......free the heel and ski uphill and earn your turns, and it is actually great for your health! 

I would say lift riding today could actually be hazardous to your health!

Here are COLD tips.

Stay Warm:   FEET and HANDS

Feet and hands go first. For both use clear gel antiperspirant or tennis grip gel. Stay Dry stay warm. Fresh socks. Consider wrapping the liner to block air (space blanket) or Duct tape on the front of outer boot seam.  For gloves those handy hand warmers, why freeze.? 

Keep boots warm in auto.  takes shoes store in lodge not in Cold car.

open the HANDWARMER PACKAGE 30 mins before you plan to use it for the reaction to take place to cause warmth. 

HEAD IS THE RADIATOR -Tape off vents /close them.  My helmet has air intakes. I use tape to close them off. No need at these temps. 

Take a break -  go inside.  1 to1.5 hrs get a break. Back of liberty have bathrooms with heaters in them. Others off to the lodge. Crowds are lower with COLD Temps!.

Extra Layers 

Wear a total extra layer, You can remove and store at lodge. Take one more layer. 

Mask or something and goggles to cover all flesh. SAT feels like -5.  vaseline any skin that is sensitive to cold.

AVOID WIND - Liberty Backside, Roundtop Exhibition and gun barrel lifts, Whitetail - Expert side. 

Waxing for COLD. Change wax to Cold - BLUE, Lo-Flo.  Horsehair brush, Idea is a harder wax, and no structure on base. lo or no flo.   
HEAT the wax bar to the iron then apply do not overheat base. 

chaga wrote:

......free the heel and ski uphill and earn your turns, and it is actually great for your health! 

I would say lift riding today could actually be hazardous to your health!

Good advice .. I'm going to be at whitegrass some the next couple of days... bet I'll see you though we've never met so I wouldn't recognize you.. 

Strange snow totals, things must be drifted DEEP in areas

skiracerx wrote:

Here are COLD tips.

Stay Warm:   FEET and HANDS

Feet and hands go first. For both use clear gel antiperspirant or tennis grip gel. Stay Dry stay warm. Fresh socks. Consider wrapping the liner to block air (space blanket) or Duct tape on the front of outer boot seam.  For gloves those handy hand warmers, why freeze.? 

Keep boots warm in auto.  takes shoes store in lodge not in Cold car.

open the HANDWARMER PACKAGE 30 mins before you plan to use it for the reaction to take place to cause warmth. 

HEAD IS THE RADIATOR -Tape off vents /close them.  My helmet has air intakes. I use tape to close them off. No need at these temps. 

Take a break -  go inside.  1 to1.5 hrs get a break. Back of liberty have bathrooms with heaters in them. Others off to the lodge. Crowds are lower with COLD Temps!.

Extra Layers 

Wear a total extra layer, You can remove and store at lodge. Take one more layer. 

Mask or something and goggles to cover all flesh. SAT feels like -5.  vaseline any skin that is sensitive to cold.

AVOID WIND - Liberty Backside, Roundtop Exhibition and gun barrel lifts, Whitetail - Expert side. 

Waxing for COLD. Change wax to Cold - BLUE, Lo-Flo.  Horsehair brush, Idea is a harder wax, and no structure on base. lo or no flo.   
HEAT the wax bar to the iron then apply do not overheat base. 

 

Ok that is good advice but I think you may be overstressing,  two good layers and a shell are worth limitless bad... and keep the heat in your noggin, as you say.   Handwarmers?  I have never used them, only recently realized that's what the little pockets on new gloves were all about.  I think smart simplicity is the key,  don't add a lot or fidget with gimmicks.  Our gear now is so amazing, we've come a long way since the 70's and we still got after it in negative temps back then in denim and flannel.

Oh yeah, and stay in the trees, bring brownies and tea/cocoa/single malt, be cozy and stay off the groomers

By the way I was skiing last week at loveland when it was seven below with very strong winds, not on chair 9 but well above timberline with no cover  -- everyone survived.  Visibility was the only life threatening thing for me.