It’s almost here….

09Sep10

It’s absolutely

insane

to think that in a couple months, ski resorts will be powering up the lifts, warming up the cats, probing the snow, updating sites, and cashing in on one of the most profitable pastimes out there.

If you’re anything like me, or my friends, you’ve already noticed the crispy white tips on the mountains, and the air seems to have that little brisk taste to it. Yes. The season is approaching… fast, it seems.

What normally is a somewhat balmy fall, has turned into a complete whirlwind of messed up temperatures. I threw my farmers almanac out when It snowed in August. This can mean a few things.
This can simply mean that we’re getting some early snow, or it can mean that this is just a tiny preview of what we are going to be recieving this winter from our sweet and gracious

 mama nature.

(I’m rooting for option 2)

I was reading an interesting magazine article when I was camping this summer. Surprisingly it was only a few weeks ago and I woke up to minus 3, and a small layer of snow. Others woke up around me, somewhat startled by the cold temperatures, but I couldn’t be happier. It made me think of this guy who had an interview in a ski magazine I picked up. He’s out of sweden, but he had an interesting writeup about spending several years at Chamonix. He called it living the life of a skibum, and urges everyone who reads this article to get out there and do this. Upon reading it, I discovered that I am, on several levels, wanting to be a ski bum. He said the title is somewhat misleading. He said the tag “ski BUM” is in there simply because in the eyes of most from their ivory towers, this might be the case. We’re living the dream, and they are still dreaming it. It’s an envy thing, and as long as we are having more fun than them, they will bash our choices in life.

He expressed that being a ski bum, or chanelling this way of life, is all about the lifestyle, and how it can give you huge amounts of joy, life lasting experiences and memories. It is as simple as this. You just live your life the way you want to.

How easy is that? Anyways, needless to say I was inspired by his fresh take on being a ski bum, and on some level, I like to think I’m somehow part of that life. Even if it is on a weekend warrior status. (for those of you who don’t know, a weekend warrior is all of us city folk who commute to the mountains on the weekends to get a taste of what the locals get all week). I also bank my holidays so I can take them during the winter, or else surf in the summer. (which I like to think is the summer version of snowboarding…?) It could be because I already have a countdown (71 days), and I obsessively check all the sites for fresh new gear, new boards, reviews, and of course, snow reports.

I spent last weekend in Fernie, and when I drove through crowsnest, I was ecstatic to see how much snow had covered the mountains.

Anyways. I could go on and on about this, but I think you all know how i feel about it.

Bring on winter.

 

I’m

so ready.

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