracked run.
20. Make powder 11’s by yourself down an untracked run.
22. Take a major-league yard sale under a chair that elicits jeers from
the riders.
23. Ski with Stein Eriksen at Deer Valley and Billy Kidd at Steamboat.
25. Ride the very last chair of the day.
26. Take a dip in an outdoor hot tub while snow is pounding down.
28. Ride the high-speed six person chair at Boyne Mountain, Michigan. (Does Ragged's count?)
29. Cause a chair to be stopped because of some bonehead thing you’ve
done.
30. Lean your skis on a rack and cause all the other pairs to slide off.
31. Get blasted in the face by the spray of a snow gun.
32. Fall while standing in a lift line and take 10 other skiers with you.
33. Get hit in the back of the head by a chair while getting off the lift.
34. Experience your most dramatic fall of the day while walking across
the ski area parking lot.
36. Drop a pole from a chair lift.
37. Drop a glove from a chair lift.
38. Get frostbite on your nose.
39. Ride a T-bar with someone 2 feet taller or shorter than you.
40. Fall off a poma.
42. Ski over a pointy rock and put a 6 inch gouge in the bottom of your skis.
43. Get stuck on a stalled chairlift for at least a half an hour.
44. Spill a full cup of hot chocolate on a new white turtleneck.
53. Ski across an international border.
57. Get involved in a massive base-area snowball fight.
58. Spot an eagle, a rabbit, a deer, and a moose while skiing.
59. Night-ski under the lights at a local hill.
64. Spend a night in the ski dorms at Sunday River, Maine.
69. Eat a PowerBar lunch while riding the chair.
78. Do a 360 degree spin in your car on a icy access road.
82. Call in sick to your office or skip school and go skiing.
84. Forget to bring your ski boots on a trip. ( Ski Pants too)
85. Learn how to correctly fold a trail map.
86. Figure out how to walk up a flight of icy stairs in your ski boots while holding skis and poles.
87. Learn how to tune your own skis.
90. Spend a day skiing with a pack of 12 or more skiers.
91. Spend a day skiing alone.
94. Ski in the pouring rain while wearing a plastic garbage bag.
96. Ski on a day where the temperature drops to below negative 50 (with the wind chill factor).
98. Ski in blue jeans and a sweatshirt. (back in the day)
99. Ski during a complete whiteout.
100. Ski on a hill with less than 300 feet of vertical.
105. Ski in rental gear.
106. Ruin your family’s iron by using it to wax your skis.
107. Own an extremely silly ski hat - and wear it.
109. Purchase a piece of equipment you absolutely cannot afford.
111. Have a piece of equipment stolen.
112. Use a favorite pair of skis for at least 6 seasons.
114. Break a pole in a wipeout.
115. Rip a hole in the seat of your ski pants in a wipeout.
116. Wear a pair of gloves that contains more duct tape than fabric.

51, Not too bad for an old lady!

 

[andyzee]

Damn, someone has a lot of time on their hands. Nice list tough

 

[NYDrew]

