If no buddy skis at some of your mountains(which is doubtful) hang out with some snowboarders. I talk to skiers as much as I do boarders. You can meet people anywhere. Hell I ended up talking to this rad amputee guy at the bus stop that I'm probably going to ski with next year. Not sure what we started off with but skiing came up. Dude was the man.
Just be social.
Start off with talking to some people on the lift, talking to some people on the drop in the park, hiking with people, and having a good time.
Making friends doesn't have to be a huge project. You don't have to study them for weeks, make of some charts and compare your interests in some computer database to see if you are compatible as friends.
A lot of the best friendships are people that just randomly met somehow somewhere. It's time and experiences that make those friendships awesome. Sure there are some people that you can tell right away, this persons awesome and we're going to to be bestest friends forever but sometimes there's people that you don't even like much that will end up being your best friends.
Just don't close yourself off to the world. Be kind, social, open to meeting new people, and just have fun on the mountain.
Friends will come and go throughout your life. People change. It's sad sometimes when you fall out of touch with a good friend, but if you had the same friends your whole life that would be pretty lame a lot of times IMO.
Just ride the wave of life and don't read too much into the bullshit. And if you're old enough and into that, if you're really striking out it never hurts to have some extra beers to share or spark up a blunt on the drop in and meet some peoples.
^ don't forget to share with park crew lol
