MV Frank
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Hey guys,
I've said in the past that I'd post on AlpineZone when there any major updates on Mountain Vertical. Well...big update here. This has been a long work in progress but we finally finished reporting REAL stats for NEW ENGLAND ski mountains.
Check it out --
mountainvertical.com/biggest-skiing-in-new-england.html
Within this set, some ski areas are actually pretty honest (for example, I'll give cred to Stowe for only reporting fall-line vert on their site, when they could easily exaggerate)...but the vast majority inflate their mountain stats in some way. For example, tons of ski areas measure to the base of their lowest parking lot. Some even measure to the base of the lowest parking lot AND THEN round up to the next hundred (come on...). So this is about reporting what's real, from an independent source.
In this update, we used USGS and other sources to check up on 61 ski areas.
Below, I'll call out a few notables from this big New England update:
Sugarloaf -they claim 2820 ft of vertical...MV reports 2410 ft (snubber inflates their stat by ~400 ft...the rest is very legit fall line vertical)
-with expansion into brackett basin, they now legitimately have bragging rights as biggest terrain in the East (in the 800-900 acre range). I was there recently and the new terrain is awesome...
Cannon -they claim 2180 ft (that's the summit to base of mittersill)...MV reports 2089 -- that's fall line to the tram base, whether you take kinsman, tramline, or regular trails all the way down
Smuggs -they play up their numbers and claim 2610 ft...MV reports 2088 ft -- that excludes the connector to morse mtn
Jay Peak -they claim 2153 ft...MV reports 1936 ft -- Huge discrepancy...
Stratton -they claim 2003 ft (when you measure to base of parking lot...), MV reports 1891 ft
Attitash -they claim 1750 ft...MV reports 1662 ft -- conspicuous way of rounding up...
Mt Snow -they claim 1700 ft...MV reports 1589 of actual fall line vertical
Saddleback -they claim 2000 ft...MV reports 1542 ft of actual fall line vertical... (rounded up to the next 1000?)
Magic Mtn -they claim 1700 ft...MV reports 1468 ft -- pretty big discrepancy here
Bretton Woods -they claim 1500 ft...MV reports 1394 ft
Gunstock -they claim 1400 ft...MV reports 1291 ft
Ragged -they claim 1250 ft...MV reports 1105 ft
Wachusett -they claim 1000 ft...MV reports 945 ft
Berkshire East -they claim 1180 ft...MV reports 923 ft -- big discrepancy
oh, and check out our article in the boston globe!
Thanks AZ
I've said in the past that I'd post on AlpineZone when there any major updates on Mountain Vertical. Well...big update here. This has been a long work in progress but we finally finished reporting REAL stats for NEW ENGLAND ski mountains.
Check it out --
mountainvertical.com/biggest-skiing-in-new-england.html
Within this set, some ski areas are actually pretty honest (for example, I'll give cred to Stowe for only reporting fall-line vert on their site, when they could easily exaggerate)...but the vast majority inflate their mountain stats in some way. For example, tons of ski areas measure to the base of their lowest parking lot. Some even measure to the base of the lowest parking lot AND THEN round up to the next hundred (come on...). So this is about reporting what's real, from an independent source.
In this update, we used USGS and other sources to check up on 61 ski areas.
Below, I'll call out a few notables from this big New England update:
Sugarloaf -they claim 2820 ft of vertical...MV reports 2410 ft (snubber inflates their stat by ~400 ft...the rest is very legit fall line vertical)
-with expansion into brackett basin, they now legitimately have bragging rights as biggest terrain in the East (in the 800-900 acre range). I was there recently and the new terrain is awesome...
Cannon -they claim 2180 ft (that's the summit to base of mittersill)...MV reports 2089 -- that's fall line to the tram base, whether you take kinsman, tramline, or regular trails all the way down
Smuggs -they play up their numbers and claim 2610 ft...MV reports 2088 ft -- that excludes the connector to morse mtn
Jay Peak -they claim 2153 ft...MV reports 1936 ft -- Huge discrepancy...
Stratton -they claim 2003 ft (when you measure to base of parking lot...), MV reports 1891 ft
Attitash -they claim 1750 ft...MV reports 1662 ft -- conspicuous way of rounding up...
Mt Snow -they claim 1700 ft...MV reports 1589 of actual fall line vertical
Saddleback -they claim 2000 ft...MV reports 1542 ft of actual fall line vertical... (rounded up to the next 1000?)
Magic Mtn -they claim 1700 ft...MV reports 1468 ft -- pretty big discrepancy here
Bretton Woods -they claim 1500 ft...MV reports 1394 ft
Gunstock -they claim 1400 ft...MV reports 1291 ft
Ragged -they claim 1250 ft...MV reports 1105 ft
Wachusett -they claim 1000 ft...MV reports 945 ft
Berkshire East -they claim 1180 ft...MV reports 923 ft -- big discrepancy
oh, and check out our article in the boston globe!
Thanks AZ
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