It\u2019s been one of the most enduring archetypes in mountain sports: that great wintry countercultural hero, who will work any job and live in squalor so long as they can ski 100-plus days a season. But now, after decades of inspiring people everywhere to chase their powder dreams, the ski bum has at last been extinguished by\u2026 well, that\u2019s the question. Was it the crazy cost of mountain-town housing? The corporatization of the ski industry? No, wait! Of course\u2014it was the Man. Or, just maybe, has the ski bum actually survived it all and taken on a surprising new form?