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What's the coldest you've ever skied

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Rob~
Posts: 143 - Karma: 16
So it was -28 up Sunshine,AB today with a windchill of -40. Me being English and new to lets say "brisk" winters was wondering how cold have you skied and how bad was it? I didn't find it too bad today, but realise it is still early winter.
Nov 22 2010 6:09PM
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Baskin.
Posts: 1387 - Karma: 13
please tell me you were talking about degrees celcius right?
Nov 22 2010 6:12PM
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DaveM
Posts: 2936 - Karma: 1,558

Hahahahahaha, do you really need to ask that?!

Ive skied in -35 celcius without the windchill. So intense. I ended up wearing four hoodies under my jacket and wasnt that cold but i could barely move.

Nov 22 2010 6:14PM
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hauser
Posts: 1131 - Karma: 469
I have skied in -40 with windchill, and thats Fahrenheit
Nov 22 2010 6:16PM
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Rob~
Posts: 143 - Karma: 16
Yes Celsius ha
Nov 22 2010 6:17PM
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Mex_LineJib^a
Posts: 3928 - Karma: 65
yeah -20 plus °C  is the coldest i've ever skied. must have been a couple years ago over at vail
Nov 22 2010 6:18PM
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hoodratz47
Posts: 12020 - Karma: 9,475
-30 plus windchill at keystone... not fun,,,, my breath went into my goggles and froze on the inside of the lens. and my hands had frost bite on the tips and they went numb and i sat in the lodge with my hands hanging and comming back to life, which felt like a red hot needle was shoved down every one of my nerve endings!
Nov 22 2010 6:19PM
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Brenone
Posts: 4944 - Karma: 296
Probably around -10f. More than once. They def arent the longest days on the mountian.
Nov 22 2010 6:22PM
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skiskate
Posts: 787 - Karma: 823
-40 Fahrenheit is the same temperature as -40 Celsius.

But ive skied in -35 Celsius without windchill in quebec.
Nov 22 2010 6:22PM
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rozboon
Posts: 1642 - Karma: 868
We took a lap at Fernie when, if memory serves right, it was -40c before wind chill. But it was damn still anyway.
It was pretty tragic. Breath froze on your lenses until you couldn't see a damn thing, put goggles up, cold makes your eyes start watering, blink it away and your eyelashes start freezing together. Sucked balls. We headed straight for the cafe (then home) after 1 lap, I think they closed it soon after because people were getting the beginnings of frostbite on the chair ride up.
Nov 22 2010 6:23PM
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Dr.Brown
Posts: 588 - Karma: 21
Probably -30 with freezing rain pouring on me. Not cool. Almost had hypothermia.
Nov 22 2010 6:24PM
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Ducky.
Posts: 5811 - Karma: 1,420
-25c. Probably more with the wind chill
Nov 22 2010 6:24PM
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SickNameHere
Posts: 113 - Karma: 14
I'm guessing around 0, maybe less. It was my third run and I had like nothing on, so I built a little shelter in the trees and took a little rest :). Hahah, it was fun.
Nov 22 2010 6:25PM
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-Tristan-
Posts: 915 - Karma: 19
It was -51 C on top at Lake Louise this morning. They dont run the lifts until it gets a bit warmer. High speed detach lifts only run to about -27 or -28, any colder and they slip.
Nov 22 2010 6:28PM
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hauser
Posts: 1131 - Karma: 469
Hmm, you learn something new everyday!
Nov 22 2010 6:29PM
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Rob~
Posts: 143 - Karma: 16
Serious?????
Nov 22 2010 6:30PM
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loganimlach
Posts: 5132 - Karma: 14,054
i've jibbed at -30º F without the windchill. it was fucking miserable.
Nov 22 2010 6:31PM
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reverendwrong
Posts: 3145 - Karma: 142
ummmm.... -35F with -50F windchill
Nov 22 2010 8:02PM
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PeterWojnar
Posts: 3937 - Karma: 678
Totally depends. 31F and heavy, wet snow is a lot colder than a sunny -20F. I get to ski in 31F wet snow a lot more than I do -20F and sunny.
Nov 22 2010 8:06PM
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J.DUKE
Posts: 1233 - Karma: 38
it is also the freezing point of pure water
Nov 22 2010 8:08PM
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MANDER
Posts: 4017 - Karma: 2,038
-20 Fahrenheit
Nov 22 2010 8:09PM
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GayWolf420
Posts: 37390 - Karma: 120,134
probably 5 with a windchill of -20 with 80% humidity. I do not miss michigan winters at all.
Nov 22 2010 8:11PM
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austinmetsch
Posts: 525 - Karma: 17
-22 with windchill around -35 or 40 at copper. i wore a nice down jacket and wasn't too bad. i was hiking the park which was shaded by trees from wind and ran up after every time down so i didn't get cold.
Nov 22 2010 8:11PM
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StReEtPIRATES
Posts: 1378 - Karma: 138
-30 with a 45 mph north wind, something around -50 or so including windchill
Nov 22 2010 8:12PM
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flexpattern
Posts: 1090 - Karma: 45
-28C on top of the glacier above val d'isere last christmas...(according to the thermometer at the chair at least).. so cold but we still hiked up to the top, and dropped down the other side of the lake in some nice pow pow. For sure the coldest i've skied in that i know of.
Nov 22 2010 8:13PM
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Where-am-I
Posts: 1635 - Karma: 281
same, fingers were cold to say the least
Nov 22 2010 8:14PM
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A.Eberhard
Posts: 4426 - Karma: 415
-36 without wind chill...
Nov 22 2010 8:14PM
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jamodeo
Posts: 3040 - Karma: 663
prob -28f or something around there
Nov 22 2010 8:15PM
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cbeebzthasteeze
Posts: 1862 - Karma: 85
Was at Sunday River when the Chondola opened. So cold at night the anti-fog in my goggles froze.
Nov 22 2010 8:23PM
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T-Holt
Posts: 5020 - Karma: 639
-40 with windchill. It was back when I raced and my coach thought it would be a good idea to train in our GS suits. I've never been so cold in my life. I think I was essentially a woman for a little while that day.
Nov 22 2010 8:26PM
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Jwalk
Posts: 4647 - Karma: 134
Around -35 C its not too bad but the lift rides are what kill!
Nov 22 2010 8:33PM
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will_powder
Posts: 3194 - Karma: 5,445
the forecast for my city for the next few days is: -25, -31, -30, -25. Without windchill. Its been like this for a week and will continue.
Nov 22 2010 8:36PM
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timmmay528
Posts: 202 - Karma: 15
wow ive never really skied when it was that cold. my coldest was about 5 degrees farenhieght
Nov 22 2010 8:37PM
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deleted5
Posts: 14507 - Karma: 13,507
ive ski when it was OVER 9000!!!!!111!!!!!111
Nov 22 2010 8:39PM
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cct_222
Posts: 1526 - Karma: 141
-18 F and windy as hell, rough but fun day
Nov 22 2010 8:49PM
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.jersey
Posts: 1925 - Karma: 9
-15 without a windchill. i dont know what it was when the noreastern(sp?) blew in
Nov 22 2010 8:58PM
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Elmo.
Posts: 4317 - Karma: 663
-5 without windchill
and i think with the wind chill it was like -20. or somewhere around there.
Nov 22 2010 9:01PM
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Pool.
Posts: 2820 - Karma: 662
this, is now in my signature
Nov 22 2010 9:01PM
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ORDEAL
Posts: 6386 - Karma: 75
BITCHES. MINNESOTA IS COLD.



