Powder days are overrated.

I don't chase powder anymore although small hills, midweek, few inches is great. For me it's more about the serenity that comes with only thinking about what's right in front, right now. This week I spent 4 hours mostly lapping the same trail in the fog. It was fantastic.
 
I think population growth and crowding brings out the worst in people. That’s why behavior near urban sprawls often tends to be much more aggressive than someplace in the middle of nowhere.

I’m lucky but also a bit jaded because everywhere I work is a new and undiscovered location. I get to build new trails and enjoy riding these places that hardly anyone knows about yet but when I go somewhere busy like our little local ski area I’m extremely turned off by the whole thing.

Those undiscovered gems still exist and new ones are constantly being developed but you gotta stay one step ahead of everyone else.

The stuff I’m working on in Kingman is a great example. We are building stuff like this and there’s barely anyone there.

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Give it a few more years and it will be much different though but this is where I hope to develop my business
 
JTG said:
Does powder bring out the a$$hole in some (many) people? Are the pics of massive Vail lift lines on a powder morning redonculous? Does the untracked get gobbled up in seemingly no time in the am? Yes on all accounts, and if that is how you define “Powder Day” then perhaps they are overrated.

Maybe.

What I say is….don’t let what can be wrong, what other people do, ruin what, in all honesty, is a glorious and never overrated thing.

These are truths I know. If I’m waking up/booting up to the sound of bombs it’s gonna be a GOOD day. If I’m waiting for Patrol to drop the rope on Road to Provo or the Bookends Gate, or the hike to Southback, or the hike to Jacque Peak, or the Nash Gate, or the Summit Quad, or High Pines, or the Double to get to the Ridge, or any of a thousand other places a lucky and smart skier is going to score freshies….it is gonna be a day of days. I don’t care what any of all y’all delude yourselves into believing. :cool::p
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I’m stoked for you but I have a different perspective. The last time I was at the bird I lined up for a rope drop and had a great powder run along with hundreds of others but I didn’t really enjoy that. That’s the last time I’ll partake in a ski area frenzy like that. That was 11 years ago.
 
raisingarizona said:
I’m stoked for you but I have a different perspective. The last time I was at the bird I lined up for a rope drop and had a great powder run along with hundreds of others but I didn’t really enjoy that. That’s the last time I’ll partake in a ski area frenzy like that. That was 11 years ago.
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It’s not about that rope drop run with 100 people, although it’s still pretty darn good if you are out in front. Yeah, that frenzy sucks, IF that is all you are stuck with. However, on days when they are dropping bombs and dropping ropes there is going to be so much good skiing to be had if you are smart and have a plan/know where you are going. Then, the next day when the resort is tracked out, you take it to the backcountry. Some annoyances along the way aside, that will never be old/overrated for me. Of course I haven’t done it as much as you. To each their own!
 
JTG said:
It’s not about that rope drop run with 100 people, although it’s still pretty darn good if you are out in front. Yeah, that frenzy sucks, IF that is all you are stuck with. However, on days when they are dropping bombs and dropping ropes there is going to be so much good skiing to be had if you are smart and have a plan/know where you are going. Then, the next day when the resort is tracked out, you take it to the backcountry. Some annoyances along the way aside, that will never be old/overrated for me. Of course I haven’t done it as much as you. To each their own!
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The last thing I want to do is belittle or take away from your personal experiences. It’s all a matter of perspective. That’s why I said that I’m stoked for you! I e literally skied hundreds of thousands of vertical skiing completely uncompetitive and completely fresh runs that I’ve become a snob honestly. That’s all on me and I’m a product of my own experiences and situations. In a way I’m very lucky but also unlucky to not have a more modern and fresh perspective.

I’ve also lived and breathed the mountain town lifestyle for almost 30 years now. I’m not flying out from New Jersey, I hope you guys on these Internet forums can understand the difference.
 
raisingarizona said:
The last thing I want to do is belittle or take away from your personal experiences. It’s all a matter of perspective. That’s why I said that I’m stoked for you! I e literally skied hundreds of thousands of vertical skiing completely uncompetitive and completely fresh runs that I’ve become a snob honestly. That’s all on me and I’m a product of my own experiences and situations. In a way I’m very lucky but also unlucky to not have a more modern and fresh perspective.

I’ve also lived and breathed the mountain town lifestyle for almost 30 years now. I’m not flying out from New Jersey, I hope you guys on these Internet forums can understand the difference.
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I get the sense that where you ski is a shit show after a storm. Like Harv said awhile back, the smaller mountains in NY are great choices after a storm. Plenty of snow, if you know where to look. I still get amped for a powder day. Want to keep chasing them until my body gives out.
 
raisingarizona said:
I hope you guys on these Internet forums can understand the difference.
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Absolutely RA, I get where you are coming from. It’s all good. There is, however, a reason people navigate some degree of insanity for powder turns, because they are kind of special. The Pow Day scene may be overrated, but the turns aren’t is all I’m trying to say.
 
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