Your season wrap-up report, goals, new areas, ect.

[Grassi21]

Goal of 20 days... fail. I only got 16. Little to no chance of getting another day in.
Progress in the bumps and hitting the kickers... fail.

I did get to ski a new area, MRG. Hit it twice in fact. I also skied 3 consecutive day which is a new high for me.

 

[gmcunni]

Goal of 20 days... fail. I only got 16. Little to no chance of getting another day in.
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sunday @ Hunter???? i'll drive.

 

[Grassi21]

sunday @ Hunter???? i'll drive.

I wish. Sunday afternoon practice since we have a Monday game against Hamden. Boooo

 

[witch hobble]

I'm glad I don't count my days. This was probably my lowest total since the winter of 97/98, which I spent in northern West Virginia.

Don't cry for me though. As an avid whitewater paddler, I enjoyed running rivers right into December. And the last few weeks have been excellent.

Tenney's deficiencies became brutally obvious this winter. They would have to go back to a $99 pass to lure me back. It is too bad. I want a place to ski close by. But I think it will be Cannon next year.

I had a few good days with the family at Tenney. We hit up the Bretton Woods Sunday afternoon local a couple of times (including a pretty good powder afternoon). I got to Cannon 3 days after the big dump:roll:, and had a couple nice spring days there as well. My local backwoods location was just getting good and filled in during the middle of January, before the big rain killed it, and it never recovered. I did a Carriage road/Snapper tour on the Moose, but still have not summitted. And I got one new area in as I skied Loon last friday afternoon after paddling the east branch pemi coming out of the wilderness. People were turning into lobsters before my very eyes, as ZZ Top blared at the bottom of Flume.

I hold out for the possibility of another day or two, but I realize I might be done.

Somewhat unsatisfying winter. Oh well, see you on the river!

 

[ERJ-145CA]

I got 34 days this season but I was hoping to get 40 or better which probably would have happened if I didn't hurt myself. I pulled my right calf muscle pretty bad when I was at Bromley and it cost me 5 - 8 more days. It was my first ski injury that kept me from skiing.

I was planning to get one more day in today at Belleayre but with the 90 degree temps at home I wasn't feeling it. Plus I'm still not 100% healed yet so I figured it would be smarter to call it a season (barring some unforseen layover in Salt Lake or something crazy like that) and let my leg completely heal rather then risk re-injuring it to get one more day in.

I consider this season to be a great season though. It was much shorter than it could have been but the snow conditions around Jersey and PA were the best I've experienced in this area. I also hit 2 new areas, Catamount and Elk and I liked them both. Plus I got a bunch of days in with my 7 year old son who's a good skier now. So despite the injury and the short length of the season it was a great one.

Here's to hoping next season starts in November for me instead of December.

 

[andyaxa]

Learned to ski this year!
Hit Crotched a number or times, Pat's and Mont Ste Anne twice each and a short steep in my back yard. Hoping to keep learning next season at Crotched and venture out to Ragged and some slopes in the Whites....Black, Wildcat, and Bretton Woods, among others.

 

[Edd]

My last few years have been pretty heavy duty as far as ski days go. Maybe a tad light this year but I probably hit 50 days; stopped counting because it felt nerdy. I tried an advanced group lesson but there were about 12 people and it was a complete waste of time for me. Next year I'm going private or some kind of bump clinic. My GF and I met another couple and their friends and we had some great days skiing around the Mt Washington Valley as a group.

New areas:

Stowe
Smuggs
Mt Ellen
Burke
Heavenly (sunny fresh powder day in the trees...unbelievable)
Sierra-at-Tahoe (dumping hard)
Kirkwood

This was my second trip to Tahoe. I have seriously considered job hunting around there. The place just does it for me. Squaw Valley is a damn fine mountain.

The day we hit Heavenly we stood in line at the California lodge waiting for the lift to start. The line was at least six people wide and we had a good spot. It's sunny with a foot of fresh. I reach to my helmet to drop my goggles and I realize they are not there...I've left them in the car. The look on my buddy's face said "douche". At this point there are at least 60 people behind us. I zip to the car but I don't dare rejoin my friend in the line as emotions can run high on a powder day. I lost about 10 minutes on that one.

I was at Saddleback recently and somehow forgot my helmet in the bar with my mittens inside and my goggles attached. They were found by the staff so I sent them a UPS slip and a nice woman named Kara shipped them to me. Thank you Kara.

It was a great year but I'm not quite finished. Sugarloaf beckons.

 

[ta&idaho]

Heavenly (sunny fresh powder day in the trees...unbelievable)
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The day we hit Heavenly we stood in line at the California lodge waiting for the lift to start. The line was at least six people wide and we had a good spot. It's sunny with a foot of fresh.

Did that day happen to be March 13?

 

[Edd]

Did that day happen to be March 13?

Fairly sure it was March 4th. Missed you by a week?

 

[ta&idaho]

Fairly sure it was March 4th. Missed you by a week?

Yep, but your description (foot of fresh with sunny skies) also fit March 13th. These kind of days happen in Tahoe, but they're actually rarer than one might imagine.

