Skiing general

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Skied up to this cabin, an easy three hour trip to get to this beautiful secluded cabin wthout electricity and running water, where we got drunk by candlelight before skiing back down the next day.

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This was on a day hike from another mountain cabin, between Bergen and Oslo.

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Does no one here actually go /out/?

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Not a single one?

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Was going to post but you're an impatient little faggot. This is a slow board, deal with it.

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>>976419
>>976502
Nice!

I largely skipped this season because of financial (and a few personal) reasons. Unfortunately it turned out to be banner year at the mountain I would have been working at so I'm kind of kicking myself.

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>>976973
Which one is that?
West coast of the US I presume? Seems to be pretty much the only place with decent snow this year :(
What work do you do at the resorts?

>>975428
>>975429
>>975430
>>975431
>>976270
>>976388
wow turns out catsbutt can actually take good fotos.
Who could have guessed.

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>>977590
Thanks, anon. I guess.

Ive never been skiing and I have a fear of people making fun of me if I try to learn new hobbies/sports, or even if I try to do ones I like with other people.

So I just pretend I dont want to and make excuses when people ask why I dont try it. Im actually really curious about it but the whole culture seems intimidating and arrogant.

I avoid rock climbing for the same reason. I went with a friend once and it was ok, so I bought shoes, but he got a different job and now I never see him. I've dropped hints at other people who climb but never get the invite to try it so I just assume Id be too much trouble when they could be doing cool stuff.

Come to think of it, I also avoid swimming because Ive forgotten how since childhood and fear having to re learn, and I don't do competitive shooting like I want to try because I know I wont be great at it and I have a friend who does it and would inevitably be at the same event as me.

Social anxiety is a right motherfucker, /out/. Ibwas not made for this world.

Anyway, it was a tremendous ski season here. I actually work part time fire/ems at our local resort and they had huge crowds all having great ski days. Wish I could've tried it.

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>>977610
Oh man, that sounds terrible.
I can relate to your fear of making a fool of yourself, but not to a degree that made me stop doing the things I love.

I hope you can overcome your anxiety and not let it stop you from doing the things you want to do forever.
Remember what David Foster Wallace wrote; "You'll stop caring about what tohers think of you, when you realize how seldom they do".
Most people have more than enough trying to not make fools of themselves to have the time to ridicule others. The ones that do find the time can go fuck themselves.

I really hope you can get a grip on your anxiety and try out some stuff. Skiing is very possible to do by yourself, and bouldering is a very fun form of climbing imo that can be done alone if you want.

Since you already have the shoes, maybe see if you can find a bouldering gym nearby? If that's too much, most places have outdoor bouldering within reasonable distance too, where you could go and be alone.

>>976983
Utah.

As for work I usually just work in one of the lodges as a houseman. It's braindead easy work and I get a bed and a ski pass.

>>977641
Thanks man.

Ive thought about trying cross country at least since its a lower entry cost and theres trail systems accessible without having to go all the way up the hill. Then maybe downhill or whatever.

I should look in to some bouldering spots. There is a bouldering gym here but theres usually quite a few people at it and yeah, pretty darn social. But maybe Im just overthinking all this like you say. Actually Im sure that I am, its just hard to get past it all.

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>>977769
Just go man. Climbing is a hell of a lot of fun and people at the gym are usually pretty friendly. Life's too short to be talking about the things you want to do on 4chan.org

If you're in DC area. I'll climb with you

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My skis just look a little different.

Carry avalanche gear and know how to use it effectively and efficiently.

Snow here's getting hard, lots of loose wet slide activity lately as the snowpack starts to go monolithic and daytime temps warm up.

Racing next weekend.

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The weather was pretty good today, -3 degrees and no clouds in sight. Perfect day for a ski trip. Stopped at a cabin and had coffee with a guy that had spent a night in there.

>>977610
Dude, I'm in exactly the same boat. That's the exact reason I cant ski. Well, not downhill at least.

Back in school, I was interested in sailing so a friend suggested we take a course.

During the first class, the instructor demonstrated indoors how to switch sides in the boat when making a turn, how to hold the ropes and such, before we get to try it out on the lake. Then he asked everyone in the room to take turns to try it out.

Every single one before me did it on their first try, no problem at all. Then it's my turn. Naturally, I do something wrong. He makes me do it again. I make another mistake. By now, I feel the piercing gaze of every single person in the room in the back of my neck. My heart starts pounding like crazy. Instructor notices and comments on it. This makes it even worse. People start to whisper. Please god just make it stop.

That was one of the worst experiences in my life. So yeah, I can relate. Shit sucks.

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Alps sucked some serious ass this year, ice and wet snow fucking everywhere.

Nice to see a catsby thread on /out/.

How do I convince my gf to come skiing with me? I've been skiing all my life and it's been ages so I want to take her to Bled or something but she's resistant. She's fine with fairly arduous hiking but is concerned about the physicality of it.

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>>982838
this, I finally fell for the powder snowboard meme and it never snowed, great choice on my side

>pic somewhat related

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>grew up always loving skiing but live on east coast and never get to go very often
>last year get a job as a liftie in colorado
>fuck yeah skiing!
>hurt my knee a month into it, miss most of the season
>well at least there's next year
>this year I had Lyme disease from December till late March and the same knee was swollen from lyme arthritis
>bought new Smith ioX's just to feel like I participated in the season

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>>982853
fuck that's a rough patch anon, sorry to hear it

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>>982843
Hi friendly anon, who's this?

I've been trying to teach my gf skiing this year, with very little luck. She quite wants to learn, but it's quite hard when she is absolutely clueless, while I was born skiing, for both of us to remain patient.

Skiing doesn't have to be very physical if you don't want it to be, is she not willing to go even once to try it out?
If you can convince her to, and take her a day it's really nice out, preferably with some powder of to the side of the groomers it should be hard to not enjoy it as long as you start her off very easy?

>>982852
Snowboard is a terrible meme. I wasted 5 years of my life on it that I wish I had spent practicing my telemark.

>>982853
F

Went on a really nice backcountry trip this weekend, roughly 35kms over 2 days, through a moderate gale with some rain and sleet mixed in. I thought I was quite fit, but I cannot remember the last time I was this exhausted. Today it hurts just to get out of bed.

>>983729
> is she not willing to go even once to try it out?
Problem is we don't live anywhere near slopes (UK), so we'd have to go abroad.