Who drives the farthest/longest to ski every weekend?

St. Jerry · Jan 29, 2013

So my wife was complaining about how long it takes to get to Gore from NYC (nearly) every weekend. With no stops or traffic it's about 3:45. Throw in stops and traffic and it can be up to 6 hours. I told her that a lot of people spend more time than we do to get to skiing every weekend and of course she didn't believe me. :roll:

So, who does the longest skiing commute every weekend?

dmc · Jan 29, 2013

not me...

Smellytele · Jan 29, 2013

Not me

Cornhead · Jan 29, 2013

I'm willing to travel far to ski, but not every weekend. I will be traveling 530 miles to attend the AZ Summit. My local mole hill is 40 miles from home, my usual weekend haunt.

frapcap · Jan 29, 2013

My pass is at Sugarbush. So from Providence, RI its 4 hours give or take 15 minutes. If there is a storm and we leave too late and get stuck with poor road conditions, its more like 4.5-5 hours.
Typically we stay all weekend, but schedules haven't allowed that yet this year so its been nothing but day trips.

4:30am wake up, hit the road, at the mountain around 8:30. Ski all day (usually with no breaks, no sense in taking a break when you put so much effort into getting there), leave around 4:30, home around or a little before 9. Its a looooooong day.

andyzee · Jan 29, 2013

NJ to Killington.com just about every weekend. 4.5 hours

hammer · Jan 29, 2013

andyzee said:
NJ to Killington.com just about every weekend. 4.5 hours

Do you stay overnight or is that one way for a day trip?
We follow the ski as long as drive rule, which means that unless we want the dogs to be cooped up for 10-12 hours day trips really can't involve more than about a 2 hour drive. I'd be willing to stretch up to 2.5 hours but that's the upper limit. Any more than that and we'd want to do an overnight.

Smellytele · Jan 29, 2013

hammer said:
Do you stay overnight or is that one way for a day trip?
We follow the ski as long as drive rule, which means that unless we want the dogs to be cooped up for 10-12 hours day trips really can't involve more than about a 2 hour drive. I'd be willing to stretch up to 2.5 hours but that's the upper limit. Any more than that and we'd want to do an overnight.

+1

Bene288 · Jan 29, 2013

I typically travel 1.5 hours to Gore from Albany. Same for the Catskills and Southern VT, but don't have a problem going 3-4 hours on a day trip to get to some good snow. I can also get to Jiminy in 45 minutes.

My fiancé doesn't complain so much about the time it takes to get there, but she isn't happy to wake up at 4:30 - 5:00am. My truck is a gas guzzler, so we take her Jeep on the longer trips, that's the biggest complaint I get from her.

Vortex · Jan 29, 2013

3.15 each way. Every weekend. No day trips unless an event is going on. My day trips are usually Loon on the ride home to break up the ride.

mattchuck2 · Jan 29, 2013

cps27 said:
So my wife was complaining...

Wives, huh?

Amiright? Amiright?

Hawkshot99 · Jan 29, 2013

Currently is 30 second drive to get to the mtn.

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Puck it · Jan 29, 2013

1:45 to Cannon

BenedictGomez · Jan 29, 2013

I wish I had the "problem" of drive time "every" weekend that some of you poor, unfortunate souls face. :-o

I probably do 3 or 4 northern Vermont trips each season (6 to 6.5hours), the last few years a Whiteface trip (5 hours), and a bunch of Platty trips (2:45 to 3 hours). So it's ALWAYS a LONG drive when I go skiing. :angry: I can be in the Poconos in < 1 hour and do a few Pocono day-trips when I cant get away for a few days, but the truth is the Poconos kindof blow .

deadheadskier · Jan 29, 2013

An hour.

timm · Jan 29, 2013

Averaging about 3:45 each way. All day trips sadly.

ScottySkis · Jan 29, 2013

1.5 to 2 hours to Elk or the Catskills, my car gets mad at me if I try to go further.

HD333 · Jan 29, 2013

Just about every Friday night 2 hrs to the house. Then 25 minutes to and from the the hill Sat and Sunday. Then 2 hrs home every Sunday.

So 2 days of skiing = alomost 6 hrs in the car. If it is warm we wil lkeep the dog in the car on Sunday and that cuts off about 45 minutes.

Gotta get closer to the hill, but the price is right so I can't complain, well I can't complain too much.

〽❄❅ · Jan 29, 2013

2.5 hrs drive to Elk.

Rather limited day trip options from Philly.

Scruffy · Jan 29, 2013

45 min if I'm staying local; otherwise, can be anywhere from 3-5 hrs depending on where I go.

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