We have been going for 43 years in the first or second week of May and it is either awesome or poor. We fish at night for stripped bass off the back of the house boat and in the past 4 or maybe more, they have been slow and other times, can't stop catching. Lots of cat fish at night, so nice ones at 9 pounds. Missed this year due to conflicts, but hope to get back next year. Can never get enough of Powell!! Thanks for sharing, made me sad we did not go this year.
I am the ultimate slc utah ski bum from living in my car and stashing my snowboard at the local shelters wich is not allowed 🚫 for 5 years. did splitboarding and now just scrape up what I can for a season pass at brighton ut.I only work when I have to pay rent now wich is voucherd at 364 a month, nobody is this bum I know in utah. I dont have to work just pay for season pass now knowing my body wont be able to keep doing it in my 60s😅
Ski bums are always college dropouts lol it's always they same story ohh corporate America just isn't for me. Who else could afford that lifestyle bahaha bums? Right...
wasent expecting the steppenwolf nice..=] I'm sort of a ski bum. I live in Baltimore I have to make the 7-8 hour drive up to Vermont usually for the powders. I live in my mercury grand marquis i outfitted with a bed in the back seat and a solar panned to run a heating pad. have my third salt lake trip planned in a month.
I am in university right now but I am completely miserable. The only problem is that I would be giving up a law career at the top law schools where I live to do this and I am not sure if I should or not
Holy shit the first guy is exactly my plan. Associates in business, now taking woodland firefighting and planning on spending the winters in the mountains.
Because this lifestyle is characterised by a non-productive way to spend your time. Riding is the ultimate purpose and any work you might be doing will be a means to continue riding. It is a life spent on what is widely considered useless because you do not create any value that can be measured in money or stability that a family could depend on.
This is a really well done short documentary. It'd be awsome to learn about, if you took a closer look at the daily life and the real ins and outs of working on a mountain.
I'm almost 65 and have never worked full time in winter, except going to school in the 70's. You gotta have a plan for your future, be frugal, get a job where you can get time off in the winter, and not have kids. Otherwise you better have a trust fund or be a good enough skier to have sponsors, but even that will not last.
There's a reason suicide rates are very high in Ski Towns!! A true ski bum really has no future, one day they wake up and realize all there friends have successful careers and a family, but when a ski bum turns 40 and still sleeping on a couch at a friends house and broke reality sets in!! Google it, it's all be documented!! I became a ski bum when I retired at 50, I average over 100 days a year in the winter and then once ski season is over move to my pad on Maui and surf all summer. When the ski resorts are open top to bottom I move back to Tahoe for the winter. Sure I wish I could ski like I did 30 years ago but I can still keep up with the best skiers on the mountain with all the great new ski gear!!
A great lesson for everyone! I changed from successful biz career to airline pilot, at 39, because I wasn’t happy! Life is TOO short, be happy! My wife was so great and supportive during the change!
My wife and I ski year round and still work. Last year we skied 89 days and aim for 100 this season (November 1 to October 31). She is Canadian and has been skiing since she was seven. I was a late starter at 19. Last season we skied the most at our home mountain Squaw Valley but took to the road to ski Heavenly, Mammoth, Winter Park, A Basin, Snowmass, Telluride, Lake Louise and Sunshine (Banff). This summer we skied the glaciers in the Alps at Tignes and Les Deux Alps. Capped the summer season with a week of skiing in Chile at the three resorts near Farellones and already booked to return for this coming August. This November, as we do each year, we began the season at Cervinia-Zermatt. I began trying out ski ballet but it is slow going. We have been to Whitewater near Nelson and it is awesome! Thanks for the great video!!!
I'm 51 years old and haven't worked during the winter since I was 24. I am fortunate to have a job (tree svc.) that shuts down for the winter, leaving me plenty of time for skiing! I've never really considered myself a ski bum (I have a house, family, & responsibilities) but I have found a way to make skiing a very significant part of my life.
@@s.a.6082 Yeah! It doesn’t have to be an either/or situation. My wife and I met through skiing, and while she is not as passionate about it as I am, we still enjoy getting out together as much as we can. And while our college-age daughter is embarking on her own life of adventures, some of my favorite ski days are not ripping tight gullies on snowy days (well, some of them are!) , they are days she and I spent together when she was little, enjoying each other’s company while I got to pass along my love of sliding on snow!