-40 W/OUT WINDCHILL.
And it was fucking windy that day. I swear, there were 3 people there.
Nov 22 2010 9:02PM
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pomme-de-terre
Posts: 3915 - Karma: 703
i have been in -40f. plus windchill.


it fucking sucked. i basically took three runs and then gave up.
Nov 22 2010 9:07PM
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k-rob
Posts: 14217 - Karma: 2,891
-35 Celsius without windchill at the same hill as the OP , noshine
Nov 22 2010 9:11PM
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--ski--
Posts: 1670 - Karma: 817
Can't remember but we once skied a -5c day ... naked. My dick shribbled up to the size of a tic tac.
Nov 22 2010 9:13PM
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majora
Posts: 860 - Karma: 157
-40 Fahrenheit is the same as -40 Celsius.
but -50 is my coldest (celsius)
Nov 22 2010 9:20PM
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ReignMan
Posts: 1852 - Karma: 226
= the other definition of chestnuts.
Nov 22 2010 9:28PM
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GILLSKI
Posts: 1250 - Karma: 361
your dick grew cause of the cold?
Nov 22 2010 9:32PM
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McFellon
Posts: 1841 - Karma: 2,005
0 degrees Kelvin
beat that shit

no but actually -10 F or so
Nov 22 2010 9:34PM
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ReignMan
Posts: 1852 - Karma: 226
if anyone gets my joke i will +k.
Nov 22 2010 9:36PM
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--ski--
Posts: 1670 - Karma: 817
Is this a pathetic attempt to be funny?
Nov 22 2010 9:37PM
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steezenskis
Posts: 1044 - Karma: 31
Ive skied in -35 F with a negitive 80 windchill on mount washington. wind was almost at a hundred.
Nov 22 2010 9:39PM
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dispatchQ_main
Posts: 2619 - Karma: 629
Tremblant. You should get the idea.
Nov 22 2010 9:43PM
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Zoro
Posts: 1253 - Karma: 37
-18 F before adding in the wind chill. and out of all the places ive skied you want to guess where it was? fucking pennsylvania.
Nov 22 2010 9:54PM
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