Annual "Where did you slide?" this past season
April 30, 2009
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DCSkiers, here is your opportunity to share with us the places and how often you "slid" during the 2008-2009 winter. If you still have a planned trip coming up, then include the details just as if you had already taken the trip. There will be several polls: locations, days on the slopes, and length of individual trips. Feel free to also post any thoughts you have about the past season in a separate email in this thread.
The Colonel
Folks,
Please provide a simple post reply when you have completed the poll(s). This way we can keep track of number of responders, and names. Otherwise I will have to keep pushing the polls to frequent posters to get inputs.
Thanks,
The Colonel
The Colonel has responded to the poll.
I never pass on my civic responsibility to vote.
Connie, Jimmy, Kim, fish, Brad
Have you all completed the Annual Survey of DCSier sliding this past year?
The Colonel
Connie, Jimmy, Kim, fish, Brad
Have you all completed the Annual Survey of DCSier sliding this past year?
The Colonel
Jimmy and Kim coming home today. There was a big ski school party last night....
I voted... So far, I'm the only Homesteader. I'm including data from my trip to CO that starts on Wednesday...
aaron
Responded. But how could you include both PA and New England and completely miss the state of NY.
Responded. But how could you include both PA and New England and completely miss the state of NY.
I put 'ONLA' for the Belleayre trip and 'OWUS' for Jackson/GT/Snowking.
BTW I totally expected LHC or Marcus to get the O-PA box.
The FISH has posted the SKI poll....
Was someone asking for me? heh
I voted, unfortunately this year like last only saw me on the slopes twice all winter. Both times at Whitetail in January when the deepest of the cold snap hit and natural/man-made conditions were at their most pristine.
Why NY not included. I consider, for purposes of this poll, that NY and NJ, in other words any state north of PA and along the east coast (to include VT) to be part of New England.
The Colonel
^^ what a quality sig !
i regret i didn't ski more this year
To tell a family secret, my grandmother was Dutch....
(bonus points for the origin)
This ain't Amsterdam, Vince.
Voted.
I voted. Probably done for the year with 10 days, one trip out west to BK. Best day of my season was there with JohnL and the Colonel. Thanks DCSki, for making that happen.
Interesting poll... just cast my votes!
done
Yeah, where is Whitegrass?
Opened the season at Whitegrass in Nov. and ended at Whitetail. Maybe Eastern Snowfields in May?...
Interesting poll... just cast my votes!
Abe and others,
Yes, the results of the poll so far are quite interesting. I hope to do a more in-depth analysis in the coming weeks. The amount of money being spent at resorts and on transprotation is definitely in the six figures, more than enough to get the attention of the local and other resorts. We talk with our money, if they do not listen, it is at their peril.
The Colonel
done
Yeah, where is Whitegrass?
Opened the season at Whitegrass in Nov. and ended at Whitetail. Maybe Eastern Snowfields in May?...
With apologies to all DCSkiers...I had Whitegrass on my original list of resorts in the poll and after several iterations I obviously left it out. I can not add it to the poll that's out there, but I am adding a new poll for just Whitegrass.
Thanks for calling this to my attention.
The Colonel
voted
Whitetail - 23
Summit County, CO - 7
Steamboat - 6
Snowmass - 5
Got home today after three days of sking in Colorado.
I think it's time we renamed this the 'WhitetailTLineski' board.
Responded. Nice poll Colonel!
Hey Colonel, looks like the poll was a hit! An impressive amout of feedback!! And look at all of those people with 40+ days in this year!!
Hey Colonel, looks like the poll was a hit! An impressive amout of feedback!! And look at all of those people with 40+ days in this year!!
I'm in.
40+ days, these people need to get jobs?
Hey Colonel, looks like the poll was a hit! An impressive amout of feedback!! And look at all of those people with 40+ days in this year!!
I'm in.
40+ days, these people need to get jobs?
Unless they are retired.
I lost count but it was somewhere around 85-100. Not through yet. My annual climb & ski at Mt. Hood is coming up in early May and I will be in Boston for a family event over Memorial Day and if possible will do a side trip to Mt. Washington.
You don't have to be retired... Time in the slopes accumulates quickly. A three-week stint at the Shoe and five weekends will do that handsomely. Too bad we had such a short winter, although it started very early.
Hey Colonel, looks like the poll was a hit! An impressive amout of feedback!! And look at all of those people with 40+ days in this year!!
I'm in.