A Skier’s Checklist
A 117-step program to becoming an accomplished addict

1. Ski the Back Bowls of Vail.
2. Experience an epiphany in the trees at Steamboat.
3. Survive Corbets Couloir at Jackson Hole.
4. Bump with the best on Al’s Run at Taos.
5. Spend a powder day on the Utah Interconnect.
6. Confront fear in the Pallisades at Squaw Valley.
*7. Participate in the madness of a midwinter weekend at Hunter.
8. Brave the Front Four at Stowe.
9. Climb and carve New Hampshire’s Tuckerman’s Revine.
10. Mogul with the masses on Outer Limits at Killington.
11. Wander through the snow ghosts at The Big Mountain, Montana.
12. Eat July corn on Mount Hood.
13. Schuss the Hahnenkamm downhill course at Kitzbuhel, Austria.
14. Journey for a week on the Haute Route from Chamonix, France, to
Zermatt, Switzerland.
15. Heli-ski in British Columbia.
16. Spend an entire winter as a ski bum.
17. Ski at least once in chest deep powder.
*18. Ski at least once on blue glare ice.
*19. Make powder 8’s with a friend down an untracked run.
*20. Make powder 11’s by yourself down an untracked run.
*21. Perform a sweet maneuver under a chair that provokes cheers from the
riders.
*22. Take a major-league yard sale under a chair that elicits jeers from
the riders.
23. Ski with Stein Eriksen at Deer Valley and Billy Kidd at Steamboat.
24. Get to a ski area at 7am after a 12 inch dump and stand in line to
get the very first chair of the day.
*25. Ride the very last chair of the day.
*26. Take a dip in an outdoor hot tub while snow is pounding down.
27. Ride the slow-as-molasses single chair at Mad River Glen.
28. Ride the high-speed six person chair at Boyne Mountain, Michigan.
*29. Cause a chair to be stopped because of some bonehead thing you’ve
done.
*30. Lean your skis on a rack and cause all the other pairs to slide off.
*31. Get blasted in the face by the spray of a snow gun.
*32. Fall while standing in a lift line and take 10 other skiers with you.
*33. Get hit in the back of the head by a chair while getting off the lift.
*34. Experience your most dramatic fall of the day while walking across
the ski area parking lot.
35. Have your ticket ripped for going to fast.
*36. Drop a pole from a chair lift.
*37. Drop a glove from a chair lift.
*38. Get frostbite on your nose.
*39. Ride a T-bar with someone 2 feet taller or shorter than you.
*40. Fall off a poma.
41. Accidentally take the wrong pair of skis off a rack.
*42. Ski over a pointy rock and put a 6 inch gouge in the bottom of your skis.
*43. Get stuck on a stalled chairlift for at least a half an hour.
*44. Spill a full cup of hot chocolate on a new white turtleneck.
45. Ski during the summer in South America or New Zealand.
46. Ski all 12 months of one year.
*47. Jump off a rock that gives you at least 10 feet of air.
48. Snowboard at Mt. Baker, Washington.
*49. Learn how to telemark.
50. Take an overnight cross-country trip in Yellowstone National Park.
51. Ski the backcountry in Alaska.
52. Ski Mauna Kea volcano in Hawaii.
53. Ski across an international border.
54. Make a first-ever ski descent.
55. Learn how to do a spread eagle, back scratcher, mule kick, and
helicopter.
56. Develop your own ridiculous ski jump and name it after yourself.
*57. Get involved in a massive base-area snowball fight.