 

[drewfidelic]

I ended up at less than half my target number of days, but skied more than twice as much as last year (which was my all-time low.) And after a couple of years of vaguely planning to give it a try, I finally got over to Plattekill for the first time. Not an epic season -- heck, not really a tremendously satisfying season as far as number of days and lack of a big trip -- but not nearly as much of an epic fail as last year.
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[Harvey]

I had 27 days this year. My goal was 30 or more.

It was (almost) all in NY State:

Gore (20)
Whiteface (1)
Siamese Ponds Wilderness (1)
Hunter (1)
Belleayre (2)
Plattekill (1)
Hopewell, NJ (1)

I put together a summary of my season. Gore, some Catskills, really all NY State if you discount one day in NJ.

New areas for me were Plattekill and Belleayre - two mountains I really like.

I appreciate Jamesdeluxe pushing me to expand my horizons and explore the Catskills.

When I looked back at it, it was actually a pretty good season.

Maybe not when compared to other ski seasons.

But when I compared to everything else I spend money on, skiing is the best.

 

[gmcunni]

Updated-


cons -
nagging knee pain all season. first time i've had something like this, hope it's not a sign of the future.
late start to the season but i can't control the weather
less night skiing than last year. not that night skiing is great but it translates to less skiing overall.
didn't land a 360 (heck, didn't even give it a serious try)

pros -
i am a better skier than i was last season. not a whole lot better but better.
hit my 30 day goal this weekend
have a good chance of skiing in May for the first time ever
will likekly have 2 April ski days this season, having had only 1 other ever.
skied 7 new mountains this season (ragged, pat's, catamount, keystone, breckenridge, abasin, belleayre)
skied CO for the first time in 25 years
both my kids made huge improvements in their skiing skills

 

[drjeff]

Hit my year in and year out goals - ski atleast 40 days (ended up with 41) and ski every day of the week (means I took a weeks ski vacation) so no complaints.

Pros: Had some really good powder and spring corn days, my kids made mega improvements to the point where I don't have to hold back at all while skiing with the older one, and can ski at over 50% with the younger one now which makes skiing as a family very fun and rewarding now

Cons: The late start (can't do much about mother nature though)

 

[bvibert]

The good

• Had fun!
• Epic Gunny bumps at Sundown
• Good day at MRG, felt really strong all day
• AZ Sugarloaf gathering was awesome, the good group made for an enjoyable trip even if the conditions were less than I was hoping for
• Felt like I made some progress in my skiing, both in the bumps and in general.
• Met and skied with lots of AZer's
• Sweet powder day at Hunter
• Got to ski with my wife
• Hit 4 new places
  • Thunder Ridge
  • Sunday River
  • Sugarloaf
  • Belleayre
• Got in 35 days
• Ended my season on my terms with an awesome bump day at Belleayre

Not so good

• Didn't get to Magic, really really bummed about this!
• Only one day at MRG
• Gunny bumps were great, but it all ended too quickly
• Not as many trips north as I would have liked
• Didn't get out with my kids as much as I hoped

My season:
09/10 Ski - 11/13, 12/18, 12/23, 12/26, 12/27, 12/30, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/10, 1/11, 1/16, 1/17, 1/24, 1/29, 1/30, 2/8, 2/10, 2/15, 2/16, 2/23, 2/26, 3/1, 3/6, 3/7, 3/8, 3/10, 3/16, 3/18, 3/20, 3/21, 3/26, 3/27, 3/28, 4/11

 

[thetrailboss]

Just counted and have 36 days of skiing so far, including 28 days at Sugarbush and 8 days elsewhere (2 at Sugarloaf, 1 at Sunday River, 1 at Burke, 1 at Homewood, CA, and 3 at Squaw Valley). I am on track to break 40...fingers crossed. I am planning some skiing this weekend at Sugarbush and then after that hopefully Sugarloaf and Tux.

 

[Rambo]

Got in 22 days this year. (down from 28 last year).

10 - Greek Peak
7 - Elk Mountain
3 - Belleayre (last was 4/10)
1 - Hunter (4/1)
1 - Windham (Sun. 4/4... their last day... lots of base left)

Windham was new for me this year - and Windham has fantastic Skiing.
Hunter, Belleayre, and Windham are all fantastic... In fact I have a hard time trying to pick which one I like best of the 3.

 

[amf]

18 days piste-off (thanks to that wonderful MASH snowfall!), 19 piste-on.

3 new areas for me: Whitefish (the Mountain formerly known as Big) in MT, Steamboat and Winter Park on CO with two marvelous April snowfalls to cap the season.

Highlights: Hellroaring Basin at Whitefish, aspen glades at Steamboat, and superlative BC in Canaan Valley, WV with some outstanding steep tree runs and powder that rivaled Utah.

Lowlights: Didn't make it to Jay or Magic.

 

[SIKSKIER]

I suck and must leave home

Only about 43 so far and all at Cannon including the last day in mixed snow/dirt.I do see acouple more finally away from the home turf.

 

[kingslug]

I think I got in around 30 days but I din't hit that many different places. Hunter, Sugarbush, Belleayre, Plattekill, Alta, Snowbird. Not much of a spring season kind of went to summer quick..then back to spring. I was fortunate enough to be at Hunter for the storm of the century though. Got in around 9 days of legitimate powder care of Utah. Finished off the season at Alta and the bird hiking and skiing a Baldy chute that was totaly nuts.......too bad its the steepest thing I might ever ski again!