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@ulmerhutte,
So you are are ski instructor? If so, I'll book some lessons with you at Falls next season. As for ski days, I manage a week at Snowheads BB Arabba each year and 2 -3 days most weeks at Falls during the season.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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At first I managed 1or2 weeks per season and occasionally 3. Last season I pushed the boat out and did 5 weeks but that was definitely a one off... Hence this time it's probably going to have to be 6 
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When I lived in the UK it was two weeks maximum. There was no way I could afford more and time off work was always an issue.
The answer was simple, move to the mountains. This seemed an even better plan after the horrible and divisive referendum result and the likely negative impact that would have on my career.
I now live and work in Austria, I work 4 days a week, allowing 3 days a week ski time, plus any annual leave or accrued overtime I might like to dedicate to skiing.
*Smug mode engaged*
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@queenie pretty please, with most people I abhor smugness. But for you I positively relish it. So glad it's all worked out so well.
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| Weathercam wrote: |
It's quality not quantity...
Better question would be how many days do you ski waist deep powder  |
All of them.
But then I get bored very quickly and have lots of other things to waste time on.
It's definitely quality over quantity, for me. For most people who aren't otherwise restricted, I'd say.
In Snowbird it's common for people to ride the first couple of hours after a storm, then to go and do something else whilst the masses have at it.
The idea of riding when there's no fresh - why?
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| philwig wrote: |
| ....The idea of riding when there's no fresh - why?...... |
+1
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| philwig wrote: |
For most people who aren't otherwise restricted, I'd say. |
This.
For the rest of us masses on your 1 or so weeks per season, you'll go out and ski/ ride whatever the snow gods decree! 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Live in UK. Have a full time job. Kids in senior school and have to travel for work as well, so not as many as I'd like but there we go. We do the week before Xmas and leave just before New Year. A long weekend in January with friends - him one weekend, me the other and Easter a week or two depending on snow quality. Not been in February for over 10 years as it is so busy and I go to China every year in March, so just too much.
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I am a newbie to Skiing with only the one ski trip under my belt this year. I have Andorra planned for January next year. Hopefully up my skiing holidays to two per year in 2020.
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You know it makes sense.
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Not as many as we'd like but as we live in the UK have full time jobs, kids in senior school and travel long haul for work, it is what it is. Week before and Xmas, leave just before New Year. Long weekend in January with friends - him one weekend, me the other - two weeks at Easter depending on the snow.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Only 1 week this year as we can't abandon the new puppy - arrives 28/12 so not taking up invitation for Jan & just going on SOPiB19
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Poster: A snowHead
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@adithorp, Good man!
@philwig,
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In Snowbird it's common for people to ride the first couple of hours after a storm, then to go and do something else whilst the masses have at it.
The idea of riding when there's no fresh - why?
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Because it's still fun.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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About 12 days in Scotland & we had 5 days in NZ over the last year. Having recently returned to skiing after about 30 years away I'd love to do more but I don't have any more free time, what with work & other interests.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| philwig wrote: |
In Snowbird it's common for people to ride the first couple of hours after a storm, then to go and do something else whilst the masses have at it.
The idea of riding when there's no fresh - why? |
Besides the because it's still fun point it's actually how you really get better - anyone can ski/ride in perfect conditions but I've seen "conditions snobbery" become quite the self defeating trap for seasonnaires. I had housemates in Whistler who didn't ride for over 2 weeks because there wasn't any fresh. Guess who couldn't keep up with the rest of us who were out every day riding increasingly cruddy stuff when the good stuff came again?
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3-4 weeks (really 3 long weeks and a weekend) for the last few years. Will actually be 3 weeks this year as I'm sneaking of for a week of summer mountaineering 
I totally buy the argument that a great powder day is worth many days of average conditions.
But a day in average conditions is still a good day by my reckoning.
I love:
a) carving up a nice crisp piste
b) just being out in the fresh air on a sunny day
c) skiing steeps slopes in grippy chalk two weeks after a snow fall
d) hunting the spring snow then taking a long lunch
e) going out for a tour which is more about a day in the mountains than the downhill
f) even skiing by feel in poor vis for a couple of hours to earn a proper lunch
One of the things I really enjoy about skiing is blending all the hard won skills to tweak the technique to the conditions even if that means skiing something a bit unpleasant with a degree of competence.
