I think its a matter of ski and let ski! Is it really about how much snow you get and what your mountains look like that makes us content skiers? I know that if I went around telling everyone how good it was where I am and how crappy it is where they are I would A~ not have many friends to ski or ride with and B~ I'm probably not happy where I am skiing and riding. Skiing for me and the people I spend time with doing it with do it because they love it no matter where they are. Whether its on skis, a board or a sled its all about that sensation of sliding on snow that I think we all can all relate to, is it not? Yeah were getting skunked right now here in VT but the snow will come and if it doesn't well that's just the way it goes. We had an awesome year for trail riding last year and well what do you know I managed to break my first bone and lost three months! three months! I still managed a good season despite my broken wing and explored the White mountains which are stunning in their own right, point is I made the best of it. A comment on my blog comes to mind as well from a very northerly poetic person " Our mountains don't need us to defend them as they speak for themselves". So here's to where you are and where you might find yourself in the future, because where ever you find yourself; its all good.
Now get out there.
On a lighter note I had a rare and wonderful conversation with my grandmother of 90 years! She has good days and bad but today she could hear me loud and clear as she said " Were getting 5-6" of snow today I just might go sliding" What was that? I said "Well you know when I was younger I loved to slide on snow". All I can remember for the last 50 years of knowing my grandmother was that she hated the cold and complained of it constantly. But here she was years later remembering the feeling of sliding on snow and well like I said old, young, ripper, weekend warrior, east or west we can all say that there is just something about the feeling of sliding on snow. Now thats something I think we can all agree on.
Tristan
