Your Official 2007-08 Ski Season Breakdown Thread

[Zand]

Wachusett: 25
Mount Snow: 7
Stowe: 2
Berkshire East: 1
Okemo: 1
Mad River Glen: 1
Sugarbush: 1
Total: 38

Personal Records:

Most Days: 38 (Previous: 31 in '06 and '07)
Earliest Day: 11/12 @ Mt. Snow (Previous: 11/25/05 @ Wachusett)
Latest Day: 4/27 @ Mt. Snow (Previous: 4/10/05 @ Wachusett)
Most Days at Wachusett: 25 (Previous: 21 in '05 and '07)
Most Days at a place not named Wachusett: 7 @ Mt. Snow (Previous: 3 @ Waterville in '06)

AZers met (I'll probably miss a few but here goes):

Greg
2knees
awl170
JimG
Jonnypoach
Powhunter
Bvibert
Grassi21
Win
KingM
Marc
Waloaf
WJenness
Madskier6

 

[Jonni]

Here's mine:

http://www.jon-gallup.com/other/0708SkiSeason.xls

I try to keep as much track as possible about my season, and it seems to work pretty well with this handy dandy excel spreadsheet. I still want to get out for some earned turns before I really call the season finished, but I'm not sure yet how well that will work.

 

[drjeff]

Stick the fork in me, today was it.

Season total: 51 days (goal was 40 so I'm happy! )

45 Days at Mount Snow (pass worked out to $16.67 a day)
3 Days at The Canyons (2 out of 3 were powder days!)
3 Days a Deer Valley (again 2 out of 3 powder days)

Now I'll just have to start thinking/rethinking about next years goals!

 

[Zand]

My annual mini recap:

1. Mount Snow 11/12: AZ Day, great snow on Chute
2. Wachusett 11/23: Opening Day, Crowded and narrow Conifer, skied with Austin for a bit
3. Mount Snow 11/24: Very crowded with few trails, horrible conditions, rude people
4. Wachusett 11/29: Mini AZ Day, 10th open with a kicker that Marc was doing 90s off of
5. Wachusett 12/6: Smith open, excellent early season conditions
6. Wachusett 12/9: Vickery Bowl opens early due to absence of Minuteman
7. Wachusett 12/14: Minuteman opens, Smith ungroomed 2 days after snowstorm, Vickery liftline skiing
8. Wachusett 12/20: Light powder day, more Vickery liftline
9. Wachusett 12/22: Bumps debut on 10th, Polar Express breakdowns
10. Mount Snow 12/28: Crowded, Great tree skiing for December
11. Wachusett 1/4: Crowded Friday night, last before thaw
12. Wachusett 1/7: Warm January afternoon
13. Wachusett 1/15: Halfpipe opens
14. Wachusett 1/17: Rare (for me) day session... crappy grooming after snowmaking from night before
15. Wachusett 1/18: Wet snow from night before freezes solid
16. Mount Snow 1/21: Cold, awesome bumps on Fallen Timbers and great snow on Freefall, good Beartrap
17. Wachusett 1/25: Park reopens for good
18. Wachusett 1/27: Light powder night, crowded and cold
19. Wachusett 2/4: VERY dense snow
20. Wachusett 2/8: More new snow
21. Wachusett 2/12: Snow late
22. Wachusett 2/14: Couple hours with Austin... very scraped... also a run with waloaf
23. Mount Snow 2/20: More fun in the Trials as well as other natural trails I hadn't skied before
24. Berkshire East 2/23: Powder day (even though they groomed most of it), mini AZ day
25. Wachusett 2/27: Deep golf balls
26. Wachusett 2/29: 24 hours of skiing, most crowded day in Wachusett history (at 1 AM), lights out
27. Okemo 3/7: Great early spring day... soft snow, warm, good glades and bumps all over, 100% open
28. Wachusett 3/10: Cold March night, yo-yo runs
29. Stowe 3/15: Fun in the woods, DEEP snow
30. Stowe 3/16: Very foggy and icy, but still great in the woods
31. Mad River Glen 3/20: Mostly closed due to breakable crust, mini powder day, disappointment to hit it that day
32. Sugarbush 3/21: AZ Day, Powder day, lots of Castlerock
33. Wachusett 3/26: Soft snow in the afternoon
34. Wachusett 3/28: Wet PS that became awesome cruising snow, good in the park too
35. Wachusett 3/29: Teens and January PP in late March
36. Wachusett 4/6: Closing Day, cold and foggy
37. Mount Snow 4/19: Still a lot open, even some woods, awesome Ripcord and Ego Alley, 80 degrees
38. Mount Snow 4/27: Mini AZ day, closing day, Freefall and Ripcord good for late April

 

[Greg]

2007-08 was awesome!

