The Results are In! AZ Best Resort in the East Condorcet Poll!

[deadheadskier]

Who really cares about the Eastern Township resorts..

Having driven by them on a QC trip last spring, I'm dying to ski them. They look great. It's inexpensive to ski them and you have awesome off hill culinary experiences available in QC if you choose to do the St. Anne and Massif combo and probably pretty good off hill ski experiences in Magog if you chose Bromont, Sutton etc.

 

[skiersleft]

Random comments:

1. Pico had a very strong showing, as was already mentioned. Makes me wonder how Killington would score if they ever manage to build the interconnect. Will it translate into a much better showing or will it just take away from Pico and not add much to K's ranking amongst AZers?

2. Holiday Valley where it deserves at #48, notwithstanding its high rankings in Ski Mag.

3. Okemo at #21, losing to Gore, Loon, Stratton, Pico, Magic, Burker, etc. Once again, big difference with Ski Mag.

4. Strong showing for Gore at #16. As Adiron Rider pointed out, good showing for NY with Whiteface at #10, Gore at #16 and Hunter at #26.

5. Windham ranks last amongst the Catskill areas. It surprises me that it was beat by Belleayre.

6. The Berkshires beat the Catskills, except for Hunter. Interesting. One would think that Plattekill/Belleayre or Windham beats Berkshire East/Jiminy Peak.

 

[deadheadskier]

I ranked Pico higher than Killington on my list. That's not because I think it has better terrain or lifts. I just enjoy the overall vibe better there; fewer crowds, less attitude; better value......laid back.

I hope the interconnect never happens.

 

[skiersleft]

I ranked Pico higher than Killington on my list. That's not because I think it has better terrain or lifts. I just enjoy the overall vibe better there; fewer crowds, less attitude; better value......laid back.

I hope the interconnect never happens.

I also love Pico's vibe, although I'm a fan of the interconnect. Would you rank K higher, lower or the same if the interconnect were built?

 

[deadheadskier]

It would really depend on the interconnecting terrain. If they threw another Ramshead in between the two areas, meh. If they threw a bunch of classic winding trails and great glades, then I'd love it and i'd rank it higher.

 

[4aprice]

Random comments:

1. Pico had a very strong showing, as was already mentioned. Makes me wonder how Killington would score if they ever manage to build the interconnect. Will it translate into a much better showing or will it just take away from Pico and not add much to K's ranking amongst AZers?

2. Holiday Valley where it deserves at #48, notwithstanding its high rankings in Ski Mag.

3. Okemo at #21, losing to Gore, Loon, Stratton, Pico, Magic, Burker, etc. Once again, big difference with Ski Mag.

4. Strong showing for Gore at #16. As Adiron Rider pointed out, good showing for NY with Whiteface at #10, Gore at #16 and Hunter at #26.

5. Windham ranks last amongst the Catskill areas. It surprises me that it was beat by Belleayre.

6. The Berkshires beat the Catskills, except for Hunter. Interesting. One would think that Plattekill/Belleayre or Windham beats Berkshire East/Jiminy Peak.

Great Job SL. The Catskills are ranked just as I would/did rank them. Plattekill v B East, interesting. (Those two would make a good weekend)

Alex

Lake Hopatcong, NJ

 

[from_the_NEK]

Random comments:

1. Pico had a very strong showing, as was already mentioned. Makes me wonder how Killington would score if they ever manage to build the interconnect. Will it translate into a much better showing or will it just take away from Pico and not add much to K's ranking amongst AZers?

IMO a that question would be moot.

If Killington and Pico are ever interconnected, that would likely mean that Pico no longer exists and everything operated under the Killington name (e.g. Glen Ellen being consumed by Sugarbush)?
In other words, Pico Mountain would become another trail pod of the Beast and Pico Ski Resort would cease to exist.

 

[gmcunni]

I ranked Pico higher than Killington on my list. That's not because I think it has better terrain or lifts. I just enjoy the overall vibe better there; fewer crowds, less attitude; better value......laid back.

I hope the interconnect never happens.

i don't ski Pico a lot but when i do, ^^ this.

 

[Nick]

Bump for the winter crowd

 

[skiersleft]

Bump for the winter crowd

I like the way you think, Nick. One poster was asking about ranking NE resorts. This might help.

 

[xlr8r]

Bump,

I still think this is the most definitive poll of ski resorts in New England. Does anyone know how to set up one of these Condorcet polls. It would be very interesting to do it over again and see how opinions have changed in the last 10 years

 

[PAabe]

I have set up Google surveys and Qualtrics but I don't know if I could pull off the complexity of what was done here

 

[PAabe]

I found the Condorect jaun, seems like it could actually be set up pretty easily and free. Basically ranked-choice for those familiar with that but then pit each against each other as seen in the initial post in this thread.

Condorcet Internet Voting Service

civs1.civs.us

Now the question is who gets included on the list? Every public lift-operated area in the East?

 

[ThatGuy]

Now the question is who gets included on the list? Every public lift-operated area in the East?

That would be quite a long list

 

[PAabe]

Oh I see what they did last time they picked 50 so the poll isn't impossible but they also did one for each state:

Which Resorts Should be Included in New Condorcet Poll?

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[jimk]

Don't believe I participated in this poll. Definitely shows good taste in ski terrain by voters. Glaring outliers are Le Massif and MSA. I would rank those two in the top 15, possibly top 10 for Le Massif.

 

[PAabe]

Aright here is a test poll for Vermont if anyone is interested in taking it. Might be including more ski areas that necessary lol

CIVS Vote: 2022 AZ Best Ski Area in Vermont v1

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Do we consider any current... operational difficulties... in the poll rankings?

 

[Smellytele]

Aright here is a test poll for Vermont if anyone is interested in taking it. Might be including more ski areas that necessary lol

CIVS Vote: 2022 AZ Best Ski Area in Vermont v1

civs1.civs.us

Do we consider any current... operational difficulties... in the poll rankings?

some of those are no longer open Ascutney/ Hermitage

 

[Smellytele]

Brattleboro?

 

[PAabe]

well I copied and pasted the list directly from liftblog because I didn't feel like trying to type them all out and miss one... Ascutney apparently still has a T-bar and was on the list

T-Bar – Brattleboro, VT

Visit the post for more.

liftblog.com

Probably just need to list the major ones I guess