Puddy Tat Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 (edited) Season just ended on Saturday. I got a total of 29 days (26 in the mountains) which I'm pretty happy with considering that I live 4 hours from the mountains. It kept puking snow out West so there were more days spent this season on all-mountain decks than there were days on carving boards (probably 65/35 for a split). But my ability to ride alpine still vastly improved this season (I'm carving blacks on a 187cm WCRM without filling my shorts now). And best of all my 10 year old daughter is now chasing me down double blacks when we go off piste. She's going to be kicking my butt in a couple of more seasons. I also introduced her to plates this season, and she is enjoying how she can crank turns on her little set-up. Dave Edited June 9, 2012 by Puddy Tat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeW Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 so here it is!!!! My final tally.... Since the season is now officially over here, I thought maybe I'd share some numbers with you guys. Besides, I don't think my Facebook friends would get the same amount of appreciation out of it... so here goes:33 days might not seem like a lot, but I think I'm doing ok for a single mom with two kids and a full-time desk job!!! and the teaching commitment (thanks to my ski school director who is ok with my one day a week commitment!) now, if we were to count the number of days sitting at my desk staring out the window WISHING I was at the mountain..... sigh..... You have no idea how much my wife would be green with envy with your amount of days of being on the snow. However, I, on the other hand, once rode over 200 days in one year way back in 1999 when we got insane amount of snow (it was the year Mt Baker broke all records) in the PNW (Pacific North West). It isn't all "that," because the next following year, I was so burnt out that I didn't ride much that year. However, I certainly appreciate any amount of days to ride/ski... because this year, I've only ski like maybe uhm... 5 days? -shrugs- But hey, you did ALOT considering your workload (family and all that cuz my wife could definitely relate), so alongside my wife, I'm green with envy too. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWboarder Posted May 26, 2012 Report Share Posted May 26, 2012 25. was shooting for 30 but this happened on the hill. 40 is my goal this season, starting in August at Hood! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnasmo Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 Held a press conference. :) http://www.nbcmontana.com/news/31169568/detail.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuban Carving Gooding Posted June 9, 2012 Report Share Posted June 9, 2012 Nice John, Snow looks good. Im ready for next season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miltie Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 Johnasmo, Dude..... you are my hero. You're a lucky man to live in such a cool place and to score so many days. Enjoy your summer. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinpa Posted April 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 Ok, time to bring back this thread with new numbers for the 12-13 season.... I will start by saying it was an odd kind of a season for me. My home mountain (aka where I teach) changed right around Christmas / New Years so I wasn't on snow at all during that week and I was hired at the new place as a ski instructor which maybe was a good thing. So, for the first time in probably at least 10+ years, I was on my skis more than my board (well ok, except for the 06-07 season when I was pregnant with my son and promised everyone I'd stay off the board and only ski). I did reach my goal for this year which was to get my son skiing more independently! He turned 6 on March 27th and a few weeks after did his first ever blue run without my help! Yes, he still uses an edgie wedgie and still needs help on the lift, but we'll work on that stuff for next year! Also passed my Children's Specialist Level 1 exam so happy about getting my PSIA / AASI credits this year too! So, here are the numbers.... Pretty comparable to last season, I think. (All things considered....) 28 days total 6 days at BOL events (4 at NICE and 2 at WTF) 12 days with my carvin boyfriend! (not so easy when you have passes at different mountains!) At least 15 days or so with the kids (daughter 11 and son 6) 15 days teaching (+2 days taking the exam) 6 different ski areas (Lost Trail, Lookout Pass, Whitefish, Schweitzer, Snowbowl, and Discovery) Overall, it was a good season. I've enjoyed getting back on my skis again more, but hopefully will still be able to teach snowboarding some next year as well. I'm not sure there are too many ski/snowboard multi-discipline instructors where I am now. Not sure, but maybe it's just too hard for the desk ladies to keep track of? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allee Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 This wasn't a great one for me. The snow got off to a good start, with some good pow days at Sunshine with the girlfriends. But my Xmas holiday in Kimberley was wiped out by the worst dose of flu I've had in years, and then I changed jobs in Jan which meant no Whitefish session and no Aspen. Apart from the Friday at NES this year was strictly weekends. On that basis I didn't really do too bad for days - I think the count was 15. I was done at the end of March - picked the new mountain bike up in Whitefish, did one last day on the hill, and promptly switched mindsets. I did have one huge win though. I made two clean runs down North Axe on my last day at Nakiska. That achievement alone makes it a four star season.:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinpa Posted April 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 I did have one huge win though. I made two clean runs down North Axe on my last day at Nakiska. That achievement alone makes it a four star season.:) LIKE! Oh shoot.... Too much Facebooking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
