Earn Your Turns Definition

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What does Earn Your Turns mean in ski/snowboard slang

To earn your turns means to put skins on your skis or split board and hike up a mountain and ski or snowboard down. This is usually done in the backcountry, and the phrase usually is used by pretentious locals who think that skiers who skin up a mountain are better than the lazy people that use a chairlift.

“Do you want to go to Park City?”
“No thanks. I would rather earn my turns.”