What new ski areas do you want to try this season? (2004-05)

[Vortex]

I remember wanting to to to MT. Snow never made it.
1. Burke
2. Magic
3.Attitash

Short list. Put in order of overall enjoyment for new areas for this season.

 

[bvibert]

This was a pretty good season for new mountains for me.

• Berkshire East
• Magic
• Stowe
• Snow

and I'll be skiing at Cannon and Loon this weekend which will both be new for me! I'm disappointed that I didn't make it to Jiminy or Butternut this year though...

 

[RISkier]

Didn't hit many of those I identified last fall as places "new places" I wanted to visit. Still haven't made it to Burke or Sugarloaf. We did hit Crotched for the first time. We also did a trip to Utah and skied Deer Valley (somewhat dissapointing, though the bathrooms were very nice and lunch was spectacular, albeit pricey), The Canyons, and Alta. Alta was almost a religious experience, so a good year.

 

[loafer89]

I skied four new places this year, two of which I planned in advance:

Camden Snow Bowl
Black Mtn Of Maine
Bretton Woods
Cranmore

Bretton Woods and Cranmore were part of a last minute trip to New Hampshire.

I don't know if skiing the cog railroad counts as an area, is so then I skied 5 new places.

 

[thetrailboss]

I don't know if skiing the cog railroad counts as an area, is so then I skied 5 new places.

Yep, for all intents and purposes, the cogger is another resort. They have their own website, their own snow-reports which are filed with snocountry, and they require one to take a drive to get to it :wink:

 

[loafer89]

The cog railroad was an OKAY ski experience, it's something I did more to please my son than anything else. The key to having fun there is to stay ahead of (cough, cough, I can't see anything) the locomotive. Skiing on snow mixed with locomotive cinders was similar to really late season summer skiing on Mount Hood with volcanic ash in the snow.

 

[skibum1321]

Mt. Snow and Loon are probably my 2 least favorite mtns ever. Terrible terrain, long lift lines, and questionable snow (compared to Northern VT).

 

[awf170]

nothin new for me, i was going to go to crotched but i never made. Oh ya went to snowbird and alta but that doesnt really count.

 

[billski]

4 areas

4 new areas this year

Berkshire East - 1st time for me in the Berks, retro trails
Ski Ward - A good never-ever mountain for skiers
Burke - Beautiful scenery, retro trails I like.
Bolton Valley - Where the Burlington locals ski, retro trails

Next year, already:
Magic
Mad River
Butternut

Total discrete ski areas worldwide - somewhere around 40.

 

[Skimaine4ever]

I skied two new places this year.. Camden Snowbowl and Saddleback. Next year I would like to get to Black Mountain(of Maine) and Maybe Mt. Abram.

 

[ozskier]

Well, I would have liked to try Gore. I've pretty much been everywhere else.

Skimaine4ever, didn't Saddleback kick major ass!?! I love that place.

-ozzy