Top 10 resorts in Eastern North America according to SKI Magazine's readers

[Greg]

Another perrenial thread. This year's results:

1. Mont Tremblant
2. Stowe, Vt.
3. Sugarbush, Vt.
4. Sugarloaf, Maine
5. Whiteface, N.Y.
6. Sunday River, Maine
7. Smugglers Notch, Vt.
8. Okemo, Vt.
9. Holiday Valley, N.Y.
10. Seven Springs, Pa.

Seems a bit more in line with reality than in years past...

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

Another perrenial thread. This year's results:

1. Mont Tremblant
2. Stowe, Vt.
3. Sugarbush, Vt.
4. Sugarloaf, Maine
5. Whiteface, N.Y.
6. Sunday River, Maine
7. Smugglers Notch, Vt.
8. Okemo, Vt.
9. Holiday Valley, N.Y.
10. Seven Springs, Pa.

Seems a bit more in line with reality than in years past...

Yep, you really don't even have to read the responses.

1. I'm glad my favorite mountain isn't listed.
2. How can _____________ be in it.
3. How much they spend in advertising determines rank.

 

[dmc]

Yep, you really don't even have to read the responses.

1. I'm glad my favorite mountain isn't listed.
2. How can _____________ be in it.
3. How much they spend in advertising determines rank.

4. Who gives a flying f...

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

4. Who gives a flying f...

Good point...I forgot that one.

 

[Geoff]

1. Mont Tremblant
2. Stowe, Vt.
3. Sugarbush, Vt.
4. Sugarloaf, Maine
5. Whiteface, N.Y.
6. Sunday River, Maine
7. Smugglers Notch, Vt.
8. Okemo, Vt.
9. Holiday Valley, N.Y.
10. Seven Springs, Pa.

Other than Seven Springs and Holiday Valley which clearly don't belong, that's a pretty realistic list. Other than Okemo, I could spend a season at any of those places.

I think it's quite telling that Killington isn't on the list at all.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Seven Springs..wow..all the residents of Pittsburgh must have banded together..lol..I can't believe Killington didn't make the list..

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

Another perrenial thread. This year's results:

1. Mont Tremblant
2. Stowe, Vt.
3. Sugarbush, Vt.
4. Sugarloaf, Maine
5. Whiteface, N.Y.
6. Sunday River, Maine
7. Smugglers Notch, Vt.
8. Okemo, Vt.
9. Holiday Valley, N.Y.
10. Seven Springs, Pa.

Seems a bit more in line with reality than in years past...

To be truthful I love this thread every year. Usually generates some great debate.

I'm sick of Mt. Tremblant being #1.

 

[Geoff]

I can't believe Killington didn't make the list..

I can. Killington pissed off the people who would normally be voting for it. Killington basically spent zero money on marketing the mountain in the last year.

 

[bvibert]

I'm sick of Mt. Tremblant being #1.

Have you ever been?

 

[eastcoastpowderhound]

3. How much they spend in advertising determines rank.

if that's the case, is that how Nordica got all those good ratings in the Ski/Skiing gear guides? :-D

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I can. Killington pissed off the people who would normally be voting for it. Killington basically spent zero money on marketing the mountain in the last year.

Once they build the new village..they should crack the top 10..

 

[eastcoastpowderhound]

Have you ever been?

I was there last year...belongs on the list, but not at #1...then again, my criteria is diff from the average SKI mag reader's.

 

[Greg]

To be truthful I love this thread every year. Usually generates some great debate.

I'm sick of Mt. Tremblant being #1.

Admit it. What you're most pissed about is Sugarbush edging out Whiteface this year... :razz:

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

Have you ever been?

Yep, my wife loved the place cause of the Epcot Euro village. The village is cool and the mountain is fun in certain spots.

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

Admit it. What you're most pissed about is Sugarbush edging out Whiteface this year... :razz:

Oh Yeah wait till next year. lookout mountain will vault us to #1.

 

[Geoff]

To be truthful I love this thread every year. Usually generates some great debate.

I'm sick of Mt. Tremblant being #1.

Given the vast majority of people voting are intermediates who want a full-blown resort experience, Tremblant deserves that #1 rating. I've never heard an intermediate speak poorly of the place. It's basically Whistler Village with Okemo above it. That's not the terrain I prefer but it's exactly the 'Disney does skiing' experience most of the market wants.

When I took a hard look at changing mountains a few years ago, I'd narrowed it down to Sugar-something or Stowe. As #2, #3, and #4 in that list, I think they belong where they are.

 

[Greg]

Oh Yeah wait till next year. lookout mountain will vault us to #1.

We'll see. The Bush is #1 this year in terrain variety:

http://news.alpinezone.com/36147/

 

[Greg]

We'll see. The Bush is #1 this year in terrain variety:

http://news.alpinezone.com/36147/

And don't you forget. This survey is the "definitive ranking of North American ski resorts". :lol:

 

[Vortex]

I would like to read the review before I comment. Only issue with me is the samll areas being in there. Nothing wrong with a small area, but at some point a bigger mountain or resort would be needed for me.

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

if that's the case, is that how Nordica got all those good ratings in the Ski/Skiing gear guides? :-D

No way dude :smash: My orginal post was referring to what people usually reply to this thread not what the reality is.

How come Silver Springs made it and Blue didn't?