skiing thread

[jimotis4heisman]

snow trails or mad river? which one is better?

 

[BuckeyeRyn]

I prefer Snow Trails...

 

[BigWoof31]

Drunk snow tubing please

 

[mross34]

Did somebody say skiing?

 

[OSUsushichic]

Mad River, VT :p

 

[Brewtus]

snow trails or mad river? which one is better?

Go west young man and get out of Ohio. Going down a hill covered with slush and ice is called a suicide attempt, not skiing.

 

[Brutus1]

Mad River, VT :p

I'll second that.

 

[NFBuck]

Going to Aspen next month. Where the beer flows like wine and the women instinctively flock like the salmon of Capistrano.

 

[fourteenandoh]

Go west young man and get out of Ohio. Going down a hill covered with slush and ice is called a suicide attempt, not skiing.

+1

 

[MaliBuckeye]

Damn skippy...

Go west young man and get out of Ohio. Going down a hill covered with slush and ice is called a suicide attempt, not skiing.

"Learned" at Mad River Mountain
"Skied" at Timber Ridge (near Grand Rapids)

Moved to Seattle- re-learned at Mt Baker
Since then: Whistler and Colorado

Once you've had powder, you never want snowcone slop again.

 

[rocketman]

Heading out to Breckenridge tomorrow morning!

 

[Taosman]

Mad River Glen (VT) is nuts! It's a total culture shock to those used to "groomed" slopes. Not for the novice at all! Many may find it too "old time" New England skiing. Frozen streams as trails. Old time narrow trail tree skiing and stumps and rocks. :tongue2: You've been warned!

Go west and save your ass!

 

[BigWoof31]

For a 26 year old who has never skiied in his life - how long does it take to learn? That is to say, if I spent a week renting stuff and taking lessons at Snowmass or Taos or something like that....would I be able to be pretty serviceable at the end of the trip?

 

[BUCKYLE]

Taos

Don't do it...

 

[exhawg]

For a 26 year old who has never skiied in his life - how long does it take to learn? That is to say, if I spent a week renting stuff and taking lessons at Snowmass or Taos or something like that....would I be able to be pretty serviceable at the end of the trip?

Depends how athletic you are. I have a buddy that went from not skiing to being able to handle almost any slope going once a week for a year. His wife has been skiing for 5 years and never made it past snowplow. Once you learn it's like riding a bike. I go up to NY maybe once a year and have never been out west. I would have to get it much better shape to go out there.