witch hobble
Member
- Joined
- Sep 29, 2009
- Messages
- 774
- Points
- 18
We'll leave the light on for ya.
Ha!
Welcome to AlpineZone, the largest online community of skiers and snowboarders in the Northeast!
You may have to REGISTER before you can post. Registering is FREE, gets rid of the majority of advertisements, and lets you participate in giveaways and other AlpineZone events!
We'll leave the light on for ya.
9 miles
Are you primarily a boarder?
I stand corrected. But taking into consideration that Burlington is within an hour of Smugglers Notch, Stowe, Bolton Valley, Sugarbush, and Mad River Glen, I'd consider it more of a ski town than Lake Placid. Don't get me wrong, love Placid, but just don't agree with the statement concerning ski towns.
Being a former Mainer, I would probably pick Rangeley, Me.
I stand corrected. But taking into consideration that Burlington is within an hour of Smugglers Notch, Stowe, Bolton Valley, Sugarbush, and Mad River Glen, I'd consider it more of a ski town than Lake Placid. Don't get me wrong, love Placid, but just don't agree with the statement concerning ski towns.
The primary driving force of the economy in Lake Placid is tourism, which skiing is a part of in the winter time.
.
We'll leave the light on for ya.
Rangeley....minutes to Saddleback, about 45 to Sugarloaf. Arguably the best lakes in the region. Doesn't get the touristy vibe as much as some other mentioned towns. Sure its a lot more remote, but isnt that a good thing when looking for a ski/outdoors town?
So what is the official proximately of a town to a ski mountain to qualify it as a ski town. Oh by the way, Burlington is 24 miles from Bolton Valley, Lake Placid is 19 miles from Whiteface.
Depends on what you do for a living. Unless you want a low-paying service job, you need to telecommute. It's damned tough to have frequent business trips from Rangely. No problem pulling that off from Stowe where you are 45 minutes from a real airport. You can get to all the eastern hubs: O'Hare, Detroit, Philly, Dulles, Newark, JFK, LGA. The down side of the airport at Burlington is that there is no competition so, other than JetBlue, the flights tend to be really expensive. I use Manchester NH instead of Burlington to get to Philly. It's an extra 30 minutes of driving but the fares are double in Burlington unless you book weeks in advance.
Yeah, not talking jobs here. Im more of the one to make it work regardless. I just want to live in a badass place.
I'd just rather live in "a place" rather than a "badass place" since all too often it seems like "badass" places tend to become just "bad" places after a bunch of folks(often just "asses" not "badasses") seek out the "badass place" lifestyle themselves![]()