billski
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Looking for a recommendation for SKI-93-region (New Hampshire) resorts with glade areas appropriate for intermediate-level skiers. Suggestions?
Thanks.
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Going on the assumption that intermediate skiers are usually novices in the glades...
Crotched and Pats Peak have some glades that are good for starting out on...low-pitch and nicely spaced out. The novice glades at Pats Peak may have enough cover between now and this weekend when they close, but when I tried one of them out on Sunday there was a crunchy layer on top which made them more difficult to manage.
I didn't go into them, but IIRC Loon has a glade area that is also more novice-friendly. I also saw a gladed area to skiers left of the Valley Run at Waterville that would be fine for intermediates to try out.
Easier glades at Mount Snow for the masses...
The trees on Final Frontier are quite spaced out in spots, and there is a section that they run a groomer through, so I'll give you that...there are some areas just off of the double lift that are a bit closer together, though.Crotcheds glades just plain aren't IMHO. It's a hill with some trees on it. :-D Pat's are nice, but your right, bit crunchy, at least where Sunday.
Easier glades at Mount Snow for the masses...
True, but it's always so crowded...
The trees on Final Frontier are quite spaced out in spots, and there is a section that they run a groomer through, so I'll give you that...there are some areas just off of the double lift that are a bit closer together, though.
Were you at Pats on Sunday? If so, how did you like the crowds? :roll:
I might have tried the glades more but I was trying demo skis so I was more awkward than usual...
All of (Jay Peak's) glades have their own rating system from 1 to 5 stars (green=1, blue=2, black=3+)
I've hiked through those woods at waterville and they are certainly spaced for a intermediate/novice. cannon also has a short glade towards the bottom -on the right side of the mtn that I skied a couple of weeks ago. gunstock has some great glades that my son skied three years ago at 7/8 years old - but I'd worry about cover at this point
Where did you find the "star" rating for Jay's glades?