Wish List Ski Areas

[raisingarizona]

Monarch is pretty cool, but the base elevation is almost 11000. I could barely walk up the stairs to the bar at the end of the day.

mm

I’ll be crawling down those steps when I get done in their bar!

 

[raisingarizona]

Yea it takes me a while before I'm ready to sleep above 10k.

ive been sleeping at 10k for the majority of the last 8 weeks. It might be more like 9900 but whatever. Lows in the 20’s this week. We’ve got trail to build!

 

[raisingarizona]

I always had Taos and later Silverton on my wish list, but I think I've aged out of that. I made all the others, so I have that going for me, which is nice.

mm

these two should be on every serious skiers list.

 

[jasonwx]

Whitewater, Shames, Castle Mt and Red Mt...

 

[MC2]

Europe (just everywhere in Europe). Revelstoke. Mount Bohemia. Limberlost, ON.

 

[MarzNC]

I always had Taos and later Silverton on my wish list, but I think I've aged out of that. I made all the others, so I have that going for me, which is nice.

mm

Really? Aged out?

Two of my ski buddies who are going to Taos with me again are pushing 70 and not showing any signs of slowing down. In fact, the Taos Ski Weeks they've done in the last few years have clearly allowed them to use better technique and less energy to enjoy double-black terrain. That's really steep and long at Taos. Keeping up with Albuquerque Bill on challenging terrain is that much harder than seven years ago when I talked him into considering semi-private lessons with me at destination resorts like JH and Alta. I was starting to catch up before he started doing a Taos Ski Week annually. I'm pushing 65.

I met up with an Australian man at Telluride a few years ago, mostly just to say "hello" and listen to his stories at lunch or dinner with my crew. He was in his mid-70s. His solo ski tour that winter in the U.S. started with a week in SLC, then Telluride, followed by guided tours at Silverton. At Telluride he was hiking for turns in-bounds as much as possible. Quite a character!

 

[Warp daddy]

I regret never having done Le Massif

 

[jasonwx]

I regret never having done Le Massif

Then go my friend.. Cool place even if you don't ski..

 

[saratogahalfday]

In the immediate future- Bolton, Suicide Six, Burke. The real wish list is a lot longer and will be more difficult to attain

Love your avatar! I miss Ted's big time, I don't know why they won't expand to Saratoga Springs.

 

[saratogahalfday]

Where do you dream of skiing one day and haven’t yet?

For me ,

- Mt. Baker WA
- France
- Chile