Write to the Globe. Tell them that it is Killington, at 3000'+. They will tell you that you are wrong. :roll: Their research and fact checking is terrible...their attitude is worse.
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Vermont's Skier's Highway
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Write to the Globe. Tell them that it is Killington, at 3000'+. They will tell you that you are wrong. :roll: Their research and fact checking is terrible...their attitude is worse.
amf
Member
Maybe they were only considering vertical feet that are routinely open... that could put the big K behind poor little Pico!
The Globe is still wrong though. Stowe, Sugarbush, and Jay Peak, which are all considered to be "Route 100 resorts" all have more vertical drop than Okemo.
So it is an oversight, or a bad "tip of the hat" to an advertiser.
Maybe I am being a bit harsh in my criticism. A few years back they wrote in an article that Burke Mountain had a high speed quad to the summit, which was a blatant mistake that a simple phone call to the mountain or even clicking on the website could have prevented. I wrote them a nice Email stating that they needed to do correct this error (Burke has a slow fixed grip to the summit, but a high speed quad that ran on the lower mountain) adn they gave me flak. I guess the Globe doesn't change.
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H'mm I got to ask. Do you like driving or or do you like skiing ?
from_the_NEK
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Nice wheels. :-o You could be doing 20 MPH on Route 100 and you would still get pulled over by every cop you passed in that thing.Ask long as I'm driving this...
The driving part is tolerable
arik
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This thread is all over the place, though I am happy to see my town (Jacksonville, VT) deservedly mentioned so early on. We have a great general store in case you are driving through....
I thought the pictures in the boston globe photo essay were beautiful, particularly the Jay Peak pictures. I agree the captions are off, like the caption on picture # 5 which suggests that a red Vermont Barn being weathered is because of the recession. I mean there were a lot of weathered barns in VT in 2005 during the bubble.
I don't want to think about what all the potholes in Route 100 after this winter of freeze-thaws would do to the airdam on the front of the lamborghini above, actuallty I am enjoying thinking about it and laughing.
I thought the pictures in the boston globe photo essay were beautiful, particularly the Jay Peak pictures. I agree the captions are off, like the caption on picture # 5 which suggests that a red Vermont Barn being weathered is because of the recession. I mean there were a lot of weathered barns in VT in 2005 during the bubble.
I don't want to think about what all the potholes in Route 100 after this winter of freeze-thaws would do to the airdam on the front of the lamborghini above, actuallty I am enjoying thinking about it and laughing.
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gladerider
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I thought the NY State Thruway and Adirondack Northway Interstate Roadways were Vermont's Skiers Highways.
Vermont's Route 100 is a side street. Now here is a skiers highway.
amen !
arik
Member
I think I 91 probably brings more skiiers up than the thruway, half the tristate people go that way plus New Haven, Hartford, Springfield.
twinplanx
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I've taken 103 to 100 up to the 'bush and so, while not really a "highway" the little bit of time lost was made up for in scenery and better gas millage.:idea:
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