Is mountain biking like snow skiing

Mountain biking is far easier :-)

"Mountain biking is far easier :-)"

Unless you're wearing skis.

Are we a class project?

yes, when 4 of your 5 first posts on BPL are:

"are hammocks really cool?"

"do tarps really make you feel outside?"

"is mountain biking like skiing?"

"why do you go backpacking?"

something is going on.

No, just my favorite threads are where everyone expresses theirs opinions and I made a few relevant to what I was thinking at that time

Okay.

Please try to post them in the proper Forums, like Gear if it's about gear, and Philosophy and Technique if it's about that (e.g. "Why do you go backpacking?").

That said, how do you have "favorite threads" after all of TWO days here?

Skiing is the art of falling downhill gracefully at great expense. Mountain biking is like that about 50% of the time, plus sweating uphill slowly at the same expense.

Bike packing, touring and day rides of all kinds are a wonderful way to fill in the gaps between other outdoor activities. There are a lot of people doing snow trips on fat bikes. http://fatbikebrigade.com/ should get your attention.

I have personally gotten into rail trail biking and built a hybrid pavement/gravel bike with racks for carrying gear for multi-day trips. It's easy to get out for local trips, giving me some exercise and recreation without the fuss of loading my pack and driving 50 miles to get to a trailhead. I could just go for a walk, but the bike helps to cover a lot of ground and adds all kinds of little adventures. It definitely gives a good aerobic workout. I think nothing of riding for several hours with just quick breaks, but you couldn't get me to run for 15 minutes. My typical day trips are 20-25 miles.

I've done very well with thrift store bikes, so you don't need to spend hundreds to get started. There are lots of classic hard trail 90's bikes that will get you moving. See my blog at dalesjournal.wordpress.com.

Our own Max Dilthey has done some incredible bike journeys. See his blog at maxthecyclist.wordpress.com/

Please do respect the environment. I've seen some biking photos and videos that make me cringe in the Leave No Trace category.

"I have always loved snow skiing but the problem is after spring and before the first snow theirs is no where to go, I was wondering if mountain biking would feel this gap?"

This may be a long shot… the time after spring and before the first snow… might be a good time to go…

backpacking?

Downhill bike might be closer to skiing. (Other than cross country)

"This may be a long shot… the time after spring and before the first snow… might be a good time to go…

backpacking?"

LOL. I'd choose to go backpacking / hiking over mountain bike any day.

Skiing is such a broad term.

I, personally, backcountry Nordic ski because it is like hiking to me.

https://home.comcast.net/~pinnah/DirtbagPinner/dirtbag.html

” Nordic backcountry touring falls in that odd middle ground between cross-country skiing and telemark skiing”

More about exploring and covering ground than necessarily skinning up a mountain and then skiing down (Though, I do that once in a while, too).

I guess you could say:

Lift-served skiing – mtn biking
AT/Tele skiing up a mountain and the down – peak bagging
Nordic backcountry – hiking
Traditional crosscountry – running?

As for what to do in Spring…all depends on where you are and how accessible you are to hiking areas.

In Colorado, Spring still means skiing in the high country, or day hikes in the foothills (not much in the way of backpacking in the lower areas that is permitted..though there are some) or go to the Colorado Plateau (parts of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico)

I usually spend a weekend day in March or April and November for gear maintenance from one season and re-tool my pack for another.

Thanks for the shout-out :)

I like mountain biking year-round. A lot of people choose fatbikes in the winter, with much wider (4-5 inch) tires for flotation over packed snow. That said, a traditional mountain bike with 2+ inch tires can get around in a wide range of conditions, so don't feel like you have to spend a month's rent to get out there.

I guess you could say:

Lift-served skiing – mtn biking

Flagged.

;-)

(I like to earn my turns.)

I equated lift served skiing to Mtn biking because the OP made the comparison to "skiing" himself. My main point is that "skiing" is such a broad term. Heck, I even forgot to throw in skate skiing! (Man…those skate skiers are impressive. Even in my best shape, I'd be dying!)

I don't mtn bike, and I have only had five lift days(maybe?) total in my life. Too pricey, too busy, too crowded and does not feel like an Outdoors activity. Feels more like an activity that happens to take place outdoors. :)

So, I am not really the best to speak of either Mtn biking or lift-served skiing.

OTOH, the other types of skiing I mentioned feels that way to me.

As always, just my .05 worth.