2006 / 2007 Ski Season Summary

Well, I must have a little spare time at the moment ... so I've decided to summarize my ski stats from last season (winter 2006 / 2007).

A bit of background, for some unknown reason, I started tracking all of my exercise - I guess ostensibly so that I can compare progress (or, lack of) from year to year. Anyway, my ski data from last winter is some interesting data I've been able to pull out.

First ... some summary statistics:

• Total ski days: 44
  
• Total backcountry days: 30
  
• Total downhill days: 14
  
• Total vertical:
• ascended (i.e. backcountry vertical): 22,505m
  
• descended (backcountry & downhill): 100,498m
  
• Total amount of time spent skiing: 239 hours

Of course, some caveats to these numbers ... for a "ski day", I counted any day where I had skis on my feet and skiiing for more than an hour. So, a "ski day" includes the short trips I did up Mt. Seymour in the morning, getting a couple of backcountry runs in before work. It also includes evening skis at Cypress or Seymour.

Charts galore:

Month-by month breakdown of vertical, downhill (blue) and backcountry (green).

Season breakdown of days spent skiing by month, broken down by backcountry and downhill. Note that in January I spent a week (with Killaine) at Sorcerer Lodge, and then in April spent a week doing a backcountry ski trip in the Spearhead/McBride area. Also note the drop off in skiing in February and March (when it seemed like every weekend had horrid conditions).

Finally, a breakdown of hours of backcountry versus downhill. No surprises here!