58. Spot an eagle, a rabbit, a deer, and a moose while skiing.
*59. Night-ski under the lights at a local hill.
*60. Ski without artificial light beneath a full moon.
61. Win a gold medal in a NASTAR race.
62. Attend a World Cup ski race.
63. Spend a night in the Little Nell in Aspen.
64. Spend a night in the ski dorms at Sunday River, Maine.
65. Spend a night in a cabin on Colorado’s 10th Mountain Trail.
66. Spend a night in the back of a VW bus during ski-free week at Crested Butte.
67. Order breakfast (and wait a half hour for it) at The Kitchen in Winter Park.
68. Eat a five course lunch at The Outpost at Keystone.
*69. Eat a PowerBar lunch while riding the chair.
70. Eat a $200 dinner (including wine) at Pinons in Aspen.
*71. Eat a big handful of fresh snow. (Anywhere with snow)
72. Drink beer at Shamus O’Toole’s in Breckenridge.
73. Drink tequila at the Fly Me To The Moon Saloon in Telluride.
74. Drink whisky at The Heartbreak Hotel at Hunter.
75. Drink wine at Michel’s in Sun Valley.
76. Drink Sake at Sushi Village in Whistler.
77. Experience a snow-induced airplane delay in Denver or Salt Lake City that exceeds 6 hours.
*****78. Do a 360 degree spin in your car on a icy access road.
79. Drive at least 1000 miles to reach a ski area.
*80. Hitchhike to get to a ski area.
81. Forget the color and make of your rental car an lose it in a ski-area parking lot.
*82. Call in sick to your office or skip school and go skiing.
83. Take a private lesson from someone who doesn’t speak English.
84. Forget to bring your ski boots on a trip.
*85. Learn how to correctly fold a trail map.
*86. Figure out how to walk up a flight of icy stairs in your ski boots while holding skis and poles.
*87. Learn how to tune your own skis.
88. Memorize all of Glen Plakes’s lines in the great stump film “License to Thrill.”
89. Write a funny message on a lift shack chalkboard.
*90. Spend a day skiing with a pack of 12 or more skiers.
*91. Spend a day skiing alone.
92. Have a romantic liaison on the slopes.
93. Continue it in a gondola.
*94. Ski in the pouring rain while wearing a plastic garbage bag.
*95. Ski in 60 degree weather while wearing shorts and a T-shirt.
*96. Ski on a day where the temperature drops to below negative 50 (with the wind chill factor).
97. Ski in a one-piece Bogner outfit.
*98. Ski in blue jeans and a sweatshirt.
*99. Ski during a complete whiteout.
*100. Ski on a hill with less than 300 feet of vertical.
*101. Hike up and ski down a mountain with no lifts.
102. Ski below the Mason-Dixon line.
103. Ski and golf on the same day.
104. Ski on a pair of $2000 Lacroix skis.
*105. Ski in rental gear.
*106. Ruin your family’s iron by using it to wax your skis.
*107. Own an extremely silly ski hat - and wear it.
108. Own T-shirts from at least 10 different ski areas.
*109. Purchase a piece of equipment you absolutely cannot afford.
*110. Lose a piece of gear in deep powder.
*111. Have a piece of equipment stolen.
*112. Use a favorite pair of skis for at least 6 seasons.
113. Break a pole while riding through a chairlift mid-station.
*114. Break a pole in a wipeout.
*115. Rip a hole in the seat of your ski pants in a wipeout.
*116. Wear a pair of gloves that contains more duct tape than fabric.
*117. Wreck someone else in a wipeout.