40+ days, these people need to get jobs?
<40 days, huh?? bunch of slackers
<40 days, huh?? bunch of slackers
Yea, yea, I hear ya, I know I'm a slacker, but I'm working on it. I'm also a fan of quality over quantity.
Lou - Short season? I and many here on DCski got five months of skiing in this year. Started the season with a powder day and ended (? holding out hope for one last trip) it with a powder day.
Yea, yea, I hear ya, I know I'm a slacker, but I'm working on it. I'm also a fan of quality over quantity.
I don't make the conditions, I just ski them
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I don't make the conditions, I just ski them
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Jimmy you are the most quotable guy on this forum.
Thanks.
Drove from DC to Vermont for some ski time at Killington, Okemo
and Stowe. Also took a trip to Timberline, Cannan Valley and Wisp.
Probably not a big deal for most people here.
I've been skiing for four years now, having been a
late (40s) arrival to skiing. I'm now looking to
go further afield to Colorado and Vince's late
season adventures have been inspiring!
The two "Where Did You Slide This Season?" polls close Sunday! Results to be analyzed in next couple of weeks. Quite a turnout! Lots of amazing info. Let me ask now, if you are one of the voters that responded you skied more than 30 days this past season, please identify how you managed to get in so many days. Retired? Ski Bum? Full Time Instructor?
Part Time Instructor? Live near a ski area? Other Ski Area Employee? A couple of reasons for this info...
1. The rest of us want to know how to do what you did to get in so many ski days! And 2. I hope to do some sort of economic analysis as to the impact DCSki has on the sliding business (large!), and if you are an employee of a resort, then I will need to adjust some of my economic assumptions to factor in this fact.
Thanks,
The Colonel
Part time instructor, which allowed me to be in the 40+ category. Probably wouldn't have made it there otherwhise.
Speaking of conditions... Hey Jimmy, whot bout those mud chickens on closing weekend???? perfect conditions for em!
would've called em dirt chickens but there sure wasn't much dirt.
Probably half of my skiing was "work" related and I don't work in the ski industry.
Probably half of my skiing was "work" related and I don't work in the ski industry.
And how did you manage this?
The Colonel
Let me ask now, if you are one of the voters that responded you skied more than 30 days this past season, please identify how you managed to get in so many days. Retired? Ski Bum? Full Time Instructor?
Part Time Instructor? Live near a ski area? Other Ski Area Employee?
The rest of us want to know how to do what you did to get in so many ski days!
The Colonel
Colonel your poll needs a bracket for 50 or more
. Seriously, i did work at Tline this year but i've averaged 40 days for the last five years. The first thing you have to do is decide whether you really want to ski 30+ days. Lots of people say they want to but they're just saying that. Same people who plan to but don't go to the mountain because the conditions aren't going to be good, or they have to go to the mall and buy a new widget, whatever conditions are it's skiing and it's fun. Next thing is a season pass or a reliable lift discount. There's more to it but if i told you everything now there'd be no discuss.
It would be interesting to know how many days were "work" related ie; ski school, patrol, etc... the idea of how many are season pass holders is good too. My 40 + days were mostly work related with ski school. Had I gone out west, there would have been at least 5-6 days of pleasure only.
. . . The first thing you have to do is decide whether you really want to ski 30+ days. Lots of people say they want to but they're just saying that. Same people who plan to but don't go to the mountain because the conditions aren't going to be good, or they have to go to the mall and buy a new widget, whatever conditions are it's skiing and it's fun. Next thing is a season pass or a reliable lift discount. There's more to it but if i told you everything now there'd be no discuss.
Also helps a lot if your main ski buddy isn't your kid who is still in school. Hard to get in 30+ only on weekends and school holidays. Assuming you don't live within an hour of a ski slope.
marzNC, You hit on another of the 30+ solutions, live within an hour of the slopes.
Speaking of conditions... Hey Jimmy, whot bout those mud chickens on closing weekend???? perfect conditions for em!
would've called em dirt chickens but there sure wasn't much dirt.
Kwillg6, a fine Mud Season it was. Remember watching one guy, who by the way looked old enuf to know better, skiing down towards the first aid room, thought he was gonna stop but the closer he got to the edge the more i knew he wasn't. So there he goes, off the edge into the mud. His skis stop he keeps going and just like an episode of jackass he comes out of his bindings, Over the handlebars so to speak. I wonder what they think will happen i mean they're called snow skis for a reason, ya?