Probably my best season yet. My goal was 35 days and I got in 41 as follows:

Mount Snow (2X): [POST="203873"]11/12[/POST], [THREAD="27008"]4/17[/THREAD]
Hunter (3X): [THREAD="20458"]11/25[/THREAD], [THREAD="21389"]12/14[/THREAD], [THREAD="23000"]1/21[/THREAD]
Mohawk (1X): [THREAD="20769"]12/1[/THREAD]
Killington (2X): [THREAD="20898"]12/4[/THREAD], [THREAD="23286"]1/28[/THREAD]
Sundown (22X): [THREAD="21142"]12/9[/THREAD], [THREAD="21352"]12/13[/THREAD], [THREAD="21616"]12/19[/THREAD], [THREAD="21699"]12/21[/THREAD], [THREAD="21867"]12/26[/THREAD], [THREAD="21912"]12/27[/THREAD], [THREAD="21957"]12/28[/THREAD], [THREAD="22077"]12/31[/THREAD], [THREAD="22189"]1/2[/THREAD], [THREAD="22483"]1/8[/THREAD], [THREAD="22733"]1/14[/THREAD], [THREAD="23154"]1/24[/THREAD], [THREAD="24027"]2/12[/THREAD], [THREAD="24450"]2/20[/THREAD], [THREAD="24528"]2/22[/THREAD], [THREAD="24615"]2/24[/THREAD], [THREAD="24941"]3/1[/THREAD], [THREAD="25415"]3/11[/THREAD], [THREAD="25459"]3/12[/THREAD], [THREAD="25538"]3/14[/THREAD], [THREAD="25615"]3/16[/THREAD], [THREAD="26231"]3/30[/THREAD]
Sugarbush (7X): [THREAD="22889"]1/18[/THREAD], [THREAD="25037"]3/3[/THREAD], [THREAD="25081"]3/4[/THREAD], [THREAD="25133"]3/5[/THREAD], [THREAD="25175"]3/6[/THREAD], [THREAD="25845"]3/21[/THREAD], [THREAD="27324"]4/25[/THREAD]
Catamount (1X): [THREAD="23215"]1/26[/THREAD]
Mad River Glen (1X): [THREAD="23831"]2/8[/THREAD]
Magic (1X): [THREAD="24828"]2/28[/THREAD]
Okemo (1x): [THREAD="26544"]4/6[/THREAD]

Again, an awesome season. Highlights:

• Getting my five year old daughter skiing independently and linking some turns
• A day at Sundown with my wife. We hooked up with Grassi and his wife for a bit
• New skis: K2 Cabrawlers and Dynastar Legend 8000s
• Great opening day bumps at Mount Snow on Chute
• Early December 16" powder day at Killington with JimG.
• December powder day at Sundown
• Hunter AZ gathering
• December bumps at Sundown on Nor'easter
• Skied in the MRV 8 times
• Manmade blizzards on Claire's and Lower K-27 at Hunter
• Introducing ALLSKIING to MRG on a sweet powder day
• Introducing ALLSKIING to Magic on a sweet powder day
• Newly seeded bumps with fresh powder on Temptor at Sundown on 2/22
• A week at Sugarbush with family and friends. Lots of Hyde Away takeout!
• Sundown Mogul Competition
• Sundown's closing day
• OkeMoguls!
• Finishing the season with 180 and family on perfect bumps at Sugarbush
• Longest season ever: 11/12 - 4/25
• Latest day: 4/25
• Most number of days: 41
• Skiing with a ton of AZers. Thanks everybody!

 

[polski]

So I did knock Sugarloaf off my to-do list after all.

In my previous post I should have had Smuggs and SB/LP on my to-do list in addition to Burke. Oh and Suicide Six too. And Mount Greylock. And ...

My earliest start (11/11) and latest finish (4/25) = longest ski season ever. At 6.5 months the ski season is longer than the non-ski season!

 

[2knees]

Done as of yesterday. 23 total, most since i had kids

11 Sundown
4 Mt Snow
2 Okemo
1 Killington
1 Hunter
1 Bromley
1 Magic
1 Sugarbush
1 Berkshire East

 

[Greg]

My earliest start (11/11) and latest finish (4/25) = longest ski season ever. At 6.5 months the ski season is longer than the non-ski season!

I don't want to burst your bubble, but that's 5.5 months. You went one day longer than me though... :beer:

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

My earliest start (11/11) and latest finish (4/25) = longest ski season ever. At 6.5 months the ski season is longer than the non-ski season!

