St. Bear
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Where do they get these quotes? Re: Waterville
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SKI Magazine 2014 Best Ski areas in the East
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Smellytele
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birthplace of freestyle skiing is on the sign when you drive up there.
St. Bear
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Really? What does that refer to?
fbrissette
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This is absolutely mind-boggling to me too.
x10003q
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How can you not understand? Let's see - banana belt terrain vs anything else on the list. Its a no brainer. Who doesn't love 500ft vertical runs all day? Those runs at Whiteface and Stowe (and everywhere else) are too long and tiring.
The surprising thing about this years top 20 is HV's Pennsylvanian cousin Seven Springs failed to make the list.8)
from_the_NEK
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It is the best area within a 160 mile radius of: Cleveland, Buffalo, Rochester, Pittsburg, and Erie. Lots of voting potential there. Syracuse is also in that 160 mile bubble but it is borderline with distance to the ADKs and CTSKLS resorts.
fbrissette
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I understand that, but you nevertheless have be intellectually dishonest to put Holiday Valley in the top 5 of that list.
x10003q
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Exactly.
The terrain is not worthy of the list despite the votes.
bdfreetuna
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This list reminds me a lot of Guitar Magazine's "Top 100 Guitar Solos" and lists like "Top 5 Ways To Please Your Man in Bed"
Probably all written by the same asshat
Probably all written by the same asshat
Edd
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Seems more truthful to calling the list "Most Popular" instead of "Best".
I've been to all but 5 of these places. That alone disqualifies me from voting if we're talking about what the best is, and even then it's ridiculously subjective.
I've been to all but 5 of these places. That alone disqualifies me from voting if we're talking about what the best is, and even then it's ridiculously subjective.
Smellytele
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Waterville Valley is the Birthplace of Freestyle Skiing. Waterville Valley was the first ski area to offer freestyle instruction, with the freestyle program formed in 1969. In 1970, Tom Corcoran and Doug Pfei ffer, editor of Skiing Magazine, organized the First National Open Championships of Freestyle Skiing at Waterville Valley.
skiNEwhere
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Funny how the article is supposed to be their latest ranking to date, but the picture of Mt.Snow clearly is from a couple of years ago (old Yan chairs on GSE)
ss20
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Yeah, I was thinking that too. You'd also think they'd show the bubble lift instead. Guess Mt. Snow didn't bribe Ski enough :lol:
steamboat1
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Pleeeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzze!
MadMadWorld
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There is more to skiing then HSQ and crowded trails friendo
St. Bear
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Learn something new everyday. I went on their website yesterday, but couldn't find anything. Maybe I didn't look hard enough, but you thinkt hey'd be marketing the hell out of that history.
steamboat1
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I agree. But to give a ski area with an antiquated lift system, poor snow making & grooming a #1 ranking doesn't make sense either.
Even MRG replaced the single chair & Sunnyside double with new lifts.
I skied Smuggs once and while the terain is very nice, waiting 20+ minutes in line for each ride back up sucked. If they didn't bring in the crowds, then 3 antique doubles on the main mountain would be fine, but that is not the case.
Heck, I don't mind riding the antique double at Mt Abram because you rarely have a long lift line.
High speed quad giving access to 2k vert in 6 minutes at Wildcat is the best.
dlague
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Yup! Liked Jay when it was a best kept secret and the chgnages had not started - still ski it though!
As far as the list is concerned - do not agree with it! Sunday River #11, Killington #8 and Sugarbush #7?
MadMadWorld
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Well they replaced them with the same thing but that's besides the point. I hear the argument but it would be impossible to keep the weekend/holiday lift ticket at $66 if they added more expansive snowmaking and faster lifts. They keep snowmaking cost down by limiting uphill access which also helps to preserve the great natural terrain off Madonna. If they had a HSQ, all of those trails would rarely be open. Also, because it's a double the lift can be much lower and run in much windier conditions than say the Four Runner at Stowe. I think the biggest driver for Smuggs is differentiating themselves from their friends on the other side of the notch. If they jacked up their prices and added a HSQ, what makes them different from Stowe? This has been argued before but I would have no problem with Smuggs turning either/both Madonna or Sterling into a triple. I would even be okay with maybe turning Sterling into a HSQ. But I hope they never make Madonna into a HSQ
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