two_ravens Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 I did have one huge win though. I made two clean runs down North Axe on my last day at Nakiska. That achievement alone makes it a four star season.:) Rockstar!!!! :biggthump:biggthump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSSage Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 I had a good year and its still not quite over. I rode about 130 days. I marked my days so I will have to count, but last year I got 125 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnasmo Posted May 20, 2013 Report Share Posted May 20, 2013 (edited) Having wussed out on Timberline last weekend, and with the local hill mostly grass now, I guess my season is about done . There will be a couple days at Logan Pass in Glacier Park when they open Going-to-the-Sun Road, but unless we get a freak storm, I think I'm done. Having kept a daily spread sheet, I've got more numbers to share than most: [table=width: 300, align: left] [tr][td]Total days on snow[/td][td]148[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Lift Assisted Days[/td][td]109[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Whitefish Mountain Resort[/td][td]98[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Aspen et. al. (SES 2013)[/td][td]7[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Schweitzer[/td][td]1[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Revelstoke[/td][td]1[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Fernie[/td][td]1[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Turoa, NZ[/td][td]1[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Hiking[/td][td]39[/td][/tr] [/table] [table=width: 275, align: left] [tr][td]Season Total Vertical[/td][td]3,626,986[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Season Total Hiking[/td][td]77,000[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Alpine[/td][td]50%[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Freestyle[/td][td]44%[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Ski[/td][td]6%[/td][/tr] [/table] [table=width: 500, align: left] [tr][td]Board[/td][td]Vertical Feet[/td][td]Days[/td][td]% of total[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Coiler Chubby 175 (alpine)[/td][td]632,500[/td][td]29[/td][td]17.44%[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Nidecker Megalight 163XL CR[/td][td]556,641[/td][td]20[/td][td]15.35%[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Coiler Clubby 182 (alpine)[/td][td]485,548[/td][td]21[/td][td]13.39%[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Nidecker Megalight 163XL[/td][td]388,700[/td][td]24[/td][td]10.72%[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Flow Solitude 164W[/td][td]250,733[/td][td]14[/td][td]6.91%[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Coiler VSR 177 (alpine)[/td][td]219,908[/td][td]10[/td][td]6.06%[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Other (ski)[/td][td]217,300[/td][td]17[/td][td]5.99%[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Coiler Classic 177 (alpine)[/td][td]160,416[/td][td]7[/td][td]4.42%[/td][/tr] [tr][td]F2 Eliminator LTD 164W[/td][td]143,564[/td][td]5[/td][td]3.96%[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Coiler Monster 185 (alpine)[/td][td]113,128[/td][td]6[/td][td]3.12%[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Donek Rec GS 185 (alpine)[/td][td]99,420[/td][td]5[/td][td]2.74%[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Burton Fish 156[/td][td]73,476[/td][td]5[/td][td]2.03%[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Prior Khyber Split 165[/td][td]53,800[/td][td]27[/td][td]1.48%[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Burton Factory Prime 157 (alpine)[/td][td]41,388[/td][td]4[/td][td]1.14%[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Coiler Violator 188 (alpine)[/td][td]35,912[/td][td]1[/td][td]0.99%[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Other demo/rental (alpine)[/td][td]31,884[/td][td]5[/td][td]0.88%[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Gnu Riders Choice 161.5[/td][td]30,776[/td][td]3[/td][td]0.85%[/td][/tr] [tr][td]PBR[/td][td]21,200[/td][td]11[/td][td]0.58%[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Other demo/rental (freestyle)[/td][td]20,000[/td][td]1[/td][td]0.55%[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Burton Triumph 164[/td][td]19,740[/td][td]2[/td][td]0.54%[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Sims Protocol 163[/td][td]13,160[/td][td]1[/td][td]0.36%[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Never Summer Legacy 163[/td][td]6,580[/td][td]1[/td][td]0.18%[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Nidecker Megalight 167XL[/td][td]6,580[/td][td]1[/td][td]0.18%[/td][/tr] [tr][td]F2 Respekt 176[/td][td]2,632[/td][td]1[/td][td]0.07%[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Burton Triumph 169[/td][td]2,000[/td][td]1[/td][td]0.06%[/td][/tr] [/table] I estimate that works out to around 600 hours lift assisted and 60 hours hiking. Edited May 20, 2013 by johnasmo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.oldsnowboards.com Posted May 20, 2013 Report Share Posted May 20, 2013 WOW!! Just Wow! That is impressive on a number of levels John!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike T Posted May 25, 2013 Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 61 days - 5 at SES, rest at Bachelor. Just over 1.18 million vertical. Only 10 powder days, and some of those, just barely qualify. