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How long do you ski?

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fezz
Posts: 542 - Karma: 28
so the other day i noticed alot of people at my hill that i thought were intament skiers only stay at the hill for about 4-5 hours where i find my self at the hill 7-10 hours everytime i ski..so how long is your average day?
Dec 23 2008 8:53PM
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griffon
Posts: 167 - Karma: 15
depends on how i feel like

but usually from 9-4 when the lifts are open
Dec 23 2008 8:55PM
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FUUUCK
Posts: 18426 - Karma: 4,888
usually 8:30 to 3:30 or 4
Dec 23 2008 8:55PM
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GGreene
Posts: 993 - Karma: 42

8:30 or 9 to about 3:30 or 4

Dec 23 2008 8:59PM
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MayorWest
Posts: 1596 - Karma: 160
i logged 14.5 hours a day for saturday sunday monday and tuesday
im obv beat as fuck but so worth it i ski all day weekends and like 330 to 10 on weekdays
Dec 23 2008 9:00PM
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Good_Deed
Posts: 1260 - Karma: 1,321
maybe 1 run, maybe all day, you never know, you know
Dec 23 2008 9:00PM
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Gr33nThumb
Posts: 144 - Karma: 10
depends on how the snow is, and the park
Dec 23 2008 9:01PM
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BootySpunk.
Posts: 8148 - Karma: 84
depends on snow, temp, park, how i am feeling

but usually 5-8 hours
Dec 23 2008 9:02PM
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-NY-STeeZE-
Posts: 2114 - Karma: 23
7 hours today
Dec 23 2008 9:19PM
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7-11_Slurpee
Posts: 1142 - Karma: 1,552
either 10:30 AM TO 9:30 PM, or 10:30 AM to 4:30
Dec 23 2008 9:36PM
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jibbits56
Posts: 336 - Karma: 10
as long as possible, with the school we go from about 5:00 - 10:30, with my friends ussually from about noonish till about 8 or 9
Dec 23 2008 9:39PM
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J-Evs
Posts: 6387 - Karma: 1,615
9-3 on weekends

and anytime after school until like 9 on weedays
Dec 23 2008 9:49PM
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sykonaut
Posts: 346 - Karma: 11
It depends on how many people, gaper count, kiddie count, snow, and temp.
Dec 23 2008 9:49PM
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AALT
Posts: 1775 - Karma: 60
6-7 hours, sometimes open to close.
Dec 23 2008 9:51PM
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hey_dude_its_me
Posts: 1403 - Karma: 32
5 hours, only stopping to piss in the woods
Dec 23 2008 9:53PM
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COskier
Posts: 1066 - Karma: 131
8:30 to 1 or 2 or sometimes 3.
Dec 23 2008 9:58PM
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borskee
Posts: 796 - Karma: 127
how ever long it takes me to get bored out there
which is rarely ever
Dec 23 2008 9:59PM
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gabfreeski
Posts: 1459 - Karma: 23
9:00 to 2:30
but thats depend of the temperature
Dec 23 2008 10:01PM
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IanAvery-Leaf
Posts: 9932 - Karma: 9,411
8:00-8:30 to 3:00-4:00, so 6.5 to 8 hours
Dec 23 2008 10:05PM
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powderwhore92
Posts: 119 - Karma: 24
9-3 or 3:30
Dec 23 2008 10:08PM
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TheBeardedOne
Posts: 2286 - Karma: 58
so true ^^^ my mountain is like five mins away from where i live.. and my pass is way past paid off now, so i just go, if it is good ill stay 7-10 hours or just sesh something for a while and leave... all depends on conditions and people
Dec 23 2008 10:09PM
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BigJew
Posts: 6974 - Karma: 79
The bus drops me off at 8:30 I get skiing by 9, I take about :30 for lunch and the bus leaves at 4:15 so I usually ski until 3:45. So almost 7 hours.
Dec 23 2008 10:10PM
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asian_andy
Posts: 830 - Karma: 61
yeah i live in chicago so i take advantage of anytime i can ski.. so usually from open to 6. well in the midwest we have half day prices. so ill buy i half day but they dont check so sometimes i ski the whole day.
Dec 23 2008 10:13PM
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asian_andy
Posts: 830 - Karma: 61
yeah i live in chicago so i take advantage of anytime i can ski.. so usually from open to 6. well in the midwest we have half day prices. so ill buy i half day but they dont check so sometimes i ski the whole day.
Dec 23 2008 10:14PM
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Shpadoinkle
Posts: 10437 - Karma: 84
1 to 7 hrs a day.
Dec 23 2008 10:41PM
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Aaaron.
Posts: 11817 - Karma: 903
opening to when they kick me off.
Dec 23 2008 10:47PM
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mackinnon
Posts: 5153 - Karma: 161
open-close mothafuckaaaaaaa
Dec 23 2008 10:50PM
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hellomynameisjef
Posts: 5794 - Karma: 167
well night skiing just opened up so....for ever?
Dec 23 2008 10:50PM
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Thenowhereman42
Posts: 5682 - Karma: 65

8am-5pm but theres probably 2 hours worth of cigarette/get high/drink a beer/food breaks in there.  If I have work I leave at like 2pm though.

