If you haven't yet skied by New Years I don't see how you can consider yourself an avid skier and want to spend time on the Internet chatting about skiing.
I'm at 18 days. Will be at 23 by New Years.
I was trying search for the Nysb reader survey I did 2 years ago but that was a blog best and there does seem to be a good way to search for those. If I recall the reader average was around 30 days a season.
if You French Fry when you should Pizza you are going to have a bad time