Baroclinic Zone Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Oh man. My list. MA Klein Innsbruck (NELSAP) Nashoba Valley ME Sugarloaf Sunday River Pleasant Mountain aka Shawnee Peak Evergreen Valley (NELSAP) NH Bretton Woods Wildcat Loon Waterville Valley Cranmore Pat's Peak Crotched Mt King Ridge (NELSAP) Tuckerman's Ravine - Mt Washington VT Jay Peak Smugglers Notch Stowe Sugarbush N&S Killington Okemo Mount Snow Canada Mont Sutton Mont Orford Owl's Head CO Winter Park UT Brighton Alta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisM Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Ski Sundown Mount Snow Tuckerman Ravine Stowe Mohawk Mountain Killington Berkshire East Jiminy Peak but I'm just a wee young lad. I have about 200 days at Ski Sundown alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radarman Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 If you like trees Radar check out Saddleback in Maine - they've really done something special there clearing a TON of woods for tree skiing. It's not a huge mountain, but its got tons of vert and half the acres are tree skiing. Nothing super steep but a nice consistent moderately steep grade for some real sweet skiing on a powder day. Mid-week you have the mountain to yourself. I've skied pretty much everywhere in New England, and Saddleback is a hidden gem. And I don't work there anymore so I'm just saying this because I miss it. Good to know. I love mountains that are essentially fair game boundary to boundary. Saddleback is quite a drive from here, and it may be difficult to justify a trip there with N. VT a couple hours closer. But I've also always wanted to check out Sugarloaf, so maybe some day I'll do a ME ski vacation, hell even throw Shawnee in there which I've driven past in the summer many times. Waiting for a year with an offshore storm track or at least a big norlun dump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ak22 Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Mainly a lurker, but this one I can contribute to - here's my list, East to West: VT: Killington Pico Stowe Mt Snow NY: Hunter PA: Ski Liberty Ski Roundtop Seven Springs (great memories of jr high ski trips up from MD...) IN: Paoli Peaks (don't judge me - went to Indiana U, not bad for the middle of nowhere and for a poor college student - $5 on college night = cheap thrills!) IL: Ski Wilmot MI: Iron Horse Black Jack WI: Ski Alpine (why yes, I lived in Chicago for 7 years - how did you know?) CO: Copper Breck Keystone Vail & Beaver Creek Steamboat Aspen (Ajax, Highlands, Snowmass) UT: Snowbird Park City ID: Sun Valley CA: Heavenly Canada: Banff Mt Sunshine Kicking Horse Whistler/Blackcomb Wishlist: Jackson Hole, Mammoth, Big Sky, Taos, Switzerland... Anxiously awaiting the snows in VT this year - new pair of boots, ready to go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Mainly a lurker, but this one I can contribute to - here's my list, East to West: Anxiously awaiting the snows in VT this year - new pair of boots, ready to go! Do you live here? We could always use another poster in the NNE thread if only to add to obs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ak22 Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Do you live here? We could always use another poster in the NNE thread if only to add to obs. No, sorry - Morristown, NJ. But I am doing a ski house on the access road in K this year, will chime in whenever I can with obs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkO Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 ME: Sugarloaf, Sunday River NH: Bretton Woods Wildcat Cranmore Attitash Gunstock Waterville Valley Loon Cannon Tuckermans Campton Mtn (ski house cabin in my sig, within 1/2 hour drive of 4 mountains) Ragged Sunapee Crotched VT: Jay Stowe Sugarbush (ski house for 4 yrs) Mad River Glen Killington Ascutney Okemo Mt. Snow MA: Brodie Jimney Wachusett Nashoba That's the NE list, skied in NY and out west too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ME_wannabe Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Ok, longtime lurker here but have a need to respond to this. Please excuse my flatlander location (NJ yuck!) But I am a true NE winter-lover and ski bum at heart. Here's my list in no particular order: Pico VT - got my start here at age 6 in Feb 1969 or 1968? An absolute killer storm we travelled through from NJ all the way to the mountain. Snow was amazing the entire way and the images forever embossed in my mind of cars in the ditch, ambulances/lights/sirens, and my dad constantly pulling over to get the snow out of the engine compartment of our 1966 Chevy. 