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Nor'easter
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Bristol Mountain is the closest with 1200' of vert. Holiday Valley is about the best deal for the money in Western NY, but only 750' of vert. I thought I had it bad until I started reading the posts in here about some seriously vertically challenged people. Makes me sad to know some of my brothers are suffering so...
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Mama always said skiin' is a part of life...
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My home is Jack Frost Mt. - all 600 feet of it - while the runs are short, they have the best snow in the area, some fairly steep stuff, glades and even cliffs believe it or not...and it's all 10 minutes away from home.:smile: Within 30 to 45 minutes, I could be at Blue (1082 vert) or Sno Mt (1000 vert) and in 1 hour I'm at Elk (1000 very nice vertical feet). While it would be nice to live in Stowe or Lake Placid, I feel very grateful to have so many skiing options so close to home. It's great when you can hit the Mt. each day as part of your daily routine kinda like going to the gym, although MUCH funner.
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Although that runout is pretty fun when those rollers develop on skiers right. You can get some mad steezy :wink: air on those
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If 2 feet of air is mad steezy air...lol...I prefer the big mo-fo booters...bumps on Barneys..and mad steezy speed on Challenge, Razors, an Switchback,,
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It's mad steezy for me
The red coats at Blue have mad steezy fun whistling at everybody...I definitely need to bring a whistle with me this year on closing day and whistle at them for skiing like nubz
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My home mountain has 600ft of vert and 100% machine made snow. It is not mad steazy but at least I have a resort within an hour of my house (actually there are 2 within an hour)
'Home' mountain is Shawnee Peak, 1300' verticle, but I rarely go when Sunday River is only 45 minutes further away.
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If Hunter is vertically challenged at 1600 ft. what is the cut off in most people’s mind for we got vert? Is it 2000 ft.?
I went with Billy last year when we did the '4 ski areas in 3 days' tour for their night ski program. Loved it, nice place. But god damned, what they call a lodge is an insult. Perhaps, 'inner city jr high school cafeteria' is a better label..
I personally don't consider Hunter to be vertically challenged...
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I classify mountains under 1,000' as small. 1-2K are mid-sized and 2K+ are large. Of course, vertical is only one aspect, and certainly not the most important.
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Ohh boy could this open up a debate
The "total vertical" vs. "continuous vertical" question.Personally, I'd consider "big" to start at a continous vertical of greater than 1500 feet. For example, take Killington, while size wise it's big and technically it does have a little over 3,000 of vertical, in reality to me it skis as a half dozen medium sized mountains - I still really enjoy the place, but I wouldn't classify it as a big skiing mountain though. In the East, my 3 favorite "big skiing" mountains would by Wildcat, Sugarloaf and Stowe
living in ct, there really isnt anything worth skiing regularly with the exception of sundown. And i had pretty much given up on that until they (bring in the horse to beat) seeded a bump run. Its not that i have anything against smaller mtns, its just that nothing within an hour of me has anything remotely steep or interesting.
I enjoy bromley, which has the east side even though thats probably only about 700 vert. keeps me happy though. the north face at mt. snow isnt big vert but i can spend a whole day and not get bored. Really want to try berkshire east. sounds like it may be the best small vert mtn close to me, although it probably isnt much closer then snow.
I enjoy bromley, which has the east side even though thats probably only about 700 vert. keeps me happy though. the north face at mt. snow isnt big vert but i can spend a whole day and not get bored. Really want to try berkshire east. sounds like it may be the best small vert mtn close to me, although it probably isnt much closer then snow.
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Probably only 30 minutes closer. If there is a fair amount of natural snow, it's definitely a good option. To me, it has a Magic feel to it, which I know you like. I'll get you there this season...
(You should have joined us last year...)
I agree, very Magic like with the natural terrain open.
And yes you should have gone with us last year, it was very nice!
Ummm...900+ vertical ft is fine with me. Berkshire East and Jiminy are both 1100 and change, Sunapee is a reported 1400, Mt Snow is really 1500, most of the peaks at Sunday River are 1000' or so...
Only when I'm at the Loaf do I get to ski a 'big' mountain...but even there, skiing off the super quad is 1800 vertical ft, skiing off spillway chair is what, 1000 ft? Same for the timberline chair.
I think that given decent pitch and conditions, anything over 900' vertical is more than enough to be worthwhile.
Only when I'm at the Loaf do I get to ski a 'big' mountain...but even there, skiing off the super quad is 1800 vertical ft, skiing off spillway chair is what, 1000 ft? Same for the timberline chair.
I think that given decent pitch and conditions, anything over 900' vertical is more than enough to be worthwhile.
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And they be good vert!
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