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What's your worst day on the mountain?

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shinbangclan
Posts: 1177 - Karma: 7,552
what constitues a bad day for you?
Today looked a little like this:

>two layers of socks today
>already feel tight, gonna tough it out
>turns out im not such a tough guy

>first run
>go switch
>cant carve switch, keep reverting out
>frustrated

>maybe I can nosebutter 180 this knuckle
>nope, forget to flex my skis
>frustrated

>try to Jturn
>ski pops off
>frustrated

>bombing the remainder of the hill
>half ass all of the knuckle airs
>crud everywhere
>cant carve for shit
>frustrated

>feels like im a beginner again
>calves,shins throbbing on the lift
>seek refuge in the soft powder
>powder is completely tracked out
>have to blast through more chop
>frustrated

>lower legs screaming
>upcoming drop off of this tree stump
>gonna safety it
>overshoot it by a mile
>land on the flat backseat, roll out of it into more chop, tumbling away
>feels like my shinbones have shattered
>frustrated

>the same thing happens again on a different jump
>frustrated

>the same thing happens again, but on the same jump
>frustrated

>ski down to parking lot through powder melted into ice on the surface from the sun, fuck whatever snow thats called
>at this point im pretty sure I will never walk again
>take off my boots
>take out the liners
>one of the liners rips
>f r u s t r a t e d

share your bad days and send your bad vibes
7 years ago
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tdollo
Posts: 3885 - Karma: 19,911
Worst day was probably when ski patrol tried to blow up my jump
7 years ago
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CalumSKI
Posts: 4385 - Karma: 26,182
February 8th 2017 at Tremblant
7 years ago
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Dddsz
Posts: 3042 - Karma: 7,323
When it's been sunny and warm for two weeks and then there is a cold, windy, overcast day with gnarly flat light and icy moguls everywhere before a storm rolls in. Those days are always worth sleeping in.
7 years ago
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Narcopus
Posts: 148 - Karma: 556
>whitetail on big snow day
>38201028 people on the mountain
>can’t ski without having to stop every 10 feet cause it’s just unbelievably crowed
>park is so crowded it’s almost impossible to hit features cause all 10000 people want to go and none have park etiquette. You would get to a feature and a kid would jump off the side of the lip as you’re about to hit it.
>frustrated
>biggest waste of a day of my life
7 years ago
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sambuswell
Posts: 742 - Karma: 3,462
2 pairs of socks is a big mistake
7 years ago
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SnickleFriz
Posts: 333 - Karma: 906
Worst day on the slopes >> best day at work
7 years ago
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Narcopus
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SnickleFrizWorst day on the slopes >> best day at work


Unless you’ve gotten seriously injured this is facts
7 years ago
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ballsagna
Posts: 72 - Karma: 180
I dropped a kid off the chairlift once while coaching


Probably his worst day lol

**This post was edited on Jan 17th 2019 at 6:28:31pm
7 years ago
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xxACIDTRIPxx
Posts: 5980 - Karma: 8,185
One day I got my boots worked on. I pick em before skiing the next morning. Spend 12 minutes on the shuttle and like 40 minutes getting to the top. I like to put my boots on at the top of the gondi, cause I hate walking in em. I put them on..... weird. There is no footbed. Oh wait this isn't even my fucking boot. The shop gave me the same model boot, it was just someone elses. SMH. SPent an hour getting back to the shop, then another hour coming back up...
7 years ago
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SuspiciousFish
Posts: 2794 - Karma: 16,914
Snowed 24'' of fresh pow overnight at Schweitzer mountain. Wake up at the cabin stoked as hell and get ski gear on. Walk outside to find out it rained to the top...
7 years ago
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freestyler540
Posts: 13238 - Karma: 20,491
A bad day always starts with bumper to bumper traffic jam to the hill
7 years ago
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Rum_Ham
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freestyler540A bad day always starts with bumper to bumper traffic jam to the hill


I70 preview of tomorrow morning.

