Top 5 Favorite Northeast Mountains

[Greg]

We've had a thread like this before, but this thread, http://forums.alpinezone.com/48612-most-popular-mountains.html, inspired me to start a new one. List your top 5 favorites in order:

1. Mad River Glen
2. Sugarbush
3. Magic
4. Sundown
5. Berkshire East

Sugarloaf would normally be in there, but I haven't been there in so long, I almost forget what it's like. I suspect Stowe will show up in this list for me later this season.

 

[4aprice]

Ok I'll vote mine and I'm sure I'll get flamed for some of them.

1. Smugglers Notch (the place I really learned to ski)
2. Stowe Mountain Resort
3. Loon Mountain (I'm sure I'll hear a few shrieks for this one)
4. Bretton Woods (I just think it's a classy place)
5. Tie Wildcat and Cannon

Alex

Lake Hopatcong, NJ

 

[powhunter]

1. killington
2. sugarbush
3. sugarloaf
4.sundown
5. mt. snow

 

[St. Bear]

1. Wildcat
2. Cannon
3. Loon
4. Ragged
5. Killington

Whiteface, Jay, and Sugarbush are all scheduled on the calendar, so this list will change drastically within a month. Maybe Smuggs as well if things work out.

 

[thorski]

1. killington -Can't be beat
2. jay-peak
3. sugarloaf
4. sugarbush
5. M.R.G.

 

[deadheadskier]

1. Stowe
2. MRG
3. Sugarbush
4. Jay
5. Smuggs

These have 'historically' been my favorites. I imagine in the coming years as a NH resident, Cannon and Wildcat will be on that list because I will have the opportunity to ski them more often than my Vermont favorites. Guess that means I make a distinction between 'Favorite' and 'Best' For instance, I would consider Sugarloaf one of the top five best mountains in the East, but it's not on my favorite list as I hardly ever get there. Jay would be the first to drop from the list above because it's been four years since I've skied there, but I have spent a good 10-15 days there over the years and always have a blast.

 

[Dr Skimeister]

in no particular order.....

Stowe, Pico, Gore, Magic, Mt. Snow

 

[campgottagopee]

1.Whiteface
2. Smuggs
3. Stowe
4. Gore
5. Greek Peak

 

[Paul]

Tough to put in order because there's conditions attached...

1. Wildcat
2. Black of NH
3. Magic
4. BEast
5. Attitash

 

[frozencorn]

1. Stowe
2. Sugarbush
3. Wildcat
4. Jay
5. Sunday River

 

[kcyanks1]

We've had this type of thread a million times, but I'll go anyways

1. MRG
2. Sugarbush
3. Stowe
4. Jay
5. Whiteface/Killington

I think that as I ski Stowe more, it may move up on the list. Whiteface v. Killington is tough. In the right conditions with pretty much everything open, I think I like Whiteface more. But if a bunch of things are closed at each place, I think I'm more apt to prefer Killington.

I haven't skied Sugarloaf or Smuggs, both of which I figure are candidates to crack my top 5.

 

[ALLSKIING]

MRG
Sugarbush
Killington
Magic
Pico

 

[Smellytele]

1.Wildcat
2. Cannon
3. MRG
4. Sugarbush
5. Black of NH

5 ones I hate the most
1. Killington
2. Loon
3. Okemo
4. Bretton Woods
5. Killington

 

[gladerider]

1 stowe
2 sugarbush
3 whiteface
4 tremblant
5 hunter

 

[salsgang]

I almost primarily ski in Maine only - so here is a "Maineah" list.

1. Saddleback
2. Wildcat (my one "Out a State-ah" Mtn)
3. Sugarloaf
4. Mt. Abram
5. Shawnee Peak

 

[ERJ-145CA]

I haven't been to too many so out of the ones I've been to here they are:

1. Bromley
2. Mt. Snow
3. Belleayre
4. Blue Mountain
5. Hidden Valley

 

[tcharron]

No particular order:

Sunday River
Loon
Wildcat
Crotched/Pats Peak (Tie, and mostly due to location)
Sunapee

 

[57stevey]

1. Ragged
2. Cannon
3. Wildcat
4. Tenney
5. Black (haven't actually been, but I know it would rank at least here if not #4)

 

[gmcunni]

1. sugarbush
2. magic
3. okemo (yeah, i said it.. go ahead, make fun of me)
4. mrg
5. ski sundown
- - -
6. pico
7. killington
8. mt snow
9. stratton
10. bromley

 

[from_the_NEK]

1. Burke
2. Jay
3. Sugarbush
4. Cannon
5. Stowe (however, any place that charges $90 for a lift ticket shouldn't be in my top 5, hopefully this will get replaced with Wildcat, Sugarloaf, of Saddleback once I actually go ski at one of these places)