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I used to hit the slopes all the time
its just too expensive and painful after a while
now just go to jackson hole occasionally
I am going in March to Colorado. Sup?
I used to hit the slopes all the time
its just too expensive and painful after a while
now just go to jackson hole occasionally
Headed for Lake Tahoe the 22nd of this month. Some of the best skiing is found there. This will be my 5th trip. Love to snowmobile too!
No thanks,
not after watching Down the Slope Follies by Sonny Bono.
Skiied some in my younger days. Never dressed appropriately. Surprised I still have all my toes.
I in hated those Chose Your Own Destiny books. I'd always end up falling off a cliff and dying or something.
I used to be great at skiing when I was *much* younger. Or well, as good as one could be at that age. Then I had a bit of an accident, non-ski related, and I have been terrified ever since.
Or maybe it's just that, as I grew up and became smarter, I realized that going at high speeds over ice is without reliable breaks is the exact definition for "out of control." Yeah, if you understand how to ski it's not too dangerous, but you still cannot protect yourself from the thousand other idiots who have no concept of safety and control whatsoever.
thats bull , if my cousin hadnt come this time (which i wish he hadnt) then you were going to go with me... but he ended up going and there wasnt enough room
and mookie has lost all vacation priviliges
Utah tends to have really good deals going. Overall, it's still among the best lift ticket prices. You can check it all out here.
Ski Utah!
Yeah... can happen...I was skiing at Keystone once...I was on my third or fourth day and had my routine down...I had figured out several linking black runs and would blow down throught them without stopping...the last part before the lift at the bottom was a blue...coming off the black run there was a wide bunny trail crossing it and then the blue run started up again below the trail...you couldn't actually see the blue run but I knew it was there...I normally scoped out the cross traffic and would pick an open slot and blow across without slowing down and would then get 20-30 feet of air off the lip of the cross trail and then tuck to the bottom...
It was early and the first run of the day and not crowded...Had a great run and hit the cross trail at Mach 2 with my hair on fire...came screaming off the lip with great air and then was like ohhhhhhhh shiiiiiiiiiiit! They had broken a snow making hose the night before and hadn't roped off the trail yet...there was nothing below me but black ice with football sized yellow rocks sticking up through it...when I finally touched down I immediately dumped it down on my left hip with my ski's cross slope on edge out in front of me to try to slow down...hammering through the ice and rocks...completely destroyed a new pair of GS racing skis and was almost totally black on my left side the next day from bouncing through the rocks but managed to finally get it stopped without killing myself...
I grew up skiing, and actually almost broke my leg on a tree a few years ago. (But, that was my fault, I did something really stupid.) Also, I had a good friend from high school killed when her skis caught that orange caution fence and flung her head first into a tree.
I still ski, though. I'm just not stupid about it anymore. Haven't been in a few years, but I'm going soon. I agree that Ruidoso is a great place for a beginner - or also for someone looking to do it cheap.
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