That;s 5.5 months...AZers are not known for their math skills..:smash:

 

[Greg]

Season Video

Probably my best season yet. My goal was 35 days and I got in 41 as follows:

Mount Snow (2X): [POST="203873"]11/12[/POST], [THREAD="27008"]4/17[/THREAD]
Hunter (3X): [THREAD="20458"]11/25[/THREAD], [THREAD="21389"]12/14[/THREAD], [THREAD="23000"]1/21[/THREAD]
Mohawk (1X): [THREAD="20769"]12/1[/THREAD]
Killington (2X): [THREAD="20898"]12/4[/THREAD], [THREAD="23286"]1/28[/THREAD]
Sundown (22X): [THREAD="21142"]12/9[/THREAD], [THREAD="21352"]12/13[/THREAD], [THREAD="21616"]12/19[/THREAD], [THREAD="21699"]12/21[/THREAD], [THREAD="21867"]12/26[/THREAD], [THREAD="21912"]12/27[/THREAD], [THREAD="21957"]12/28[/THREAD], [THREAD="22077"]12/31[/THREAD], [THREAD="22189"]1/2[/THREAD], [THREAD="22483"]1/8[/THREAD], [THREAD="22733"]1/14[/THREAD], [THREAD="23154"]1/24[/THREAD], [THREAD="24027"]2/12[/THREAD], [THREAD="24450"]2/20[/THREAD], [THREAD="24528"]2/22[/THREAD], [THREAD="24615"]2/24[/THREAD], [THREAD="24941"]3/1[/THREAD], [THREAD="25415"]3/11[/THREAD], [THREAD="25459"]3/12[/THREAD], [THREAD="25538"]3/14[/THREAD], [THREAD="25615"]3/16[/THREAD], [THREAD="26231"]3/30[/THREAD]
Sugarbush (7X): [THREAD="22889"]1/18[/THREAD], [THREAD="25037"]3/3[/THREAD], [THREAD="25081"]3/4[/THREAD], [THREAD="25133"]3/5[/THREAD], [THREAD="25175"]3/6[/THREAD], [THREAD="25845"]3/21[/THREAD], [THREAD="27324"]4/25[/THREAD]
Catamount (1X): [THREAD="23215"]1/26[/THREAD]
Mad River Glen (1X): [THREAD="23831"]2/8[/THREAD]
Magic (1X): [THREAD="24828"]2/28[/THREAD]
Okemo (1x): [THREAD="26544"]4/6[/THREAD]

Again, an awesome season. Highlights:

• Getting my five year old daughter skiing independently and linking some turns
• A day at Sundown with my wife. We hooked up with Grassi and his wife for a bit
• New skis: K2 Cabrawlers and Dynastar Legend 8000s
• Great opening day bumps at Mount Snow on Chute
• Early December 16" powder day at Killington with JimG.
• December powder day at Sundown
• Hunter AZ gathering
• December bumps at Sundown on Nor'easter
• Skied in the MRV 8 times
• Manmade blizzards on Claire's and Lower K-27 at Hunter
• Introducing ALLSKIING to MRG on a sweet powder day
• Introducing ALLSKIING to Magic on a sweet powder day
• Newly seeded bumps with fresh powder on Temptor at Sundown on 2/22
• A week at Sugarbush with family and friends. Lots of Hyde Away takeout!
• Sundown Mogul Competition
• Sundown's closing day
• OkeMoguls!
• Finishing the season with 180 and family on perfect bumps at Sugarbush
• Longest season ever: 11/12 - 4/25
• Latest day: 4/25
• Most number of days: 41
• Skiing with a ton of AZers. Thanks everybody!

Here is my [thread="27411"]2007-08 Season Video[/thread]. Enjoy.

 

[ski220]

15 days. And everyone a powder day!!!

3 days at Stowe/Mt. Mansfield before Christmas. 8 days at Jackson (mostly outside the gates) and 2 days up on Teton Pass (trip report w/videos http://forums.alpinezone.com/26388-late-jackson-jan-19-29-a.html ). Then 2 more days at Stowe/Mt. Mansfield.

Not quite as much as I had been aiming for but I'll take quality anytime.

 

[playoutside]

28 days...had hoped for 30+ but I'll take the 28. Added 9 new mountains this year and 2 new states so it's all good!

