Tony Crocker":p84gd6z9 said:
The biggest advantage of living out here (as we discussed at some length a year ago) is still the quality of the weekend Sierra trips.
Okay, I haven't broken down the numbers the same way as Tony. I have never done a quantitative analysis of my skiing data, but here is a quick peek at some numbers. As some of you know from the past discussion, I don't necessarily agree on most of the arguments about living in SoCal for skiing.
Here are the numbers...
1981-82 to 1984-85: From Driving license (16) / High School to College. Interest mainly into the bigger mountain close to Montreal (Tremblant, Jay and Smuggs).
Average day per year per region: Avg year: 25.8 days (4 seasons)
3.0 Lower Laurentians (less than 45 minutes)
12.8 Upper Laurentians (45min to 1:30) - Tremblant 8.0
1.0 Eastern Townships (approx 1 to 1:30)
5.8 Vermont - close to border (less than 2hr) - Jay 4.0
2.5 Vermont (over 2 hours) - Killington 2.3
0.8 Quebec City (apprx 3 to 3:30)
1985-86 to 1991-92: University years and ski team days. Skiing mostly with the ski team. Skiing closer to Montreal on smaller hills. Training was mostly in the Lower Laurentians. First time out in Europe and in the West.
Average day per year per region: Avg year: 33.1 days (7 seasons)
15.6 Lower Laurentians (less than 45 minutes)
6.9 Upper Laurentians (45min to 1:30)
1.0 Eastern Townships (approx 1 to 1:30)
0.4 Vermont - close to border (less than 2hr)
0.1 New York (less than 2hour)
3.1 Vermont (over 2 hours)
1.4 Quebec City (apprx 3 to 3:30)
0.4 NH-Maine (apprx 3 to 3:30)
2.0 Quebec - remote (6 to 7 hours)
1.3 Alps
0.9 Canada West
1992-93 to 1993-94: Two years after university and prior to moving to Ottawa. I had enough of small vertical, I wanted to ski bigger and newer mountains. Notice jump in average days in NY and further in Vermont. Back to France for 2 months. More quality and less quantity.
Average day per year per region: Avg year: 26.5 days (2 seasons)
2.5 Lower Laurentians (less than 45 minutes)
5.5 Upper Laurentians (45min to 1:30) - Tremblant 3.5
2.0 Eastern Townships (approx 1 to 1:30)
2.0 Vermont - close to border (less than 2hr)
3.0 New York (less than 2hour) - Whiteface 3.0
6.5 Vermont (over 2 hours) - Killington 2.5
1.0 Quebec City (apprx 3 to 3:30)
0.5 NH-Maine (apprx 3 to 3:30)
3.5 Alps
1994-95 to 1999-2000: Started working in Ottawa at the beginning of the ski season and moved two months later. Morgane was born in October 97. As you look at the numbers under, I wasn't interested in skiing the small local hills, I still had enough of the Lower Laurentians memories. More trip to Tremblant (2hrs). Often in Montreal for day trips to New England.
Average day per year per region: Avg year: 21.6 days (6 seasons)
1.8 Ottawa local (25 to 60 minutes)
5.8 Upper Laurentians * 2 hrs from Ottawa - Tremblant 5.3
2.0 New York * 3 hrs from Ottawa - Whiteface 2.0
Times from Montreal - 2 hours from Ottawa
0.2 Lower Laurentians (less than 45 minutes)
1.3 Eastern Townships (approx 1 to 1:30)
0.3 Vermont - close to border (less than 2hr)
4.0 Vermont (over 2 hours) - Kmart 2.2
0.7 Quebec City (apprx 3 to 3:30)
2.5 NH-Maine (apprx 3 to 3:30)
3.0 Canada West (2 trips out West)
2000-1 to 2005-6: Morgane's first real ski season at age 3, Tara was born in Nov 02. Skiing more locally (19 days compare to 1.8 before) instead of weekend trips to Tremblant (2 days less a year). Less than 30 minutes versus 2 hours. I also started local Master racing 5 years ago. So the other numbers haven't really suffered, it's the number of days from the local skiing and the big destination that have increased. An average of 7 days per year in the Big Mountains out West/Europe.
Average day per year per region: Avg year: 40.3 days (6 seasons)
19.0 Ottawa local (25 to 60 minutes)
3.3 Upper Laurentians * 2 hrs from Ottawa - Tremblant 3.0
2.3 New York * 3 hrs from Ottawa - Whiteface 2.0
Times from Montreal - 2 hours from Ottawa
1.0 Lower Laurentians (less than 45 minutes)
0.8 Eastern Townships (approx 1 to 1:30)
0.3 Vermont - close to border (less than 2hr)
3.7 Vermont (over 2 hours) - MRG 2.7
1.3 Quebec City (apprx 3 to 3:30)
1.5 NH-Maine (apprx 3 to 3:30)
2.8 Alps
1.2 Canada West
3.0 US West