Socks. Gave me an excuse to pay retail price for a new pair at the mountain.
This! I got up to Big Bear and realized I didn't have any ski socks. I didn't want to drive around so I went to their one and only retail shop..... $36 for a pair of socks!!!! Not fancy socks, not compression socks, not threaded with the virgin wool of merinos. Just regular ski socks.Socks. Gave me an excuse to pay retail price for a new pair at the mountain.
Another time I forgot my boots. Don’t know how that happened, probably in the days before I had a boot bag and I booted up at the car in the parking lot. I ended up renting boots for the day, I used my street shoes orthotics in them, a little uncomfortable but managed to get through the day.
Ingenuity rules.I forgot my parka once. I had a button-up overcoat in the back of the car that I made somewhat more windproof with some safety pins. The plugs for my helmet were in the parka I forgot, so I stuffed paper napkins in the holes and away I went. It worked.
I forgot my parka once. I had a button-up overcoat in the back of the car that I made somewhat more windproof with some safety pins. The plugs for my helmet were in the parka I forgot, so I stuffed paper napkins in the holes and away I went. It worked.
At the on mountain Elevation Ski and Bike shop at Sun Peaks we sell more bathing suits in winter than in summer...few people forget their bathing suit in summer.
I’m usually pretty good at getting all my gear organized prior to leaving home, but sometimes
1. We do have a Big 5 in town and it is much less expensive for those quick picks.This! I got up to Big Bear and realized I didn't have any ski socks. I didn't want to drive around so I went to their one and only retail shop..... $36 for a pair of socks!!!! Not fancy socks, not compression socks, not threaded with the virgin wool of merinos. Just regular ski socks.
I have also forgotten my ski pants. Thankfully @Pat AKA mustski saved the day and loaned my a very classy black pair!