Facebooked: Gapers go home
Typically you can easily spot non-locals: they dress, talk, walk and often times ski differently. Ever tried to ski during the holidays? Remember that guy who could not get off a ski lift? Or that clueless skier who “pizza pie-ed” your perfect turn? Or that dude rocking old jeans tucked into ski boots? Yep, meet the Gapers and welcome to Breckenridge!
So who is a gaper? I found a couple of answers on the web:
1.) A gaper is a skiier or snowboarder who is completely clueless. Usually distiungished by their bright colored clothes and a gaper gap, the gap between goggles and a helment/hat. Gapers also do the “Gaper Tuck” which is an attempt at being a ski racer by tucking, however, it is done incorrectly with the poles sticking straight up like thunderbolts and lighting, very very frightning! Gapers also sit at the bottom of jumps and try and go big off table tops in the park. Urbandictionary.com
2.) Anyone who is generally clueless about the lifestyle of skiing – usually those who have never been involved in the culture of skiing in any way (whether that be as a ski bum, racer, mountain/resort employee, instructor, coach, etc.). A gaper can be a clueless never-ever to a seasoned affluent patron who’s season of skiing is limited to their week-long family trip to Aspen/Vail/Deer Valet/Beaver Creek/etc. They just don’t know how to do everyday things that are common sense to the rest of us. Epicski.com forums
Let’s Google “Breckenridge Christmas”. Hmm…
skiing at Breckenridge
Things looking even better in Vermont…
Skiing at Stowe
Though I understand Pigfarmer McPiggy’s frustration, Gapers will always be a part of the resort skiing. Yes, nobody likes crowded slopes or slow moving traffic, but you can always catch that epic powder storm on a non-holiday Tuesday. And understand that we all need a break – there is no midweek in New York City 
NYC tourists
