Getting entangled on a chairlift actually sealed the downhill deal for snowboard enthusiast Bradford Carter. He and his date literally fell for each other at Loveland, Colo. Since then, they have gone on to snowboard together all over Colorado. Having used Tinder and Bumble before, Carter says he preferred the LuvByrd app because it drove him straight to similar-standard snowboarders. The app is aimed at outdoorsy types who sign up to various sporty interest groups including skiing, hiking, biking and swimming.
Despite a mutual powder passion, it took Carter two months to go from rugged riding to real romance, but the couple has been exploring the outdoors together ever since. With intimate interest "peaking" everywhere, the LuvByrd app has expanded across North America and into British Columbia this winter.
Chairlift speed dating is growing in popularity, too, with events held annually at Brian Head, Black Mountain, Saddleback and Mount Hood. Other ski dating apps include SkiPals skipals. Based in Britain, it groups singles into packaged ski vacations to facilitate fun, flirtation and affordability.
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For backcountry buddies, there's Snowflake thesnowflakeapp. Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver are among the Canadian cities covered, although founder Catherine Marston has plans to expand worldwide. Glitches discovered last season have been overcome for a December relaunch. She plans on reaching 20, users this year, mostly millennials and Gen Xers.
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The free service is aimed at reducing carbon footprint as well as widening postcollege riders' and skiers' sporty circles. Users post accommodation shares, too, and can personally scope out potential powder pals at monthly mixers. With its comprehensive Rideshare Guide and Etiquette guidelines, complete with safety and security tips, no adverse experiences have been reported to SnowPals in 17 years.
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In Europe, the Ski Gathering theskigathering. And lofty love is in the social-media air too with Twitter launching its SkiSingle sector twitter. Mike Keshian, the founder of LuvByrd, admits his initial ski-dating website forum launched in was a ploy to find himself a winter-sports-wild woman. It worked when he met snowboarding soulmate Kelly Simmons on his first date through the site. Since then, he has responded to similar success stories by expanding the website into an app.
Skiing singles are signing up from as far afield as Sweden and Russia. To avoid stalkers and spammers, members can flag or block others and, if sufficient proof is available, LuvByrd will remove the flagged user. This year, Keshian has speed-dating events planned at Loveland again and has chosen to launch at Crotched Mountain, N.
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More men than women ski and snowboard roughly Before you get too hasty be warned there's a saying in ski towns, 'the odds may be good but the goods are usually odd'. Because Peter Pan is definitely alive and skiing or snowboarding at a resort near you and of course, he's single. You'll find him with Tinkerbell at the bar next to Benjamin Button lost in Never Never Land in the pursuit of youth, theirs and others, on a forever winter cycle.
Like more resort style destinations, ski towns operate within a fantasy bubble. The town economy relies on that bubble as it is what lures holiday makers looking to escape the reality of day-to-day life with some time out throwing themselves like a super hero down a slope and living to tell the tale. No one wants to be reminded of work and mortgages when on vacation. Some don't even want to be reminded they have a spouse so beware the 'single above the snowline' married human.
While you're looking for love they've left their wedding ring in the glove box of their car and are looking for a one-night lover. I should know, I've been hit on more by married men at the snow than I have back home in the city.
It must be the altitude or the fifth martini. Either way it only ends in tears, yours or their spouse's, so don't go there. You'll be able to tell the by the indent on their ring finger. Of course it is not impossible to find long time love at the snow resorts, it just takes some patience, sleuthing and geo tagging. Thanks to dating and social apps like Tinder and Bumble you can set your profile to collect data of other singles within a pre-determined catchment area from where you are currently sitting.
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By submitting your email you are agreeing to Fairfax Media's terms and conditions and privacy policy. Throw your Tinder net out for a five-kilometre radius from the bar stool on which you're sitting at Hotham or Thredbo and start swiping right. Anyone you catch as a 'match' is pretty much guaranteed to be single, like skiing either or snowboarding, and is already saying they are available for dating. There are also other ways to meet fellow skiers or boarders that are potentially single.
The new GoSnow App may be a meet-up app for those looking for a ride to the snow but who's to say you won't meet your future snow king or queen while making the six hour drive? The 'Snow Riders' Facebook groups are dedicated to your resort of choice. Ask to join the group and you'll have a community of fellow skiers and boarders who love to ride the same mountain you do.
Chances are, again, there's some single folk in those communities. If you're travelling to the USA to ski in the northern season you can sign on with 'Fitness Singles' www. The online dating site is for active singles who like to ski and snowboard. Surely someone can start one of these for Australasia this season? Not that I'm desperate, except, well. You could always take a singles ski trip.