How far do you drive to your lake?

[ScarletArrow]

@OB comments about a 1 hour drive to Whitestone made me wonder what other drive times people deal with to get their lake.

 

Personally, I've got the timing down to the exact minute based on which lake I'm going to, if I'm leaving from home or work, traffic conditions, gas stops, food stops, etc.

[cobber]

about 20 to 25 minutes, no traffic all country roads.

[MISkier]

102 miles one-way. Usually about and hour and 40 minutes, but I can frequently make it in just under 90 minutes.

[Razorskier1]

I live on a public lake where I ski before work in the morning. I also commute to a private site 30 minutes away on weekends when the public lake is a zoo.

[Waternut]

I live on the lake but voted 15-30 because it takes me 20 minutes to drive to a separate lake with a slalom course.

[Jody_Seal]

I have two places to ski SRB is 45min away and Deerpoint is 15 min away.

[kona]

10 minutes in heavy traffic. :)

[Skoot1123]

Interstate most of the way - then a two lane road the rest.

[The_MS]

2 minute golf cart ride to the starting/club dock.

[Marco]

My house is at 2 ball. I do have to walk several hundred feet to the dock though.

[MrJones]

About a 300' walk to the dock I think. Need to measure that.

[MattP]

From school where I am now 35 miles anywhere between 35-45 min depending in the ATL traffic. All interstate When I'm at home it's 15 miles and about 15 min all interstate. Though there is a ski lake 3 miles from campus I wish I could use!

[thager]

Live on a public lake. ." One hour to work. One hour to alternate lake.

[hacker]

There are 3 private lakes within a 75 minute drive from my house, so I try to ski those 2 or 3 weeknights. Weekends are spent on big public water. If the wind isn't blowing I can get an open water set before 9am there. One year I kept track of my driving miles, from Father's day to the weekend after Labor day I drove 7500 miles... I did a lot of skiing that summer!

[PJ]

i put more miles on my golf cart in the summer than on my car

[PJ]

@thager i put a portable course on lake at our cabin once. DNR came by and told me it had to go because i was "privatizing" the lake. i don't think it helped my case when i told him he was wrong and that this was an 1100 acre lake

[oldjeep]

10 min to minnetonka where we free ski and about 30 minutes to Prior Lake where the course is. Not too bad. There are 1/2 a dozen lakes within 15 minutes of the house that we could use.

 

Or for the big trips 90 minutes to my folks place on the lake in WI

[Joeprunc]

I live on the water, but it takes about a 30 minute boat ride to get to the course.

[mwetskier]

35 minutes to a private boat on a private lake with a private dock & cabin. not my boat or my lake but available to me 24/7. part of the lure is the effort required which makes each ski day a sort of mini ski trip with planning between my ski buddies and technique discussion time while going and coming back home. i know guys who tried to live the dream and moved to a private ski lake and then quit skiing but they dont post here. something about the minor obsticles make each lake trip and every second of ski time seem so much more cherished.

[jedgell]

Currently I've got a 38 mile drive mostly interstate, so it takes 40 mins. Moving in a couple weeks so I'll only be 20 miles from the lake, about 25-30 mins, can't wait. But, my office is only 15 mins from the lake so I get 2-3 lunch sets a week in the summer. Nothing breaks up the day like a "nooner."

[Than_Bogan]

I have tremendous respect for anybody who is travelling, and even more so trailering. I can barely fit in all the skiing I'd like to do, and my boat is about a 100 yard walk across the state park's forest behind my house.

 

Those making trips every time show awesome dedication. My hat is off to you!

[MISkier]

@Than_Bogan, you reminded me that my 102 mile drive one-way includes trailering the boat. We have to bring our own boats for practice and one member brings a boat for our league night.

 

I am hoping to connect with a club that is about 45 minutes from my house with a club boat. I really want to increase my water time and that should help.

[DW]

30 seconds downhill from the deck to the boat lift, much longer return because the dog refuses to leave the boat & walking uphill after an exhausting set is slower! 10-15 minute drive to a tourney lake nearby. It is amazing what we will do to feed the addiction.

[jwr]

80 miles one way with the boat. Two trailer flats last year. Of course, my trailer didn't come with a spare. Got one now. I try to bum rides whenever possible. Have a lake 15 minutes from my house, but you have to be invited to ski. So, I don't get out there very often. Public course about 25 minutes, but it is almost always rough. Skied last week, on a weekday around 6:30 pm, in the rain, and still had a guy out there pulling an inner tube.

