We all love skiing and riding. The mountains. Nature. But that still doesn’t stop us from getting annoyed from time to time. We’re mortal. So we asked our readers what they felt the most annoying things about skiing/snowboarding were, and the answers they gave us were pretty hilarious.
Here are the top nine reader-submitted answers as to what bugs people on the slopes:
#9
Walking in ski boots.
#8
Summer is too long.
#7
Hiking out of Tuckerman Ravine in New Hampshire.ย
This place has some of the best backcountry skiing on the East Coast. But everybody knows itโand I mean everybody.
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#6
People who don’t recognize that the downhill skier has the right of way. Always.
Plain and simple, the downhill skier has the right of way. Skiers and riders blindly charging down the hill don’t always feel this way, however. Save the arguing for later, Speedy Gonzalez.
#5
Vail.
Are mega-ski corporations gentrifying skiingโor is the classic, ski-bum lifestyle just dying?
#4
Rude skiers/snowboarders.
We’re all out there to have a good time. You were a beginner once too. Relax.
#3ย
Trying to take a poop in a bathroom stall with boots on (ski or snowboard, they both suck).
#2
Powder Fever.
#1ย
Nothing.
Skiing is a bizarre, amazing, and strictly conditional conjunction between earth and sky. Less than 1% of the earth’s population will ever throw on a pair of skis or a board and travel down the hill at non-human speeds. Skiing is truly a gift and we ought to be thankful for it.
Bonus: Lift Lines
This is now an inherent part of skiing at most ski areas. And we’re still getting used to it.
Jerry’s of the Day!!
Most annoying thing out west is your overstoked aggressive east coast transplant. I mean come on, your a dime a dozen, your really not that groovy.
#10 Snowbrains quality of journalism
The end of the day and the lifts close when I’m still stoked.
dangbros from CA
Rain at the base of the lift, snow at the top. Add in wind. You get off of the lift with a thin sheet of ice the shape of jacket wrinkles.