I try to still spend quite a bit of time outside during the winter. I'll borrow my parents' place up in the mountains, given the opportunity. It's about a mile of snowshoeing to reach the house during the winter, or 1/4 mile if you have a truck with 4 wheel drive and chains (I don't).

I also took up snowboarding last winter, but here in southern Idaho, the local ski resort still has as much dirt showing as snow! I am too broke to go to more distant ski resorts, so snowboarding is not currently an option.

However, my rule is that kayaking season doesn't end until snowboarding season starts! We had a rainstorm sweep through the area last Friday, which brought all the rivers up and cleared all the ice. So I spent New Years Day paddling on the South Fork Payette, our local class IV stretch of water. Lots of fun, with appropriate gear! You can tell it's cold out when your lifejacket is freezing solid while you wear it.