My worst day:
Bring skis home to PA to ski over winter break

Ski two runs, icy as shit

Third run make 3 turns down a run and already at the flat part of the bottom

Sliding sideways to slow down but still cooking, left binding pops off, foot hits the ground, slam super hard and dislocate my shoulder

Go to patrol, they make me do paper work instead of helping

Friend can’t drive stick shift car have to find someone else to drive to the hospital

5 hours later my shoulder is finally is back in place

Only bad day I’ve ever had on the mountain
7 years ago
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HypeBeast
Posts: 10097 - Karma: 76,795
Fuk outta here with this negativity thread!

If you really want to know.... The root cause of all your problems can be traced to one feeble mistake- wearing double socks.
7 years ago
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shinbangclan
Posts: 1177 - Karma: 7,552
runforlove2018The root cause of all your problems can be traced to one feeble mistake- wearing double socks.


live and learn
7 years ago
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Dddsz
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freestyler540A bad day always starts with bumper to bumper traffic jam to the hill

True hunting freshies the day after the freak show is usually more enjoyable in my opinion.
7 years ago
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mitchellm
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> Had just learned backies
> sending them (badly) in park
> last run of the day
> said to mate "watch this"
> over rotated
> landed on upper left arse cheek

> compression fracture in T11


> season over
7 years ago
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.MASSHOLE.
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When it fucking pours rain.
7 years ago
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weastcoat
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Any day where it’s just icy as shit and you feel tight and awkward all day.
7 years ago
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Calthecrooked
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first time at A bay I literally shit myself on the lift and then within the next 30 minutes I came down with the worst flu Ive ever experienced. Had to stop about 5 times on the drive home to puke my guts out.
7 years ago
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Walreese
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So what happens when you work and ski at the same time?
SnickleFrizWorst day on the slopes >> best day at work
7 years ago
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JoeF2661
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When I had the best powday anybody could ask for and I got to fucked up and could hardly ride.


7 years ago
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iH8pow
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My friend triggered an avalanche and thought it buried his brother. We spent 20+ minutes digging with a group who witnessed it. Turns out his brother was already at the bottom. Some corporate ‘silver jackets’ were waiting for us after all that telling us we were going to lose our passes for skiing closed terrain (i didn’t care at the time since my friend was alive). Never did get passes pulled they must have realized ski patrol failed to actually close the terrain.
One time I lost a ski in Jackson Hole Cody bowl near the top. Had to ski to the bottom on one ski which was actually kinda fun. But that was day 1 of the trip so I had to rent fatty skis for the rest of the week which was great cause they broke snowfall record that week but i was broke college student
7 years ago
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SnickleFriz
Posts: 333 - Karma: 906
WalreeseSo what happens when you work and ski at the same time?

If you must know:
Best day recreational skiing>>ski patrolling>>>worst day recreational skiing>>mountain ops>>best day at non skiing job>>worst day at non-skiing job>>ski instructing
7 years ago
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HypeBeast
Posts: 10097 - Karma: 76,795
Today. Hands down. Started the day with plans to head to Jay Peak. I was staying in Burlington cuz I wasn't sure where I would ski this week and most places are about 1-1.5hrs which isn't bad imo. Checked snow report which listed 3 lifts on wind hold but the rest open. That's fine. They're getting snow so I'll take whatever even if it's greens all day. Can't ask for much more on my last day of the season. So drive up there. Last 10-15miles were fucking insane. Snow squalls to whiteout conditions. I pull into the lot and it's the windiest I've ever seen it. Snow is just coming down. Head to pick up my pass and hear someone talking about refunds and rain checks. Fuck. Check my phone. They changed at some point in my drive to "no lifts will spin today". There was about 3-4" on the ground with another 3" predicted through the day. It woulda been a sweet day. So basically I got to see the snow. Touch the snow. But told I couldn't ski the snow. I have never wished for skins more in my life than today.

