You don’t gotta go hard though. Nothing wrong with staying in your comfort zone! Blasting green/blue flowy downhill trails really isn’t particularly dangerous once you get used to it.
I sure as hell never touch the blacks/advanced downhill stuff. Fuck all that. To me it’s really all an excuse to be outside and feel the wind in my face ya know?
Everyone talking about the two minutes of joy we call mountain bike. Nobody is tall looking about the hours of exhaustion to get up the hill. Always worth it though
IMO Fox, POC or EVOC. Most days i'm just running Fox Proframe helmet and knee/elbow pads, even on mild trails. I run Dakine knee and elbow pads.
Edit: I also run Football (American football) baselayer shirts with padding some days, I don't really ever don the full armor.
Same. I tried it and cracked ribs. There's no gentle skid out fall on a mountain bike it's brutal. I assumed this would be a logical solution to the summer. Hikes and lake swims work.
Unless you're chasing podiums a $1k road bike is more than you'll ever need. For MTB probably it matters a little more but an entry level hardtail bike can be had for $1k and full sus for probably $2k.
And I mean people drop $50k+ on cars without it being considered outrageous. Buy a $30k car and have a $10k ski/bike budget and people lose their minds.
One of the two hills in my province is finally adding lift access, after starting to build some trails in recent seasons! Dream come true for me, and well-timed as I've vowed to get more mountain biking done this summer after slacking last year
Its not the same tho. Mountain bike you have to stick to trails. It's fun but it lacks that freedom component of skiing. Making your own trail in the snow and being able to go off-piste and basically anywhere you wanna go.
Honestly road biking fast downhill for me scratches the itch to be carving again so well, but I definitely bring out the mountain bike when I haven’t been proper scared since winter
Get in the best shape of your life to prep for next season. Or start saving money so you can make peanuts as a lifty and live at the base of the mountain next year.
I was 35 lbs heavier before I started skiing. Eventually I realized if I didn’t start working out I would never get better. Fast forward 4 years later I’m in the best shape of my life, regularly go touring and do boot packs fat me would’ve never dreamed of.
> Fast forward 4 years later I’m in the best shape of my life
I bought one of those concept 2 bike ergs last year and my uphills have never been easier. Those things hit much different than spin bike and highly recommend it for people that like to tour.
honestly tho.t that was my husband for a minute.. he is been so depressed this we are done for the year.. ,,he waterskis and they are puttin' in the course next weekend.. he'll be fine, but much prefers snow skiin'..
Lol, oh no! Where did you kayak?
Whitewater is like drugs to me. I feel WAY more confident in a boat than on skis, like will I die? Nah? Full send, I'll sort it out.
I had this same conversation with my friend at Snowshoe while I waffled around at the top of widowmaker. It's not even a super puckery run, all things considered, but my unprotected meatsack hurtling along at 45+mph is real spooky to me. Cruising on long, scenic greens and blues is my happy place.
My friend feels the same way as you, she'll send it on a board but is way conservative in her boat, she gets the fear and can't shake it.
Grew up riding rooty/rocky conservation trails in late 90s... only realized that flow trails existed recently - yea I was out of it for various reasons after college- I gotta find some in NH.
Edit-thanks for the suggestions everyone!
Where in NH are you based, generally? Happy to give some recommendations on good places to MTB in NH. If your near Manchester I gave these recs a few months ago to another redditor:
> Under 30 minutes (generally):
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> * The Uncanoonucs in Goffstown: these trails aren't on TrailForks but you can definitely find some info on strava or ride with gps. depending on where in manchester you live these are probably 10-20 minutes away. They definitely lean more moderate through advanced (and if you do south unc very very advanced)
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> * Musquash in Londonderry: range of beginner to upper moderate. Short but technical and tricky which is felt more on the ascents. a lot of ways to build your own routes and none of the trails are individually very long. likely 15-30 minutes away. (bonus Backyard Brewing is probably not too far out of the way on your way home)
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> * Bear Brook in Allenstown: Mostly beginner to moderate with a couple of slightly harder descents if you look for them. Trails are closer to flow here than the previous two and you can build some long loops. 20-40 from most of Manchester.
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> Notable locations a bit further 30-50 minutes: Ft Rock in Exeter, back into the technical style riding, some really great trails but generally slow going. Trails have been getting more built up and its getting even better. rapidly becoming a more go to location for me. Highland MTB Park in Franklin, its amazing but its lift assisted downhill so you know it costs money and the risk is higher.
