Hello everyone -
I asked this same question over at TGR but I think the crowd over here will be a little different, so I'm reaching out again.
This winter, I will have the opportunity to go out to Whitefish, MT and ski with my father for the first time out of state in a few years (at home we ski together often). We're planning on skiing roughly 3 days, and then he will head out to go somewhere else with a friend. This leaves me either flying home on a plane after the 3 days, or continuing to ski solo until we both fly home together.
I wanted to know if going alone was even an option (and maybe there are other kids who have done it?). I am pretty independent and have a lot of experience skiing around the east coast. I have been around the deep powder of Wolf Creek and Purgatory, so I do have some west coast experience as well. I understand the concern for safety, but I would really like to explore somewhere new on my own itinerary. Maybe compromises could be made so this could work out (i.e. daily communication, no-go places, etc). I couldn't rent a car so I would essentially spend the whole time at Whitefish.
I've grown up in the east, spending most of my skiing life in Vermont. My western ski experience has been at Wolf Creek (CO), spending 90% of my time over at the Alberta Lift. I love to ski glades, and am fully aware of the danger of tree wells. I would probably avoid all the wooded areas until I found others to go with.
Concerned parents and/or adults, now is your chance! Convince me to ditch this fool-hardy plan!
Adventure-loving twenty-to-sixtysomethings, now is your chance! Convince me this should be a check off a bucket list!
Thank you all!
I asked this same question over at TGR but I think the crowd over here will be a little different, so I'm reaching out again.
This winter, I will have the opportunity to go out to Whitefish, MT and ski with my father for the first time out of state in a few years (at home we ski together often). We're planning on skiing roughly 3 days, and then he will head out to go somewhere else with a friend. This leaves me either flying home on a plane after the 3 days, or continuing to ski solo until we both fly home together.
I wanted to know if going alone was even an option (and maybe there are other kids who have done it?). I am pretty independent and have a lot of experience skiing around the east coast. I have been around the deep powder of Wolf Creek and Purgatory, so I do have some west coast experience as well. I understand the concern for safety, but I would really like to explore somewhere new on my own itinerary. Maybe compromises could be made so this could work out (i.e. daily communication, no-go places, etc). I couldn't rent a car so I would essentially spend the whole time at Whitefish.
I've grown up in the east, spending most of my skiing life in Vermont. My western ski experience has been at Wolf Creek (CO), spending 90% of my time over at the Alberta Lift. I love to ski glades, and am fully aware of the danger of tree wells. I would probably avoid all the wooded areas until I found others to go with.
Concerned parents and/or adults, now is your chance! Convince me to ditch this fool-hardy plan!
Adventure-loving twenty-to-sixtysomethings, now is your chance! Convince me this should be a check off a bucket list!
Thank you all!
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