Your Current Ski Jones Rating

[severine]

We were in the shop today finishing up some boot fitting for my wife. Highly recommend Dave Newman at Ski Market in Avon. That visit pushed my jones up a bit....

Between getting my boots back today w/new footbeds (SOOOOOOO much better) and alignment evaluation, picking up a pair of heavily discounted softshell pants from Country Sports (in a smaller size - YAY me!), and pulling out my new/saved ski gear (for smaller me!) and trying it on, the jones is on! I'd say about a 7.5-8 now. Where's the snow????

 

[Moe Ghoul]

Between getting my boots back today w/new footbeds (SOOOOOOO much better) and alignment evaluation, picking up a pair of heavily discounted softshell pants from Country Sports (in a smaller size - YAY me!), and pulling out my new/saved ski gear (for smaller me!) and trying it on, the jones is on! I'd say about a 7.5-8 now. Where's the snow????

That's gotta be a good feeling! No snow yet, so I occasionally fill my mouth with ice cubes and shove my head in the freezer just for the effect.

 

[Greg]

Got a new windblocker fleece that I plan to wear on any dry day above 30 degrees or so, plus new ski poles so my jones is increasing a bit. Also got Abby outfitted with new gear and my youngest tried on Abby's old boots and skis so the little ones are getting psyched too. Prolly approaching an 8.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Got a new windblocker fleece that I plan to wear on any dry day above 30 degrees or so, plus new ski poles so my jones is increasing a bit. Also got Abby outfitted with new gear and my youngest tried on Abby's old boots and skis so the little ones are getting psyched too. Prolly approaching an 8.

Steezy,,,I'm holding off on new gear for another month...the windblocker fleece sounds mad steezy yo!!!!!...it's always nice to go without a shell..I prefer being a 2 or 3 layer player...better than a 4 or 5 layer player..which brings me to my next thread...8)

 

[Geoff]

Steezy,,,I'm holding off on new gear for another month...the windblocker fleece sounds mad steezy yo!!!!!...it's always nice to go without a shell..I prefer being a 2 or 3 layer player...better than a 4 or 5 layer player..which brings me to my next thread...8)

4 or 5 layers? You must look like the Michelin Man.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

4 or 5 layers? You must look like the Michelin Man.

That's only when it's well below zero....I've skied in minus 30 temperatures before and was fine..due to lots of layers..

 

[awf170]

Up to a 5 now... this fall weather is starting to get to me. Plus yesterday I realized that I could be skiing in just over a month. Before that I wasn't even thinking about it and just thought ski season was still a few months away. :dunce:

 

[gmcunni]

8.5 today. just got back from getting my son setup with season ski rentals. then walked around the shop for few minutes admiring all the new skis i won't be getting.

despite the great weather this weekend i'm holding strong on my 8.5. we picked up the skis and boots today and got a free pass to sugarbush

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

uber high and I was talking skiing at the bar earlier..with a dude who also skis on doubletips at Blue mountain the true mountain..

 

[dawn-ski]

10! only 8 days last year due to injury that has finally healed....

 

[ALLSKIING]

This weekend I jumped up to a 9 1/2...

 

[WJenness]

Up in the 8-9 neighborhood.

I spent the weekend up at Loon for the highland games. staring at the trails, lifts, and snowmaking equip got me going... and then driving through town and seeing all the tent sales.

-w

 

[Geoff]

I hiked the Bucklin Trail up the back side of Killington from Wheelerville Road yesterday and walked down the front face checking out the construction at the top of the new Skye Peak Express and the new layout for Bittersweet.

http://www.hikenewengland.com/Killington070825.html

That upped the ski jones about half a point.

 

[Greg]

Happy Fall!!!

In a weird way, the nice turn in weather has got me pumped for skiing, but also even more pumped for MTBing. Riding in the cool weather with the color and the leaves on the trail is going to be great. Ski Jones is settling back down to a 6 or 7. I'm good for another couple months.

 

[bvibert]

It was great MTBing in the cooler weather yesterday. My gloves weren't soaked with sweat or anything. 8)

I'm putting my jones at a solid 6 right now.

 

[Moe Ghoul]

Jones is hovering around a 7.1, fall weather is a nice primer going into ski season. Kinda like nature's preview of coming attractions. Anybody get confirmed frost up north?

 

[dmc]

In Seattle this week...

Staring at mountains.... My "jones" is great...

 

[Greg]

Anybody get confirmed frost up north?

There was some frost in Burlington, CT on Saturday morning.

 

[skidmarks]

Thinking of Winter

9 on the Jones scale

SkiTheEast Thinking of Winter

This is what happens when you work around the stuff all day. It was a great idea till the cops came.

 

[skiing is life]

what does ski jones mean?