Dec 23 2008 10:53PM
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Canuker
Posts: 4730 - Karma: 165
usually 3 p.m - closeing ( 10pm)
Dec 23 2008 10:59PM
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linesteeze
Posts: 1229 - Karma: 125
3to 9 tuesday- friday. sat 8am-10pm sometimes. sun 8-4
Dec 23 2008 11:09PM
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BigMeech621
Posts: 1257 - Karma: 16

if i go after school 4:30-9:00

on weekends i go from 10:00-9:00

i also usually never take any breaks unless its a 10-9 day.  (BITCH IM HARDCORE)

Dec 23 2008 11:16PM
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WeK
Posts: 1894 - Karma: 11
1-4hours tops, its a 25min drive and usually up there 3-5times a week, never really wanted to stay long enough to be totally beat the next day
Dec 23 2008 11:33PM
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elk.
Posts: 1597 - Karma: 117

i love my ski days

I arrive at 830.. go inside to put my stuff down.Take my time putting my stuff on but still with that excitement everytime to get out and go. Usually im next to the fire place so thats a dank spot that will play out for lunch.

Ill shred till 1130 then come in and have a mellow lunch break and just shoot the shit next to the fire take about 15-20 mins

go back out ski the day away tll 4:00 go in pack up get out at 4:25

so about 7 good fun filled hours

Dec 23 2008 11:38PM
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Balto
Posts: 25985 - Karma: 4,404
9 to 4, with 30 min for lunch and sometimes a 10 min smoke break
Dec 23 2008 11:38PM
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Chronic_
Posts: 1730 - Karma: 1,602
9 - 9
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5 - 9


night skiing is my favorite
Dec 23 2008 11:40PM
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babujib
Posts: 5039 - Karma: 104
i usually catch first tracks (7-730 depending the mountain) until last tracks (430-5 depending on mountain) so thats a solid 10 hours on good days, with a breakfast stop at like 1030 until 11 then a lunch stop from like 2-245
Dec 23 2008 11:44PM
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mackinnon
Posts: 5153 - Karma: 161
i ski full days every weekend and am never beat the next day...?
Dec 23 2008 11:47PM
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charmander
Posts: 10636 - Karma: 373
9-1 or 9-3 or 9-11 so between 2 aand 5 hours

theres no point in just skiing groomers for hours, and once the pows gone im done
Dec 23 2008 11:47PM
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eheath
Posts: 61655 - Karma: 123,597
Well, it all depends on the day. Pow days ill ski 9-3 easy, but some park days, especially week days, ill ski 12-1 until 3-4. I usually don't ski less than 2-3 hours though. Fucking 10 hours though? Fuck that's intense.
Dec 23 2008 11:48PM
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caucasian_chad
Posts: 4078 - Karma: 3,625
9 or 10 to 5 or 6, so 7-9 hours, sometimes longer
Dec 23 2008 11:50PM
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ski93
Posts: 1280 - Karma: 84
i start at 9 and end at 3 so 6 hours usually
Dec 24 2008 2:11AM
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carbon.pulse
Posts: 3348 - Karma: 22
.........................why dont you have a seat over there.

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Dec 24 2008 2:55AM
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PartyHon
Posts: 2019 - Karma: 425
Somedays 9AM-4PM. but with night skiing, 9AM-8PM.
Dec 24 2008 3:00AM
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ECfreeski3
Posts: 12019 - Karma: 126
you guys ski for so long!
Dec 24 2008 3:04AM
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Sean...M
Posts: 2450 - Karma: 14
exactly. not gonna lie, but if the parks closed for some reason, i wont ski very long at all and it usually depends on how the snow is.

The weather is also a huge factor on how long i ski. If its a nice sunny day to night, i'll ski for as long as i can. But if its snowing and cloudy and the sun goes down so the vision is shit, i'll definitely cut it shorter. And if its fuckin freezing, i just won't enjoy skiing at all and i'll be skiing shorter
Dec 24 2008 3:05AM
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Anathema
Posts: 21048 - Karma: 5,061

8 hours or so on a good powpow day, however i really like having a nice little 3-4 hour evening park sesh. doesn't kill your whole day (can still work, hit school, whatever), and you dont need to worry about eating arrangements or anything like that. just go out, rip with your buddies, and head home for a few brewskis. that's a perfect day for me, personally, and of course that's provided the hill isnt packed

Dec 24 2008 3:18AM
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600U
Posts: 90 - Karma: 16
i basically agree, except that weather rarely affects my skiing choice.  i can and often do ski from open to close, w/o any breaks...when there is good enough pow to warrant putting that kinda energy into it.  but if there's shitty snow, and no park (basically there is no park where i ski), we'll ski for just as long as we're feeling it. 
Dec 24 2008 3:31AM
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jayhood
Posts: 144 - Karma: 11
90% of the time 1st chair to as close to last as I can get.  Now that doesn't mean I hit it hard every minute I'm on the mountain.
Dec 24 2008 3:32AM
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liftedresearcher
Posts: 1140 - Karma: 1,775
meh usually from 11 or noon to close. not much of an early riser. unless its a pow day.

its different when you ski mostly every day. its hard on your body to go all day every day.
Dec 24 2008 3:49AM
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bob_dole
Posts: 4078 - Karma: 1,580
3 hours max
Dec 24 2008 8:23AM
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