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You Know You Grew Up Skiing at Waterville When...

What's your favorite memory?

Caitlin Magowan
Dec 26, 2016
University of New Hampshire
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You Know You Grew Up Skiing at Waterville When...

To this day, my favorite season is winter. I am so thankful to have parents that spent endless hours teaching my brother and I how to ski and so thankful we stuck with it. If you grew up skiing at Waterville Valley you must be able to relate to most of these:

1. Running around Town Square

Drinking "soda's", watching the fire works, watching other kids be idiots.

2. Sneaking into the hot tubs

What? Everyone's done it at least one... wait at the door until someone is walking out.

3. Taking the Schuss Bus to the mountain

Waiting in the frigid weather waiting for your big blue ride to the mountain.

4. Hanging out in the Realty Room

Until they changed the locks... Thanks guys (you know who you are).

5. Hanging out with the foreigners

The parties at the foreigners apartments were always lit...

6. You know the name of every trail...

You've skied them a million and one times, you could even ski them with your eyes closed.

7. You always go to Mean Jean's cash register during the lunch rush

She has the most efficient system for people paying and faster lines. She knows whats up.

8. Hot laps on Leroy's Loop

Just for sh*ts and gigs.

9. RIP Quadzilla

Thanks Sununu...

10. Being scared of True Grit and Lower Bobby's

Once you get over the headwall they are a piece of cake.

11. Knowing where all the woods trails are...

Behind Sunny Side, Upper Stillness Woods, Old T Trees, they are everywhere!

12. High country never being open

Whats up with that, Butch? High Country always has the freshies but is always closed. It's not that often that we get pow days on the East Coast.

13. Hot Cocoa Breaks in the Schwendii Hutte

Camp out in Schwendii for a while with a nice cup of hot cocoa.

14. Watching the races

Moguls, GS, freestyle. Lets be real... are you there for their skiing ability or the cute boys in their GS suits?

15. Big Air Competitions

The night competitions under the lights... talk about great skiers.

16. Kids Kamp pins

If you had all of the pins you were basically the sh*t.

17. FINALLY, a trail expansion

The moment we have all been waiting for!

18. Buying overpriced candy from Jugtown

Paying $3 for a tootsie pop... wtf.

19. Taking the cross-country trails home from the mountain

Just kidding...

20. Tray sledding outside of Sunny Side Lodge

You're never too old to tray slide, as we got older we would try to stand on the trays and see how long we would last.

21. Jumping on the Poma

Flips galore. I once got the shortest one and was dragged up it.

22. Some of your best friends came from this place we call home

To me, Waterville will always be my home mountain. It is where I met some of my closest friends and I am so thankful we will always be able to share these memories.


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