Preparing and planning for the ski season

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AccuWeather's Lincoln Riddle has been eagerly preparing to hit the slopes and shares updates on some of the mountains that have already opened for the season.

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00:00and welcome back to accuweather early thanks for watching on this friday morning all right we know

00:09someone loves this time of year lincoln riddle because it is ski season and accuweather ski

00:15season forecast is out in a few people no one's more excited than accuweather producer lincoln

00:21riddle by the way he is a wildcat the university of kentucky super fan and the author of the blog

00:29never quit skiing what an intro all right he is back with us to talk all things skiing you can

00:35see the christmas tree in the background uh and we're going to be talking about how to make the

00:39most of the season ahead lincoln thanks for being with us you know every year is different is this

00:44shaping up to be a start early fade fast kind of winter are you expecting better longevity on the

00:51slopes oh my god i sound so cool well first off bernie and ariella i am a university kentucky

00:57super fan go cats but yes this season is shaping up to certainly be another interesting one like you

01:04said every year is different november 1st rolled in and here in the east you know northern new york

01:11northern new england we really started to see some significant amounts of natural snow

01:16temperatures kicked in they were able to make a lot of snow so this week we saw several resorts open a

01:21couple more are opening up this weekend like white face mountain opens tomorrow killington uh in

01:26vermont sunday river in maine they opened on wednesday so ski season's here and it's already

01:32getting off to a good start accu weather ski season forecast which like you said came out earlier this

01:36week it's calling for a bookend winter so december strong start possibly a strong finish there in

01:42february giving us a good setup for march so hoping for the best all right what should skiers be doing

01:48now to prepare for the season ahead both on and off the mountain and what's something skiers tend to

01:53forget before that first trip of the year yeah ski season's here but a lot of resorts still aren't

02:00open and they're going to continue to come online you know over the next few weeks and as we head into

02:05december so there's still plenty of time to get ready for the season i recommend pulling your gear out

02:10now taking stock of what you have what you need myself i actually need gloves i'm skiing tomorrow for the

02:15first day of the season i still don't have gloves so it's something i'm going to take care of

02:18this afternoon but look over everything you have check your gear check your skis check the bindings

02:24and then get them in the shop it's a good time to get them tuned right at the start of the season get

02:28them waxed that way on day one when you go to the mountain everything's good to go and you can just

02:32focus on the one thing that matters getting out on the snow now weather can change fast in the

02:37mountains what should skiers look for in the forecast before deciding heading out beyond just snow

02:43totals well weather is basically the most important factor and how good or bad a ski day is

02:49it can absolutely wreck a ski day the mountain can basically completely shut down in some instances

02:54or it can be epic with a big powder day right so we can talk at length about all the things you could

03:00do but to keep it simple i recommend focusing on precipitation timing and wind because those three

03:08things they work together um and you know you may look and say oh it's snow to foot but if there's

03:13going to be a transition to rain later in the morning things could get sloppy in the afternoon

03:17or perhaps you know the morning starts off clear and then you're going to get snow later in the day so

03:23those things you want to focus on and and wind speed is so important you know wind can ruin the ski

03:29day uh all lifts can close if if winds are too fast so uh wind speed is probably the single most

03:36big factor that i focus on when i'm looking to go ski for a day and kind of what to expect and

03:42it's wind is a weird thing not every lift is necessarily going to be impacted maybe on one

03:47peak at the resort the gondola is impacted but the main peak the summit quads not so um really pay

03:53attention to those things and try and gather as much information as you can from as many sources

03:58as you can and of course the accurate app has all of those features you were just talking about you

04:02can type in the exact location of where you're skiing and get the wind get the precipitation get the

04:06timing uh lincoln you are known for trying to ski as many days as possible what's your personal goal

04:14this year well i love skiing and i'm a fanatic it's all i want to do all the time ski season for me

04:23ended last may i there's not a day that's gone by that i haven't thought about it i've been dreaming

04:27about it so you know when this time of year rolls around the excitement is very high and i set my goal

04:34regularly at 100 ski days i ski basically every day i i'm fortunate to work 4 a.m to noon so after

04:40work i get to go to the mountain and then go ski and then on the weekends i get full days in so

04:45100 days is the goal i hit it two years ago 136 days um and then this past season i got hurt and i

04:52missed a significant chunk of the season but i still managed to get more than 80 days so i'm hoping

04:56to return to form um and you know we'll see last year i got really close to having a perfect month

05:02in january i skied uh 30 of 31 days so maybe this year something like that's in the cards as well

05:08we'll see accuweather producer lincoln riddle the pride of lexington kentucky thanks for joining us

05:16here on accuweather early and happy skiing thank you

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