.

55, not bad for a college student who has never been off the east coast

 

[eatskisleep]

1. Ski the Back Bowls of Vail.
2. Experience an epiphany in the trees at Steamboat.
3. Survive Corbets Couloir at Jackson Hole.
4. Bump with the best on Al’s Run at Taos.
5. Spend a powder day on the Utah Interconnect.
6. Confront fear in the Pallisades at Squaw Valley.
7. Participate in the madness of a midwinter weekend at Hunter.
8. Brave the Front Four at Stowe.
9. Climb and carve New Hampshire’s Tuckerman’s Revine.
10. Mogul with the masses on Outer Limits at Killington.
11. Wander through the snow ghosts at The Big Mountain, Montana.
12. Eat July corn on Mount Hood.
13. Schuss the Hahnenkamm downhill course at Kitzbuhel, Austria.
14. Journey for a week on the Haute Route from Chamonix, France, to
Zermatt, Switzerland.
15. Heli-ski in British Columbia.
16. Spend an entire winter as a ski bum.
17. Ski at least once in chest deep powder.
18. Ski at least once on blue glare ice.
19. Make powder 8’s with a friend down an untracked run.
20. Make powder 11’s by yourself down an untracked run.
21. Perform a sweet maneuver under a chair that provokes cheers from the
riders.
22. Take a major-league yard sale under a chair that elicits jeers from
the riders.
23. Ski with Stein Eriksen at Deer Valley and Billy Kidd at Steamboat.
24. Get to a ski area at 7am after a 12 inch dump and stand in line to
get the very first chair of the day.
25. Ride the very last chair of the day.
26. Take a dip in an outdoor hot tub while snow is pounding down.
27. Ride the slow-as-molasses single chair at Mad River Glen.
28. Ride the high-speed six person chair at Boyne Mountain, Michigan.
29. Cause a chair to be stopped because of some bonehead thing you’ve
done.
30. Lean your skis on a rack and cause all the other pairs to slide off.
31. Get blasted in the face by the spray of a snow gun.
32. Fall while standing in a lift line and take 10 other skiers with you.
33. Get hit in the back of the head by a chair while getting off the lift.
34. Experience your most dramatic fall of the day while walking across
the ski area parking lot.
35. Have your ticket ripped for going to fast.
36. Drop a pole from a chair lift.
37. Drop a glove from a chair lift.
38. Get frostbite on your nose.
39. Ride a T-bar with someone 2 feet taller or shorter than you.
40. Fall off a poma.
41. Accidentally take the wrong pair of skis off a rack.
42. Ski over a pointy rock and put a 6 inch gouge in the bottom of your skis.
43. Get stuck on a stalled chairlift for at least a half an hour.
44. Spill a full cup of hot chocolate on a new white turtleneck.
45. Ski during the summer in South America or New Zealand.
46. Ski all 12 months of one year.
47. Jump off a rock that gives you at least 10 feet of air.
48. Snowboard at Mt. Baker, Washington.
49. Learn how to telemark.
50. Take an overnight cross-country trip in Yellowstone National Park.
51. Ski the backcountry in Alaska.
52. Ski Mauna Kea volcano in Hawaii.
53. Ski across an international border.
54. Make a first-ever ski descent. (Does my backyard count?)
55. Learn how to do a spread eagle, back scratcher, mule kick, and
helicopter.
56. Develop your own ridiculous ski jump and name it after yourself.
57. Get involved in a massive base-area snowball fight.
58. Spot an eagle, a rabbit, a deer, and a moose while skiing.
59. Night-ski under the lights at a local hill.
60. Ski without artificial light beneath a full moon.
61. Win a gold medal in a NASTAR race.
62. Attend a World Cup ski race.
63. Spend a night in the Little Nell in Aspen.
64. Spend a night in the ski dorms at Sunday River, Maine.
65. Spend a night in a cabin on Colorado’s 10th Mountain Trail.
66. Spend a night in the back of a VW bus during ski-free week at Crested Butte.
67. Order breakfast (and wait a half hour for it) at The Kitchen in Winter Park.
68. Eat a five course lunch at The Outpost at Keystone.
69. Eat a PowerBar lunch while riding the chair.
70. Eat a $200 dinner (including wine) at Pinons in Aspen.
71. Eat a big handful of fresh snow. (Anywhere with snow)
72. Drink beer at Shamus O’Toole’s in Breckenridge.
73. Drink tequila at the Fly Me To The Moon Saloon in Telluride.
74. Drink whisky at The Heartbreak Hotel at Hunter.
75. Drink wine at Michel’s in Sun Valley.
76. Drink Sake at Sushi Village in Whistler.
77. Experience a snow-induced airplane delay in Denver or Salt Lake City that exceeds 6 hours.
78. Do a 360 degree spin in your car on a icy access road. (Does a 180 pulling out of Wildcat count?)
79. Drive at least 1000 miles to reach a ski area.
80. Hitchhike to get to a ski area.
81. Forget the color and make of your rental car an lose it in a ski-area parking lot.
82. Call in sick to your office or skip school and go skiing.
83. Take a private lesson from someone who doesn’t speak English.
84. Forget to bring your ski boots on a trip.
85. Learn how to correctly fold a trail map.
86. Figure out how to walk up a flight of icy stairs in your ski boots while holding skis and poles.
87. Learn how to tune your own skis.
88. Memorize all of Glen Plakes’s lines in the great stump film “License to Thrill.”
89. Write a funny message on a lift shack chalkboard.
90. Spend a day skiing with a pack of 12 or more skiers.
91. Spend a day skiing alone.
92. Have a romantic liaison on the slopes.
93. Continue it in a gondola.
94. Ski in the pouring rain while wearing a plastic garbage bag.
95. Ski in 60 degree weather while wearing shorts and a T-shirt.
96. Ski on a day where the temperature drops to below negative 50 (with the wind chill factor).
97. Ski in a one-piece Bogner outfit.
98. Ski in blue jeans and a sweatshirt.
99. Ski during a complete whiteout.
100. Ski on a hill with less than 300 feet of vertical.
101. Hike up and ski down a mountain with no lifts.
102. Ski below the Mason-Dixon line.
103. Ski and golf on the same day.
104. Ski on a pair of $2000 Lacroix skis.
105. Ski in rental gear.
106. Ruin your family’s iron by using it to wax your skis.
107. Own an extremely silly ski hat - and wear it.
108. Own T-shirts from at least 10 different ski areas.
109. Purchase a piece of equipment you absolutely cannot afford.
110. Lose a piece of gear in deep powder.
111. Have a piece of equipment stolen.
112. Use a favorite pair of skis for at least 6 seasons.
113. Break a pole while riding through a chairlift mid-station.
114. Break a pole in a wipeout.
115. Rip a hole in the seat of your ski pants in a wipeout.
116. Wear a pair of gloves that contains more duct tape than fabric.
117. Wreck someone else in a wipeout.

