Sorry, didnt realize english is your second language.
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Vermont Skiing early december
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Sorry, didnt realize english is your second language.
Thank you.
exactly. I drive 4.5 hours each way from NY to sugarbush every weekend so I dont have to take lip from anyone about driving. But when someone is asking for advice on where to go from NY, it is flat out wrong to tell them that the difference is "negligible". Unless you dont know what negligible means.
steamboat1
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Like I said when driving I-91/89 corridor the difference in drive time is negligible. It's been established that it takes 30-40- minutes to drive from Okemo to Killington & that's negligible in the eyes of some. But if you stay on I-91/89 & it takes 1 hour longer to get to Stowe or Sugarbush that's not negligible. Whatever floats your boat.
The advice I gave is spot on.
The advice I gave is spot on.
BenedictGomez
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Do you ski all day Saturday and 1/2 day Sunday? That's quite a commitment each week.
OT, but I love how whenever you stop at rest areas Saturday or Sunday early evenings during winter anywhere on I-87S, the ENTIRE reststop area is taken over by skiers and boarders.
keep believing your own bs. Anyone interested will have enough sense to look at a map where it is clear as day, that you were, are and always will be, wrong.
and BTW- just because it takes 30-40 minutes to get from Okemo to Kton doesnt necessarily mean it takes that much longer to get to Kton from NYC as opposed to Okemo.
all day saturday and till 1 on sunday unless conditions warrant more runs. Believe it or not, it's the wife who is the driving force (no pun intended).
We dont go near the interstates. 100 to 7 to 22 to the taconic FTW.
steamboat1
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Actually if you take either I-87 or the Taconic Pkwy up from the city it takes longer to get to Okemo than it does to get to Killington.
Oh & the only one with lip around here is you.
steamboat1
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So the 1hour drive from Killington to Sugarbush up 100 is negligible but if you drive 1 hour further on the I-91/89 corridor to get to Stowe or Sugarbush that's not negligible. Sheesh!
If you don't take 100 from K & stay on rt. 7 north & go over either Brandon Gap (rt.73) or Appalachian Gap (rt.17) it takes well over an hour to get to Sugarbush from Rutland.
If you make Sugarbush in 4.5 hours driving your route from NYC you must be flying.
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BenedictGomez
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I'm a bit skeptical of this part myself, and I have the best radar detector on the market and am not afraid to use it. Maybe he actually lives north and outside the city?
I didnt say it was negligible. We do it with full knowledge of how much longer it is. All I am saying is, telling someone who probably doesnt know better, that an hour longer drive is "negligibly" longer, is misleading and wrong.
We live in Croton, so we are closer than NYC and also north of the significant traffic on friday evening. We make it in 4.5 with 1 gas/pit stop, taking it easy with the cruise control on 68 on the taconic. If I push it, I can do it in just over 4 hours.
Correct. we are about 30 miles north of nyc and near the taconic, which is why it doesnt make sense for us to take 87 or 91. they are both out of the way for us.
SIKSKIER
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I'm sure you 2 have scared the op away.
steamboat1
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I've made Sugarbush in 5 hours from the back end of Brooklyn (right on Jamaica Bay) driving I-91/89 early in the morning before the rush. It takes the same time to get to Killington driving either the Taconic or I-87 at the same time of day. It takes me 40 minutes just to get north of the city from where I live that time of day. I cruise at 70-75 on the interstates & 64 on the Taconic.
Anyway I'm done here. Believe whatever you want to believe. I stand by what I said.
Anyway I'm done here. Believe whatever you want to believe. I stand by what I said.
steamboat1
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Yeah but it was only his 1st post...:-D
I didn't start this crap the other 2 did. I'm just defending what I said.
really? check the thread when you made a crack about "reading comprehension". I guess your memory is as good as your english skills.
steamboat1
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Yes & rightfully so. I never said there wasn't a difference in time but you said I did. Reading comprehension.
"As for drive times there really isn't all that much of a difference if you're diving up from NYC on the Interstate 91 (89) corridor if the roads are clear. Yes it's longer to get to Killington or Stowe but the difference in drive time is negligible & shouldn't even be a consideration."
I'm done with you
Black Phantom
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HowieT2 for the knockout!
haha still here. Was sitting back and enjoying the entertainment.
Thanks for the advice everyone. Looks like we will probably try for killington. Most of us are intermediate with a few beginners. We are looking to stay somewhere close to the lifts. Does anyone have any recommendations?
fwiw after driving 5 hrs...another hr is not that big of a difference to me
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