36 inches fell - maybe more. Got to the ski house on the side of Pico at 1am after being in the car 15 hours. Owner got us up the access road in his 4wd and when we woke in the morning and opened the door there was a wall of snow. Great memories of the Austrian ski instructors, fondue and early Warren Miller movies in the lodge. Wow, still makes my hair raise up. Killington - many trips there in the 70's. So many good memories. Had a gondola accident where the car behind us lost grip on cable and crashed into our car. Ruined my skiis but they gave me a new pair of Atomics. Saddleback - I love this place and desperate to find a vacation home in Rangeley. Taught my then 6 year old girl how to ski there in 2010. Hunter NY - again, many good memories and a lot of fun trips. Grandma lived very close so we made numerous trips. Park City and Deer Valley - what can I say, it's Utah. Gotta love their 'beach bars'. Mt. Bachelor OR - quite a challenge for a flatlander like me. Tons of snow, very nice people, even better beer. Oregon is a fantastic state from coast to mountains. Termas de Chillán - Chile the word awesome is overused but skiing here, high in the Andes and above the clouds, is an awesome experience. The views are stunning. South American life is much more relaxed, slower pace and fun. Wine from Argentina and Chile is hard to beat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subdude Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 MA: Wachusett Nashoba Pine Ridge ME: Sugarloaf Sunday River Saddleback NH: Wildcat Atitash Tuckermans Loon Waterville Gunstock Sunapee Crotched Temple Windblown (cc skiing) VT: Jay Stowe Burke Killington Pico Okemo Stratton Magic Bromley Ascutney Mt Snow Haystack WY: Jackson Hole Grand Targhee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 MA Wachusett Berkshire East Nashoba Blue Hill poached some runs in the non-operating Sunrise Ski Slope (NELSAP) - hard to get snow there NH Loon Bretton Woods Attitash Waterville Valley (first learned to ski here) Mount Sunapee Pat's Peak Windblown (cc) Woodbound (cc) VT Okemo Killington Burke ME Sugarloaf (still my fave) Sunday River BC Whistler/Blackcomb I must be missing something... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 just so you guys can get a good laugh, i'll make my list Wachusett Nashoba Pats Peak Gunstock Killington Okemo If they ever open, we are def doing a Berkshire East AmWx trip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 I think this year, I want to try Sugarbush, Crotched and Mt. Snow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 MA Butternut Jiminy Peak Catamount CT Mohawk NJ Vernon Valley Great Gorge NY Bethpage State Park (learned to ski there) Thunder Ridge Big Vanilla The Concord Hunter Windham Belleayre Song Mt Toggenburg 90 Acres West Mt Gore Whiteface Big Tupper Hickory VT Jay Smugglers Notch Stowe Killington Pico Okemo Magic Bromley Stratton NH Cannon Bretton Woods Attitash Black Wildcat Cranmore King Pine Crotched ME Sunday River AZ Snow Bowl CO Steamboat Arapahoe Basin Keystone Copper Loveland Vail Howelsen Hill WY Jackson Hole Grand Targhee UT Snowbird Alta Brighton Solitude NV Heavenly Mt Rose CA Heavenly Kirkwood Squaw Alpine Meadows Mammoth Northstar Sierra I feel like I missed a few and there are a bunch of backcountry spots where I've played over the years and a few areas that are backcountry now and are on the NELSAP list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Wow looks great.. where was that? 2 feet in the past few days with wind holds on summit lifts.. looking forward to the sun tomorrow. I am still so jealous you are living out there...are you living up in the canyon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkO Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 HubDave, did you go to Whistler back in college? I think I remember someone from the first floor of 38 Sarah ave planning a trip. I think it might have been Bill??? Sugarbush is a great mountain btw! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N. OF PIKE Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 i have two seasons under my belt. mass wachusett Nh wildcat attitash cranmore crotched maine sunday river VT stowe killington i enjoy staying in stowe the most, and i enjoyed skiing at wildcat the most so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 hey pickles, was Wildcat the place you told me about last winter that you really loved and that i should go check it out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 NY//ma Windham Hunter Plattekill Tuxedo ridge Gore Whiteface Greek peak Campgaw Mtn creek Butternut Catamount Jiminy peak VT Mt snow Stratton Okemo Ascutney Quichee Stowe Smuggs Sugarbush Mrg Bromley Killington West Sun valley Snowbird Alta Park city Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professional Lurker Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 About to add mount snow to my list tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 HubDave, did you go to Whistler back in college? I think I remember someone from the first floor of 38 Sarah ave planning a trip. I think it might have been Bill??? Sugarbush is a great mountain btw! We went in March 1993, just ahead of the Superstorm. Do you remember Quig and Powie? Amazing place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 CT: Mohawk Woodbury Ski Sundown Powder Ridge Mt Southington RI: Yawgoo Valley MA: Brodie Jimminy Peak Bosquet Butternut Otis Ridge Blandford Wachusett Berkshire East Bradford Blue Hill Nashoba Valley Ski Ward Mt Tom VT: Jay Peak Smugglers Notch Burke Bolton Valley Sugarbush / Sugarbush North Middlebury Snowbowl Mad River Glen Pico Killington - October 1st - June 5th. Okemo Suicide Six Queeche Lakes Bromley Stratton Mt Snow / Haystack Magic Mtn Brattleboro Ski Tow Ascutney NH: Balsams Wilderness Wildcat Loon Cannon Bretton Woods Attitash/Bear Peak Cranmore Mt Sunapee Waterville Valley Whaleback Pats Peak Gunstock Ragged Mtn Crotched ME: Big Squaw Sugarloaf Saddleback Sunday River Black Mt Of Maine Mt Abram Camden Snowbowl NY: Whiteface Gore Hunter Mtn Windam Belleayre Bobcat Plattekill Holiday Mtn Big Birch Catamount