2021-22 Season Recap

EMSC said:
Tony, do you have a cut-off date for 21-22 vs 22-23?

Perhaps 'new' snow begins the new season - even if manmade? Not sure how to count indoor snow as to new or not though.
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That is a hard one. Normally it wasn't an issue for me, but this past season I decided to count September 29 as the first day of 2021-22 as it was closer to the new season than the old. Plus it was snowing and October 1 was a mini powder day.

Not sure, but I'm probably going to do the opposition for my Australia days and included all in 2021-22 even if I should get my October there. Basically my 2021-22 will be longer than 365 days.

Tony Crocker said:
I say rule of thumb is Oct. 1. It would be extremely rare to be skiing northern hemisphere new snow before then. It also conveniently puts nearly all of the southern winter within the same season.
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I agree with the Oct 1 rule with few exceptions. The new snow season in the Northern Hemisphere is a good indicator, but hard to draw a definite line on this as I skied powder at Stelvio (Italy) in August 2011 plus one day in each August and September 2020 in the Alberta Rockies.
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None of those new snow days in Italy or Alberta would have been skiable without the existing snowpack. Those days definitely belong to the prior season.
 
Tony Crocker said:
None of those new snow days in Italy or Alberta would have been skiable without the existing snowpack. Those days definitely belong to the prior season.
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September 7, 2020 - Skied fresh snow in Highwood Pass in Kananaskis, no trace of snow prior to that snow accumulation. Yes, I counted the day in the previous season.
 
