Another list post...what mountains/resorts have you skied/boarded EVER?

[jaytrem]

When I left Denver this Spring my flight was overbooked, US Air offered a $475 voucher to anyone willing to switch to a later flight. Now I wish I'd taken the offer, could've made for a very cheap trip next season.

Just sign up for a credit card that gives you miles and you can fly for free. Assuming you have good credit the credit card companies will pretty much throw money at you. You still have plenty of time to get it done. It is good to book early, more likely to get flights on popular days. Off the top if my head, here's a list of places I've flown for free in the last 10 years (with no work related miles). St George UT, Bozeman, Jackson Hole, Charlotte, Vancouver, Calgary twice, Vail, Denver 3 times, SLC, Albuquerque twice, San Fran twice, LA twice, Seattle, Portland, Cleveland/Cincy, St Louis, Atlanta/Pensacola, Scotland, Switzerland, Portugal.

 

[jimk]

Just sign up for a credit card that gives you miles and you can fly for free. Assuming you have good credit the credit card companies will pretty much throw money at you. You still have plenty of time to get it done. It is good to book early, more likely to get flights on popular days. Off the top if my head, here's a list of places I've flown for free in the last 10 years (with no work related miles). St George UT, Bozeman, Jackson Hole, Charlotte, Vancouver, Calgary twice, Vail, Denver 3 times, SLC, Albuquerque twice, San Fran twice, LA twice, Seattle, Portland, Cleveland/Cincy, St Louis, Atlanta/Pensacola, Scotland, Switzerland, Portugal.

Well played sir! Looking back at my list only five airplane flights involved across four decades; two to CA, one to UT, one to CO, one to Europe. All other visits made via driving including numerous trips of ~4000 miles or more. So much fossil fuel:roll: I have good credit, but wife and I are adverse to shuffling lots of credit cards. We use a couple that give cash rebates. I don't do any qualifying biz travel for air miles.

 

[jaytrem]

I have good credit, but wife and I are adverse to shuffling lots of credit cards.

Thanks, I admit though, it's definitely not for everybody. I've got it down to such a system it's almost no effort. Between my wife and I, we get a new credit card every 3 months. Adds up to a lot of money, and tax free no less. For anybody who want's to get out west but can't quite afford it, I can't recommend it enough. Of course you do have to be responsible and be able to pay your bill every month. That can be tough for some people, they'll get a credit card and spend spend spend.

 

[4aprice]

Though I enjoy seeing where people have been, my list would be so long eyes would glaze over. Including many areas that no longer exist I was up close to a hundred the last time I counted and I've added since then. Got a hill with lifts and snow on it? I'm going to try it if I get the chance.

Alex

Lake Hopatcong, NJ

 

[jimk]

Though I enjoy seeing where people have been, my list would be so long eyes would glaze over. Including many areas that no longer exist I was up close to a hundred the last time I counted and I've added since then. Got a hill with lifts and snow on it? I'm going to try it if I get the chance.

Alex

Lake Hopatcong, NJ

I'd love to hear some of your anecdotes about the most bizarre, beautiful or unforgettable places/days/runs.

I agree, however, lists alone can be a bit tiresome. I post mine online every few years mostly for posterity in case my computer blows-up and I want to find another copy. I've skied with an older, regular recreational skier who posts on EpicSki and claims to have visited over 300 ski areas! I would like to see his list just to get my head around all the more obscure places he must have visited to get a number that high. He's a nice guy, but strikes me as the type who conserves his gray matter for other things than compiling a list.:-D

 

[jaytrem]

I've skied with an older, regular recreational skier who posts on EpicSki and claims to have visited over 300 ski areas! I would like to see his list just to get my head around all the more obscure places he must have visited to get a number that high. He's a nice guy, but strikes me as the type who conserves his gray matter for other things than compiling a list.:-D

Since he's an older guy it's not too crazy a number. There used to be a lot more places around. Take frequent Snowjournal (and sometimes AZ) poster Joshua Segal for example. I bet the number of places he's been to that no longer exist is well above 50, and most of those were in the east.

