Ski Bum Life - Cheap food

My buddy the MD claimed that while we were skiing lots we made too much money, smoked /drank/ate too well and coined the term ... Gentlemen skiers

this is great
the bumion
https://www.tetongravity.com/story/c...nts-as-ski-bum

Eggs, peanut butter, eggs. Snowcat deliveries at night=kitchen leftovers. Started trading ski tunes for dinner, not 3.2 beer.

Used to have a good routine before grad school, but haven't figured out the new system. Lots of surfing in the morning and at sundown, rather than skiing.

The Kraft Dinner/ketchup soup dirt bag ski bums, living in closet have the wrong approach.

My MO for over 4 decades involved working seasonally spring, summer, fall, in resource industries in western Canada. The deprivation part occurred due to working in remote logging and mining camps and small northern towns. Come winter I would quit or get laid off, have a decent amount $$ bank account, and most often be collecting Employment Insurance. Money in the bank at the end of the season gets sent to the stock broker for investment.

Part time job at a mountain owned business to get a pass. Working full time evenings or nights can wear a guy down and is not the best way to go.

Now that I am retired I work part time at a ski shop/demo centre, get to ski their fleet of skis, buy equipment directly from the reps for a better pro deal than most ski instructors get, or 40% off retail for in store items. My staff pass gets me some comp and some 50% off lift tickets at all but a couple of resorts in B.C. I tell my boss: "Its not a job for me, its a hobby".

My ski chalet for the past 25 years has been a 5th wheel trailer (built in Canada with R20 floor and R12 walls and ceiling, marketed as a 4 season RV) currently set up on a friends 40 acre property, over-looking a lake with power, water, septic system, TV and internet via satellite, 15 minutes from the mountain.

One doesn't have to be a broke dirt bag to be a successful ski bum.