Recent content by Old Duderino

Long time Sno-time skier/rider here from the Wash DC area. I'm kinda on the fence about renewing my Epic pass but probably will because I can justify getting my money's worth out of it between a combo of local hill days and trips to either CO and/or maybe NE. Due to covid I just got the...

Vail NE pass holder here. Not posting to rant about VR, I'm just glad I could get a pass at all that I could get enough days on to get a good value from on my local hills during a covid winter. I'm in the DC area so my local hills are the former sno time resorts, mainly Whitetail and Roundtop...

Thanks for all the replies. I mainly wanted to get an idea of how bad the crowds would likely be after the holiday weekend and from most replies it sounds like it shouldn't be that bad. I haven't finalized my lodging but will probably Airbnb it somewhere around Waterbury. I'm ruling out Stowe...

I live in the DC area and have MC this year. I knew I was going to get a window to cut out of work and get some skiing days from next Wed through the weekend so the options I considered were catching a flight to Denver and hitting A-Basin or fly or drive to SB. I love AB but I've done it many...

Without the Aspen resorts I don't think VR will have met their match.

Winter Park will have the most snow and open terrain. I've never been but have heard it isn't a great mountain for snowboarding.

Plus you have the skiers body to help break your fall when you wipe out on a snowboard.

Thanks for all the replies. Windham out Belleayre in, watch out for the farmer when skiing off trail at Platty.

I live in the NoVa/DC suburbs and a typical year consists of mostly daytrips to the local Snowtime resorts (Whitetail, Liberty, Roundtop) and a weeklong or longer if possible trip west. During the 12/13 and 13/14 seasons I managed to get in long weekend trips with the wife and kids to...

^^^ This. I went from skiing to snowboarding when I was about 40 and I don't think I could do it if I started learning today some 10 years later. Once you get to the point where you can stand up on a snowboard you start the snowboard equivalent of the snowplow where you face downhill with your...

Nobodys mentioned liftopia, not cheap but an improvement on the window rate https://www.liftopia.com/killington/killington-1-day-lift-tickets

I would have just smiled at the guy and said, "MRG, poach it if you can".

I ski and snowboard so maybe I could check "other" and write in "bi-boardinal". I skied Deer Valley and Alta way back in the day before snowboarding was allowed anywhere. I'm firmly in the "meh" camp for those resorts that continue to ban snowboarding. I could never go back to either of...

Well I guess this shows my ignorance of MRG, I used the think the "ski it if you can" slogan was taken literally, as in we're so old school we don't even make snow here so we may not be open, rather than a challenge to a skiers ability to ski it.

The season's over for me, my kids spring sports seasons are under way and even if I wanted to go it's a long drive to any place that's still open. Although I wish I would have gotten more days in than the dozen I got I'd have to give this season an A. Although the west didn't get a lot of snow...