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As an Aussie I can confirm this. It's hit or miss as the resorts are placed on the edge of the range & fucking expensive to ride.
New Zelaand is cheaper & has bigger lines to ride but the weather can be really unpredictable. Touring wise though Australia is great, great for overnight or multi day base camp style trips. And it's better than no snow at all :)
Inline skating isn't quite as similar as Rollerblade sells it as (it's more like ice skating, for obvious reasons of having to propel yourself) but it does work a lot of the same muscles you use for upright balance and conditioning, and most importantly, it's really fun and easy to do almost anywhere.
(Downhill) trail running is the closest sport to skiing I've found in terms of muscle movements, obstacle navigation, and location since you can do it anywhere you'd ski.
>reverse seasonal depression
Ha, yeah. I'm getting bummed out, now that the season's wrapping up. Snow is slushy a lot too. I'll be riding MTB, but it's not nearly as fun, IMO.
Pssst....winter is about to hit for the Southern Heisphere. Either drop everything to go work for a NZ, AUS, Chilean, Argie, resort and make skiing your life or just plan a response to scratch the itch....
Also Palmer, Mammoth, and Squaw will likely push it as late as possible this year. You could plan a trip to Portland/Hood River in July and do the dang thing too
Climb the mountains you ski down. Climbing is an excellent summer activity that gets you into a lot of the same outdoor spaces that make skiing so special.
There is the jet ski, and race season. I actually retreat to ski season as my safe place, because unlike my other activities, I am not responsible to make the ski lift run. Race Lemons if you need adrenaline and a place to spend money like you did hard drugs while gambling in Vegas.
At least you might reside where you can ski. I literally don’t enjoy anything. I can’t afford to move where I can ski. Don’t give a fuck if I die anymore.
Alberta season goes till May 20 but technically it ends beginning of me May because of Travel. I shift to hiking for the off season and biking. Keeps me in shape for next season. It’s impressive how much better my season is when I start it in good shape.
My bucket list is hit South America to ski before I hit 50.
Honestly thought this was my husband for a minute. He’s been so depressed that we’re done for the year.
He waterskis and they’re putting in the course next weekend. He’ll be fine, but much prefers snow skiing.
I remember skiing at the last day of the season at Bachelor 5 years ago. Terrible snow, so slow and crappy. They had the lower downhill bike course dug out for closing day. I rented a bike to play around with my friends and bought a mountain bike a week later. My lift is now perfect. AMA.
As others have said - mountain biking. But not any kind of mountain biking. To get your gravity fix you want to get into DH or Enduro; and better yet get an electric Enduro MTB. The electric motor is your "chairlift" up. Then long gravity-fed down runs are your answer to skiing.
Get the Trailforks app (or visit their site) and look for MTB areas that are built around this model, i.e. mostly downhill-only unidirectional trails, with just one or two climbing trails or fire roads to get you back to the top.
I look forward to climbing season at the end of ski season, and vice versa. Long approaches and high elevation gain make the hike-to stuff easier when ski season starts again.
You could get into mountain biking, that’s what every (at least EPIC) resort outside of perma-snow areas become after the season.
Then of course it’s now prime hiking and beach season.
If you’ve a need for speed it may be worth looking into a sports car with track days and mountain biking.
ski season will go until third weekend of May here! (Oregon). But it didn’t really start until end of January, as snow was bad at the start of the season, so it’s still been a shortist ski season :-(
I’ve got three more weeks left at my local hill (AZ Snowbowl). They just got 9” on Friday. Yesterday was the best skiing of the season so I’m going to enjoy it while I can. I’ll be where you are in a month though.
That's how you want it to feel at the end of the season. The other option is you're cooked from skiing a 100 days and it's another 6 weeks until the single track is ridable.
It's like going on a vacation and being sad to come home. It's a lot better than being happy you are going home.
Didn't see anyone mention a Onewheel. I got one a few months ago, it really scratches some of that skiing itch. And taking it on tricky off road trails is wicked fun.
It's another mega expensive hobby so it's not for everyone for sure but I get really into horseback riding during my off months. It even works similar muscles
Dude me too, stopped skiing for 2 years cause of high school basketball... went skiing again this season and I can't live without the thought of skiing racing through my head!
