Ski area similarities game

[WoodCore]

Mad River Glen, the ski area next to Sugarbush in the Mad River Valley.

Mt Eyak, Alaska...... has a single chairlift!

 

[Geoff]

Mt Eyak, Alaska...... has a single chairlift!

Stowe. I remember riding their single chair in -20F with an army blanket poncho wrapped around my boots and two ponchos over my body.

 

[WoodCore]

Stowe. I remember riding their single chair in -20F with an army blanket poncho wrapped around my boots and two ponchos over my body.

Mount Sunapee.....Single chair and blankets....

 

[Dr Skimeister]

Mount Sunapee.....Single chair and blankets....

Sun Valley, ID-First chairlift anywhere, a single

 

[deadheadskier]

Clinton Gilbert's Farm, Woodstock, VT. First ski lift of any kind in the US.

 

[Philpug]

Clinton Gilbert's Farm, Woodstock, VT. First ski lift of any kind in the US.

Timber Hill, first place I had a seasons pass.

 

[eastcoastpowderhound]

Timber Hill, first place I had a seasons pass.

Squaw Valley, first winter olympics in the US

 

[WoodCore]

Squaw Valley, first winter olympics in the US

FYI, The first Winter Olympic games held in the U.S. where at Lake Placid, NY in 1932 but the 1960 games at Squaw Valley where the first in the states to have alpine skiing events.

Yawgoo Valley, RI........:smash:

 

[Geoff]

Yawgoo Valley, RI........:smash:

Pine Top, RI... A NELSAP place now. A couple of T-bars with blue plastic track up the lift line where they'd shovel snow. My sister got nailed in the eye loading a T-bar and had a whopper shiner for a month or so.

 

[WoodCore]

Pine Top, RI... A NELSAP place now. A couple of T-bars with blue plastic track up the lift line where they'd shovel snow. My sister got nailed in the eye loading a T-bar and had a whopper shiner for a month or so.

Mohawk Mountain, CT......Home of the "Cathedral Pines" until the tornado of 1989.

 

[Geoff]

Mohawk Mountain, CT......Home of the "Cathedral Pines" until the tornado of 1989.

Heavenly Valley. Home mountain of Glen Plake and his flamboiant hair styling.

 

[WoodCore]

Heavenly Valley. Home mountain of Glen Plake and his flamboiant hair styling.

Angel Fire, NM............

 

[Geoff]

Angel Fire, NM............

Ski Santa Fe. My favorite New Mexico ski area.

 

[arik]

Ski Santa Fe. My favorite New Mexico ski area.

Taos, both named after nearby town and both in NM

 

[WoodCore]

Taos, both named after nearby town and both in NM

Magic Mountain, VT.........Both founded by Swiss immigrants, Ernie Blake and Hans Thorner respectively!

 

[Philpug]

Taos, both named after nearby town and both in NM

Alta, another 4 letter mountain.

 

[Geoff]

Alta, another 4 letter mountain.

Deer Valley. Another resort that bans snowboarding.

 

[WoodCore]

Deer Valley. Another resort that bans snowboarding.

...Didn't Taos give in to snowboarders this year??

 

[Geoff]

...Didn't Taos give in to snowboarders this year??

Yes. As of March 19th, 2008.

Deer Valley

 

[Dr Skimeister]

Deer Valley

Sun Valley-phenomenal, albeit highly priced lodge cafeteria food