Ski Area Visits YTD 2022 as of 5-12-22 by Lonnie. 70 areas skied. updated, reviewed 10-17-22.
  1. Alta Sierra skied on and with ski patrol 1-23-22. Sunday. 1 ski area #
  2. China Park indy monday 1-24-22. 2 ski area #
  3. Dodge Ridge indy tuesday 1-25-22. 3 ski area #
  4. Bear Valley skied with ski school brent dooley Wednesday 1-26-22. 4 ski area#
  5. a. Donner Ski Ranch 6b. Soda Springs 7c. Royal Gorge CC. 8d. Tahoe Donner DH with Dave Walker SkiSch. 9e. tahoe Donner CC. Thursday 1-27-22. areas # 5-6-7-8-9
  6. Mt Rose. Instructor Pass Rate. Friday 1-28-22. area # 10
  7. Alpine Meadows ikon pass 1-29-22. area # 11
  8. a. Reno Tavern Ski Resort with Steve Lintz area #12 b.Homewood Loveland Pass 1-30-22. Sunday.. area# 13
  9. Shasta season pass monday 1-31-22 Monday area # 14
  10. Mt Bachelor Tuesday 2-1-22 Ski area #15
  11. Willamette Pass $40 sr pass age 65+ Wed 2-2-22 Ski area #16
  12. Anthony Lakes $45 total $36 lift half day and parking $6 Thursday 2-3-22. ski area #17
  13. Ski Bluewood shasta ski partner Friday 2-4-22. Ski area #18
  14. Ski Ferguson Ridge Fergi ski area Saturday 2-5-22. Ski Area #19
  15. a. Bald Mountain ID. # 20 ski area b. Cottonwood Butte ID 21 c. Snow Haven ID #22 ski area 2-6-22. Sunday Areas 20-21-22
  16. Brundage ID using Loveland Pass Monday 2-7-22. Ski area # 23
  17. Tamarack ID using Shasta Indy Pass. Tuesday 2-8-22. ski area #24
  18. Bogus Basin ID ski using Loveland Pass wednesday 2-9-22. ski are #25
  19. Magic Mountain thursday 2-10-22. ski area #26
  20. a. Sun Valley. area#27 b. Dollar Mountain. area #28 c. RotaRun Friday 2-11-22. area #29
  21. Kelly Canyon ID 2-12-22. Saturday area #30
  22. a. White Pine Ski Resort WY by IndySkiPass Sunday area #31 2-13-22. 30 b. PineCreekSki Area WY 2-13-22 Sunday. area #32
  23. Sundance Monday 2-14-22. Area # 33
  24. Nordic Valley using Loveland Pass. Tuesday 2-15-22. 34 area #
  25. Hogadon Casper WY with Chris Smith Gmgr Wednesday 2-16-22. 35 area #
  26. Snowy Range ski with Sam Rodgers. thursday 2-17-22 WY. 36 area #
  27. Granby Ranch CO ski with Harmony Ops Mgr. friday 2-18-22. 37 ski area #
  28. Loveland Pass Saturday 2-19-22. 38 ski area#
  29. a. Howelsen Hill Free Ski Sundays. area# 39 b. Steamboat 2-20-22 Sunday. 3area #40 ski area.
  30. Echo Mountain near Evergreen CO Monday 2-21-22. #41 ski area.
  31. Powderhorn ski free as part of Loveland Pass tuesday 2-22-22. 42 # ski area.
  32. Crested Butte as part of epic pass wednesday 2-23-22. 43 ski area #
  33. Wolf Creek Ski Resort 2-24-22. Thursday 44 ski area #
  34. Purgatory as part of Loveland Pass Friday 2-25-22. 45 ski area
  35. a. Silverton Mtn 46 ski area # b. Kendall Mountain 47 ski area # c. Chapman Hill in Durango 48 ski area # d. Hesperus in Durango CO Saturday 2-26-22. 49 ski area #
  36. Telluride via epic pass 2-27-22 Sunday 50# ski area number
  37. Telluride via epic 50 repeat # ski area 2-28-22 Monday
  38. Powderhorn Tuesday 3-1-22 via loveland pass ski pass. ski area # 42 repeat
  39. Aspen Highlands Wednesday 3-2-22 ikon pass. 51 ski area #
  40. Aspen Mountain Ajax Thursday 3-3-22 ikon pass. 52 ski area #
  41. Snowmass 3-4-22 Friday ikon pass. 53 ski area #
  42. a. Buttermilk Saturday 3-5-22. 54 ski area # b. Snowmass 3-5-22 ikon pass 53 repeat ski area #
  43. Aspen Mountain Ajax 3-6-22 Sunday 52 ski area #
  44. Brighton UT night ski day monday 3-7-22. 55 ski area #
  45. Solitude UT 3-8-22. tuesday 56 ski area #
  46. Brighton Ski 58 UT 3-9-22 wednesday ski area # 55 repeat
  47. Snowbird UT 3-10-22. Thursday 56 ski area #
  48. a. Snowbird # 56 repeat and b. Alta UT Friday 3-11-22. 57 ski area #
  49. a. Snowbird ski area # 56 repeat and b. Alta Saturday 3-12-22. 57 ski area #
  50. Snowbasin UT 3-13-22 Sunday. ski area # 58
  51. Powder Mountain UT Monday 3-14-22. ski area # 59
  52. Powder Mountain 60 UT tuesday 3-15-22 ski area 59 repeat
  53. Powder Mountain 61 UT 3-16-22 Wednesday repeat 59 ski area #
  54. Taos tuesday 3-29-22. 60 ski area #
  55. Taos wednesday 3-30-22 60 repeat # ski area
  56. Taos thursday 3-31-22 repeat #60
  57. Taos Friday 4-1-22 60 repeat friday
  58. Taos Saturday repeat ski area #60 Saturday 4-2-22
  59. Crested Butte Sunday 4-3-22. repeat #43 ski area.
  60. Wolf Creek Monday 4-4-22. repeat #44 ski area.
  61. Silverton Mountain Wednesday 4-6-22 repeat ski area #46
  62. Taos Friday 4-8-22. repeat ski area 60#
  63. Taos Saturday 4-9-22. ski are 60# repeat
  64. Taos Sunday 4-10-22. 60 repeat ski area#
  65. Taos Monday 4-11-22. ski area # 60 repeat
  66. Eldora Tuesday 4-12-22. ski area #61
  67. Winter Park Wednesday 4-13-22. Ski area #62
  68. Winter Park 4-14-22. Thursday repeat ski area #62
  69. Keystone 4-15-22. Friday ski area #63
  70. Beaver Creek 4-16-22. Saturday ski are #64
  71. Beaver Creek Closing Date 4-17-22 repeat ski area #64
  72. Vail 4-18-22. Monday ski area #65
  73. Loveland tuesday 4-19-22. repeat ski area #38
  74. Breckenridge wednesday 4-20-22. ski area # 66
  75. Copper Thursday Thursday 4-21-22. ski area #67
  76. Copper Friday Friday 4-22-22. repeat ski area #67
  77. Aspen Mountain Ajax Saturday 4-23-22. repeat ski area #52
  78. Aspen Mountain Ajax Closing Day Sunday 4-24-22.repeat area #52
  79. Arapahoe Basin Monday 4-25-22. ski area #68
  80. Breckenridge Tuesday 4-26-22. repeat ski area #66
  81. Arapahoe Basin Wednesday 4-27-22. repeat ski area #68
  82. Breckenridge 4-28-22. Thursday repeat ski area #66
  83. Loveland Friday 4-29-22. #38 ski area repeat.
  84. Palisades Tahoe Friday 5-6-22. ski area # 69
  85. Palisades Tahoe Saturday 5-7-22. repeat ski area #69
  86. Palisades Tahoe Sunday 5-8-22. repeat ski area #69
  87. Mammoth 5-9-22. Monday ski area #70
  88. Mammoth 5-10-22. Tuesday ski area #70 repeat.
  89. Mammoth 5-11-22. Wednesday ski area repeat #70
  90. Palisades 5-20-22 Friday ski area #69 repeat.
  91. Palisades 5-21-22. Saturday ski area #69 repeat
  92. Palisades 5-22-22. Sunday. Ski area #69 repeat.
  93. Mammoth 5-23-22. Monday. Ski area #70 repeat.
  94. Mammoth. 5-24-22. Tuesday. Ski area #70 repeat.

There are some areas on this list that even James might consider too small or obscure!
 
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How obscure were some of Lonnie's visits? I added 7 areas from it to the Google Earth Worldwide Ski Map kml file:
Ferguson Ridge OR
Cottonwood Butte ID
Snow Haven ID
Magic Mt. ID
Rota Run ID
Chapman Hill CO
Hesperus CO

That file, first created by former admin Marc Guido in 2007 and updated/expanded by James and myself in 2015, was intended to be comprehensive for North America, even including some lost ski areas. Hesperus is an oversight on our part. I had never heard of the other 6.
 
Tony Crocker said:
How obscure were some of Lonnie's visits?
Ferguson Ridge OR
Cottonwood Butte ID
Snow Haven ID
Magic Mt. ID
Rota Run ID
Chapman Hill CO
Hesperus CO
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Likewise, Hesperus is the only one of those that I was aware of.

It never occurred to me to note on my ski-day list what I paid for a given lift ticket but that would be an interesting data point to have.
 
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