Ski's Top 10 East Prediction Thread

[highpeaksdrifter]

Why people want their favorite hills to be in this useless gaper Top Ten listing is beyond me. The higher a hill ranks in this list, the higher the chance that it will be overrun by a bunch of Range Rover driving, ski gear color coordinating, "oh my god, look at your nails! they came out so nice!" saying New Jersey losers named Court and Brittany. Trust me, I know cause I live in this horrible state.

Besides, how many skiers who's opinions you actually value do you know that vote in these things? 95% of votes that make up this list come from people that care more about the quality of the creppes and the french wine in the nearby resaturants than they do about the quality of the tree skiing.

Ski mag should do us all a favor and stop publishing.

I voted in it for 2 years, then they stopped sending me forms. I don't know how I got picked in the first place. I like it, besides the gear issue it's the only other issue I care if I see. Most voters may not be hard core, but I am. To me it's entertainment, I've never planned a trip by the ratings.

As far as your take on creppes eaters, there would not be a ski industry as we know it without the casual skier and his family. They are the biggest contributer to the cash flow of most any ski resort.

 

[takeahike46er]

Why people want their favorite hills to be in this useless gaper Top Ten listing is beyond me. The higher a hill ranks in this list, the higher the chance that it will be overrun by a bunch of Range Rover driving, ski gear color coordinating, "oh my god, look at your nails! they came out so nice!" saying New Jersey losers named Court and Brittany.

Thankfully, Whiteface is immune to being overrun by casuals more interested in nails. Its too spartan for their taste and it lacks ski-in/ski-out.

 

[mattchuck2]

I remember flipping through an issue in the airport about a year ago and seeing an intstructor article about how to go from skid to carve. Found this a bit humorous. Carving has been around for over a decade, if a reader still hasn't learned how to carve by now, I don't think a 3 step one-pager with a couple of pictures would help. Fools....

What?

You must be in the Homer Simpson School, who wisely said:

"Trying is the first step toward failure"

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

Here’s Ski Magazines Top 10 East resorts from 2006/2007 voted on by a sampling of their readers. How do you think the list will read for 2007/2008?

Tremblant, Quebec, Canada;
Smugglers Notch, Vt.,;
Whiteface, Lake Placid, N.Y.;
Killington, Vt.;
Sugarloaf, Maine;
Stowe, Vt.;
Sunday River, Maine;
Okemo, Vt.;
Holiday Valley, N.Y.,
Bretton Woods, N.H.

Here’s how I think it will read, not necessarily what my personal opinion is.

1.Whiteface – yes I’m a homer, but I’ve got a good feeling this year
2.Stowe – lots of upgrades the general public will like
3.Tremblant – from what I’ve read, infrastructure is going down hill and skier visits are off
4.Sugarbush – always near the top
5.Smuggs – great place, but I think they’ll be lower then last year
6.Killington – too many skier visits not to get votes, even though expectations for coming season seem low
7. Okemo – the masses love it
8. Sugarloaf – location hurts this great mountains appeal to the masses
9. Sunday River – always in the top 10
10. Stratton – big time destination for NYC and Jersey

After doing extensive and exhaustive research I’ve decided to revise my list.

1.Tremblant – from what I’ve read, infrastructure is going down hill and skier visits are off. Folks still love their Epcotlike Alpine Village
2.Smuggs – great place, but I think they’ll be lower then last year. Family programs bring in the votes.
3.Whiteface – yes I’m a homer, but I’ve got a good feeling this year. After the expansion is complete WF will then vault to the top.
4.Stowe – lots of upgrades the general public will like
5..Sugarbush – always near the top
6.Killington – too many skier visits not to get votes, even though expectations for coming season seem low
7. Okemo – the masses love it
8. Sugarloaf – location hurts this great mountains appeal to the masses
9. Sunday River – always in the top 10
10. Stratton – big time destination for NYC and Jersey[/QUOTE]


I further predict that WF’s sister mountain in the ORDA family will crack the top 20 for the first time. Yes, I’m very wise, very wise indeed.

 

[koreshot]

What?

You must be in the Homer Simpson School, who wisely said:

"Trying is the first step toward failure"

No, I am in the realism school. That page is better spent on saying something like this, in big red letters: "If you want to learn how to carve, pay a certified instructor 50 bux for an hour. The chances of us teaching you carve technique via 6 pictures and a few paragraphs are too low to be worth our and your time."

 

[mattchuck2]

This is a little off topic, but I don't really see what your problem with the little instruction snippet is. I mean, maybe "6 pictures and a few paragraphs" isn't enough of an explanation to help you, but it just might be the little kick that someone else needs to go from skidding to carving. A blanket statement like "if a reader still hasn't learned how to carve by now, I don't think a 3 step one-pager with a couple of pictures would help" completely dismisses the ability and drive of thousands of Ski Magazine readers.

Don't get me wrong, I'd rather they take lessons - private lessons, with me. I'm an instructor after all. But any way that people can learn to ski is fine by me . . . If the magazine is getting more people skiing better, I have no problem with that.

 

[koreshot]

Yes, my statement was blanket, but thats how it works when you rant . It is possible that someone might actually get something good out of a how to carve one pager, but chances are pretty low. Thats why I find it humorous that Ski still insists on having these types of things when their effectiveness is questionable. I am sure it helps some people, but most probably just get more frustrated.

Those pages would be better spent on other ski related content, even if it says "if you still can't carve, you are missing out big - you really really need to learn this technique and the fastest way to do it is to hire an instructor"

 

[kingslug]

WHAT!!!!!! Hunter didn't make the list........I'm shocked. Oh yea, nothing but lunatics and crappy terrain. Stratton is just soooooooo much better. These top ten lists are for the birds!!!!!