Proximity to New York City

[highpeaksdrifter]

Okay which of these ski resorts, in terms of driving distance from NYC is the best? Have at it...

Using answers in the 2,500+ vert thread as a guideline I’d have to choose Squaw Valley as the closest to NYC.

It has 4000 skiable acres, avg. annual snowfall is 450 inches, it has the legendary Palisades.

 

[andyzee]

Huh?

 

[Greg]

This poll is fundamentally flawed...

 

[awf170]

No Mountain Creek. This poll is flawed.

 

[SnowRider]

Never been to any of them, but I hear Stowe is a lot of fun.

 

[eroth]

Pound for Pound, A Basin is about as baller as a ski mountain gets. A Basin is a training ground for many of Colorado's best big mountain skiers. If you're into park, try nearby breckenridge of keystone. A Basin makes up for it's small stature with very challenging runs, out of bounds access, and the famous East Wall. The mountain attracts mostly expert level skiers, and the scenary is jaw dropping.

 

[Tin Woodsman]

Okay which of these ski resorts, in terms of driving distance from NYC is the best? Have at it...

Using answers in the 2,500+ vert thread as a guideline I’d have to choose Squaw Valley as the closest to NYC.

It has 4000 skiable acres, avg. annual snowfall is 450 inches, it has the legendary Palisades.

I believe HPD is using a little sarcasm to illustrate his frustration with the results of the 2,500+ vert poll. Unfortunately for him, he doesn't appear to realize that the poll wasn't asking people which mountain had the biggest vertical. That's quite obviously Whiteface.

If vertical drop were everything, then Panorama in BC with its 3,800' vertical drop would be on the radar of most skiers. It isn't. That's b/c, like Whiteface, it gets a fraction of the snow that other ski areas in the region get. With the exception of Sugarloaf, the other areas with large vertical all get 50% or more snowfall per year than Whiteface. In addition, their on-trail and off-piste skiable acreage are orders of magnitude larger. Whiteface is a great mountain, but it ain't all about vertical, and only vertical.

 

[Marc]

Okay which of these ski resorts, in terms of driving distance from NYC is the best? Have at it...

Using answers in the 2,500+ vert thread as a guideline I’d have to choose Squaw Valley as the closest to NYC.

It has 4000 skiable acres, avg. annual snowfall is 450 inches, it has the legendary Palisades.

Put the hash pipe down, brotha.

 

[Greg]

I believe HPD is using a little sarcasm to illustrate his frustration

HPD? Sarcasm? No way........I never would have believed it... :lol:

 

[AHM]

Hit it in a power dump and that change it all...........

I believe HPD is using a little sarcasm to illustrate his frustration with the results of the 2,500+ vert poll. Unfortunately for him, he doesn't appear to realize that the poll wasn't asking people which mountain had the biggest vertical. That's quite obviously Whiteface.

If vertical drop were everything, then Panorama in BC with its 3,800' vertical drop would be on the radar of most skiers. It isn't. That's b/c, like Whiteface, it gets a fraction of the snow that other ski areas in the region get. With the exception of Sugarloaf, the other areas with large vertical all get 50% or more snowfall per year than Whiteface. In addition, their on-trail and off-piste skiable acreage are orders of magnitude larger. Whiteface is a great mountain, but it ain't all about vertical, and only vertical.

TW: I have hit all the areas, but Squaw (and Hunta, as I do not ski hunta), in power dumps, and with equivalent snow I'll take Pano over all of them. The expert rocks, much steeper than Alta and Abasin, the tayton bowl area is huge as is the whole extreme dream (hate the term), love the unmarked 70 foot cliffs and for views, Pano makes Abasin look like Hunta.......................but if it's all about verts, then it quickly moves to the off piste benchmark and that is La Grave. The scenery is the best, the town is better than any of the others, and the hill packs in 7500 verts of real big mountain terrain.AHM

 

[BeanoNYC]

I think a better poll would be mountains within "Quick Striking Distance" from NYC:

Mountain Creek
Hunter
Windham
Belleayre
Ski Sundown

These would be the contenders.

Hunter, my pick.

 

[kingslug]

Alta.

 

[marcski]

I think a better poll would be mountains within "Quick Striking Distance" from NYC:

Mountain Creek
Hunter
Windham
Belleayre
Ski Sundown

These would be the contenders.

Hunter, my pick.

Add Plattekill, Catamount and Jiminy to the pool.

 

[BeanoNYC]

Add Plattekill, Catamount and Jiminy to the pool.

True .... but would you consider Jiminy within striking distance?

 

[Geoff]

That one's really a no-brainer. AltaBird wins hands down based on quantity & quality of snow combined with diversity of terrain. Sqwallywood is a great mountain... I have a bunch of ex-Killington friends who located there... the best way to describe it is "a mini Whistler". If you despise Killington, you probably won't like Squaw since it has a lot of the same big, brash ambiance. My ABasin days are limited to May & June days. A good mountain but nothing like the sheer scale of AltaBird or Squaw. It's not fair to put any eastern resort on the same list with western hills. Stowe is fine for what it is. Huntah suffers from being far too close to NYC.

 

[NYDrew]

Duh, hunter. Stowe is at that distance where some drive and some fly. All the rest are straight up flying distance. If you replace flight time with car time, then those out west are better becuase flying to hunter is pointless.

Flawed poll, sorry.

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

Duh, hunter. Stowe is at that distance where some drive and some fly. All the rest are straight up flying distance. If you replace flight time with car time, then those out west are better becuase flying to hunter is pointless.

Flawed poll, sorry.

Don't be sorry, the poll went just as I hoped.

 

[pizza]

This poll is fundamentally flawed...

yeah - there's no andyzee option..



-steve

 

[andyzee]

yeah - there's no andyzee option..



-steve

Steve, is this really that important to you?
If so, why?

 

[pizza]

Steve, is this really that important to you?
If so, why?

because it's funny. no offense.