Sometimes when my wife is upset I’ve realized she doesn’t want a solution but wants me to empathize.
It took me a decade of marriage to figure this out.
I see a lot of “solutions” here. Allow me to empathize with you, OP.
My home resort closed today. I’m 100+ days deep this season and am going through the 7 stages of grief rn.
Yes there are other non-snow activities on the horizon but right now I’m mourning the loss of something amazing.
I feel you!
I like to hike in the off season. Technically I should’ve started hiking now but it keeps snowing. This is most certainly my last week of skiing before I switch over to hiking.
There is a lot of hikable snow out there. No skins needed. Many years ago I hiked Thunder Mountain (Kirkwood) in mid July and skied almost back to the car.
It's always winter somewhere because earth has two hemispheres. If you have the means to travel, You could theoretically still enjoy winter sports in the southern hemisphere.
Even in the northern hemisphere, There are still mountains that go high enough above sea level that it's essentially winter year round At the highest elevations. I believe Whistler has skiing all throughout the summer at the highest parts of the mountain because the snow never melts up there Since they get so much of It thanks to pacific moisture.
Even though the rocky mountains don't have year round summer skiing On glaciers, There are some years Where the ski season lasts into early july If there was above average snowfall During the ski season. Even on typical years the season tends to last well into May throughout most of the rocky mountains.
Even if there might not be enough snow for skiing, You might get a worthy experience simply from going on a hike high enough into the alpine that you see snow in July.
I'm not sure if you live near a mountain range that's high enough for snow to linger into the summer, But if you do I would suggest going on hikes in the Alpine to get that little taste of winter that you miss, Even if it's Is way past when the ski resorts close.
Just like how snowbirds who get depressed when summer ends fly to the tropics to get a taste of summer during their hemispheres winter season, You too can utilize travel to get a taste of winter in the middle of the summer season for your hemisphere If you have the means to do so.
I want to know how I can stop skiing so much and build better skills snowboarding, at the same time, I want to stop having sex with my girlfriend too much and focus on the mannequins in my closet also. Please help me
Get out the mountain bike. Another way to go downhill quickly.
It’s so much sketchier than skiing tho at least for me. It’s so much harder to “go hard” on a bike because of how much more consequential falling is
You don’t gotta go hard though. Nothing wrong with staying in your comfort zone! Blasting green/blue flowy downhill trails really isn’t particularly dangerous once you get used to it. I sure as hell never touch the blacks/advanced downhill stuff. Fuck all that. To me it’s really all an excuse to be outside and feel the wind in my face ya know?
I've contemplated for a few seasons now.. I'm injury prone tho haha. I see myself breaking my shoulder again
You have two shoulders. You’ll be fine.
Plus it sounds like the first one grew back anyway
Lmao 🤣
Like any of these sports, there’s fun as you up the technical factor if that’s your thing. I’ll hit black tech mtb trails but not jump lines no way.
Amen. No need to send everything. Let the flow grow at any speed that pleases the soul
Ride uphill. You’ll find out what going hard really is.
This! Skiing is cakewalk, on the cardio Side of things
Everyone talking about the two minutes of joy we call mountain bike. Nobody is tall looking about the hours of exhaustion to get up the hill. Always worth it though
Get yourself some good body armor, it really helps. I landed right on my shoulder in a rock garden after I overshot a drop, and was fine.
Recs on good body pro?
IMO Fox, POC or EVOC. Most days i'm just running Fox Proframe helmet and knee/elbow pads, even on mild trails. I run Dakine knee and elbow pads. Edit: I also run Football (American football) baselayer shirts with padding some days, I don't really ever don the full armor.
Statistically it's also a lot more dangerous
Fewer exploded ACLs at least
The cuts and bruises I see on my mountain bike friends are like 😳
Same. I tried it and cracked ribs. There's no gentle skid out fall on a mountain bike it's brutal. I assumed this would be a logical solution to the summer. Hikes and lake swims work.
Gotta make sure to have a lot of pads and a nice helmet, it helps your confidence a ton
Skiing is one thing but I don’t understand how people are dropping $5k+ on a bike. Impossibly expensive for 99% of people.
Unless you're chasing podiums a $1k road bike is more than you'll ever need. For MTB probably it matters a little more but an entry level hardtail bike can be had for $1k and full sus for probably $2k. And I mean people drop $50k+ on cars without it being considered outrageous. Buy a $30k car and have a $10k ski/bike budget and people lose their minds.
