I started cross country skiing at age 30. By the time I was 40, I was fully hooked on snow sliding. I was jonesin’ to ski by Thanksgiving, and often there was no snow in the woods. I started to ski at Gore.
I didn’t have fixed-heeled gear. I took my 210s and leather boots over to the mountain, bought a ticket at the window, and skied. For several years, Sunway, Gore’s classic green trail, was all I could handle.
I’d do twenty laps, which was a lot of turns, for an advanced beginner on skinny skis. I was having a blast and never really thought too much about the price of the ticket.
