How many mountains have you skied?

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This is sort of a side-trail from the "ultimate to do list". My personal goal is to ski at least 100 different areas in my lifetime. I'm up to 68 at the age of 46 and I try to add at least 1 or 2 every season. This goal of mine has been both interseting and fun as it takes me to a lot of "locals" areas when I'm on vacations to big destination resorts. Anyone else out there with similar goals?
 
Currently 104 areas at age 50. My 18-year-old son has 62 areas. <BR> <BR>Details of mine are at <A HREF="http://bestsnow.net/vertfeet.htm" TARGET="_top">http://bestsnow.net/vertfeet.htm</A>
 
I'm currently at 12 (11 of which in Québec) at age 20. <BR> <BR>I plan to add quite a few new ones to my list this year, including: <BR>Glen <BR>Shefford <BR>Mont Saint-Bruno <BR>La Réserve <BR>Massif du Sud <BR>Alta (Qc) <BR>Tremblant <BR>Mont Gabriel <BR>Cannon <BR>Sugarloaf <BR>Killington <BR>Burke <BR>So if I do all of that, I'll have doubled my chart... Sutton will still remain my "most skied mountain ever", though, with probably around 100 ski-days next year.(it already represents 97% of all my lifetime ski-days)
 
Alright here it goes, <BR>I have skied 41 ski areas, and I am only 17. Last year I skied 51 days in New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, and Quebec. The most vertical that I have had in one day is at a ski area called Mt. Sunapee in New Hampshire, with +or- 54000 on a weekend. <BR>Porter in NH
 
I'm actually at 32 ski areas, at 23 y/o <BR>(28 ski areas in Quebec and 4 in Vermont) <BR>I didn't think about doing "x" ski areas in my lifetime, but now that you talk of this, it's not a bad idea. 100 is a very fair number and I hope to reach this ! <BR> <BR>Hey, Max, if you go to Alta, call me, without a guide, you wouldn't find more than 50-60% of what the hill can offer to you ! (I went there over 20 times, it's a small mountain, but each time, I find some new lines and generally, they're just too much full of powder for me :p) <BR> <BR>In fact, to find all the mountain can offer to you, there is only one possibility. You take a trail map (mine if possible, as it's more recent then their) and you ski between every single trail on the map. There is some skiable lines between every one of them, except between 2-3 trails. This means at least 25-30 skiable lines, added to the trail network which already represent one of the greatest challenge in the province. <BR> <BR>If it was 1000' high (or 2000'), it's sure I would only ski there now ! lol
 
I had to check in my stats. <BR> <BR>Since I have been keeping stats in the season 1981-82 (16yr old at the time, I started skiing at 4yr) until now, the count is 66 ski areas visited. (38 yr now). Probably close to 75 since I started skiing. Places I haven't skiied in the last 25 years would include Mt St.Bruno, plus some closed ones like Mt. Echo, Mt. Faustin, Sun Valley QC and Mont Laval!!! <BR> <BR>Here is the breakdown since 81-82: <BR> <BR>Quebec 31 ski areas (63% of ski-days since 81-82) <BR> Laurentians/Lanaudiere: 13 <BR> Townships: 6 <BR> Outaouais: 5 <BR> Quebec: 4 <BR> Gaspe Peninsula: 3 <BR> <BR>US: 12 ski areas (26% ski-days) <BR> Vermont: 7 <BR> Maine, New Hampshire: 2 each <BR> New York: 1 <BR> <BR>West: 7 ski areas (5% ski-days) <BR> Alberta 5 and BC 2 <BR> <BR>Europe: 16 ski areas (5% ski-days) <BR> France 13, Switzerland 2 and Italy 1. <BR> <BR>My goal was not to ski the most ski areas, however it is soemthing that I should be able to reach if I wish. There are many places in Quebec that I have never skiied (LaReserve for one) and many that I don't care to. The goal of skiing on each continents is much harder and I might never reach that goal, but at least I can have fun trying. <BR> <BR>Thanks anonymous for the idea for a new goal.
 