Honestly I'll be really sad and a little ashamed the day I feel "meh, no powder what's the point"
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Oh and another thing - sometimes some of the best days in the mountains emerge when you get out when others don't and the weather changes - the temperature drops, the skies clear. If you don't buy a ticket you are not going to win.
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I think I have really got this nailed in the last year. By skiing and boarding, I've always got something to interest me.
If it's a powder day, I'm off piste on a board. If it isn't, I'm carving around, on piste, on skis.
I'm on target for around 40 days this season, maybe more.
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Between 4 and 7 weeks per year in alps and a couple of days in Scotland if conditions are ok when im free.
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For us managed two weeks last year and two weeks booked for this season. Before that managed one other year with two weeks but outside that has only been one.
Saying that we work full time and have children in school.
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Last season was a record 22 days and this year I have 17 planned so far and I hope for another long weekend on top of that
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Usually try and get two weeks abroad each year, then as many days as possible on snow here - mostly xc, but some downhill and touring. Plus I'm usually skiing every Thursday night at my not so local ski club all year round plus some races over the summer.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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My quick answer is not enough and the precise answer is 1 week but it is a bash so is really great.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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30 - 70 days a year at home depending on conditions and employment status/employer tolerance and have managed a week overseas most years as well.
It’s never enough
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| Gordyjh wrote: |
| ... Because it's still fun. |
Yeah, but so's the beach... 
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You know it makes sense.
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@philwig, You’re wrong about the beach!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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3 weeks a year Mostly Utah Alta Snowbird Canyons and Snowbasin.
Occasionally Colorado Beaver Vail Keystone and A Basin
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Poster: A snowHead
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Average of 60 odd days/season used to be 80, but damage and age have cut it back. So thankful it's 15 min to the Mtn makes life easier. Get every day you can in all conditions and then snob out as you age, my best advice after 54 seasons starting on the 55th this season 28 Alpine and on my 27th of telemark. You'll only be another year older if you put it off.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Aussie Steve wrote: |
@ulmerhutte,
So you are are ski instructor? If so, I'll book some lessons with you at Falls next season. As for ski days, I manage a week at Snowheads BB Arabba each year and 2 -3 days most weeks at Falls during the season. |
Hi Steve... no, not an instructor. Just like my skiing!
If you are looking great instructors at Falls, then from personal experience, I can recommend Peter Steiner. He is a L4 instructor. He is patient and has the ability to demonstrate moves at speeds much slower than mere mortals can turn. Need to book early - Pete is always heavily booked.
I have heard great things about Macca and Rover (I kid you not about the name). They are also senior instructors. I have not however skied with them. Women who have skied with a Kerry Lee, ie Steve Lee’s sister, have raved about their experience.
Hope that helps.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Ask again in May and hopefully ill be saying 40odd, 6 days at xmas VDI, 4 days in scotland in jan weather dependant, over 2 weekends(location tbc)6 days ski touring Zakopane poland Feb half term 15 days easter school holidays Tignes. 4 days in Champoluc march dates tbc. who knows what else i can pull off, i want to spend more time in scotland later in the season gulley skiing
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I'll probably do 22 across five trips this winter. What is a day's skiing though? Sometimes I might only be on the hill for a couple of hours, but I'll probably do more in that time than most recreational skiers manage in a day.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Sometimes I might only be on the hill for a couple of hours, but I'll probably do more in that time than most recreational skiers manage in a day.
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WHat do you mean by more? Given that most skiers manage at least six hours in a day and uplift takes up a fair porportion of that time I am sceptical.
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@T Bar, I'm guessing it means being proud of consuming a sandwich on a lift.
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Simple answer for me;
NOT ENOUGH!
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WHat do you mean by more? Given that most skiers manage at least six hours in a day and uplift takes up a fair porportion of that time I am sceptical.
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I read somewhere that most skiers on ski trips only ski 3 hours per day and was amazed. Then I looked at my own statistics and once I had taken out lunch, cofee breaks and most importantly standing in lift queues and lifts that was about it. We stayed in St Anton once and from leaving the front door at 9:00 to starting skiing was 1 hour 30. Zermatt was even longer. OK now I go mainly to French resorts so spend less time in queues but the time actually sliding down the hill is suprisingly small
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@johnE,
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once I had taken out lunch, cofee breaks
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Exactly, hence my reference to sandwiches on lifts.
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