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Bromley for sure, never had a crowd there...all comes back to 1 base area...has all you are looking for
This is a good point. If you're looking for a non-holiday mid-week, just take your pick of any resort on the East coast. Even if there are a lot of people at a larger resort like Okemo, Loon, or Sunapee, they'll have the uphill capacity to more than deal with it, so you won't be waiting.
Now if you're considering going on a weekend, that's when things get tricky. My vote in NH is for Ragged or Gunstock. You'll get a much better value than Pat's Peak.
Stratton is great too, fast 6-pak lifts, plenty of wide open groomers, and good tree skiing when you get some time to yourself.
While there is some interesting terrain at Stratton, I'd have to guess that the majority of their clientele don't mind the wait and don't need to ski much.I cannot agree with this statement. Stratton does have a good lift system, but it does NOT result in short lines. It is among the most crowded mountains I have been to (close with Okemo and Killington). Your average, non-holiday, non-powder day weekend day at Stratton will have lift lines that are longer than what I've experienced at Bromley, Sugarbush, Bolton Valley, maybe even Stowe, on HOLIDAY weekends.
Stratton is great too, fast 6-pak lifts, plenty of wide open groomers, and good tree skiing when you get some time to yourself.
I would suggest getting a CT ski club membership for $25, www.aeskiclub.com. Its too late to buy vouchers this year but you can take advantage of the ski council awareness days. They will get you on the hill for $30-$40, on a weekend, at many of the of the resorts already discussed, including the ones that would normally have a $70+ ticket. Check it out:
http://www.skiclub.com/documents/CSC-Awdays0910.pdf
While there is some interesting terrain at Stratton, I'd have to guess that the majority of their clientele don't mind the wait and don't need to ski much.
That's interesting. Back when I skied stratton a bunch almost 10 years ago, there were very few lift lines even on weekends. Maybe a bit on the gondi, but never on the 6-packs. Perhaps they picked up a good bit of business Killington lost in the past decade.
Oh, and if you don't like skiing at Stratton, you don't know what you are doing. They have the best tree skiing south of Killington.
...Good bump runs are not easy to find at Stratton though.
As to the lift lines, the six pack out of the Sunbowl and the Shooting Star six pack rarely have lines and the Snow Bowl fixed grip quad is typically ski on. The gondola and the other two six packs do get long lines on the weekend.
If yoi could do a weekday, anywhere is a safe bet. Though my cheap pass to Tenney didn't do well on my every other Friday oof with many of those days having the double being closed for wind-hold.
more recently it's been about Killington's new marketing campaign. On a lesser, more local level Berkshire EAST.What is the beast?
I like Bromley and strong 2nd for Berkshire East especially if there is good cover including natural snow on the slopes.
The beast is just outstanding IMHO.
I imagine he would take I95 to I495 to Route 2. Or perhaps Route 101 to I-91.How do you get to the Mad River Valley in the same time as Killington from the Portsmouth area. I was born and raised in Exeter and didnt seem to have that luck. What route do you take?