KEYSTONE WAS THE FIRST RESORT TO OPEN YESTERDAY AT 3PM!
Bachelor looks like they could start turning lifts any minute, but they're not scheduled to open for another month.
>>2846711You could always skin up I guess? I know people are already skinning up at Whistler right now.
>>2846735>2026>it's 2025
>>2846737IDK when you draw the line between 24/25 and 25/26 seasons
>>2846741Between December and January
>>2846741When I haven't toured in months (last day of 2025 season for me was April 25th).
>>2846741I got some August/September turns in NZ, and I'm not sure whether to count it as part of 24/25 or 25/26?
>>2846735Definitely wouldn't be the only one, judging by all the tracks I saw on the cams yesterday and the news this morning that some boarder already had to get rescued. Sadly I don't have gear ATM though, just moved back to ski country after a decade away and I'm still financially recovering from buying a house etc. so a full set of full price ski gear AND the $1,500 pass to make it worthwhile isn't really in the cards this year. Might go up and rent once or twice though. What I AM thinking of getting into this year is XC/Nordic since the gear isn't too awful, I need the workout, and there are lots of places to do it free or cheap including basically my own backyard when we get good storms. (Pic rel is in front of my house and that was only a one day late season dump.)
>>2846708Time to learn skiing again.
What are the rules for old season vs new season. I hiked up a mountain last week and need to know if can claim 100 days for 2024-2025 or if im cucked at 99
Bought my first ski suit, need skis, I've never done this shit before Recently moved to the desert but there is a ski spot nearby called PowderhornTips???t. Grand Junction, Colorado
>>2846957Go to a ski swap and buy used
r8 my local ski spot
>>2846957Buy a couple lessons. Seriously. I know they're pricey, but it's really the only way to get off the ground in this sport.>>2846965Powderhorn isn't anything special IMO, but it's a nice local's spot. Guessing that the big boy's mountains closest to you are Crested Butte and Telluride once you really get into it, and they're both gnarly as hell
>>2847023fuckin pumped broI am kind of athletic and thought I might just start with backcountry skiing on grand mesa, I hate spending money for shit lol maybe ride my bicycle up there with some skis on my back or something I am skeptical that I will actually need lessons, I nailed water skiiing first try and I remember the south park skiing episode about french fries and pizza im 120 miles from aspen and yeah telluride and crested butte close too
>>2847063You serious? You've never been skiing before and you're gonna start with backcountry touring? Maybe if you were going in someone's backyard or a golf course you wouldn't need a lesson or experience first. Riding in backcountry powder is dangerous and even very experienced skiiers die out there.
>>2846957ski swaps, search tempest, sendytbqh though you should probably get your first gear from an irl shop b/c you have no idea what you're looking for. at the very least get boot fitted in person.>>2847063>I hate spending money for shit you are picking the wrong hobby thencolorado is a very bad place to try and yolo the backcountry btw
>>2847106>>2847181You guys sound like pussies
>>2847182where avalanches are concerned, you should absolutely be a pussy
>>2847183Shut up woman
>>2847184>Shut u wo->aaaaaaaaaaaaaah
>>2847182I'll be sure to make a thread on here when the avalanche report "beginner retard dies on Grand Mesa" comes out this winter.
>>2846873Where'd ya go, we had some decent spring storms
>>2847063You wont need lessons, i never did, however you will be fucking pathetic for a very long time. It takes hundreds of laps on a chair just to get kinda ok, and thats for hot shit talented skiers such as myself. You will be falling over with your skis running away in oposite directions every kick turn you try to do and it'll be hilarious.
>>2847636>You wont need lessons, i never did, however you will be fucking pathetic for a very long time. It takes hundreds of lapsIt sounds like you needed lessons
>>2847654Why, I figured it out in no time. Unlike OP I had a lift.
>>2847733I mean the tard whos going to learn to ski by touring, not OP...its been a long day.
>>2847636the biggest thing you get out of lessons is a group of other shitters to bomb around the hill with.
>>2847632Broken River, Cragieburn, Mt. Olympus, Mt. Hutt, The Remarkables, Coronet Peak, Treble ConeBroken River and Cragie were definitely my favorites, such awesome little hills <3
>>2847636>>2847654Yeah, you can get better a lot faster and spend way less time falling on your face with lessons.I know very few people who stuck through the beginner phase to actually get good without lessons because falling on your face sucks.
>>2847208Going to Zermatt & Verbier in December. Really worried about falling in a crevasse, since Europeans don't patrol outside of groomed runs.
>>2847182I would compare going Backcountry skiing without experience to skydiving without experience or free solo climbing without experience.The fact that you have no respect for how dangerous that shit actually is more than proof that you're like actually screwed.
>>2847914This really, really depends on where you go.
>>2847915Know where and how to go to mitigate risk is literally the skill we're talking about is literally the skill >>2847182 lacks. Like yeah, skinning up low angle terrain with a good avalanche forecast outside of known avalanche runout zones is safe, but >>2847182 doesn't know that.
also like you can just hike ski resorts nigger
Id really appreciate it if nutless fags stopped offering their opinions>>2847636>>2847654>>2847734>>2847914>lessonsI ride my bicycle 30 miles a day in the highest gear, I am certain I can demand my legs to do the correct things I'm basically a horse>>2847944people like this are utter cancer creating wild scenarios in their headGrand Mesa is a MESA, it's fuckin chill, bro.
>>2848144more than likely he never made anything of his life and he's some hopped up "wilderness" EMT or ski patroller that has to desperately cling to what little knowledge he has
>>2848144This is the hubris of someone who kills themselves in the backcountry just to waste S&R's time. Really peak dunning-kruger that has zero idea how dangerous backcountry snowpack is.
>>2848145Kek>>2848156>hubrisOr your spirit is dogshit
>>2848211Read "Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain" by Bruce Tremper at least before you think about going out. It's basically the Bible for this stuff. Picrel is from that book and describes the danger of Backcountry skiing pretty concisely.
>>2848241Great read, but it's no substitute for an intro to backcountry course and/or going out with experienced friends.
ANDES TOWER HILLS MAY OPEN TOMORROW SKIING IS IMMINENT IN THE MIDWEST
>>2848242>>2848241I was born with a complete knowledge of the outdoors because I'm not a woman
East Coast resorts are starting to open too after the recent storm cycle <3