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExcelsiorTheFathead Posted June 10, 2013 Report Share Posted June 10, 2013 Yesterday was my last day. Like everything else, my exact number of days is an inexact fuzzy blur but I estimate that it ranges from 215 to 220 days. Yes, on many of these days I only did 6-10 runs. On opening day I only did one. On closing day I was on the first chair and made runs down some awful, devil-may-care grooming. Ducking out as the crowds came in, I spent the rest of the day sailing around the lake on that very best of marine conveyances: somebody else's boat. It won't be possible to ever get this many days again unless I go to Mt. Hood and truly apply myself, but it is more likely that I'll start spending time knitting and scrapbooking. [TABLE] <tbody>[TR] [TD]Arapahoe Basin[/TD] [TD=align: right]167-172[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Keystone[/TD] [TD=align: right]21[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Beaver Creek[/TD] [TD=align: right]5[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Vail[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Breckenridge[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Heavenly[/TD] [TD=align: right]8[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Kirkwood[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Northstar[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Aspen Ajax[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Buttermilk[/TD] [TD=align: right]4[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Snowmass[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Aspen Highlands[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Grand Targhee[/TD] [TD=align: right]2[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Copper Mountain[/TD] [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [/TR] </tbody>[/TABLE] Days in hardboots: All of them Days hiking: Who, me? Don't be ridiculous. I hit somebody else: Zero Somebody else hit me: Once Injuries: None Super flying cartwheels: Somehow, none this season. A first for me, but it must reflect my lameness. Percent increase in skill: 1-5%. I don't think that I got any worse. Mr. Flaccid gets first chair. The grooming on the lake is way better than the hill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnasmo Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Interesting year to revive this thread? Snowpack in the west was bad, but the east was good. How did that effect your season? Way off or just a little off normal? My season in Whitefish felt atypical, but in the end I still got a typical amount of time on the hill. One more weekend of list assisted to go (Big Sky, April 17th and 18th), but the local skinning season is going to be short this spring. My 2014/2015 season so far: Days on snow 121 (lift assisted 109, hiking/skinning only 12) Vertical feet 3.1 million Percent alpine snowboard 53 Percent freestyle snowboard 43 Percent ski 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboarderdude Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 54 days for me this year. My home hill was only open for 65. 43 at Hidden Valley(St. Louis), 4 at Sunburst(WI) and 7 at Snowmass. Total of 1,195 runs this year, the most in one day was SEVENTY SEVEN(77). 375,000ft of vertical, 436.7 miles of distance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordmetroland Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Vertical feet 3.1 million Amazing, 3M feet is about 500 miles. So, if you'd strung all that vertical into one run (going the other way) it would have taken you into Low Earth Orbit. Timing it right, you could have jibbed the International Space Station at about 250 miles. Re-entry would be a bit challenging, but a one-piece suit might provide adequate protection. If I did the same thing for my season, I wouldn't have to worry at all about anything more than a mild sprain on impact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Guy... Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 What temp range wax would you recommend for re-entry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordmetroland Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 What temp range wax would you recommend for re-entry? Oh, I'd imagine a high temp wax might be your best bet. If you want to immolate faster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0ardski Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 sad topic for me, record low snowfall with similar bank account makes this the least on snow day count(around 20) in the last 30 yrs I've had a season pass Over 60 days is normal, with many 100+ seasons in the past Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st_lupo Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 Yesterday ended a 10 day season for me, counting from march when I converted to hard boots and finally found my mojo again. Had an excellent last day up at Hemsedal chasing a small window of hero snow that moved up the mountain as the day progressed. Iceskating off the top of the lift, then 15 or so turns on hero snow and finally wakeboard into the lift line. Bummer that the season is ending so fast after finding out how great hardboot are, but this is the first time since I've moved to Norway that I'm actually counting the days to the next winter, and that says a lot. Vitamin D deficiency be damned! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike T Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 I got my usual 60+ days, with an unusually high percentage of it being carving. It sucked being "planned in between jobs" in such a low snow year in some ways, but there was some REAAALLLY good carving to be had this year at Bachelor, not to mention SES, even with the low snow. I might get another day or three but it'll probably be mostly soft-booting... its just been so warm at Bachelor, and I'd rather trash my rock board than my carving boards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillB Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 131 and counting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcABQ Posted April 25, 2015 Report Share Posted April 25, 2015 50+ and counting. Abasin posted a closing date of june 7. this year i am being sued as a "negligent signaller," and during my deposition the prosecuting lawyer asked me a question and i answered, "I don't know, but i can check the log." "The log?" he had no idea what i was talking about. "Yeah. I can tell you, since 1995 when i moved to colorado, every day i've been on a board, what board or boards i rode, who i rode with, and where i rode." what i love about this thread is all those folks who keep the log, who want to know, who, as the saying goes, take this shit seriously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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