29

 

[ga2ski]

A 117-step program to becoming an accomplished addict

*1. Ski the Back Bowls of Vail.
2. Experience an epiphany in the trees at Steamboat.
3. Survive Corbets Couloir at Jackson Hole.
4. Bump with the best on Al’s Run at Taos.
5. Spend a powder day on the Utah Interconnect.
6. Confront fear in the Pallisades at Squaw Valley.
7. Participate in the madness of a midwinter weekend at Hunter.
8. Brave the Front Four at Stowe.
*9. Climb and carve New Hampshire’s Tuckerman’s Revine.
*10. Mogul with the masses on Outer Limits at Killington.
11. Wander through the snow ghosts at The Big Mountain, Montana.
12. Eat July corn on Mount Hood.
13. Schuss the Hahnenkamm downhill course at Kitzbuhel, Austria.
14. Journey for a week on the Haute Route from Chamonix, France, to
Zermatt, Switzerland.
15. Heli-ski in British Columbia.
16. Spend an entire winter as a ski bum.
*17. Ski at least once in chest deep powder.
*18. Ski at least once on blue glare ice.
*19. Make powder 8’s with a friend down an untracked run.
*20. Make powder 11’s by yourself down an untracked run.
*21. Perform a sweet maneuver under a chair that provokes cheers from the
riders.
*22. Take a major-league yard sale under a chair that elicits jeers from
the riders.
23. Ski with Stein Eriksen at Deer Valley and Billy Kidd at Steamboat.
*24. Get to a ski area at 7am after a 12 inch dump and stand in line to
get the very first chair of the day.
*25. Ride the very last chair of the day.
*26. Take a dip in an outdoor hot tub while snow is pounding down.
27. Ride the slow-as-molasses single chair at Mad River Glen.
28. Ride the high-speed six person chair at Boyne Mountain, Michigan.
*29. Cause a chair to be stopped because of some bonehead thing you’ve
done.
*30. Lean your skis on a rack and cause all the other pairs to slide off.
*31. Get blasted in the face by the spray of a snow gun.
*32. Fall while standing in a lift line and take 10 other skiers with you.
*33. Get hit in the back of the head by a chair while getting off the lift.
*34. Experience your most dramatic fall of the day while walking across
the ski area parking lot.
*35. Have your ticket ripped for going to fast.
*36. Drop a pole from a chair lift.
*37. Drop a glove from a chair lift.
38. Get frostbite on your nose.
*39. Ride a T-bar with someone 2 feet taller or shorter than you.
*40. Fall off a poma.
*41. Accidentally take the wrong pair of skis off a rack.
*42. Ski over a pointy rock and put a 6 inch gouge in the bottom of your skis.
*43. Get stuck on a stalled chairlift for at least a half an hour.
44. Spill a full cup of hot chocolate on a new white turtleneck.
45. Ski during the summer in South America or New Zealand.
46. Ski all 12 months of one year.
*47. Jump off a rock that gives you at least 10 feet of air.
48. Snowboard at Mt. Baker, Washington.
*49. Learn how to telemark.
50. Take an overnight cross-country trip in Yellowstone National Park.
51. Ski the backcountry in Alaska.
52. Ski Mauna Kea volcano in Hawaii.
53. Ski across an international border.
54. Make a first-ever ski descent.
*55. Learn how to do a spread eagle, back scratcher, mule kick, and
helicopter.
*56. Develop your own ridiculous ski jump and name it after yourself.
*57. Get involved in a massive base-area snowball fight.