Great stats, Patrick ! <BR> <BR>You consider Mt Faustin like a "closed" ski area... Considering the fact I skied it 35+ times in the last 14 years......... <BR> <BR>Ok, I admit it has merged with Mt Blanc and I would probably count them as 2 different ski areas, if I had skied them separated. <BR> <BR>You talked about the ski areas in QC that you don't care... but here is my "wish list" to ski in Quebec (lift-serviced) that I still never skied (in order of preference) : 1) Adstock, 2) Miller, 3) Édouard, 4) Valinouet, 5) Val D'Irène, 6) La Crapaudière, 7) Sainte-Marie, 8) Grand-Fonds, 9) Orignal, 10) Pin Rouge, 11) Comi, 12) Stoneham, 13) Gallix, 14) St-Mathieu, 15) Restigouche, 16) Lac Vert, 17) Béchervaise, 18) Edelweiss Valley (Tommy pic), 19) Le Relais.
 
You're right about Mt. Faustin not being really closed, Mt.Blanc took over the terrain. I guess it will be like Mittersell if Cannon expands it's terrain over to that area. <BR> <BR>The scale are of course different. I believe the Faustin's part of the mountain was entirely close to skiing for a few years. Besides the trails, I don't think none of the old installation remains. Lifts are different, I seem to recall that there were two old t-bars (probably not the one that were there in the late 80s). A Base lodge which was a half-dome metal-structure. The artificial lake was the parking lot. <BR> <BR>As for your Quebec wish list, I have already been to #1, 5, 7, 11, 12, 18 and 19. <BR> <BR>Places I would like to see in Quebec in the short term: Massif du Sud and La Reserve.
 
Excellent choices at short term (#3 and #4 favorite ski areas) <BR> <BR>For Mt Adstock, I'm not sure if I would count like having skied it, if I only took 1 competition run ;) <BR> <BR>Don't miss my #1 (already skied) :p and you must retry my #2 ! (Alta and Orford) <BR> <BR>I didn't know that Mt Faustin had closed before to merge with Mt Blanc... it's surprising. For the t-bars, I'm very surprised if it's not the same ones, as they were some very old t-bars (one in particular). Anyway, who cares of this boring ski area ?
 
I am currently up to 86 resorts in the U.S, Canada and Europe at the age of 31. My list includes 43 ski areas in all 6 New England states, <BR>and 18 resorts in the west.
 
Skied two days at Adstock in 92. What I remember the most is in fact the run where we had the race on (many runs on the same trail), however I did ski one or two other runs also. I just don't remember much about them. The same could be said about what I recall of LeRelais and Val d'Irene. <BR> <BR>As long as I skied it, it counts. I skied 44 times at Killington, however if I remove the days where more than one or two runs where open then that number might be closer to 10? <BR> <BR>WOW Kevin, I am impressed.
 
I would count the days with 1-2 trails open, cause it's the best thing we can have at this moment of the year. I would probably count as a ski day if I was racing on a ski area where I already skied... but I still wonder if I would count like having skied a ski area where I just have raced on 1 trail. Although, if you skied a couple other trails, it could count for me. <BR> <BR>Hey Kevin, me too, I'm quite impressed ! I don't think to reach that in the next 8 years !
 
I'm changing my 68 to 69. It's a good number and I've always left out Tuckerman's Ravine... Not technically a ski resort or area, but definately a mountain I have skied. My list also includes a few areas that have closed, eg: Mt Beacon in New York, overlooking Sing Sing Prison; and Glen Ellen, now part of Sugarbush. <BR> <BR>I've skied 10 areas in NY, 14 in VT, 6 in CO, 6 in UT, 10 in CA... Only 1 in CAN. Guess I need to get north of the border more. <BR> <BR>I'm not counting more than once, areas that have changed names. For instance I skied at The Canyons 2 years ago, and about 7 years ago when it was Wolf Mountain and in 1977 when it was Park West.
 
