awww how cute. i bet you guys make a nice couple.
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SKI Magazine: Ten Best East Coast Resorts
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awww how cute. i bet you guys make a nice couple.
campgottagopee
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That's all you got??? How lame :lol:
He used to have some decent come backs. Recently they are as weak as his arms.
tjf and i dont get along. other then that, the specifics would make a grade school fight seem mature.
campflomax, not sure. I think he just likes to feel included.
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campgottagopee
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hehehehehehe
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Yeah Ive been to Aspen....and Telluride....and I live in Jackson...
Lake Placid still beats them all in terms of being the best "ski town" IMO.
Aspen is cool and all until you look at your bank account after the trip. At least you can get in and out of LP on a middle class wage. Olympics, LAKES, the ADK has Aspen beat.
Lake Placid still beats them all in terms of being the best "ski town" IMO.
Aspen is cool and all until you look at your bank account after the trip. At least you can get in and out of LP on a middle class wage. Olympics, LAKES, the ADK has Aspen beat.
Geoff
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You really should have a talk with your trust fund administrator. With near-unlimited funds to have paid-for housing, Aspen is kind of a no brainer. I think it's the definitive ski town in the United States. That is why it is not affordable. I think Stowe is the definitive ski town in the east. It is also not particularly affordable though it's dirt cheap relative to Aspen.
riverc0il
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uke:Just my opinion.
I don't think there is a definitive ski town in the east. The towns best known for being "ski towns" in the east have been pretty well corrupted by things that make them no longer ski towns (in my opinion) but rather resort towns or tourist towns. Thus the high costs associated with ski towns. Basically, once a town is called a "ski town" it has pretty much "jumped the shark" as they say.I am looking forward to checking out LP and skiing Whiteface. Hopefully this season. Ideally while the Slides are open so I can take the full measure of the mountain. It definitely seems like one of the "must do" experiences for a skier in the northeast though I won't be staying in LP and doing the tourist thing, just going for the mountain.
what would be the difference between ski town and resort town????
I've never been to lake placid so i can't really comment on that but T-Ride, Aspen, Park City, Jackson....Really? I usually end up in crappy non resort towns like ogden or Montrose but still like to hang out in a town like those every once in a while. They are all pretty classic if you ask me
billski
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when I think resort, it's a self-contained village with lift service nearby. Most often pre-planned, central marketing, sales, lodging, dining. Walk to lifts.
A town is exactly that - a self-sufficient entity with a government, chamber of commerce, stores, residential houses, that could, or had, been independent of the sports activities. take Lake Placid place for example, Several miles away from Whiteface and van Hovenburg, all the bars and restaurants are independently owned and operated.
billski
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Just my opinion.
I am looking forward to checking out LP and skiing Whiteface..
I'd call LP a "winter sports town". There is so much to do from ice skating, hockey, bob sledding, alpine and x-c skiing, dog sledding, sleigh rides, ski flying competition, lots of entertainment and competition. Even if you don't ski but do enjoy other winter sports, you can keep yourself busy either watching or participating. The two-time Olympics allowed the creation of an infrastructure that the town has leveraged to full advantage.
Stowe fits in this bucket too, though to a much lesser extent. I think one tends to stereotype Stowe as a ski town because there is not really a whole heck of other winter outdoor sports to do or watch outside of skiing.
So by that definition, Stowe would be both. Resort at the mountain and a town a five miles down the road.
snowmonster
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I just got my issue of SKI. Wachusett made the list at # 20. Called it the "Vail of feeder hills."
billski
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Strange analogy. Granted their price is high, and the lodge is gorgeous, but really...
drjeff
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I can see that reference, especially if your looking at the volume of skier/rider visits both Vail and Wachusett do every year
gmcunni
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so i'm looking at my new issue of SKI magazine's annual Top 50 Resorts for 2011.... to prove, yet again, these reports are stupid:
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#1 - Deer Valley
# 28 - Alta
I've never been to DV, i have skied Alta... at the end of the report they give you different categories and the rankings.
Alta was #1 for SNOW + OVERALL SATISFACTION
Deer Valley was #1 for GROOMING, SERVICE, ACCESS, ON-MOUNTAIN FOOD, LODGING + DINING
Come on, how does Alta, scoring #1 in snow and overall satisfaction fall to 28? better yet, how does Deer Valley score top honor? did i mention the 3 page fold out ad for deer valley at the end of the article?
Overall -
#1 - Deer Valley
# 28 - Alta
I've never been to DV, i have skied Alta... at the end of the report they give you different categories and the rankings.
Alta was #1 for SNOW + OVERALL SATISFACTION
Deer Valley was #1 for GROOMING, SERVICE, ACCESS, ON-MOUNTAIN FOOD, LODGING + DINING
Come on, how does Alta, scoring #1 in snow and overall satisfaction fall to 28? better yet, how does Deer Valley score top honor? did i mention the 3 page fold out ad for deer valley at the end of the article?
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