Article: How to Ski 12 Months a Year in North America

[Tony Crocker]

Weekdays (except opening day itself) are much less of 'hordes' of skiers and are plausible if you are looking for exercise and to get ski legs going.

Yes, I might do that if I lived where EMSC does. I am doing it the last two years at Mt. High to renew my age 70 season pass. Of course in SoCal that's in December not October.

As most of you know I have had three 12+ month seasons:
1) The October 2004 start at Snow Summit extended to July lift served at Mammoth. I hiked for August at Mammoth before skiing September at Las Lenas.
2) 2010-11 started in November but was so huge I could get 1,100 vertical of AT Aug. 31/Sept 1 at Mammoth, followed by 700 vert AT Oct, 7 after a 17 inch storm there. That streak extended through the next season to 21 months total and included 12 consecutive months specifically at Mammoth.
3) Liz wanted a 12 month season after the October 2021 opening at Mammoth. We already knew we would be in Scandinavia in Aug/Sep 2022 for a family wedding. We had to go to Timberline for June/July.

 

[Sbooker]

I still don’t have the full twelve months in my lifetime.
May should be easy. I think I’ll hunt that down next year. November will be a bit trickier. I might have to wait for a long season at Mt Ruapehu.

 

[jimk]

My wife and I made a fun stop for a few hours at Great Sand Dunes NP in Colorado on 17 May 2024. I didn't do any sand skiing or boarding, but there were plenty of folks that day who did.