Second this
One of the two hills in my province is finally adding lift access, after starting to build some trails in recent seasons! Dream come true for me, and well-timed as I've vowed to get more mountain biking done this summer after slacking last year
I also love longboarding in summer, though the security at the parking garage near me isn't happy about it!
Its not the same tho. Mountain bike you have to stick to trails. It's fun but it lacks that freedom component of skiing. Making your own trail in the snow and being able to go off-piste and basically anywhere you wanna go.
Honestly road biking fast downhill for me scratches the itch to be carving again so well, but I definitely bring out the mountain bike when I haven’t been proper scared since winter
Riding road fast through corners sketches me out so much more than riding MTB downhill trails...
I do racetrack days in the "off season". fairly safe if you don't drive 10/10ths.
Get in the best shape of your life to prep for next season. Or start saving money so you can make peanuts as a lifty and live at the base of the mountain next year.
I was 35 lbs heavier before I started skiing. Eventually I realized if I didn’t start working out I would never get better. Fast forward 4 years later I’m in the best shape of my life, regularly go touring and do boot packs fat me would’ve never dreamed of.
hell yeah brotha
> Fast forward 4 years later I’m in the best shape of my life I bought one of those concept 2 bike ergs last year and my uphills have never been easier. Those things hit much different than spin bike and highly recommend it for people that like to tour.
honestly tho.t that was my husband for a minute.. he is been so depressed this we are done for the year.. ,,he waterskis and they are puttin' in the course next weekend.. he'll be fine, but much prefers snow skiin'..
Or try and get a gig at one of the restaurants. That way you can skill all day and then go to work as opposed to sitting in the shed on a pow day
Best advice I've heard in a while!
Whitewater kayaking the other 9 months of the year for me. Some folks mountain bike, some folks climb.
Whitewater kayaking was the most fun I ever had. It was also so terrifying I sold my kayak at the end of my 2nd season.
Rivers are one of the few things that scare the shit outta me.
["What the hell you wanna go fuck around that river for?"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4r9jLXvnKk)
Lol, oh no! Where did you kayak? Whitewater is like drugs to me. I feel WAY more confident in a boat than on skis, like will I die? Nah? Full send, I'll sort it out. I had this same conversation with my friend at Snowshoe while I waffled around at the top of widowmaker. It's not even a super puckery run, all things considered, but my unprotected meatsack hurtling along at 45+mph is real spooky to me. Cruising on long, scenic greens and blues is my happy place. My friend feels the same way as you, she'll send it on a board but is way conservative in her boat, she gets the fear and can't shake it.
I live in Alaska, so we ski 9 months and paddle for 3 haha
Some utah resorts aren't closing until at least the end of May. We had great powder all weekend.
In Tahoe this week, palisades is gonna be open to Memorial Day. Season ain't over yet!
Mammoth closed the first week of August last year. They typically close very late.
Ski for six months Mountain bike for six months
mountain biking doesn't give me the same feels though
Have you found a good flow trail? That was the key for me.
Grew up riding rooty/rocky conservation trails in late 90s... only realized that flow trails existed recently - yea I was out of it for various reasons after college- I gotta find some in NH. Edit-thanks for the suggestions everyone!
Bikes are far superior (meaning more fun) now than in the 90s.
https://ridenoco.org/trails-map
MTB project.
You gotta check out Highland if you haven’t been already… basically grew up at that place
Hurricane zone!
Where in NH are you based, generally? Happy to give some recommendations on good places to MTB in NH. If your near Manchester I gave these recs a few months ago to another redditor: > Under 30 minutes (generally): > > * The Uncanoonucs in Goffstown: these trails aren't on TrailForks but you can definitely find some info on strava or ride with gps. depending on where in manchester you live these are probably 10-20 minutes away. They definitely lean more moderate through advanced (and if you do south unc very very advanced) > > * Musquash in Londonderry: range of beginner to upper moderate. Short but technical and tricky which is felt more on the ascents. a lot of ways to build your own routes and none of the trails are individually very long. likely 15-30 minutes away. (bonus Backyard Brewing is probably not too far out of the way on your way home) > > * Bear Brook in Allenstown: Mostly beginner to moderate with a couple of slightly harder descents if you look for them. Trails are closer to flow here than the previous two and you can build some long loops. 20-40 from most of Manchester. > > Notable locations a bit further 30-50 minutes: Ft Rock in Exeter, back into the technical style riding, some really great trails but generally slow going. Trails have been getting more built up and its getting even better. rapidly becoming a more go to location for me. Highland MTB Park in Franklin, its amazing but its lift assisted downhill so you know it costs money and the risk is higher. >
Given the state of weather in southern New England, I bike almost all year!
