Vertical on normal day

[awf170]

About how much vertical do you ski on a normal day, i probably get in about 30,000-40,000 feet...
hmmm maybe this should be a poll :wink:

 

[Tyrolean_skier]

About how much vertical do you ski on a normal day, i probably get in about 30,000-40,000 feet...
hmmm maybe this should be a poll :wink:

I did not answer your poll since I have no idea how I would calculate that. I will tell you that I ski as much as I can for as long as I can. What prevents me from doing maximum skiing is having two children that have to be checked into their programs in the morning (preventing me from making first chair) and having to pick them up at specific times in the afternoon. How many runs I get in also depends on whether I am skiing normal trails or trees.

 

[awf170]

I did not answer your poll since I have no idea how I would calculate that. I will tell you that I ski as much as I can for as long as I can. What prevents me from doing maximum skiing is having two children that have to be checked into their programs in the morning (preventing me from making first chair) and having to pick them up at specific times in the afternoon. How many runs I get in also depends on whether I am skiing normal trails or trees.

I usually know the vertical of the chairs i am riding, but you ski at killington so this could get very confusing. I ski at wildcat and ride the same chair the whole day so it very simple... 2,100 ft vertical X # of runs i usually get which is about 15-20

 

[ChileMass]

I did not answer your poll since I have no idea how I would calculate that. I will tell you that I ski as much as I can for as long as I can. What prevents me from doing maximum skiing is having two children that have to be checked into their programs in the morning (preventing me from making first chair) and having to pick them up at specific times in the afternoon. How many runs I get in also depends on whether I am skiing normal trails or trees.

I usually know the vertical of the chairs i am riding, but you ski at killington so this could get very confusing. I ski at wildcat and ride the same chair the whole day so it very simple... 2,100 ft vertical X # of runs i usually get which is about 15-20

Austin - You rule. I sure wish I was still 16. We used to get to the parking lot at Gore every Sat and Sun by 800AM, and they would have to throw us off the hill at 430PM. 15-20+ runs/day was pretty standard, and Gore is well over 2000', so that was 30-40K+ daily.

Now, at age 45, I'm lucky if I do 10 runs a day, so I'll call it 10-20K per ski day. Getting old blows.....

 

[ozskier]

If I'm riding parks all day I'm lucky to get in any impressive numbers... Unless you're counting how much air time I'm getting.

 

[awf170]

If I'm riding parks all day I'm lucky to get in any impressive numbers... Unless you're counting how much air time I'm getting.

so what about the guide to do a 360 you were supposed to give us a while ago, is it ever coming??? that just reminded me of it

what about a guide so i dont kill myself when i try to grind

 

[blacknblue]

My vert will vary wildly depending on the day. Maybe the average is about 30K? Some days are just for cruising, some for hiking, some for exploring trees, some for bumps... so it really depends. I think I topped 50K one day when I was trying to get as much as possible.

 

[Starter Jackets Rule!]

hummm? I never realy thought about it...and guess i never will. Oh well.

 

[Vortex]

20 to 30 weekends. 30+ usually midweek. I ski more when I use a day off.

 

[riverc0il]

i don't count. but let's just say the less vertical i ski in a day, usually the better the day is. yes, i typed less and meant it. more verts = more boring skiing. quantity does not equal quantity. my best lift serviced days, i ski open to close and only get 15,000 tops.

 

[awf170]

i don't count. but let's just say the less vertical i ski in a day, usually the better the day is. yes, i typed less and meant it.

makes perfect sense to me, at my 4 days at alta/snowbird i averaged about 20,000 ft a day, but these were by far my best days of the year

 

[deadheadskier]

i don't count. but let's just say the less vertical i ski in a day, usually the better the day is. yes, i typed less and meant it. more verts = more boring skiing. quantity does not equal quantity. my best lift serviced days, i ski open to close and only get 15,000 tops.

quantity doesn't equal quantity :blink:


sorry, just ribbin' ya on the typo


I agree with you completely though. The best day I have ever had in memory in the 22 years I have skied, was five runs totaling probably 12,000 vertical. I was at the hill for about six hours and called it quits at 2 completely satisfied. I certainly spent at least half that time 'earning' my turns, i.e. hiking, but the quality of those runs man, couldn't have asked for a better day.

 

[Zand]

On an uncrowded night at Wachusett, I can easily rack up 30 runs at least. That's 30K+. Nothing like an uncrowded night and getting a run about every 8 minutes. 5 minutes up, 3 minutes down 10th, and back around. Although I probably beat it that day I had at Okemo in March. I had 15,000 by 10 AM that day.

 

[smootharc]

I like the Suunto s-6 Ski Watch....

http://www.suuntowatches.com/s6.htm


Tons of usefull stuff....time, time zones, dates, slope %/degree meter, vertical, runs, alarms, etc, etc. etc.

It's my sports watch of choice.


Clocks runs and vert like a computer.....hey, it is a computer !


Also does hiking vertical gained during summer, if you'd like.....

 

[tirolerpeter]

Vertical in a day?

That depends very much on the particular mountain. However, upon reflection I do shoot for 20,000 (I ski only midweek, so I don't get involved in lift-line waits. My personal best was about 45,000 one day at Solitude out on Utah.

Upon reflection I agree with the notion that maximum vertical is not necessarily a great day. It can just mean that there is nothing but groomed terrain to ski on, so why not go fast and often? A great day involves playing in the powder and the trees. And, sometimes just "smelling the roses" and enjoying the view.

 

[loafer89]

I do not recall how much vertical I got in skiing at Whistler/Blackomb, but I am sure it was alot with a 5,000' + vertical mountain

I heli-skied in the 20-25,000 range.

At Sugarloaf you can do laps on the Superquad at 1,700' vertical each and the Timberline lift makes it 2,600', flying down Tote Road can rack up vertical quickly.

For me it is in the 20,000 - 30,000 range.

 

[Greg]

Despite it's rep as a crowded mountain, you can easily get 20K+ in at Jiminy on a Sunday. On a weekday, ride the six and you can get in 25+ runs and get in the high 20's or 30K.

Daily vertical is all relative though. Anyone can bomb a bunch of runs and state a 30K day, but the guy/gal who skis bumps or trees, or even makes more tight turns along the trail edge all day will have effectively skied "more"...

 

[SkiDog]

20 - 30 here i'd say roughly...i use suunto watch to measure, but even when I add it up myself it comes close....so... 20-30 it is...as someone else mentioned I log WAY more vert on a weekday then a weekend...id say closer to the 40....less people...more runs...I ski alone usually so noone "holding" me back

M

 

[awf170]

At Sugarloaf you can do laps on the Superquad at 1,700' vertical each and the Timberline lift makes it 2,600', flying down Tote Road can rack up vertical quickly.

The vertical from the top of timberline to the base of the superquad is 2,400 ft max... im not trying to be a jerk to you at all, it just annoys me how they count that stupid snubber chair in there vertical so everyone thinks that is the vertical from the village to the top. All that I know is that it skis way bigger than 2,400 ft... feels more like 3,000 to me

http://www.terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?T=2&S=12&Z=19&X=495&Y=6235&W=3

 

[loafer89]

According to my GPS unit the top of the Timberline quad is located at 4,220' and the base lodge is at 1,600, while the bottom of Snubber is at 1,400' giving a vertical drop from the summit to base of 2,620' and total of 2,820'.

Unless my GPS is wrong????