58. Spot an eagle, a rabbit, a deer, and a moose while skiing.
*59. Night-ski under the lights at a local hill.
60. Ski without artificial light beneath a full moon.
*61. Win a gold medal in a NASTAR race.
*62. Attend a World Cup ski race.
63. Spend a night in the Little Nell in Aspen.
*64. Spend a night in the ski dorms at Sunday River, Maine.
*65. Spend a night in a cabin on Colorado’s 10th Mountain Trail.
66. Spend a night in the back of a VW bus during ski-free week at Crested Butte.
67. Order breakfast (and wait a half hour for it) at The Kitchen in Winter Park.
68. Eat a five course lunch at The Outpost at Keystone.
*69. Eat a PowerBar lunch while riding the chair.
70. Eat a $200 dinner (including wine) at Pinons in Aspen.
*71. Eat a big handful of fresh snow. (Anywhere with snow)
72. Drink beer at Shamus O’Toole’s in Breckenridge.
73. Drink tequila at the Fly Me To The Moon Saloon in Telluride.
74. Drink whisky at The Heartbreak Hotel at Hunter.
75. Drink wine at Michel’s in Sun Valley.
76. Drink Sake at Sushi Village in Whistler.
77. Experience a snow-induced airplane delay in Denver or Salt Lake City that exceeds 6 hours.
*78. Do a 360 degree spin in your car on a icy access road.
*79. Drive at least 1000 miles to reach a ski area.
80. Hitchhike to get to a ski area.
81. Forget the color and make of your rental car an lose it in a ski-area parking lot.
*82. Call in sick to your office or skip school and go skiing.
83. Take a private lesson from someone who doesn’t speak English.
84. Forget to bring your ski boots on a trip.
*85. Learn how to correctly fold a trail map.
*86. Figure out how to walk up a flight of icy stairs in your ski boots while holding skis and poles.
*87. Learn how to tune your own skis.
88. Memorize all of Glen Plakes’s lines in the great stump film “License to Thrill.”
*89. Write a funny message on a lift shack chalkboard.
*90. Spend a day skiing with a pack of 12 or more skiers.
*91. Spend a day skiing alone.
92. Have a romantic liaison on the slopes.
93. Continue it in a gondola.
*94. Ski in the pouring rain while wearing a plastic garbage bag.
*95. Ski in 60 degree weather while wearing shorts and a T-shirt.
96. Ski on a day where the temperature drops to below negative 50 (with the wind chill factor).
97. Ski in a one-piece Bogner outfit.
*98. Ski in blue jeans and a sweatshirt.
*99. Ski during a complete whiteout.
*100. Ski on a hill with less than 300 feet of vertical.
*101. Hike up and ski down a mountain with no lifts.
102. Ski below the Mason-Dixon line.
103. Ski and golf on the same day.
104. Ski on a pair of $2000 Lacroix skis.
*105. Ski in rental gear.
*106. Ruin your family’s iron by using it to wax your skis.
*107. Own an extremely silly ski hat - and wear it.
*108. Own T-shirts from at least 10 different ski areas.
109. Purchase a piece of equipment you absolutely cannot afford.
*110. Lose a piece of gear in deep powder.
*111. Have a piece of equipment stolen.
*112. Use a favorite pair of skis for at least 6 seasons.
113. Break a pole while riding through a chairlift mid-station.
*114. Break a pole in a wipeout.
*115. Rip a hole in the seat of your ski pants in a wipeout.
*116. Wear a pair of gloves that contains more duct tape than fabric.
*117. Wreck someone else in a wipeout.

