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Your definition of cold.

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mozzy
Posts: 1034 - Karma: 60
. . . as in being uncomfortable skiing or riding. I'm looking at the weather reports from CO right now, and it's downright glacial. -25 C in Keystone, with -32 C (-26 F) windchill.

-25 C (-13 F) in Jackson Hole, with a predicted high of -14 C (7 F).

How cold is too cold for you?
Dec 3 2009 9:58AM
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Pinguu
Posts: 1581 - Karma: 49
I can deal with any amount of cold usually.

WIND! Well wind is a bitch, it cuts right through you. Especially off Lake Superior, the wind never stops here.
Dec 3 2009 10:01AM
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Goku
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when i can cut diamonds
Dec 3 2009 10:01AM
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Ryanvdonk
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its -17 at my house
Dec 3 2009 10:01AM
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little_ey
Posts: 609 - Karma: 392
I was once at a big mtn comp and the air temp was -10F, but with hurricane winds brought that down to -60F!  Ski Patrol made us an igloo at the top of the venue with hot chocolate, warming blankets, and even a propane heater so those waiting to drop in didn't go hypothermic.  I don't know why they didn't just call a weather day.
Dec 3 2009 10:16AM
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VTtreeskier
Posts: 1833 - Karma: 64
When i breath in through my nose and the snot freezes the moment i step out the door, then its cold. Not unskiiable cold, but thats my definition of cold.
Dec 3 2009 10:21AM
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yooper_god
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For me any temp is fine. skiing or snowmobiling i can deal with it. Snowmobiling in -20 below weather and skiing in -10 with high winds it doesnt matter to me
Dec 3 2009 10:23AM
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abc8tr8we98g
Posts: 498 - Karma: 25
coldest its ever been when I was skiing was -20 with wind chill in the -40's...riding the lifts was a miserable experience...but i didnt notice the cold at all when skiing...and i accidentally had left the vents open on my pants...my balls were not happy about that
Dec 3 2009 10:25AM
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jnizzle
Posts: 365 - Karma: 75
blowing sideways ice needles into your face and the chair is frozen and your bandana over your face is frozen and your glove fell off and the chair has been stopped for like a half hour... brutal
Dec 3 2009 10:29AM
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Shadows
Posts: 8068 - Karma: 43
i dont have a problem with cold usually. my body stays warm for the most part. the only thing that gets messed up is when its real cold (like today) your boots stop flexing. then its bad
Dec 3 2009 10:40AM
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quebecfreestyler
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When your feet get cold while wearing intuition liners... it's cold as f$%"
Dec 3 2009 10:43AM
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sconniestyle
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last winter i called my parents in SE wisco from salt lake, where i live.

the temp in salt lake was about 30 degrees, the temp back home was -30 degrees.

just another reason why leaving wisco was the best idea ever.

Dec 3 2009 10:45AM
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Cincher
Posts: 3403 - Karma: 535
Same, I skied -30C and while pretty cold, I dealt with it.
Dec 3 2009 10:47AM
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dbstar
Posts: 2038 - Karma: 20
-14 C is def doable, spent some time working in norther alberta two winters ago, -50 C.... thats fucking cold
Dec 3 2009 10:53AM
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noscottno711
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anything below 60 degrees. i am from ca.
Dec 3 2009 10:55AM
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comeatmebro
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my body is always fine, it's the fingers and toes that get frozen. just go in and get warm for 10 minutes and right back out skiing.
Dec 3 2009 10:56AM
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mer-man
Posts: 1079 - Karma: 10
ya my thoughts exactly minus 30C isent so so bad if its at least a calm night but add in wind and you dont wanna do much else then hike
Dec 3 2009 11:03AM
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DaveM
Posts: 2936 - Karma: 1,558

the coldest ive skied was -40s with windchill and when ot gets to that point you can only ski for about 5 runs before you have to go inside to warm up. If you have any areas that are exposed when its that cold you can get wind burn faster then ever. i say i can ski comfortably though up until about -10 to -15 depending on the wind

Dec 3 2009 11:06AM
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Idahoskier420
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i skied in -30 with wind chill. had to get my fix.
Dec 3 2009 11:08AM
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drod
Posts: 408 - Karma: 7
When I woke up today it was -10. I could ski in that... but if it was windy there is noo way.
Dec 3 2009 11:23AM
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eheath
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As soon as it gets below 0 its getting cold. Luckily, its never below 0 in utah haha.
Dec 3 2009 11:27AM
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578m
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We had -38 C without the wind from the ongoing storm some years ago here in sweden :D damn cold, except for that I dont care to much about cold weather
Dec 3 2009 11:32AM
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Msully
Posts: 575 - Karma: 21
last night wasnt too bad but i think the high yesterday at breck was 3-5 on the mtn
Dec 3 2009 11:36AM
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Newschool_Pope
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ive been skiing at -34 °C. my gloves froze around and to the pole. it was really hard to open my hand as i reached the bottom. the gloves were really stiff and frozen in the grasp i held the pole. that was pretty funny. also was my bandana like 00 times heavier because all the air i exhailed forze to it. it was just a sheet of ice.
Dec 3 2009 11:38AM
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aquinn
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waterville
Dec 3 2009 11:42AM
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skithesprings
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impossible, cant happen.

Dec 3 2009 11:43AM
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freestyler540
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I complain at -25C
I hesitate at -32C
I give up at lower than -32C with windchill
Dec 3 2009 11:44AM
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Cincher
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At those tems I'd prefer a bellaclava.
Dec 3 2009 11:49AM
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mozzy
Posts: 1034 - Karma: 60
Now I noticed what my body was doing on a cold day (~0 F, with -25 F windchill), and in addition to my boots getting remarkably stiff from the cold, my extremities were alternately warm and cold. My fingers would be frozen for a while, then my feet would get cold, and my fingers would warm up, and keep alternating like that for the rest of the day.

