Comments on: Bored

By: The Wisconsin Skier

The Wisconsin Skier — Wed, 29 Mar 2017 11:18:57 +0000

In reply to LKing.

Hi, thanks for visiting my site and reading.

I hear ya, we go to ski resorts to ski and not wait in line. I don’t blame you and being around so many luscious ski resorts you have decent options.

As it turns out, the ski trip I took to Montana restored the ski-joy and while my home resort paled in comparison, I was skiing it differently and I focused on making one good turn and repeating. What are my options? Stay inside on my butt? At least now, it is reasonable to get out and ride my bike, but it is skiing that is my first love.

By: LKing

LKing — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 19:17:06 +0000

I’m a season pass holder at a big resort (Park City) and we had a great snow year. I think if I had the resort to myself I’d never get bored but I do sometimes find myself dragging when I think about waiting in the lines. Sometimes if the parking lot is full, I just turn around because I know the lift lines are going to be atrocious. I go to the smaller resorts nearby a few times a year and I love being able to do speed runs without so much waiting.

By: The Wisconsin Skier

The Wisconsin Skier — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 17:44:32 +0000

Gregg, thanks for starting the conversation and thanks for reading and commenting!

I think you are right. I skied Monarch around Salida CO over a decade ago and on returning I noted how the “home hill” seemed slower, but it did not bother me and I continue to ski at the “home hill”

My brother tells a story about some people he met originally from the area. They moved out west and vowed they would ski around here on return visits. Apparently that never panned out that way they don’t bother with the skiing around here on return visits. Oh well.

I’ll tell you what though, when I am at the local resorts the only boredom I see are from the non-skiers in the lodge waiting for their loved ones to get done with the day (and even then, resorts are working to them engaged too). There is lots of fun being had, lots of laughs, and lots of excitement going on.

By: Gregg Blanchard

Gregg Blanchard — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 17:09:57 +0000

Great reply. I think what’ interesting is the theme of your header image that points left for boring, right for exciting. What I’d like to suggest is that the boredom/excitement question isn’t an either/or but a spectrum. Toward the middle would be something like “simple but still fun”.

If I’m reading your voice right when you say “bored” probably mean something closer to “simple but still fun”. Is it as exciting as that big headwall? No. Is it as boring as watching your neighbor mow his lawn. No. It’s still fun enough to do over and over again, but still leaves a little to be desired.

I think it’s that sentiment of true boredom that I’m getting at. People worried that by going to a small ski area they’ll be nodding off mid-turn because of sheer lack of anything resembling fun. Instead, small ski areas are really fun. Are there places with more fun or more excitement? Probably. The opposite of excitement may be boredom but the opposite of big resort skiing isn’t small resort skiing, it’s not skiing at all.