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National magazines report that the typical skier/rider gets between 4 and 6 days of skiing/riding per season. An avid skier/rider gets 7 to 12 days. If you’re getting up to 30 days, your employment is probably something other than full-time with a corporation or you live right in ski country. It’s may be difficult to hear such statistics, but it’s a reality of our sport that many factors can limit the number of opportunities to hit the slopes in any given season.

With such limited days, there’s no easy way to explain to a non-skier/rider the awesome memories that any day of skiing/riding provide. Join any apres-ski discussion at any bar in any country and the topic will be about all the great things that happened that day and all the great things that happened some other day. Skiing and riding builds memories strong enough to physically sense: I personally can still recall the smell of the rope rubbing on my gloves when I skied as a child at a local rope tow area. Even with a limited number of days on the hill, it doesn’t take many experiences to develop strong memories when skiing and riding.

Are some days of skiing/riding more epic than others? Sure, there has to be, because it can’t always be amazing. But it’s always good, that’s what keeps us going out for more.

So, ski and ride today like it’s a holiday because, well, it is and that’s a good opportunity to go. Rest assured that you’ll remember this Christmas Day for more than being Christmas; it was another day you made memories on the mountain. Every day of skiing/riding feels like a holiday and there are just never enough of those in a lifetime.

Happy Holidays from the staff at Snowskills.net.