Drive Time

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Generally 2.5 for a day trip. This gets me to Catskills or Jiminy. I can get to Sneaux in 3 but I don't like it all that much so why bother. Okemo is a little more than 3say 3:15 and Kton is 3:45 - 4. I did do Kton last April 1 as a day trip, but will not make a habit of that much driving for a single day.

Weekend Limit is 6-7 hours which gets me anywhere in NY, VT, NH, and maybe even ME.

Last Feb. I drove to Saddleback and Sugarloaf, then to Mont Sainte Anne, then Jay Peak, then Home to southern CT. That, my friends, was a lot of dam driving.

Wow that sounds like a cool road trip. Quebec City is awesome..I want to hit up Le Massif sometime..

 

[wintersyndrome]

Used to get on bus trips to snow (5 Hours) for some day-trippin' back in the day. Won't do that as a day trip anymore, maybe 3 hours..but being from LI skiing/snowboarding is usually an overnight thing at the least.

 

[Hawkshot99]

Used to get on bus trips to snow (5 Hours) for some day-trippin' back in the day. Won't do that as a day trip anymore, maybe 3 hours..but being from LI skiing/snowboarding is usually an overnight thing at the least.

Bus trips are totally different from car trips. Sleep all the way there, and all the way back on a bus. Just have to get up early to catch the bus.

 

[twinplanx]

no sleep till Brooklyn?

 

[sledhaulingmedic]

no sleep till Brooklyn?

Actually, I was thinking the other way around.

In College (the second time around) I worked for a bakery driving truck. ("Make Like a bakery truck and haul buns") My gig was loading up Sunday AM North of Boston, making a stop or two on the way (Clinton, Springfield, Milford, CT) and dropping the bulk of the load in Mespeth, or Greenpoint or The Northside and then returning.

Sometimes I would come back early from up North then do this trip. THe first year I did these trips, it snowed like a mopho every weekend. THere were times it took me 20+ hours to run down and back. Yeah. I miss it.

 

[gladerider]

i have done:

day trip - catskills 2.5-3 hours
weekend - 6-7 hours to whiteface depending on road condition ( 12 hour to stowe last season in dumping situation)
week long 11 hours to tremblant

 

[Buckeye Skier 1330]

The closest good skiing for us is 4 to 4.5 hours away in western PA or western MD. We've done day trips to those areas several times over this past few years. Mass quantities of caffiene and Sobe are consumed before heading home. It killed me when our 600 foot vert in southern OH closed a few years ago. Weekends are 5.5 to 6 hours to western NY or WV. Weeklong trips are 10 hours to Albany, stay overnight then another 3 to 4 into Vermont or NH. One year we went clear to Sunday River, with a day trip to the Loaf from there, and that was a little much. That's when gas was cheaper too.

 

[campgottagopee]

Day trip---1.5 Gore
3-4 day---2.5 Whiteface
week or so----5.5 Stowe/Smuggs

I really don't like driving all that much

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

The closest good skiing for us is 4 to 4.5 hours away in western PA or western MD. We've done day trips to those areas several times over this past few years. Mass quantities of caffiene and Sobe are consumed before heading home. It killed me when our 600 foot vert in southern OH closed a few years ago. Weekends are 5.5 to 6 hours to western NY or WV. Weeklong trips are 10 hours to Albany, stay overnight then another 3 to 4 into Vermont or NH. One year we went clear to Sunday River, with a day trip to the Loaf from there, and that was a little much. That's when gas was cheaper too.

Wow that's serious road warrior steeze...when I lived in Montana..people from Minnesota would drive to Bridger Bowl and Big Sky for a weekend..now that's dedication..

 

[twinplanx]

For day trips generally anything south of Albany is fair game though I've car camped it up to southern VT I'd like to make a weekend out of those trips these days. For a week of skiing I'd prefer to just drive to the airport. Bus trips, while somewhat offering the chance to sleep a little can be a head ache as well.