Determined to ski today I started checking other resorts. Basically everything north of Burlington had nothing more than greens open if anything at all. Therefore I decided to head to Sugarbush butttttt my fucking dumb ass left my IKON pass at my hotel because "I won't need this". Whelp I needed this. Drive 1.5hrs back to hotel. Pick up pass. Drive 1hr to sugarbush and ski for 2 hours on what I would describe as the iciest conditions I have ever skied. Literally everything was a sheet of ice except the mogul troughs where the dusting of the night before had collected. Shitty day partially salvaged by shitty ice and powder moguls.

I felt so defeated. So excited to be let down.


Today was worse than skiing in the rain and fog the day prior.

**This post was edited on Mar 29th 2021 at 10:54:07pm
4 years ago
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shinbangclan
Posts: 1177 - Karma: 7,552
HypeBeastToday was worse than skiing in the rain and fog the day prior.

**This post was edited on Mar 29th 2021 at 10:54:07pm


i am sorry for your loss
sounds extremely frustrating...
I hate hard ice with a passion especially cause half my skis are detuned
4 years ago
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asparagus
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Every day May-November
4 years ago
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No.Quarter
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>wake up hungover after a night of playing True American and bar hopping until 2 am
>feel like shit and decide I need to go skiing to get fresh air
>try to eat a burrito and drink gatorade on the drive to the hill
>nearly lose a ski trying to get in my bindings because I broke a leash
>feeling queasy on the lift ride, head is throbbing
>start skiing and every bump makes my head feel like it is going to burst
>pull into the trees and puke red gatorade
>feel a little better and try to take another lap
>feeling queasy on the lift again, nearly puke off the lift
>start skiing and head to the trees to puke again
>go back to the truck and drive home
>pull over to puke
>get home and smoke a bowl, shower, and pass out
4 years ago
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shred14
Posts: 201 - Karma: 1,130
I kept crashing all day and couldn't land a single trick, lost my ski in pow for a solid 30min, and my ski kept popping off. Ended it early when I was skiing and hit a traverse track going fast and got bucked so hard that I did a half backflip and landed on my back/neck. Had a jarred back for a solid week. Only good part of that day was landing a nose butter 3 in pow, but that hurt my shins very badly.
4 years ago
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guelah_papyrus
Posts: 122 - Karma: 841
Lost my phone which also had my debit cards/ID attached last Thanksgiving at Wolf Creek. Had to ask random strangers for gas money to make the 300 miles back home.
4 years ago
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stroh67
Posts: 37 - Karma: 188
SuspiciousFishSnowed 24'' of fresh pow overnight at Schweitzer mountain. Wake up at the cabin stoked as hell and get ski gear on. Walk outside to find out it rained to the top...

If your talking about the day like maybe 2 months ago I remember that shit. Drove all the way up from post falls just to turn around and go home. Turned into a sheet of ice
4 years ago
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stroh67
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stroh67If your talking about the day like maybe 2 months ago I remember that shit. Drove all the way up from post falls just to turn around and go home. Turned into a sheet of ice


Didn’t realize you posted that like 2 years ago
4 years ago
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SuspiciousFish
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stroh67If your talking about the day like maybe 2 months ago I remember that shit. Drove all the way up from post falls just to turn around and go home. Turned into a sheet of ice


It was from years ago but there is at least 1 day a year that happens up there. The ice thing is real. I was bombing down Lakeside chutes years ago and the top 1/3 was pow then suddenly hit an ice sheet where it rained. I hit the ice and yardsaled about 300 yards. That one hurt like hell.
4 years ago
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FruitBootPro
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HypeBeastFuk outta here with this negativity thread!

If you really want to know.... The root cause of all your problems can be traced to one feeble mistake- wearing double socks.


cmon man sometimes it helps to commiserate and know that you're not the only one who's had completely wasted days on the mountain.
4 years ago
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shinbangclan
Posts: 1177 - Karma: 7,552
FruitBootProcmon man sometimes it helps to commiserate and know that you're not the only one who's had completely wasted days on the mountain.


share the burden to ease the burden!
4 years ago
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