Killington is going to open before Sunday River this season.

[deadheadskier]

Mapquest says 3 hours and 45 min and that is going the speed limit but honestly who does that......

http://www.mapquest.com/#ce50297a176c72b23838cfab

4:34

If you make that trip in 3:45, it's in the middle of night, no traffic, going 80 on the highway

I'm not saying Killington isn't a good mountain I'm just saying.... Sugarloaf is a better mountain for a true skier.

:lol:

I admire your enthusiasm for Sugarloaf, but guess what? "True Skiers" also ski at the likes of Okemo and Bretton Woods.

but don't take my word for it. I have a pass to Gunstock for next season.

 

[Riverskier]

Fair enough, this is a trivial argument anyways. I must of just gotten a bad couple days when I made the jaunts up there from the River. Its not like I do that commute regularly.

No doubt it is a haul. I have heard it takes about the same amount of time from Boston to get to Sugarloaf as it takes to get to Jay. From most points in Mass and Southern/Central Maine it is only an hour further than Sunday River, but once your at Sunday River there is no real quick/direct way to get there, thus the 1:45.

 

[lmgrnjeep]

let me think skiers...hmmm Bode Miller, Kristen Clark.....ooo sorry ill even throw boarders in the mix.... Seth Wescott ring a bell.....

 

[deadheadskier]

lmgrnjeep? Are you a local at Sugarloaf?

If so, I hope you stick around the boards for the winter time and keep us updated with pics and conditions reports from the Loaf.

There are a ton of members here who love the Loaf, but don't get their nearly often enough. The past two years we've held a weekend outing up there with 25 plus folks and it's been a blast. We'll be doing it again next spring.

 

[lmgrnjeep]

Im not a local there but i ski there 50-60 days a year would ski more if i could get weekdays off next year maybe. Parents have a place up there so.... try to ski as much as possible. I have been coming to this board for the past 2 or 3 years just reading the post.... finally decided to give some of my thoughts.... i have some pics and videos from last season and next year will have a lot more... getting into video editing. I usually ski alone so only have pov stuff.... but next year ill have to meet up with you guys if you come up here... i saw you guys had a great time this year....

 

[lmgrnjeep]

Im a Loafer, not really a big fan of "Someday Bigger" but I like how it keeps a lot more people there then up at the loaf more snow for me I only go to SR "The Hills" in October and November to get by legs under me for when the mountain opens.

 

[RENO]

Gotta love a thread gone ugly! :lol:

 

[deadheadskier]

SUITE!!!

as in, do your parents have an extra one for me to crash at at the loaf? :lol:

 

[lmgrnjeep]

doubtful... just taught my girlfriend how to ski last year and this year gonna teach her 3 and 5 year old.... they are absolutely obsessed with the mountain already (my doing) and they wanna get on ski's this year so gonna spend a lot of time with the "family" but obv ill be getting out to Brackett and beyond. I just got a new job at a local community college and will be managing all the courses in the Farmington area so hope for a lot of "Snow Days" during the week

 

[Geoff]

And how does one drive from Killington to Sunday River in under 1:45?

It takes me 3:15. East-West in northern New England is brutal.

 

[lmgrnjeep]

ya the infrastructure in Maine is awful i will say that.... but is a good thing for us Mainers keeps the lift lines down and the snow in tip top shape. but they are redoing the S-Turns on your way to the loaf btw they got brutal this year... and they redid all of 27 last summer and that is in great shape so the drive up is actually smooth and you can enjoy the scenery in stead of dodging pot holes.

 

[deadheadskier]

doubtful... just taught my girlfriend how to ski last year and this year gonna teach her 3 and 5 year old.... they are absolutely obsessed with the mountain already (my doing) and they wanna get on ski's this year so gonna spend a lot of time with the "family" but obv ill be getting out to Brackett and beyond. I just got a new job at a local community college and will be managing all the courses in the Farmington area so hope for a lot of "Snow Days" during the week

very cool

I too was lucky growing up as my parents had a ski home. Though it was at Okemo, would have much preferred it was at Sugarloaf, but I'm not complaining.

I will complain that they retired, sold the place and moved to Florida. :smash:

 

[wa-loaf]

Thats why they invented surface lifts sugarloaf used to have a bunch of them now they only have t#3 and the moosecalator lol they need one to get to the summit. and they should have t#3 extend to spillway cross cut so you can still access the east side without a hike.

T-bar saved our butts on the AZ Summit this year. There was a fair amount of traversing (which really only sucks for snowboarders) but we had access to everything except the summit. Could have hiked that too, but who wants to be up there when the wind is blowing that hard.

 

[Highway Star]

Stowe is best in the east, way better than Sugarloaf.

 

[wa-loaf]

http://www.mapquest.com/#ce50297a176c72b23838cfab

4:34

If you make that trip in 3:45, it's in the middle of night, no traffic, going 80 on the highway

It's a 4 hr trip if you don't get snagged up in Friday traffic at the Hampton tolls. You have to take 295 through Portland since it cuts 15 mins off the ride to Augusta compared to staying on the Maine pike. And saves a buck or two.

 

[deadheadskier]

Stowe is definitely my favorite in the East. Best combination of terrain and natural snow

 

[wa-loaf]

Stowe is best in the east, way better than Sugarloaf.

For trees, steeps. and out of bounds terrain, yes. Just talking about trails, it's probably a wash.

 

[deadheadskier]

It's a 4 hr trip if you don't get snagged up in Friday traffic at the Hampton tolls. You have to take 295 through Portland since it cuts 15 mins off the ride to Augusta compared to staying on the Maine pike. And saves a buck or two.

Hampton tolls are a breeze these days. It's route 1 that's a sh$t show from 3-6:30. I deal with it 3 days a week commuting home from Boston

 

[lmgrnjeep]

ya the need another tbar going to the summit. once they extend timberline chair down to bullwinkles in the next 2 years. and destroy/demolish the gondola building. then i would say but a tbar between tote road ext. and Narrow Gauge extension. going to a lift house where the gondola building was. if spillway/skyline is as wind resistand as they say then this tbar would work great.

 

[wa-loaf]

ya the need another tbar going to the summit. once they extend timberline chair down to bullwinkles in the next 2 years. and destroy/demolish the gondola building. then i would say but a tbar between tote road ext. and Narrow Gauge extension. going to a lift house where the gondola building was. if spillway/skyline is as wind resistand as they say then this tbar would work great.

Timberline used to be a t-bar. It's too bad they took it out.