Best foods to take with you on the slopes?

[DiveBomber]

Looking for ideas on what foods will still be edible during the day.

I mean that you can still actually eat when they are below freezing!(snickers bars turn rock hard!)

2 foods I found so far, grasshopper/thin mint cookies, Semi Soft cheeses, more specifically the little ones that come in the Silver dollar size wax coatings.

Tried bananas but they get smushed.

[Sinecure]

M&M's, Gummi Bears, Skittles, Nutri-grain bars...

[Dan]

In the same vein as Sinecure, trail mix. I also eat a lot of mini Reese's peanut butter cups, dried mango and beef jerky. Also Clif bars, but you need to keep them in an inside pocket.

[NateW]

Clif bars and Balance bars. Been thinking about taking bags of nuts (almonds, shelled peanuts) but haven't yet.

I'll be reading this thread with interest. :)

[crucible]

I bring beef jerky, banana chips, and power gels for the caffiene and elctrolyte replacement. On days when it's really cold, I also usually bring a small bullet thermos of chai mix tea in my pack. It keeps me from having to go inside to warm up, and allows me to ride during the lunch break.

[AMWOOD]

http://www.gusports.com/

http://www.camelbak.com/index.cfm

[Cindy Kleh]

I don't eat breakfast, but sometimes I make a big batch of pancakes with raisons, bananas and nuts and stick a few in a ziploc. Usually iI bring a Met-RX Big 100 with 31 grams of protein, but I keep it next to my boobs so it doesn't freeze.

Candy doesn't do it for me. Just makes me hungrier.

[Cindy Kleh]

How about the cheapest way to eat a a ski resort? Winter Park sells hard boiled eggs for $1.50 each .... free ketchup and saltines and you have a complete meal. Also, most resort give away free hot water or offer a microwave.

[pebu]

I like to go in and get the cheese fries, or if I'm feeling decadent, chili cheese fries... (My mtn is only 300ft, you're not losing anything by going in for 20 minutes...)

[tex1230]

Flask filled with cocaine and whiskey and I'm set for days

[b0ardski]

3 pockets for PBR, 1 for sausage:biggthump

If I need a carbo load I do a fully loaded (bacon, tomato, chili, cheese, onions) spud at the outback shack:p (it is Idaho after all)

[Derf]

Peanuts, cashews, oatmeal cookies.

[Pow]

honey mustard mini pretzels:D poptarts are really good frozen, too. but I usually dont eat on the mountain, i usually have a sandwich made with whatever was dinner the night before with thousand island dressing over it. A big jug of Arizona iced tea bought from the convenience store (for $2:biggthump ) along the way usually lasts me the whole trip. if not, I'll buy a monster or rock star while im there.

[LeeW]

slim fast and those portable yogurts. and an apple.

this, i swear on.

[queequeg]

-Gatorade in camelbak (I keep the camelbak frozen when not in use to prevent nastiness).

-granola bars.

[tufty]

hip flask of gnole (100%+ proof fruit brandy, plum by preference). Who needs food? If you're really hungry, you can head down to the bunny slope and eat a child or two.

[b0ardski]

You Europeans sure know how to drinkski

[tahoetrencher]

Cindy's free hot water mixed with free ketchup makes a wonderful (free)

tomato soup for breakfast.

try catsup and saltines for something completely different and wonderful(free)

Mmmmmm, potassium

catch me if you can

[Frenchy_in_SD]

Flask of schrubb (homemade orange flavored rum), sometime some sake, or some champagne... dont forget to give a small offer to the snow and carvers Gods :)

queequeg, you leave the camelback bag empty in the freezer ?? or do leave some water in it ?

Never heard of that trick...

Blue sky

Didier

[BadBrad]

Fig newtons pack well in a baggie in a pocket, they have good complex carbs, and are healthier than most other cookies.

I avoid a big lunch. I don't like the way I feel on the slopes afterward.

I stick with mostly liquids -- water, a latte, hot cocoa. Or maybe a small bowl of soup or chili.

[Steve Prokopiw]

I am going to take everything I've read here,throw it into the blender and make a smoothie,then put in a stick and freeze it into the ultimate granola,brandy,clifbar.fig newton,peanut,kalua power popsicle to eat on the first ride up:)

[pebu]

You leave alcohol in it, that way it won't freeze...

That is a pretty good idea though. IT has the added effect of a large ice cube in there if you do leave water in it.

[Allee]

I always stop for lunch, gives my legs and feet a break and it's nice to sit in the warm for a while. I don't wear a pack as I can off too much, I'd just squish everything to hell.

Lunch is a usually a big-a$$ sandwich - half a baguette filled with spinach, tomato, cheese, ham or chicken, mustard and mayo. Oatmeal or fig cookies, bananas, cheese 'n pep, Gatorade, and the inevitable thermos of coffee. I laughed the day the ex and I shared a table with two kids of about 10, who were eating their fries. We unwrapped the sandwiches and got stuck in, and the kids eyes went all wide, and one of them whispered to the other "Dude, I wish we had sandwiches like that!"

If I'm away from home for the weekend, I usually try to find a 7-11. Depending on the store, they often have a great line in prepacked fruit bowls, spinach dip, and tasty egg salad or tuna salad sandwiches as well. I particularly recommend the 7-11 in Fernie, good stuff.

[Steve Prokopiw]

sound better than the ones down here.I'm not sure I would trust egg salad from the ones I've been to.

[skategoat]

How about the cheapest way to eat a a ski resort? Winter Park sells hard boiled eggs for $1.50 each .... free ketchup and saltines and you have a complete meal. Also, most resort give away free hot water or offer a microwave.

I saw a documentary a few years back that profiled a few ski bums trying to survive in Whistler. One of them had a legit job cleaning carpets. Another (a snowboarder) was a cage dancer. The third had no job at all. They showed how he nourished himself - on table scraps. He stood around the chalet dining area looking for unfinished meals. He had some well-thought-out strategies for bagging the best meals. One of them was to scope out families with young kids because the kids never finished their meals. He appeared to be well fed.