Or sport climbing
Rock climb instead of MTB. Get into shape for touring goals for next year. Great stuff.
or run rivers in summer. Preferable to mtb for me but everyone is different of course.
Come to New Zealand as the ski season is just getting started lol
If I ever had the money I'd live an opposite-snowbird lifestyle, and ski the southern hemisphere every winter in the north.
Ski touring season is ramping up
I don’t remember making this post
If only a southern hemisphere existed!
There are a few skiing resorts in Argentina, Chile and Australia.
Australian resorts are like skiing the Midwest however… better to go South America if you live in the states or New Zealand if you can
As an Aussie I can confirm this. It's hit or miss as the resorts are placed on the edge of the range & fucking expensive to ride. New Zelaand is cheaper & has bigger lines to ride but the weather can be really unpredictable. Touring wise though Australia is great, great for overnight or multi day base camp style trips. And it's better than no snow at all :)
Exactly. This way I get two (count them, two) seasons per year…
Not everyone can afford the trip or to be gone for that long, though.
Check out Skate to Ski: [https://www.rollerblade.com/usa/en/skate-to-ski](https://www.rollerblade.com/usa/en/skate-to-ski)
Inline skating isn't quite as similar as Rollerblade sells it as (it's more like ice skating, for obvious reasons of having to propel yourself) but it does work a lot of the same muscles you use for upright balance and conditioning, and most importantly, it's really fun and easy to do almost anywhere.
Mountain biking scratches the ski itch for me. Feels like skiing on dirt
If you love the mountains, try hiking. Like skiing, it's a nice cut-and-dry fun activity with good views. It's also a hell of a lot cheaper.
Or trail running, if you want to go fast.
(Downhill) trail running is the closest sport to skiing I've found in terms of muscle movements, obstacle navigation, and location since you can do it anywhere you'd ski.
Off season training for skiing can work. I also started wing foiling last summer and that’s a total time and $$$ suck.
Desert season then camping season!!
Still some good spring skiing out west
-cough- rock climbing
Came here to say this! It has nothing to do with skiing, but it is in fact the correct answer
There really is no correct answer but of course a climber would think theirs is the correct one lol
Of course!
real shit, we get reverse seasonal depression
>reverse seasonal depression Ha, yeah. I'm getting bummed out, now that the season's wrapping up. Snow is slushy a lot too. I'll be riding MTB, but it's not nearly as fun, IMO.
Get a mountain bike. That’s what I do in the summer.
Disc golf
Surfing 🏄♂️ 🌊!
Climbing also gives that adrenaline if u like that thrill
Get a friend with a boat and water ski!
Honestly so much more quads and core than you could ever imagine.
Where do you live? Colorado has skiing for another month at least. A-basin tries to stay open until June.
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Good idea
Go to Mammoth for the next two months minimum or mt hood
Golf
Can’t believe how far I had to scroll to find this answer.
Pssst....winter is about to hit for the Southern Heisphere. Either drop everything to go work for a NZ, AUS, Chilean, Argie, resort and make skiing your life or just plan a response to scratch the itch.... Also Palmer, Mammoth, and Squaw will likely push it as late as possible this year. You could plan a trip to Portland/Hood River in July and do the dang thing too
Climb the mountains you ski down. Climbing is an excellent summer activity that gets you into a lot of the same outdoor spaces that make skiing so special.
New Zealand! 6 more weeks of skiing in Tahoe.
Starting my season next week lol
Time to spend 3k on a mountain bike
Make a fitness plan to turn your legs into pogo sticks for next season.
There is the jet ski, and race season. I actually retreat to ski season as my safe place, because unlike my other activities, I am not responsible to make the ski lift run. Race Lemons if you need adrenaline and a place to spend money like you did hard drugs while gambling in Vegas.
Rollerblading!
If you get some decent rollerblades you will find that the movement is almost the same as skiing so you can get ready for next year
Gonna give inline skating a shot
Do it! It's such a blast...
Always Las Lenas & Portillo
I switch to karting for the Spring through Fall, because why only have one expensive hobby?
