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That's why you break out the mountain bike in the warmer months.

• boring_twenties 5y ago
  That's what everyone else does around here, but I just don't get it. Why would I want to risk losing a ski season for something way less fun in the first place? Not even to mention how expensive the bikes are.
  • CountDrewku 5y ago
    Why would you sit around doing nothing for months only waiting for 4 month (if you're lucky) season of skiing? Also I completely disagree with skiing being way more fun. There are way more areas you can take your mountain bike. Equipment wise you're not paying much more for a bike than you do for all that ski equipment and you don't need to pay outrageous lift fees.
    • boring_twenties 5y ago
      You are allowed to disagree :) Personally I'd rate mountain biking as a moderately fun activity, not even close to being worth breaking bones for. Skiing on the other hand is 10x better than sex and cocaine combined.
      • CountDrewku 5y ago
        Ha ha where in the world are you skiing that it's that much fun? I love skiing too I just love mtb more. I'm just trying to say sitting around for more than half the year so you don't get hurt for ski season seems like a giant unecessary waste. fwiw I've never gotten injured enough from mtb to miss a ski season. You can definitely tone down your mtb'ing to x-country or something less extreme. If not at least take up something like hiking or running in the warmer months. It'll make your ski season much more enjoyable if you're in shape when it starts.
        • boring_twenties 5y ago
          Snowbird and Alta. I do enjoy hiking but not to the point of waking up at 6am to do it 4-5x a week. I do a few every year, including some relatively intense ones -- there's one near here that has over 4k ft gain in just 3.5 miles. Curiously, I have no issues whatsoever waking up before dawn during ski season...