How long season CAN you have at your main ski site(s)?

[gsm_peter]

Season is here defined as number of days when you COULD ski with some stretch (an average calendar year)

- Site is open. Driver available.

- Water (and Air) above 7 C = 45 F. Yes it is a bit chilly but doable for us with a short season.

- Wind waves below 2/3 feet

- Not to much other obstacles (rain, animals, poor water, streem, etc)

[oldjeep]

Why does the air temp have to be above 45? We have skied in Oct while it was snowing. Water feels pretty good when you fall in

[gsm_peter]

@oldjeep - I think there are very few that (water) ski in snow (BI -100??)

Air was meant to get some type of base line where most can fit in without being to hard core.

The poll has not to be 100% correct. Feel free to add snow water-ski season occasions.

 

[SkiJay]

I'm a member at two lakes. Neither is my "main lake" so I voted five months for Predator Bay in Calgary because that's more interesting for this poll than the ho hum 12 months of skiable bliss in Florida.

[Kelvin]

Based on the specified criteria, our home site would be skiable year-round. We have a few neighbors that grew up north of the border that definitely ski year-round. Those from the southern climate opt for 9-10 months of skiing.

[TylerR]

I can ski 8 months out of the year at my place on the Openwater, although I do have to deal with duck season the last month or so

[RichardDoane]

one of the upsides of living in Seattle

[MISkier]

Usually late April to early October. I have skied into first week of November and started in mid-March for some warmer years. There are often some polar bear ski events the first week of December and early January, but I am not including those.

 

This year we will probably start in July. Current ice depth is still nearly a foot and a half.

[ToddF]

I put 7 months but adhering to the criteria, we are probably closer to 9 month's

[Chef23]

We are mid April to mid October so I went with 7 months. You could maybe stretch it another two weeks to a month on the back side but you would need to start worrying about the boat engine.

[allycat]

am only a open skier if your silly enough and can find a driver could ski all year round .but 6 to 7 months a year does me

[Texas6]

365 is certainly possible but 7-9 months or March through October seems to be the norm around here. It is pretty blown out during the majority of our off months except for the occasional perfect day

[ForrestGump]

Come on Daryn! There's nothing to stop the wind between Katy and the north pole. It's a bit breezy there 365!!! lol

[bogboy]

All year, except for a few weeks when the private lake was frozen over. All year on the larger lake that never freezes.

[gsm_peter]

Our site is open as long as the club wants.

However, bad weather, poor day light and other conditions give us type 100-120 'ski-able days' out of 150 open days.

[Klundell]

May to Oct for us. We only have water if the farmers are irrigating crops.

[colo_skier]

Any chance we could also add were you ski? I am in mid-state Colorado, Front range side.

[Zman]

In south GA 9-10 months, and maybe more is often possible. But, a couple months with just a few sets is a nice break, and good time to enjoy the holidays as well.

[chris_logan]

I put 9 months, which is funny because I live in the same area as @TylerR, but I don't have the duck problem. Really, its the geese taking massive dumps on the jump ramp that becomes an issue for me. Most of December-February in North AL makes getting in water seem pretty dumb - especially this year.

[Texas6]

@ShaneH - I beg to differ we actually have three small trees now, if you get the perfect angle it actually protects one ball some of the time:)

[bkreis]

I love Miami!

[jjackkrash]

If the rain stops, our first set will be Monday.

[tsixam]

First ski set today. Baller index -47. Cold but fun!

Tsixam

[Edbrazil]

Back-back when, the season in New Hampshire and probably other states in the North ran

from when school got out until school stated again. Which was mid-June to early September.

This was in the grade school and high school days, but even the relatively serious skiers

in the area didn't extend that season a lot, unless they went to ski at Cypress Gardens.

 

Later on, in the college/grad days, we kept pushing the season, especially with jumping,

which can be done relatively 'dry' unless you pass/wreck.

 

This was on the Connecticut river, and later-later each year. October-November-December,

with the wetsuits of the time, which weren't all that great.

 

Then, one year, around December 5th, the river froze over early. Uh-oh. Fortunately,

it broke up, as the nearest launch ramp was maybe 20 miles away upriver.

 

With the coaching advice of a friend, at the same site April or early May, with the river

probably at brrrr 40 degrees or so, I accomplished my first barefoot deepwater start.

That was a big deal back then. Joe Cash may have been the first person to do it.

[Waternut]

I think "could" and "would" are drastically different for the people in the southern states where the water never freezes.

[gsm_peter]

@waternut "could" and "would" are drastically different for the people in the southern states where the water never freezes

 

Yes fully agree. However the intention was to understand the Ballers availability to ski.

When put Desire into a poll it is (for me at least) more difficult to interpret.