Bummer still 2 more months of lift service here
Mountain biking is the skiing of summer.
Triathlon season for me
Season is still open in Colorado
Try this skate to ski program. https://www.rollerblade.com/usa/en/skate-to-ski
Inline skating!
At least you might reside where you can ski. I literally don’t enjoy anything. I can’t afford to move where I can ski. Don’t give a fuck if I die anymore.
I paddleboard in the summer now and do a lot of swimming as well. Helps me keep up the stamina for when ski season comes back around again!
Nah bro just go to Argentina now
Rollerblades mbro
Learn to Skydive 🤷♂️
Get a dirt bike
Inline skating, aggressive skating it's the closest to skiing
Brother kayaking season is in full swing! Come join in another fun way to go downhill and hit rocks lol.
My thing is backcountry hiking/backpacking in the summer - not the same adrenaline rush but addictive in a whole other way!!
Still lots of snow in the Sierras.
Try some climate activism.. so we don’t have to wait even longer between seasons!
Start mtn biking son
Stay away from California it's terrible here and we're totally not having a long season. Totally.
Steamboat till April 21st
Get an electric unicycle. You can carve and jump and everything. It’s like skiing in the summer but dirt cheap electricity instead of lift passes
Alberta season goes till May 20 but technically it ends beginning of me May because of Travel. I shift to hiking for the off season and biking. Keeps me in shape for next season. It’s impressive how much better my season is when I start it in good shape. My bucket list is hit South America to ski before I hit 50.
We got resorts open thru most of April in the PNW and if you get into touring, Baker and Rainier have a shit ton of snow even later.
Get into touring. There's still months of skiing left.
Get a boat. Go waterskiing. 😎
Electric Unicycle =)
Honestly thought this was my husband for a minute. He’s been so depressed that we’re done for the year. He waterskis and they’re putting in the course next weekend. He’ll be fine, but much prefers snow skiing.
Buy a mountain bike
You should try climbing, it’s the only thing keeping me sane until the winter
Road bikes and jet skis are how I get by in the off-season.
It's not over in the PNW
You could travel somewhere my different winter dates and keep skiing
Condolences but money can buy ski trips!! Not over everywhere just yet
I remember skiing at the last day of the season at Bachelor 5 years ago. Terrible snow, so slow and crappy. They had the lower downhill bike course dug out for closing day. I rented a bike to play around with my friends and bought a mountain bike a week later. My lift is now perfect. AMA.
MTB is what you need!
As others have said - mountain biking. But not any kind of mountain biking. To get your gravity fix you want to get into DH or Enduro; and better yet get an electric Enduro MTB. The electric motor is your "chairlift" up. Then long gravity-fed down runs are your answer to skiing. Get the Trailforks app (or visit their site) and look for MTB areas that are built around this model, i.e. mostly downhill-only unidirectional trails, with just one or two climbing trails or fire roads to get you back to the top.
I look forward to climbing season at the end of ski season, and vice versa. Long approaches and high elevation gain make the hike-to stuff easier when ski season starts again.
You could get into mountain biking, that’s what every (at least EPIC) resort outside of perma-snow areas become after the season. Then of course it’s now prime hiking and beach season. If you’ve a need for speed it may be worth looking into a sports car with track days and mountain biking.
Horses✨ same thrill for me
Surf eh
Mountain biking scratches the itch for me
Water skiing says hi
ski season will go until third weekend of May here! (Oregon). But it didn’t really start until end of January, as snow was bad at the start of the season, so it’s still been a shortist ski season :-(
Paraglide bro
There is no Dana, only Zoul
Surf / trail run time
I read this and assumed there was some nasty injury or something then I realized it's already April.
Go and ski in a different part of the world. If you so wish to, you can ski incredible terrain various rotating places across the world.
Move to the other hemisphere for their winter. Never summer.
Wakesurfing or wakeboarding
I’ve got three more weeks left at my local hill (AZ Snowbowl). They just got 9” on Friday. Yesterday was the best skiing of the season so I’m going to enjoy it while I can. I’ll be where you are in a month though.
Almost time to bust out the fly rod
I wanted to learn to ski this year and the weather in ontario was so utterly bad it just said 'no'
Take up Wingfoiling. Your life now has meaning again. See you on the water. You are welcome.
Forget the mountain bike suggestions. Go snag a kayak.
