Do you ski or snowboard?

[Speeddeamon128]

I used to Ski once in a while but haven't since last January & I won't be able to this winter because I'm moving to Florida.

[HCLcoasters]

I ski a bit. I try to get out at least once a year. So far I've only done one double black. I've been to:

 

Canaan Valley, WV

Ski Liberty, PA

Seven Springs, PA

Okemo, VT

[AJClarke0912]

^Ha, double-diamonds are NOTHING in the East. I've been to Eastern resorts (West Virginia, Indiana, some of northeast) and Western resorts (A-Basin, Breck, Steamboat, Copper, Keystone, etc). I did a double-diamond @ Perfect North Slopes resort in the East and it took me 10 seconds. Everybody thought I was amazing, but really, the trees are 20 feet apart and the slope was about 20°.

 

Out West, man! Our family goes out west twice a year. We go to Breckenridge every spring and go to random resorts in the summer (Durango/Purgatory last time). I LOVE skiing the double-diamonds and E.X. trails. Not MUCH of a terrain park person, but I love leaping off of the huge jumps. Just like a B&M hyper!!!

 

My favorite trail is Lake Chutes at Breckenridge. You have to hike even more from North America's highest chairlift to one of the highest mountains ON the continental divide, at 13,000 ft. SPECTACULAR VIEW. Then, I go down the Lake Chutes, which have little cliffies!!! Very fun.

 

I also like The Burn, which is a SUPER steep glade that was caused by a natural forest-fire. Wild GCI moments in there!

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Places Been:

East: Perfect North Slopes, Paoli Peaks, Winterplace

West: Arapahoe Basin, Breckenridge, Keystone, Purgatory, Copper Mountain, Steamboat, Vail

 

And as other people can see, lots of coaster fans are skiers/boarders because it is just like a big roller coaster that YOU control!

 

*As you can see, I'm a BIG skier, and I live in KENTUCKY! Hello!

**Shute, with all of these skiers here, I might as well bring my own camera to Breck and make a trip report!

[rcdude]

Looks like there is already a winter sports thread. Good thing I checked before I started one.

 

Anyway, I ski, but not frequently enough to get a season pass to anywhere, especially since I like to visit several different areas once or twice instead of the same area many times. I usually ski about 10 days a year, consisting of day trips to local Southern California ski areas and one or two longer ski trips. However, I haven't visited anywhere outside of California or Nevada yet. As far as ability level goes, I can ski most single black diamonds and some double black diamonds, but haven't ever attempted anything more challenging than Cornice Bowl at Mammoth Mountain. I generally like to ski upper-level blue/lower level single black runs best.

 

So far, I have skied at:

 

So Cal:

Bear Mountain Resort

Mountain High Resort

Mt. Baldy

Mt. Waterman Ski Area

Snow Summit Mountain Resort

Snow Valley Ski Resort

 

Central California:

Bear Valley Mountain Resort

June Mountain

Mammoth Mountain

Sierra Summit Mountain Resort

 

Lake Tahoe:

Alpine Meadows Ski Resort

Heavenly Ski Resort

Kirkwood

Northstar-At-Tahoe

Squaw Valley USA

 

This year, I will be visiting three or four new resorts when I go to Lake Tahoe in March (Homewood Mountain Resort, Sierra-At-Tahoe, Sugar Bowl Resort, and maybe Diamond Peak or Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe).

[themeparkman25]

^Try Vail. Nothing better than ripping down a wide bowl in knee deep powder with just you and your buddies.

 

Jordan "Lives an hour away" Darrington

[Groteslurf]

Neither. I don't like snow and cold. But I think it would be easier for me to snowboard than to ski since I used to skateboard a lot long time ago.

[AJClarke0912]

^^You live an hour away?!?! LUCKY!

 

Vail is amazing, especially skiing in the Blue Sky Basin area in the double-black glades. Pure heaven.

 

God, can't wait for Breckenridge/others again this spring 2010! The snow and weather last time was just gorgeous!

[coastercrzyjames]

I've been snowboarding once. I wasnt very good the first time but it was definitely a fun experience. I want to try it again sometime soon. Maybe this year I'll go out and hit the slopes.

[AJClarke0912]

^Do a terrain park or jump a cliff...that gives you the best coaster experience EVER!

 

...at least on skis it does...

[themeparkman25]

^Hey, maybe I'll run in to you on the slopes sometime!

^^I second what ^ said about terrain park. It is a blast but man get you get hurt in it. I used to be huge in to park, and started doing huge 720's over massive jumps, and then I decided to try one 900 and got owned. Haven't been in park since.

[AJClarke0912]

Ouch. Yeah, I kind-of avoid the spins haha. They can be too catastrophic. Instead, I either jump off the big "ramped" jumps (I have no idea what they are called) or fly over the big parabolic hills at perfect zero-G, where I am just barely lifted into the air!

 

B&M hyper, right there! [/i]

[metrock]

Wow, given the younger generation that frequents these forums, I figured that snowboarding would be the clear cut winner. But I was wrong. Perhaps it is a SoCal thing.

 

Me? I snowboard. But the first time I hit the slopes it was on skis. 8 years later, I went back to the slopes, but this time I was going to give snowboarding a shot. When comparing my first time skiing with my first time snowboarding, it was safe to say that snowboarding was a lot easier for me.

 

Since then, I went out an got my own equipment and went several times a year. Though, '07 was my last time snowboarding. Mainly due to crappy local conditions. Tired of scratching my board on a 12" base.

 

This year is supposed to be a good one for snowfall. So hopefully I'll be back. It's been far too long.

[AJClarke0912]

I tried both, and I can say that skiing is more like riding a roller coaster or driving a race car and snowboarding is more like surfing down a big mountain. Both entertaining, but skiing wins me.

 

Especially when [CAUTION: Nerd Alert!] you can try to re-create you favorite coaster company like a GCI millennium flyer ride or Mack bobsled! I also feel like I'm on Boulder Dash when I scream down The Burn (a glade) at Breckenridge. Trees and swooping turns at an ultra-steep angle (it is really steep, and quite scary) doesn't get more exciting! Airtime moments kick butt too!

 

And you can't do that on a snowboard! (except for the air part)

[metrock]

It's really cool to see younger people embrace skiing again. When I was in Jr High/High school, snowboarding was really taking off and it was very uncool to be on skis. Oh how times have changed. I'm getting old.

[AJClarke0912]

Yeah, skiing has definitely been catching on again. Especially since some other X-Games stars are skiers, and that some people are just accepting that they like skiing better (versus doing boarding 'cause it's cooler...which really doesn't make too much sense...but fads happen).

[metrock]

...but fads happen.

 

Totally off topic for a second -

 

Pogs anyone?