To Hot to ski?

[deadheadskier]

Do you ever find it being too Hot to ski? I'd imagine if it hit 80, I would not want to be skiing. I generally don't care for it to get above 80 no matter what I'm doing.

I guess I was just thinking about this the other day when it was about 70 and I was skiing. I kinda wished it was 10 degrees cooler. Not really complaining and definitely loving it, but was getting dehydrated much faster and sweating like crazy with just a t shirt and very light weight pants.

I would say 55-60 and sunny is my ideal spring skiing weather

 

[wa-loaf]

The snow won't hold up long in those temps anyway. 60's is good for spring.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I think 80 degrees is too hot to ski...40-50 degrees is ideal spring skiing temperatures..I always ski with a helmet..and even with the vents open and the earflabs removed..I sweat ballz..and I don't like skiing in shorts..

 

[tjf67]

Last weekend it was in the 70's on the hill. I was skiing in shorts and tee shirt. I was not sweating that bad. The snow would splash of your legs and cool you down. Don't fall it sctratches the heck out of you.

 

[deadheadskier]

Don't fall it sctratches the heck out of you.

agreed and for this reason i generally never ski in shorts and usually wear a long sleeve t

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

One thing about when it's really warm like 70-80 degrees is that the snow seems to be fast...It's weird the snow seems faster when its 70 degrees than when it's 50 degrees..I really don't know why..

 

[Greg]

agreed and for this reason i generally never ski in shorts and usually wear a long sleeve t

+1

 

[snoseek]

Sunny at 45-50 degrees is perfect. Low humidity also keeps things nice. I like the days when the snow doesn't soften till about 11 and stays nice until 4, start out on groomers, head to the bumps at noon, and finish the day in the trees.

 

[Phildozer]

I was at Loon last Friday and did the shorts and t-shirt thing. It was easily 75F, maybe a bit warmer.

It was the best day of skiing for me, ever. Demo'd a pair of K2 Apache Recons and they were perfect for the day.

 

[Phildozer]

No Helmet and bald head meets snow at high speed.

This is what results....

No, it isn't me.

 

[Vortex]

Shorts and t shirts are what spring is all about. That was my attire last weekend. Takes for ever to dry the boots out though. Might wear ski pants as it looks ike it may be in the 50's over he weekend.

 

[drjeff]

agreed and for this reason i generally never ski in shorts and usually wear a long sleeve t

I'll always wear some type of pant when skiing (even if it's just a pair of wind pants) - learned that lesson the hard way back in my teens when I was skiing in shorts at Stratton, fell and did a good 'ol slide on my side and ended up with a good case of "road rash" (or I guess snow rash).

I've got no problems skiing in a short sleeve tee-shirt, and had a great time doing so last weekend, since if it's warm enough to ski in a short sleeve tee-shirt, chances are I'm not skiing through the trees and dodging tree branches.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

, chances are I'm not skiing through the trees and dodging tree branches.

That's something I noticed at Stowe when I was skiing in the woods on Sunday..I had a shortsleeve shirt on and no gloves and the branches were a pain while it's a non issue wearing gloves and a jacket.

 

[mondeo]

Don't fall it sctratches the heck out of you.

War scars, man, war scars. Something to show the coworkers who are surprised when there's decent snow in February, when people in central CT are still mowing lawns.

But yeah, I like mid-40s. Shorts and t-shirt are cool every once in a while, but I prefer in general skiing with pants and a t-shirt. 70s gets hot even with shorts, t-shirt, and no helmet. 50s is too warm for pants for me (granted, I only have the one pair.) All that damn natural insulation.

Always wear gloves, though.

 

[frozencorn]

Yeah, it was in the 70s last weekend at Bush/Stowe and it was glorious. But there were times I was panting from the heat. Add to that the blisters on my hands from not wearing gloves, as well as the scratches I have all down my arms from hitting the snow, and I couldn't do it every day.

Then again, the warmer it is on the slopes, the more bikinis that make an appearance, so....

 

[danny p]

One thing about when it's really warm like 70-80 degrees is that the snow seems to be fast...It's weird the snow seems faster when its 70 degrees than when it's 50 degrees..I really don't know why..

yeah, i noticed that last friday when it was 70 degrees, runs were really fast! Funny, I was worrying the night before that I didn't have any spring wax on my board. Definately didn't need it!

 

[tjf67]

agreed and for this reason i generally never ski in shorts and usually wear a long sleeve t

Last weekend I had socks pulled up over my neophreme knee warmers. My shorts fell down past the top of the knee pads. It was great cause when you got slamming the snow would splash up under the shorts. Created a little shrinkage but it felt kinda good. The short sleeves left my elbows exposed which I did take a digger on. Broke my pole mid day so skied the rest of the day without poles. Not to self dont get in the back seat without poles.
No helmet and gloves.

Perfect set up.
Its all done now

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