What winter /out/ hobbies don't cost an arm and a leg to do?Skiing and snowboarding seem like a rich person's hobby.Mountaineering requires actual gear.Is Snowshoeing the only real option?
>>2796179All of them can be done cheaply thanks to the gearfags who buy new equipment, use it once, and donate it to a thrift store.my snow shoes - $8my compound hunting bow - $8
I like monitoring atmospheric preasure and predictions But I am need, so...
>>2796181>compound hunting bow>$8no
>>2796181Gear really is only one part of the issue with skiing or snowboarding. Unless your giving a resort owner blowjobs for free day passes those suckers charge like $200-300 a day
>>2796185Yes. ShopGoodwill has tons of them and usually zero bids.
>>2796186Just go in the mountains and camp.
>>2796186Those without time preference and planning skills buy lift tickets at the window. You can buy a pass for $600 in the summer and have it charged in 4 installments. Basically everyone who pays that much money for a lift ticket chooses to.
>>2796186Be a lifty, problem solved.
>>2796193>just pay $600 for the privilege to sit on the liftNot making your case here man. I can go snowshoe the white mountains or the rocky's for free.
>>2796179>Is Snowshoeing the only real option?Skiing just requires you buy the gear, which you get to use for years/decades. Downhill is the expensive variant because the gear is more expensive, and your ticket costs a hundred bux a day.
>>2796196>$600 for unlimited lift rides over the course of 100+ days*Sounds pretty cheap to me, tyrone.
>>2796198it still feels like I'd have to go 10x times for it to feel worth it to me. it pays off in like 3 or 4 trips but that's from the absolute ripoff price. and 10 times is a lot, I'm not that into it, getting there is a pain, don't have friends to go with etc I go snowboarding like once a year to the mini mountain at loveland that costs $50. since I only go once a year I still fucking suck even on that easy hill and I always fall and go home feeling like shit and like I've done more than enough snowboarding for the year
>>2796200If you want to ski that much typically you get a job on the hill ala >>2796195
>>2796195>get up early as fuck>drive an hour in the dark and cold up the mountain>spend an hour setting up the lift lines in the freezing ass dark>stand in one spot and watch retards fail to ride the lift for 8 hoursfuck that
>>2796202>>drive an hourThis thread is for /out/ people, sorry.
>>2796215Nobody going to actual ski resorts is camping out retard. It's not even allowed in majority of resorts.
>>2796215Post Google map to your nearest ski resort then, shitnutsEven if you live right next to the mountain it takes time driving around those shitty roads Fuck you, assblood
>>2796179Skis aren’t cheap but you don’t have to pay to use them…either alpine or Nordic is free when you do it in the woods
>>2796179Sliding snowshoes and BC skis are generally cheaper in terms of boots, skis and bindings and you're not bound by lifts.
>>2796186>it's only possible to ski at a resort>skiing wasn't even invented until after the invention of the ski liftthe absolute state
>>2796186Protip: You can walk up a mountain and then ski down. You don't have to pay for a lift ticket.
>>2797020I'm too fat and lazy to do that though.
>>2796186>a daynigga what the fuck are you doingyour epic pass? your ikon pass?
>>2796179Nigga like just go for a walk
>>2797020This has been banned at some ski areas
While not "cheap", snowmobiling doesn't have to be crazy expensive either. Find a used sled for $3k or soRamp for a pickup, or small open trailer behind an suvouterwear, gear, helmetFuel/oil for the sled isn't terrible, fuel for the car you'd be spending anyways going to ski areasSled registration's pretty cheap ($20-50/year)Beats the shit out of snowshoeing, and you don't have to deal with lifts/ski areas.
>>2797074You don't have to go to a ski area. You can ski any mountain you want.
>>2797074Name one.
>>2797068Or go to a smaller mountain and actually ride for cheap
>>2797092Maybe pre-COVID but now? Not anymore.
>>2797081jackson hole
>>2797190Nobody on this board can afford to ski at Jackson Hole.
>>2797074my local hill only allows it during the off season which makes sense...but its killer when it dumps 3ft the day after it closes.
>>2798952I went during the scamdemic.
>>2796179ice fishing
