Whiteface: What else besides the Slides?

[tjf67]

Originally Posted by GrilledSteezeSandwich

I think you're comparing Whiteface to southern Vermont...I'm comparing it to Northern Vermont..I lived in Burlington VT for 4 years and Stowe got dumped on hardcore when Whiteface got a few inches..If Whiteface mountain was 50 miles east..it would be alot better in terms of snowfall. As far as I know..natural snowfall in the past 15 years as been consistant with long term averages in New England and New York..I definitely believe that Stowe and Sugarbush are steeper than Whiteface..I'll need to check some online stats for the consenus...But with only a few ways down from the top..Whiteface is lacking for how long of a drive it is from the masses...

Bottom line. the best 5 resorts in the east are Jay, Sugarbush, Stowe, Sugarloaf, Whiteface. No particular order. Any one worth there salt skiing would tend to agree.
You choose to believe your self made misconception and have fun wherever it is you ski.
People who have not been her or have not been here in a decade or so should revisit.

[SkiDork]

Originally Posted by tjf67

Bottom line. the best 5 resorts in the east are Jay, Sugarbush, Stowe, Sugarloaf, Whiteface. No particular order. Any one worth there salt skiing would tend to agree.
You choose to believe your self made misconception and have fun wherever it is you ski.
People who have not been her or have not been here in a decade or so should revisit.

Killington doesn't land in there somewhere?

[tjf67]

Originally Posted by SkiDork

Killington doesn't land in there somewhere?

NOPE

[PA Ridge Racer]

Originally Posted by trtaylor

All this thread has done is make me want to ski Whiteface this year.

Absolutely...I'm there this winter.

[campgottagopee]

Originally Posted by GrilledSteezeSandwich

Look at the actual trail acerage of Whiteface...It's 211 acres..look at the miles of terrain..about 20..compare that to mid sized VT ski areas. I used to ski Whiteface with my ski club in High School every winter..and I had a ball but you can ski all the runs on the mountain..twice in a day...For intermediates there's really just 1-2 routes down from each side...It's a high mountain in Vertical but it's very narrow horizontally. Plus they average half as much snowfall as VT mountains at the same latitude...For the drivetime Whiteface is not worth it for me..

Steezy boy stay on track here. Pretty sure the question was/is, "what else besides the slides". Guess I missed out on the part where we were comparing NY to VT.

[SkiDork]

Originally Posted by tjf67

NOPE

bummer...

[kcyanks1]

Originally Posted by tjf67

Bottom line. the best 5 resorts in the east are Jay, Sugarbush, Stowe, Sugarloaf, Whiteface. No particular order. Any one worth there salt skiing would tend to agree.
You choose to believe your self made misconception and have fun wherever it is you ski.
People who have not been her or have not been here in a decade or so should revisit.

What about MRG? No "one worth there [sic] salt" would put MRG in the top 5? Otherwise, I essentially agree. My top five, in no particular order, would be MRG, SB, Jay, Stowe, and Whiteface or Killington (Whiteface if enough is open), with the stipulation that I have never skied Sugarloaf or Smuggs.

[tjf67]

Originally Posted by kcyanks1

What about MRG? No "one worth there [sic] salt" would put MRG in the top 5? Otherwise, I essentially agree. My top five, in no particular order, would be MRG, SB, Jay, Stowe, and Whiteface or Killington (Whiteface if enough is open), with the stipulation that I have never skied Sugarloaf or Smuggs.

WHat people seem to screw up is we dont have it open neither do any of the other resorts. Except Jay.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Originally Posted by SkiDork

Killington doesn't land in there somewhere?

Hell no but Killington is the best ski area within 30 minutes of Rutland...lol

Is the snowmaking at Whiteface better than it was a decade ago? I remember them always taking a long time to get all the snowmaking runs open..

[tjf67]

Originally Posted by kcyanks1

What about MRG? No "one worth there [sic] salt" would put MRG in the top 5? Otherwise, I essentially agree. My top five, in no particular order, would be MRG, SB, Jay, Stowe, and Whiteface or Killington (Whiteface if enough is open), with the stipulation that I have never skied Sugarloaf or Smuggs.

MRG just to far behind the time.

K-mart would be in my top 5 if getting laid was a priority when I am skiing, actually number 1.