Brrrr.


Dec 3 2009 11:51AM
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Spacekroft
Posts: 1332 - Karma: 41
it was -6 when i woke up today but its a bluebird day and so it feels warmer
Dec 3 2009 11:57AM
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mike91129
Posts: 777 - Karma: 43
-30 for skiing is about the limit.
Dec 3 2009 11:58AM
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Cincher
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It was a clear day too when I skied in the coldest conditions I have personally skied in. Still felt fucking cold. But because I'm weird, I liked it.
Dec 3 2009 12:00PM
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jason...
Posts: 9006 - Karma: 780
The coldest I have ever skied in is about -20 at Whistler, -30 with windchill. And that wasn't too bad as long as you stayed layered up and kept the gloves on. My home mountain only ever gets down to about -10 though, so I don't really have a definition of too cold.
Dec 3 2009 12:15PM
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frontline31
Posts: 158 - Karma: 15

haha yeah I LIVE in northern Alberta.

Ive skiied in -40. Almost froze, it was crazy cold but you warm up a bit when you start shredding. To be honest, when it's that cold the snow is pretty amazing.

Dec 3 2009 12:30PM
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Lemuel
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The coldest I have done was like -25 F w/ wind at Jay one day a few years back.  Downright brutal.
Dec 3 2009 12:30PM
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wintersway
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i can deal with -10 F plus windchill at the base with more wind up at the top. the only time it sucks is when youre riding the left and not able to get adrenaline flowing through you
Dec 3 2009 12:32PM
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T-Holt
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I'm with you on this. My fingers and toes get cold way too easily.


I'll ski as long as the mountain's open, but generally below 0 degrees F, I start to get cold.
Dec 3 2009 12:36PM
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Guitto
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-40

Dec 3 2009 12:41PM
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eurotune2
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you just gotta come prepared, i have skied -40 at jay peak before and it was awesome, no one else was on the mountain and if you stayed in the trees (the best place anyway) you stayed out of the wind


i did get frostbite under my goggles the 1st day though.... but well worth it
Dec 3 2009 12:44PM
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T-Holt
Posts: 5020 - Karma: 639
And EC cold feels so much colder than like Colorado or Utah cold because of the moisture.

The best days are when it dumps for a few days, stops in the morning and it's a blue bird day, but pretty cold so the mountain isn't that full and you can actually get freshies all day long on the EC.
Dec 3 2009 12:47PM
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horner
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I've filmed in -54f, now that's damn cold.
Dec 3 2009 12:54PM
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COrider
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If its not windy its usually not a big deal.
Dec 3 2009 12:57PM
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theabortionator
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 below zero. I remember a few years ago we had a full week of -30with highs. I think it got under -30 a couple times.

It was awful, hadnt had snow in a little while, had just gotten freezing rain. Imagine a week of -30 when everythings already ice.

Then add in absolutely brutal winds.

When wind chill is -60 and your working on ice all day, its pretty fun. Pretty much got really sick, and stayed sick till spring. Got mild frostbite a few times.


Idk, just wasn't good.If I didn't have to work I would have stayed home inside with a fire crankin. Nobody else is at the hill, its death ice windy, and 0 fun.
Dec 3 2009 1:04PM
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smuggs
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nowadays cold to me is below zero.

but back in the day there was a day at smuggs, where the air temp was around -25. i rode the bus to the mtn, so i was there early and got on the lift, turns out while the lift was on there was a wind chill that was -100 DEGREES no joke. they closed the entire mountain for the rest of the day, and i was stuck in the lodge until the bus came at the end of the day.

looking back on the gear that i had back that (poor mostly lost and found gear) i am suprised i didnt die on the east coast.
Dec 3 2009 1:10PM
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ISKIBC
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< 40 degree F
Dec 3 2009 1:14PM
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AlleywayDirt
Posts: 956 - Karma: 86
How about -46 with windchill... i was ice fishing last year in Minnesota...Lucky we had a fish house
Dec 3 2009 1:15PM
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BC.
Posts: 1551 - Karma: 86
my home mountains average temperate is hovering around 50. anything below 20 im upset, im pampered i know.
Dec 3 2009 1:29PM
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skiminnesota
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its all about the wind. if its 0f no wind and sunny, thats fine. when you get windchills down into the -20fs thats FUCKING COLD. its at that point i dislike skiing.

i can layer up pretty well to keep my body warm, but my toes and hands freeze to death.
Dec 3 2009 1:57PM
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Verno
Posts: 542 - Karma: 23

Did -40C @ Tremblant for a few days.....that's without wind. 

With wind it was -63C....about 50km/h steady. 

I was there for 5 days straight, and the WARMEST it ever got was -26C....again, not including wind.

It was so damn cold, we'd do one run.  Warm up at the bottom.  Go up.  Warm up at the top.  Go down.  Warm up at the bottom.  Wash, Rinse, Repeat. 

Somehow it actually snowed 30cm one night (I always thought that snow was impossible at those temps, but I now know it's not).  The pow the next day, despite the cold, was glorious.

Dec 3 2009 2:22PM
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skiRay
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-33 was the coldest ive done.. there was wind chill to add to that as well.
Dec 3 2009 2:33PM
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Drail
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my threshold sits somewhere just below -30C. i think the coldest i have been out there is like -35C ish... down in idaho a couple years ago we were going to ski lost trail but we woke up and it was -40 or something stupid like that, I WAS going to brave it out and go for a ski that day, but the hill didn't open 'cause they thought it was too cold. probably a good idea. we just went into the desert and shot guns instead.
Dec 3 2009 2:49PM
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