The Ski Season That Never Ends

Many of us spend all summer dreaming about ski season and counting the days till the snow starts to fall. For some, waiting for winter just doesn’t cut it, so they go in search of snow all year round. For Carl Zimmer, ski season hasn’t ended in thirty-two years. Every year, all year, Zimmer skis whatever Colorado has to offer him. In the winter, this can be face deep pow, but in the summer, he might be hiking his skis over rocks between each patch of snow. Zimmer doesn’t see his 370-plus months straight of skiing as an accomplishment, but more as a way of life. Although he’s run into obstacles in his streak (like ACL surgery that forced him to switch to snowboarding for a while,) him and several of his friends have kept it going for a pretty darn long time. We’re not sure about those sketchy August turns, but Zimmer’s endless stoke and ability to cheer anyone up seem like the perfect combination to keep a tradition like this going. If there’s anything to learn from Zimmerman, it’s that being the coolest guy on the mountain or having the newest gear isn’t really what matters. At the end of the day, it’s really all about getting a couple turns in.