Lol, it's rare to see a mountain to change name... but to see it change twice of name is almost unique to this ski area (especially in the big ski areas !) <BR> <BR>A little question : which ski area did you skied in Canada ? In the West I guess ? If you like the New England skiing and want to pass the borders a bit, I recommend you the Eastern Townships ski region.
 
Wrong Frankontour. I took my wife and son up to Mont Tremblant a couple of years ago for 5 days in March. Had a great time and we want to go back. I will eventually hit western Canada though.
 
There are some slippery definitions of areas skied, which I have resolved as follows: <BR> <BR>Non-lift serviced definitely counts. I have 6 heliskiing, 6 snowcat skiing, 1 ski plane (Tasman Glacier) and 4 backcountry on foot, including Tuckerman's. Multiple backcountry access from the same road would count as one area. <BR> <BR>I count Whistler/Blackcomb as 2. They are physically separate mountains and were under different ownership when I was there. I think it's analogous to Alta/Snowbird and Brighton/Solitude, which are also connected but charge a higher price for a two-area ticket. <BR> <BR>This type of distinction will be more subjective in Europe. My gut feel is that Trois Vallees is 3, Val d'Isere/Tignes is 2. Does it make sense to count these massive interconnects as 1 and then count 5 or 6 separate areas at Chamonix which are not connected? <BR> <BR>We've had a couple of these Faustin/Blanc consolidations here in SoCal. I count Mountain High as 1 even though I skied separately owned Holiday Hill the 3 seasons before the 1981 merger. The mountains are one mile apart and I have skied the intervening OB canyon, which may be developed someday. <BR> <BR>Snow Summit bought Bear Mt. a year ago, but I have skied these as separate areas since 1978 and am keeping them as 2. These areas are about as far apart as the two at Sugarbush. At the time of the merger the marketing director said that the intervening terrain is not suitable for development but that a Slide Brook type transport lift was a remote possibility.
 
Good analysis Tony. <BR> <BR>I would count as 4 ski areas the "3 Vallées" however (Courchevel, Les Menuires, Val Thorens and Méribel). Anyway, those ski areas are just like 50 Whistler/Blackcombs, so... <BR> <BR>About W/B, 1 or 2... not sure, I would probably count them as 2 resorts. Same thing for the other ones you said before. I count Avila / Saint-Sauveur as 2 resorts, as I skied Avila the year just after the merge and there was just a tiny pass between the 2 mountains at that era (now, it's totally linked). Blanc/Faustin = 1 resort for me as it's not presented like 2 ski areas like Avila/MSS. Killington/Piko = 2 ski areas for me... especially as the history of Pico is quite more important than the one of Killington. <BR> <BR>I would definitively count Tucks as a ski area, but I would consider Tucks, G.O.S., Hillman's, Great Gulf, East Snowfields, Oakes Gulf and the others as a single ski area : Mt Washington. <BR> <BR>Finally, for Sugarbush, 1 ski area for me, as I never knew them before the merge, but I understand the people who still consider it like 2 different ski areas. <BR> <BR>PS for Mr Anonymous : If you passed 5 days at Tremblant and loved it, you might have a lot of $$$$$ ;-) joking <IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/clipart/happy.gif" ALT=":)">
 
Hey Troller... I didn't know that you were lurking on FTO too ! (if you're the same Troller than on Time for Tuckerman)
 
I would also be inclined to classify Mt. Washington as a single area, but I wasn't sure if there are accessible/skiable runs farther north in the Presidentials. <BR> <BR>I gave Adam 2 backcountry areas on our Memorial Day trip. First was at Tioga Pass, opposite side from where I skied and posted pics 2 days later. His other day was at Virginia Lakes, about 20 miles north on US395, then a couple miles dirt road west from Conway Summit. <BR> <BR>With Trois Vallees I was looking at topography. Isn't Les Menuires downvalley from Val Thorens, like Meribel/Mottaret in the next valley over?
 
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