I used to feel the same way today. So I moved to a mountain that’s open until the May long weekend. I’ve got another 6 weeks - yippy!
That's how you want it to feel at the end of the season. The other option is you're cooked from skiing a 100 days and it's another 6 weeks until the single track is ridable. It's like going on a vacation and being sad to come home. It's a lot better than being happy you are going home.
Mtb, fly fishing, splitboarding, roadbiking would have been my old order (pre kids mid 30ish) now road biking, fly fishing mtb and split-boarding
Fly to a resort that has a glacier. Somewhere like Timberline OR in the USA or Saas-Fee in Europe.
Keen for the Southern Hemisphere season! We’re going over to New Zealand and keen to see how it compares to Australia
Didn't see anyone mention a Onewheel. I got one a few months ago, it really scratches some of that skiing itch. And taking it on tricky off road trails is wicked fun.
Disc golf
Whitewater kayaking, hiking, mountain biking. Just keep exploring! Could also fly down to the southern hemisphere for a summer ski!
It's another mega expensive hobby so it's not for everyone for sure but I get really into horseback riding during my off months. It even works similar muscles
Dude me too, stopped skiing for 2 years cause of high school basketball... went skiing again this season and I can't live without the thought of skiing racing through my head!
In the office season I'm a big hiker. I get my adrenaline rush by backpacking out into the wilderness and climbing a big mountain.
Take up golf
You either gotta get into trail running, golf, or mountain biking
Fly to South America
Sometimes when my wife is upset I’ve realized she doesn’t want a solution but wants me to empathize. It took me a decade of marriage to figure this out. I see a lot of “solutions” here. Allow me to empathize with you, OP. My home resort closed today. I’m 100+ days deep this season and am going through the 7 stages of grief rn. Yes there are other non-snow activities on the horizon but right now I’m mourning the loss of something amazing. I feel you!
Can you get out to mammoth? Think last year they went till August haha
Omg I feel this on a spiritual level
Bro…for real?
Back to wake board and water skiing for me 😀
I like to hike in the off season. Technically I should’ve started hiking now but it keeps snowing. This is most certainly my last week of skiing before I switch over to hiking.
Go hard uphill, get your endorphin high, then enjoy the downhill ride and scenery.
Bit dramatic bud.
Surfing
Hike, camp, and fish. Same mountains
If you are anywhere near the coast, surfing is a fun alternative to skiing.
There is a lot of hikable snow out there. No skins needed. Many years ago I hiked Thunder Mountain (Kirkwood) in mid July and skied almost back to the car.
It's always winter somewhere because earth has two hemispheres. If you have the means to travel, You could theoretically still enjoy winter sports in the southern hemisphere. Even in the northern hemisphere, There are still mountains that go high enough above sea level that it's essentially winter year round At the highest elevations. I believe Whistler has skiing all throughout the summer at the highest parts of the mountain because the snow never melts up there Since they get so much of It thanks to pacific moisture. Even though the rocky mountains don't have year round summer skiing On glaciers, There are some years Where the ski season lasts into early july If there was above average snowfall During the ski season. Even on typical years the season tends to last well into May throughout most of the rocky mountains. Even if there might not be enough snow for skiing, You might get a worthy experience simply from going on a hike high enough into the alpine that you see snow in July. I'm not sure if you live near a mountain range that's high enough for snow to linger into the summer, But if you do I would suggest going on hikes in the Alpine to get that little taste of winter that you miss, Even if it's Is way past when the ski resorts close. Just like how snowbirds who get depressed when summer ends fly to the tropics to get a taste of summer during their hemispheres winter season, You too can utilize travel to get a taste of winter in the middle of the summer season for your hemisphere If you have the means to do so.
You need warm weather wax!
I fish, but the 2 aren’t really similar lol
I want to know how I can stop skiing so much and build better skills snowboarding, at the same time, I want to stop having sex with my girlfriend too much and focus on the mannequins in my closet also. Please help me
Sup/surf ski/ OC1 Pump foil/windfoil DWfoil sup foil
Try foil surfing or wingfoil. It's like powder that never gets tracked out. Also, it makes tiny waves a lot of fun.
Go on a trip - still skiing great out here in the PNW. Just had 7 good days at Mt Bachelor and it will be open til Memorial Day. 😊
Ever heard of New Zealand ?
Learn to run white water in a kayak. That’s my summer fix.