 Poster: A snowHead
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I’m glad I’m at a point in my life where I really don’t do much that I don’t want to do. I’ve done the whole compete with myself and others in sports all my life now I just love chilling when skiing, have a blast every now and then but mostly enjoy my friends in great places and times.
@ed48, Think you need to find a sweet spot chill out a bit, kick back, do some piste skiing don’t worry about how you got there or how you’re getting home or how much it costs or in fact any of the stuff bothering you. Get up late have a coffee admiring a beaut of view, have a lazy lunch with a beaut of a view, finish early get on the beers with some mates or random geezers and gals in a bar with a beaut of view. Breathe it in and think ah this is the life, could be worse.
Or just jack it in and stay in Yorkshire.
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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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| Legend. wrote: |
| Brilliant post @ed48. Obviously 75% of it is absolute rubbish, the other half is through bad choices, the remaining third is exaggerated, the last quarter is bad luck, and the remaining 90% is just grumbling for grumbling sake. But I agree with 40% of it in that you are quite right, you should give up and leave it to others to enjoy. |
Legendary post.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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As many Instagram reels say: I don’t think that after 40 years (hopefully it will be 40) I’ll look back at my life and say, “Damn, I think I skied too much.”
if someone thinks it will be so, then look for other hobbies.
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@ed48. OK you might think this is quite an OTT suggestion, but in reality it is merely a snapshot of what the OH and I do most weeks, and what others who are maybe more tired of the way things are deal with it, and as many have alluded to the need to chill.
Today is a day off for starters, the weather is minging, can't see a thing with light snow, and my legs are spent after four or so hard days, and the OH is likewise, though she has not done as much, as it's not all ski and ski.
My first suggestion is ditch the weekly lift pass, and think about ski-touring, of the more gentle type, here in Serre Che there are plenty of routes that are user friendly, and whilst it's not all about the down you might get some nice turns in, and there's a better chance of that in Spring with Spring snow, and then the weather is often glorious, so ski-tour in the morning and bask/doze in the sunshine.
For sure there might be an investment to be made in gear, or just hire for a couple of days, which will still be cheaper than a lift pass, and I have taken a fair number of intermediate skiers ski-touring and 100% have said it was their best day ever in the Mountains!
Then there is also cross-country skiiing, ask yourself why so many Nordics as well as Europeans do it? They too get away from the hordes on the slopes, and that too is not expensive.
And for both you do not need to stay close to a ski resort, and picnics are lovely on the mountain.
And if the conditions are good then treat yourself to a daily lift pass, as you can still use your touring gear on the piste!
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Give yourself a break and you'll be fine. I threw a strop after a 7 hour transfer from Tignes to an incredibly packed Geneva airport, where they then charged me excess baggage and also lost it  4 weeks on I'm over it!
There's a lot of prep goes into these trips, sometimes I think half the fun is in the planning so the slightest thing going wrong can make you think it's a lot worse than it was.
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| damanpunk wrote: |
Give yourself a break and you'll be fine. I threw a strop after a 7 hour transfer from Tignes to an incredibly packed Geneva airport, where they then charged me excess baggage and also lost it 4 weeks on I'm over it!
There's a lot of prep goes into these trips, sometimes I think half the fun is in the planning so the slightest thing going wrong can make you think it's a lot worse than it was. |
Thank you, thats my plan.
Ive only lost my baggage once, and its been delivered to my door next day, but that was while ago, not sure if they do this anymore.
Im still having kinda PTSD then also after 5h transfer I get to Zurich airport and they happened to swap scanners and something went wrong, there was 2h queue just to security checks packed in tiny space, its a large airport and lots of long haul flights all over the world, people been going crazy of thinking that they gonna miss their flights (I was fine as happened to arrive 3h before the flight and its been delayed 2h). Police started to take actions as people almost ready to go boarding the security checks, fighting, begging etc lol 
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When I first saw this thread, I thought it was just someone having a good natured rant. I guess I should have read till the end:
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every time I return home, and having 1k-2k less in my bank account, I ask my self is it really worth it. And most of the time the answer is NO.
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Seriously, if your enjoyment of the trips had gone, it’s indeed time to at least take a break.
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I see the ones who started skiing at younger age, enjoy skiing more, its probably returning them to sensations of joy and happiness of younger age.
Ive started skiing at age of 40, its different to me.
Everyones skiing is different, half of the issues is coming from the fact that we are skiing offpiste and going last minute for the forecast, we book whats available last minute, not the nicest flight times and accommodation, typically we arrive when storm is starting, could be challenging conditions on the roads, bad visibility for couple of days, etc |
I came around full circle, TWICE!
- enjoy every minutes of skiing at the early stage
- enjoy traveling to different places I otherwise wouldn’t have, away from typical sun worshiping tourists
- got fed up with the crowd, the cost, the hassle… most importantly, global warming led to unreliable snow which really destroy the skiing part of…skiing!
- BREAK….. (I had TWO breaks. One due to financial pressure. The other due to poor snow and crowded slopes. A few years each)
- Back with reinvigorated enthusiasm! Each time with a different perspective.
1) The first break helps build back up my financial buffer.
2) I also put some effort in improving a variety of skills to be able to enjoy snow people hate (carving on hard pack, zipper-lining on bump field etc.). So even if my timing of my trip failed on the initial objective, I can still have fun on whatever is there to have an enjoyable trip.
3) Longer trips to far away part of the world. Japan, for example. Even if the skiing isn’t up to expectation, the food and the culture will be a reward enough. Perhaps north America for you?
You said you started at 40, but didn’t say how many years you’ve been skiing. Perhaps you’re getting to the age that you no longer enjoy the “excitement of the unknown”? If so, you need to find a new path to excitement instead of doing the same old same old.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| turms2 wrote: |
As many Instagram reels say: I don’t think that after 40 years (hopefully it will be 40) I’ll look back at my life and say, “Damn, I think I skied too much.”
if someone thinks it will be so, then look for other hobbies. |
I feel its down to 2nd poor season in a row snow wise. Also we managed to find great pow last 2 visits this year. Waiting to see what spring bring us.
Currently snow conditions in terms of POW, not worth leaving Yorkshire for sure
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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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@ed48, indeed...you are looking for POW.
I am looking for good slope skiing / boarding and that makes it easier.
But if you are looking for POW, maybe considering somethere else? maybe Georgia? Japan? N. America etc
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You know it makes sense.
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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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| bouquetin wrote: |
This is about better objective setting, surely.
A good example may be this video from Dave Searle as part of his Grand Ski Tour series
The snow is bad on south faces, dangerous on north faces, lets have a bloody good day out doing some mountaineering instead.
A good lesson in life really! |
Good video.
Couple of years back Ive been skiing with locals in the Grindelwald. It wasnt great day in terms of snow/avi conditions, se we decided to do sledging instead of skiing, it was great fun.
I guess for locals its somewhat easier to do decisions like this, as there are always next storm. For us who need to travel its not quite like this, maybe its a last ski trip I can do this year, and there is no next storm for me.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Thanks for the advices and suggestions. We do skitour on fat skis when everything is tracked to get to the fresh tracks. Last time we went to 3700m, its wast particularly easy due to high altitude, but we did enjoy it. This is great stuff and we definitely will be doing more of this, with the goal to ski something that is not reachable from the lifts.
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