How far away is your home mountain?

[mattchuck2]

The recent thread about the Maine Pass had me wondering . . . I don't know if this has been brought up before . . .

Those of you whose mountain is futher than, say, 2 hours, do you have a place by your mountain to crash? Or do you commute?

 

[mattchuck2]

For me, Gore is a little over an hour from my house . . .

But if I'm going to be up for more than one day, my fiancee's parents have a place about 25 minutes away.

 

[riverc0il]

Used to be an hour but it is going to be two hours. Two hours is a day trip to me even when skiing two days in a row unless there is a $15 hostel in town.

 

[JohnGD33]

sno mtn is about 15 mins.

 

[kcyanks1]

I don't really have a home mountain, but anywhere I really want to ski is > 4 hours, so I voted for that. Growing up in the suburbs of NYC I skied Gore and my family did have a place about 40 minutes away. We sold that, so now I have to make arrangements at motels/hotels when I go for a weekend. I haven't skied at Gore in a few years since without the advantage of having a place to go near there, I might as well go to VT instead.

 

[Greg]

Sundown is 25 minutes and since I probably ski there the most number of times (usually at least weekly at night or with my daughter on the weekend), I guess I can consider it my home mountain.

 

[wa-loaf]

Wachusett is 15 mins. Sugarloaf 4 hours. For some reason I don't get to Sugarloaf much anymore.

 

[Terry]

Shawnee Peak is my home mt. It is 20 mins from the house, and just 10 mins from work. Thats why I get in so many nights on the slopes.

 

[Hawkshot99]

Jimney Peak is 1.5 hrs, ski there the most. Bellaire is just over an hour, but dont go there to often.

 

[mishka]

Wachusett is 1h 20 mins everything else starts at 2h

 

[Jonni]

Sunapee is 5 minutes away for me when I'm at home and Burke is 10 minutes away when I'm at school. Anything over 2 hours seems far and over 3 isn't worth it for me.

 

[BushMogulMaster]

Well, I guess I'm in the 0-30 minute group, since Mt. Ellen is about a 25 second drive, and a 3 minute walk.

 

[MikeTrainor]

Wildcat is about 2 hours from me. I don't like to go to much over that for a day trip.

 

[big_vert]

2,500 miles.

06-07 season VT - 5 days, Whistler, 14.
05-06 season VT 9 days, Whistler, 14
Previous 5 seasons are similar

Life's too short to ski small yo-yo vertical and garbage "snow".

 

[tirolerpeter]

How Far?

"As the crow flies" my new "home mountain(s)" are about 6 miles away. By road, it will take me about 20 - 30 minutes. I now live in Draper UT about 4 miles from the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon (Alta/Snowbird).

 

[Vortex]

a little over 3 hours to the river. doubling the ride I had to Loon. I will be staying over every weekend.

 

[catskills]

Belleayre, Hunter, Plattekill, and Windham are all under an hour from my house.

 

[andyzee]

Killington 4.5-5 hours. Rent a room in a ski house about .5 hours away from the mountain. With the demise of ASC and the All for One pass, that may change either this season or next.

 

[dmc]

Hunter Mountain... A couple minutes from my door..

 

[skiadikt]

also in that 4.5-5hr range. we stay in rutvegas at a friend's house.