 

[ScottySkis]

Vail Stemboat.
Mount St Anne
Sunday River
Wildcat Canno
Sugarloaf

Stratton
Okemo

Jimin
Catalount
Bretton Woos
Killington
Gore
Elk
Cambleback

Plattekilll
Hunter
Alta
Snowbird
Soltute
Brigton
Vernon Valley
Mountain Creek
Mountsnow
Sugarbush
Stowe
Bolton Valley
Smuggs
Bellaire
Windham

 

[bigbog]

Late starter TOG = "LSTOG"

MA:
Blue Hills(front & backside! ;-))
Wachusett
Nashoba

ME:
Sunday River
Sugarloaf
off-resort/backcountry:
Piscataquis county: JoMary, Farrar & Female Mtns, Mt. Veto & Moose Bosom<--a very strange PCness of the Bosom(imho)...from Squaw's(pre-70s) to Moose's:-o.
Somerset county: Green, Coburn Mtns.

NH:
Attitash
Bretton Woods
Cranmore
Crotched
Loon
Wildcat
Waterville
off-resort:
Presidential Range: Tux/GOS

VT:
Killington
Stratton
Magic

 

[Not Sure]

Pa.
Apple Hill...........DOA
Jack Frost
Big Boulder
Blue Mountain
Doe Mountain.....Bear Creek
Hahn Mountain......DOA
Shawnee
Camelback
Elk

New York
Hunter
Greek Peak

Vermont
Okemo
Stowe
Smuggs
Killington
Pico
Sugarbush
Glen Ellen

NH
Gunstock
Waterville
Loon
Cannon/Mttersill
Wildcat

Maine
Sugarloaf

Canada
Mount St Anne
Tremblat
Lake Loise
Sunshine Village

Back Country
NH
Tucks
Pa.
Jim Thorpe
Canada
Heli Ski Kootenay Mountains

 

[granite]

PLACES I HAVE SKIED, TOTAL OF 66 INCLUDING 3 X-COUNTRY AREAS AND 4 I FORGET THE NAMES OF.

PA
BOYCE PARK, SEVEN SPRINGS, CAMP T. FRANK SOLES, LAUREL MT. STATE PARK, HIDDEN VALLEY, WILDWOOD HIGHLANDS

WV
SNOWSHOE

VT
BURKE MOUNTAIN, JAY PEAK, LYNDON OUTING CLUB, KILLINGTON, STOWE, SUGARBUSH, MOUNT SNOW, STRATTON, OKEMO, BROMLEY, SMUGGLERS, MAD RIVER GLEN, PICO, GLEN ELLEN, HAYSTACK

NY
WHITEFACE

NH
LOON, WATERVILLE, CANNON, WILDCAT, PATS PEAK, TUCKERMAN'S, RAGGED MOUNTAIN, BRETTON WOODS, ATTITASH, GREAT GLEN, GUNSTOCK, CROTCHED MOUNTAIN, FRANCONIA X-COUNTRY SKI TRAILS, TUCKERBROOK, LINCOLN WOODS X-COUNTRY SKI TRAILS

ME
SUNDAY RIVER, SUGARLOAF

MA
WACHUSETTS

CO
VAIL, COPPER, BEAVER CREAK, KEYSTONE, STEAMBOAT, A-BASIN, LOVELAND, SKI COOPER, ONE OUTSIDE GRAND JCT, ST MARY'S GLACIAR

EUROPE
ZERMATT, VERBIER, VAL D'ISERE, TIGNES

CA
MAMMOTH

UT
SNOWBIRD

CANADA
MT TREMBLANT, 3 IN THE LAURENTIANS, MONT STE ANNE, LE MASIFF, MONT ORFORD

The most unusual place I ever skied was Camp T. Frank Soles in Rockwood, PA in the Laurel Mountains. It's not too far from Seven Springs. It's a YMCA camp and I went there on a winter weekend church outing. They had a single poma lift that went up about 500 verticle feet. It broke down after about 2 hours the one and only day I skied there. No grooming and no snowmaking and the few trails did not have any names. I wonder if the lift is still there and if they still ski there.