 

[Eski]

for me, a record 103 days to date and a smile that'll carry me through to next season ... picked up a pair of Metron B5's for my birthday in December that opened up a whole new ski world ... the confidence on these boards allowed me to ski in a way that I haven't been able to do and took me to places I dared not go before ... in doing so, there have been numerous core shots and I need another new pair for next season ... without midweek skiing the past two weeks, my body is recovering yet oddly jonesing for more abuse ... and yes D, retirement agrees with me very much; I did the time so every day is now mine 8)

Belleayre - 6
Gore - 2
Hunter - 86
Mountain Creek - 1
MRG - 1
Mt. Snow - 4
Stratton - 1
Sugarbush - 2

 

[izzy]

for me, a record 103 days to date and a smile that'll carry me through to next season ... picked up a pair of Metron B5's for my birthday in December that opened up a whole new ski world ... the confidence on these boards allowed me to ski in a way that I haven't been able to do and took me to places I dared not go before ... in doing so, there have been numerous core shots and I need another new pair for next season ... without midweek skiing the past two weeks, my body is recovering yet oddly jonesing for more abuse ... and yes D, retirement agrees with me very much; I did the time so every day is now mine 8)

Belleayre - 6
Gore - 2
Hunter - 86
Mountain Creek - 1
MRG - 1
Mt. Snow - 4
Stratton - 1
Sugarbush - 2

You da man E-ski.............................but if your looking for abuse I can help

 

[TheBEast]

Here's mine:

http://www.jon-gallup.com/other/0708SkiSeason.xls

I try to keep as much track as possible about my season, and it seems to work pretty well with this handy dandy excel spreadsheet. I still want to get out for some earned turns before I really call the season finished, but I'm not sure yet how well that will work.

Wow and I thought the little spreadsheet I have just keeping track of how many days and where I ski was anal. This takes it all to a new level!! 8-P :beer:

 

[Lostone]

This takes it all to a new level!!

Sadly... He's a piker! :razz:

On his side, he's skied a bunch more places than I had, this year. I used to have columns for Sugarbush, Smuggs and Other. I would use my comment column to say where other was. Since I bought the condo at Sugarbush, the other columns are seldom used.

He had the conditions for every day. I only list outstanding conditions, as I seldom enter my data every day. It is stored on my watch, and every 2-7 days or so, I go thru and enter the data into the spreadsheet. At that time, I seldom remember which day was which.

And outstanding days can be outstandingly good or outstandingly bad. It can also mention who I skied with or anything else that I can remember.

Added to my data, from my watch is the time out. That also means I have Max time / day. I could have had Min and average time, but I'd need to set up another calculated column.

If I ride Slidebrook lift, it goes up and down. I have to stop the watch before getting on, so it won't show that vertical as my skiing total. This means I have a minimum time of 10 minutes,which was the time until I got on the lift, but much less than my shortest day.

Added to my spreadsheet, is cost data. The name of the sheet is Cost of Skiing. It was started to see how much I saved by having a pass. I have a column for the retail cost. I add everything I buy for skiing, and divide that by the number of days. After I bought my condo, I also started tracking the cost per day with the amortized cost of the condo.

Also added to my sheet is, which ski I used, the amount of days that ski was out, the cost of that ski and (of course) the cost per day. I also keep track of my tuning pass, stating which ski went in which day, and how many days since last it was tuned. That also gives me the amount of days each pair of skis has been used.

Like I say... He's a piker!


But as you think I really need to get out more...

Well, I'm finished for the season. I got in a banner 146 days. I had a couple days where I wondered why I was out. I had some fantastic days, where I couldn't believe more people weren't competing for that great snow. :beer:

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Next season I think I'm going to stop keeping track of days, runs and vertical...lol

 

[prisnah]

I'm at about 85.....should end up somewhere around 90+.

 

[bvibert]

I have no idea how many days I got in, but I had a pretty good season over all.

I got to hit some new areas, and some old favorites. I skied with good ski buddies and met a bunch of new ones. I skied in some pow and in some corn. Did my first ever competition on skis, a bump comp.

 

[mattchuck2]

Somewhere above 50 days for me . . . 4 Whiteface, 2 Sugarloaf, 2 Smugg's (which I had no idea was so sick), 2 Holiday Valley, 1 West, 1 Jiminy, and somewhere between 40 and 50 days at Gore.

About average for me. Three problems with the season: It went by too fast, I didn't get any BC in (did some slackcountry, but that doesn't count), and I didn't get out west (for the second straight year). I'm DEFINITELY going to try to get out there next year, but I have to buy new Alpine Boots, New Alpine skis, and New Tele Skis. Hopefully, I can save up enough money between now and the fall to make that happen (and get some decent pro form deals).

The March/April part of the season went by particulary fast . . . I guess I need to take even more days off next year.