Snow East Magazine Reader Choice Out

SKITODIE · Oct 29, 2010

What do you think?

http://www.snoweastmagazine.com/articles/Reader Survey 2010/SE ReaderSurveyOverallWinners2010.pdf

I'm Hoping Whiteface on top is good for our business, and of course like Lake Placid listed as Best Destination Village, with Great Barrington second, one of my fav towns any season.

Sunday River best Grooming/snowmaking, thoughts?

Edd · Oct 29, 2010

The lists have some head shakers, of course. I like Rangley but I find it hard to believe that it would receive more votes than North Conway. To get that result you'd have to only poll people north of Portland....but then there's Lake Placid at #1.

whitemtn27 · Oct 29, 2010

SKITODIE said:
Sunday River best Grooming/snowmaking, thoughts?

I think first to open is good for some snowmaking props. I don't know if they deserve #1.

Not my favorite mountain, but I would have put Stratton in at least the top 5 for that. The difference between how beat up that place is at the end of the day and first turns the next morning is miraculous.

However, I bet Stratton's perceived quality is lower exactly because it does get so worn out on busy days.

snowmonster · Oct 29, 2010

No Stowe? No Jay? No Smuggs?

gmcunni · Oct 29, 2010

Edd said:
The lists have some head shakers, of course.

yes, but nice to see Magic get a little love.

jrmagic · Oct 29, 2010

Butternut as the #1 favorite under 1100 feet and #2 in Classic Ski resort

I have nothing against the place but c'mon now... It would be intersting to see where the pollsters came from....

billski · Oct 29, 2010

jrmagic said:
Butternut as the #1 favorite under 1100 feet and #2 in Classic Ski resort

I have nothing against the place but c'mon now... It would be intersting to see where the pollsters came from....

We can solve this problem. When the survey opens this year, we post notice right here and flood the responses. 8)

Geoff · Oct 29, 2010

SKITODIE said:
Sunday River best Grooming/snowmaking, thoughts?

In terms of capacity, it's #2 in snowmaking. In my rather limited experience, the quality control is good with few wet guns. #1 to open in October buys you a ton of votes.

I would have thought Okemo was a clear #1 in grooming based on reputation. I suspect that as they've gained skier visits, the place gets more beat up from all the traffic and Saturday/Holiday afternoons aren't what they used to be. When I lived in Portsmouth, NH, I'd grab a weekend day at Sunday River rather than go to Killington when I knew Killington was going to be lousy. I thought they did a much better job grooming after ice storms and such. Part of that is that Sunday River has much more intermediate terrain so the people get spread out more than at KMart.

RustyGroomer · Oct 29, 2010

snowmonster said:
No Stowe? No Jay? No Smuggs?

No Sugarbush? That list is ridiculous.

uke:

2knees · Oct 29, 2010

jrmagic said:
Butternut as the #1 favorite under 1100 feet ..

well, judging by the "real vertical" thread, i think that distinction should go to killington......

EPB · Oct 29, 2010

Why doesn't AZ do its own poll?

billski · Oct 29, 2010

RustyGroomer said:
No Sugarbush? That list is ridiculous. uke:

Seems clear to me that this list is NOT about the skiing or boarding. Serious.

jrmagic · Oct 29, 2010

2knees said:
well, judging by the "real vertical" thread, i think that distinction should go to killington......

LOL the bait has been set...

HowieT2 · Oct 29, 2010

These ski magazine "surveys" are always skewed but this one is remarkably incomprehensible. they must have taken all 10 of the magazines readers, gotten them drunk and taken out the advertisers dart board. GB the top ski town? embarrassing.

billski · Oct 29, 2010

HowieT2 said:
These ski magazine "surveys" are always skewed but this one is remarkably incomprehensible. they must have taken all 10 of the magazines readers, gotten them drunk and taken out the advertisers dart board. GB the top ski town? embarrassing.

After my club meeting on wednesday, they now have 70 readers

things are gonna change next year!

SKITODIE · Oct 31, 2010

HowieT2 said:
These ski magazine "surveys" are always skewed but this one is remarkably incomprehensible. they must have taken all 10 of the magazines readers, gotten them drunk and taken out the advertisers dart board. GB the top ski town? embarrassing.

Agreed! They get a few things on in the mag's and the rest is questionable. Suprised not to see Jay either.

andrec10 · Oct 31, 2010

Windham #7! Have they been to the place! They must have been drunk! The New ASPEN my Ass!!

ski220 · Oct 31, 2010

SKITODIE said:
What do you think?

http://www.snoweastmagazine.com/articles/Reader Survey 2010/SE ReaderSurveyOverallWinners2010.pdf

with Great Barrington second, one of my fav towns any season.

thoughts?

Great Barrington???????? What are you going to ski there? Otis Ridge? Granted, Catamount and Jiminey are close by too.

Just who do they survey?????

madskier6 · Oct 31, 2010

ski220 said:
Great Barrington???????? What are you going to ski there? Otis Ridge? Granted, Catamount and Jiminey are close by too.

Just who do they survey?????

I totally agree with your point. Great Barrington is not a ski town. But Butternut is right there on the outskirts of town. Still a ridiculous conclusion.

Edd · Oct 31, 2010

ski220 said:
Just who do they survey?????

That's the real question. Previous comments comparing the lists to throwing darts at a board make a point.

All of these annual lists are highly subjective anyway but you can usually identify a pattern in them that implies a certain logic. In other words, you can tell which demographic is responding to these surveys. Not the case here.

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