Sterling Forest Mt Peter NJ: Mt Creek Hidden Valley PA: Elk Mtn Camelback Shawnee Jack Frost Sno Mtn Blue Mtn Tanglewood Alpine Mtn Canada: Whitler/Blackomb + Backcountry Heli-skiing Mt Sutton Owl's Head Mt Orford CO: Buttermilk Aspen Highlands Aspen Snowmass Steamboat Ski Cooper Copper Mtn Breckenridge Keystone Arapahoe Basin Loveland Winter Park Vail Beaver Creek UT: Snowbird Alta Brighton CA: Mammoth - June OR: Timberline Lodge - May, July, August, September Mt Bachelor Germany: Zugpitze France: Tignes / Val D'isere - July Austria: Kaprun Stubital - July Kitzbuhel Italy: Val Senales - July Switzerland: St Moritz Zermatt - July Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Yawgoo!!! I always wanted to ski there. And I almost got to ski the Dartmouth Skiway with a friend up there...but now he is in Oregon There was also a tiny ski area over in Barre, MA that I have been itching to head towards (closed - but just 1 run) - Pine Ridge or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radarman Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Heck of a list right there Coventry. You about covered em here in the east, except for Quebec I guess. Other than a bunch in California, the only ones I've done that aren't on there are Sunapee, Granite Gorge, and Tenney, all in NH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Heck of a list right there Coventry. You about covered em here in the east, except for Quebec I guess. Other than a bunch in California, the only ones I've done that aren't on there are Sunapee, Granite Gorge, and Tenney, all in NH. Your post reminded me that I forgot to add Mt Sunapee. Tenney is currently out of businees and has been since 2010. It's doubtfull that they will reopen without a major investment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radarman Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Your post reminded me that I forgot to add Mt Sunapee. Tenney is currently out of businees and has been since 2010. It's doubtfull that they will reopen without a major investment. Yeah not looking good. The one I'd really like to see reopen is Ascutney. Easy to get to from here, some pretty good backcountry out by the cabin trail, and in a unique climate zone compared to other resorts. On the rare occasion when the Valley capitalizes in a snowstorm and if the snowshield didn't reach northern and western areas it was always a good option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 CT Ski Sundown Mohawk Mountain Mount Southington Powder Ridge MA Butternut NY Labrador (first time skiing at age of 4) VT Jay Peak Stowe Killington Magic Mount Snow Haystack Stratton Sugarbush NH Waterville Valley Mount Sunapee Gunstock Bretton Woods Wildcat PA Tussey Mtn Blue Knob CO Vail UT Park City CA/NV Heavenly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Yeah not looking good. The one I'd really like to see reopen is Ascutney. Easy to get to from here, some pretty good backcountry out by the cabin trail, and in a unique climate zone compared to other resorts. On the rare occasion when the Valley capitalizes in a snowstorm and if the snowshield didn't reach northern and western areas it was always a good option. Ascutney suffers with a lack of snow, or I should say it gets significantly less snow than other resorts on the Green Mtn Spine due to shadowing. The mt also has a confusing trail layout IMO and too many intersecting trails. With the summit quad gone all that's left to service the upper mtn is a 25 year old triple chair. What's really needed is a major snowmaking upgrade to help that place compete with the big boys all around it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radarman Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Ascutney suffers with a lack of snow, or I should say it gets significantly less snow than other resorts on the Green Mtn Spine due to shadowing. The mt also has a confusing trail layout IMO and too many intersecting trails. With the summit quad gone all that's left to service the upper mtn is a 25 year old triple chair. What's really needed is a major snowmaking upgrade to help that place compete with the big boys all around it. Here you go applying good business sense... lol You're right of course, Ascutney's climo sucks in general compared to it's surroundings, but I liked it because it was unique, which is to say there were days in certain weather regimes when it could outperform and be an option for day-tripping. Catering to people like me is not a recipe for success however. Again from a skiing perspective the triple chair is no big deal. It's the same with Berkshire East. Slow sure, but limiting the skiers is a good for the quality with limited, but interesting terrain. Have had some really good days there... Although had to hike out onetime in deep snow. If you go too far beyond the cabin there's cliffs. Alas it probably won't open again either, unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 I thought Ascutney had no possible way to reopen due to a real estate.deal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 i have a limited budget, so while i would love to take a couple days and go ski Jay Peak and Burke Mtn...it's not going to happen...going to really try to ski Berkshire East this year..i think that it's doable for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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