I got 64 if I counted correctly

 

[Treeskier]

73 But there a couple that should be added

Dance to the blue's in your ski boots

Coors on your cerial in a Colorado Ski Area parking lot before sking

Ski the Face at Jay

Ski so steep a terain that the snow rumbles past you on your next turn

Ski all day and then catch the left open 4:05 Chair for one more

Own powder straps

Know how to use a peep

Line up and skik at least 20 drop off corn bumps.

Ski three resorts in one day

Ski and sail in one day

Change into street close on the way to the airport in the airport van after a morning of skiing

Ski single band trees in the East

Know what "Finski is"

Ski off the back side and it takes at least a 30 minute drive back to where you started

Scene having sex at a mid-station (like the gondola mid-station at Sugarloaf)

Day trip 2 hours each way to only go 3 hours the next day becaouse ____got 20"

Leave a week resort to drive 3-8 hours away to where "It Is Snowing"

Keep a zip lock bag full of past trail maps so when you arrive and they are out of print you still know where to go.

Have at least 3 sets of skies...Rock, Everyday and race

Watch the weather channel everyday..some time 10 times

Have snow and or studded tires on our snow car

Make you lunch the night before on a powder day

Tell everyone at your ski house that your going out for 3 runs in the rain and will be back before lunch only to show up at 4:30 after catching the last chair.

Know at least 10 differant terms for snow...powder, gropple, corn......

Make snow angels after being in the hot tub. Jumping back in

Staying into Monday and not leaving for a week

Hear the Horwitzer go off...knowing your interlodge and can get another hour of sleep. If the excitment doesn't get to you.

Have to ware a bandana to keep the snow out of your mouth on a powder day.

 

[loafer89]

73 But there a couple that should be added

Dance to the blue's in your ski boots

Coors on your cerial in a Colorado Ski Area parking lot before sking

Ski the Face at Jay

Ski so steep a terain that the snow rumbles past you on your next turn

Ski all day and then catch the left open 4:05 Chair for one more

Own powder straps

Know how to use a peep

Line up and skik at least 20 drop off corn bumps.

Ski three resorts in one day

Ski and sail in one day

Change into street close on the way to the airport in the airport van after a morning of skiing

Ski single band trees in the East

Know what "Finski is"

Ski off the back side and it takes at least a 30 minute drive back to where you started

Scene having sex at a mid-station (like the gondola mid-station at Sugarloaf)

Day trip 2 hours each way to only go 3 hours the next day becaouse ____got 20"

Leave a week resort to drive 3-8 hours away to where "It Is Snowing"

Keep a zip lock bag full of past trail maps so when you arrive and they are out of print you still know where to go.

Have at least 3 sets of skies...Rock, Everyday and race

Watch the weather channel everyday..some time 10 times

Have snow and or studded tires on our snow car

Make you lunch the night before on a powder day

Tell everyone at your ski house that your going out for 3 runs in the rain and will be back before lunch only to show up at 4:30 after catching the last chair.

Know at least 10 differant terms for snow...powder, gropple, corn......

Make snow angels after being in the hot tub. Jumping back in

Staying into Monday and not leaving for a week

Hear the Horwitzer go off...knowing your interlodge and can get another hour of sleep. If the excitment doesn't get to you.

Have to ware a bandana to keep the snow out of your mouth on a powder day.

Things I have done on this list

 

[kcyanks1]

Around 27 for me. Uncertain on a couple.