 

[ceo]

Not a huge list for over 40 years of skiing. Need to work on that. Roughly chronological within each state:

NH:
Waterville
Crotched (pre-closure)
Onset/Bobcat (pre-merger)
Cannon
Mittersill (pre-closure)
Loon
Sunapee
Bretton Woods
Tenney (closed)
Wildcat

VT:
Smugglers' Notch (then Madonna)
Sugarbush
Glen Ellen (pre-merger)
Mad River Glen
Killington
Stowe
Burke

ME:
Shawnee Peak
Sugarloaf
Sunday River

MA:
Nashoba
Bradford
Wachusett

ID:
Sun Valley

WY:
Jackson Hole

France:
Serre-Chevalier

 

[wa-loaf]

There's a list somwhere in another similar thread. I just updated my Liftopia app and I'm at 56 areas in 4 countries.

 

[Domeskier]

Vernon Valley
Mountain Creek

I call list padding!:smile:

 

[steamboat1]

There's a list somwhere in another similar thread.

I know I did this once before in another thread on either this site or another site. I can't find it & I'm not going to try to remember them all again. Can't remember the number of areas I had but it was pretty high. Many of them areas that don't exist anymore.

 

[deadheadskier]

merged the two

 

[wa-loaf]

merged the two

There it is: Bolded Items new to the list since I last posted it.

ME
Sugarloaf
Sunday River
Big Squaw
Saddleback
Eaton Mt
Colby Ski Hill (now on Nelsap)

MA
Wachusett
Nashoba
Berkshire East
Ski Ward

NH
Cannon
Waterville Valley
Loon
Wildcat
Ragged
Pats
Gunstock
Sunapee

VT
Stow
MRG
Sugarbush
Killington
Smugs
Mt Snow
Stratton
Okemo
Burke (pre Q)
Magic

NY
Hunter

CO
Vail
Copper
Keystone
A-basin
Breckenridge
Telluride
Ski Cooper (Snowcat skiing)
Beaver Creek
Loveland


UT
Alta
Snowbird
Brighton
Solitude
The Canyons
Park City
Deer Valley

CA
Kirkwood
Sierra Summit
1 place owned by Mormons near Tahoe, I don't remember the name.
(headed to Tahoe this season and will have some new ones here)
Heavenly
Northstar

Europe
Garmisch/Zugsptize
Hintertux/Tuxertal
StubaiTal
Kitzbuhel
(a few other random Austrian areas)
St Moritz
Klosters/Davos

 

[steamboat1]

merged the two

Thanks for merging the two but this is not the thread I did it in. Thread started in 2008, I didn't join this site till 2011.

 

[skinowworklater]

Rhode Island
Yawgoo Valley
Pinetop

Mass
Mt Tom
Berkshire East
Wachusett

Vermont
Mt Snow
Mt Ascutney
Okemo
Killington
Pico Peak
Stratton
Burke
Jay Peak
Sugarbush
Mad River Glen

New Hampshire
Attitash
Cannon
Waterville Valley
Loon
Brenton Woods
Wildcat
Ragged
Tenny
Cranmore

Maine
Sunday River
Sugarloaf

Utah
Powder Mt
Snowbasin
Canyons
Park City
Brighton
Solitude
Alta
Snowbird

Colorado
A-basin
Keystone
Breckinridge
Beaver Creek
Vail
Winterpark

Wyoming
Jackson Hole
Grand Targee

Canada
Lake Louise
Sunshine Village
Kicking Horse

 

[spiderpig]

Vermont:
Okemo
Stratton
Bromley
Magic
Killington
Pico
Sugarbush
Smuggler's Notch
Stowe
Mount Snow
Mount Ascutney

New Hampshire:
Loon
Waterville Valley
Mount Sunapee

New York:
Windham
Bellayre
Hunter
Thunder Ridge

New Jersey:
Mountain Creek

Pennsylvania:
Camelback
Blue Mountain
Shawnee

Massachusetts:
Butternut
Catamount
Jiminy Peak
Bousquet

Connecticut:
Mohawk
Mount Southington
Sundown

Colorado:
Steamboat

 

[darent]

NH
waterville
cannon
mittersill
loon
sunapee
brettom woods
wildcat
king pine
black
cranmore
attitash
VT
killington
pico
okemo
stratton
magic
mt snow
haystack
burke
jay
smuggs
sugarbush
stowe

ME
sugarloaf
sunday river

The rest
jackson hole
grand targhee
steamboat
copper
keystone
winter park
eldora
snowbird
alta
solitude
park city
deer valley
canyons
timberline
mt hood meadows
mt bachalor
snow king
kirkwood
perfect northern slopes
cortina