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Originally Posted by Geoff  There is already a train from NYC to Rutland. There is a bus that meets the train and brings people up to Killington. The problem is that it stops many times along the way and it doesn't align with the typical skier Friday afternoon and Sunday evening travel times. The same is true for the train from New York to White River Junction, VT and that has no way to get to a ski resort. It's also really expensive. A round trip is up over $100 and that still doesn't get you to the ski resort. For 2 people, it's just as economical to drive and you'll get there 3 hours faster.
If you look around, there are lots of day trip bus trips that are value priced. I've seen bus trips from Long Island to places like Okemo that were about $80.00 and that included the lift ticket. If you want to go up on a Friday night and return on a Sunday night, there aren't a heck of a lot of options unless you hook up with a group that is doing a bus charter. It's very expensive to run a bus north on a Friday night, have it sit there all weekend paying expenses for the driver, and run it back south on a Sunday night.
I think that ski resorts, instead of buying 'green' energy credits and smugly announcing how eco-friendly they are, should look out at their parking lots and start organizing reliable public transportation. A ski train should leave the city at 5:00 pm and run non-stop to the station nearest the ski resorts. It should return at 5:00 pm as well. A ski bus really needs to leave from a suburban lot north of the major metro area. If you made the times right and set the price right, you'd see an awful lot of riders. |
I have taken those bus trips to Killington and Mt.Snow and they are the best value. I also recently discovered a ski club in my area that charters buses for weekend trips further north, even to Maine. This will probably be the most cost effective way to go now and in the future. It costs me almost $100.00 in gas just to get to the Catskills and back now, insane!!!! It's one reason why I love Utah so much, they have the best bus system, no car needed.