[RichardDoane]

commute to work = 5 minutes, commute to ski site = 60-75 minutes, would much rather go skiing....

[andjules]

Almost three hours. But at a rustic cottage in the woods with family. You go for the weekend. Great times.

[chris_logan]

Consistantly 53 min from home or work to the private lake I have been skiing at lately. There is a private lake 5 min from work, but is invite only and priced well above my idea of "reasonable" membership rates.

[Bill22]

30 seconds from work and 20 min from home. I can see the dock (on public water) I use from work.

[PatM]

My front yard. Although I would not mind traveling for some private protected water.

[estrom]

If it's a "Saturday at the lake" (public), we drive 60 minutes and hope for a run or two on decent water before it turns into a day of tubing, kneeboarding, etc...

 

On a weeknight, we can be at a different public lake in about 15 minutes. It's a 50/50 shot at good water on a week night. It's a 0% chance on the weekend, so we don't even bother and choose to drive to the further lake.

 

No course on either lake.

 

Don't ever take your courses and good water for granted.

[behindpropellers]

40 Mins to private lake - mostly weekends/weeknights

5 Min walk down to public lake (weekday mornings and some evenings)

[BRY]

Until 3 months ago drove 2hrs so mostly weekends only. Just moved and the boat is 150ft from my back door. Still seems a little surreal at times.

[boarditup]

Live in Lake Placid - boat on the water, in the yard and ready to go in 5-minutes.

[eleeski]

It's 45 minutes by Cessna, air time. It's a 4 hour drive. At least when I'm there, I'm there.

Eric

[rodltg2]

I would really like to live on a lake , sooner than later!

[jipster43]

40 minutes from my front door to the boat house with the '13 TXi sitting in the lift. If the fuel gauge reads a little low, I reach over and gas it up a bit. No trailering and no traffic, but I still pine for my own piece of heaven where I can wake up, drink some joe, and take a ski.

[xrated]

4 hours, 220ish miles. Time depends on kids and bathroom stops/traffic. Public lake in north central MN. But it is where I grew up, morning and evening sets. 5-10 minutes by Lund to meet buds with tow boats.

 

Always looking for ways to make it feasable to move back to the lake.

 

20-30 minutes on the rare occasion I ski @MS's lake.

[mkerzie]

3 hours from South Orange County to Porterville, CA (about 45 minutes north of Bakersfield)

[teammalibu]

I live on one of the best ski sites anywhere the only problem is that it is 217 miles to work!!

[rodltg2]

@mkerzie, I will be in Porterville, labor day weekend visiting wifes family. Would love to catch a ski ride!

[Porkfight]

55-60 minutes from driveway to launch ramp at towing speeds, but closer to 90 minutes from launch ramp to driveway. I stay away from the lake on weekends. Traffic on the way home is the price of having nice water until 1-2 pm.

[Skoot1123]

@teammalibu - now that is dedication!!

[tsixam]

25 min when I drive alone, nearly 35 with wife and family in the car.:-)

[6balls]

Live on public with a course owned by a friend. Ski another seldom used public 10 minutes away with a friend. Ski "the swamp" 15 minutes south where we have 2 courses. Public, but not really as no one ever there. Sometimes 40 min to @razorskier1's private site...not often enough.

[rockdog]

3 closest options around 90mins each one. Best one is holiday spot but 3hrs. Gee it annoys me....

[ski4xtc]

@scarletarrow - great poll. Interesting to see the results.

[DavidP]

We have a boat waiting for us on a lift. So at least after a long drive we just drop the boat in the water and ski. Traffic is too heavy after work, so typically ski Friday - Sunday. We live 10 minutes away from a private ski lake and get to ski there sometimes.

[tjm]

From home 60 minutes. From office. 90 minutes

[dbski]

150 feet to the Malibu at the end of my dock on a public lake with a course, but due to all the lake traffic its been off the lift 3 times this summer. That's O.K. as four of us are fortunate to lease a 2100 ft. private lake with a Nautique 10 min away. It actually works out great as we sail, kayak, swim and float on the public lake and still have amazing skiing close. In fact as I write this I'm waiting for my wife to return from her after work walk and we going out for a moonlit putt putt around the lake on the pontoon!

[skierjp]

150 feet from my back lanai. 4 slalom courses, 2014 Nautique in boat house and the best friends you could ever want to ski with ( Mike and Josefin ). We are so blessed.