What Northeast Ski Town in the Northeast Would You Move To?

[snoseek]

There's lots of nice little towns outside of Portland along some real nice lakes heading towards the mountains. Between good snowmaking and great snow preservaton Maine skis pretty good IMO. Lets face it, even though northern vt gets the goods, it still rains just like anywhere else. Those storms that track up the Hudson Valley can put a hurtin for everyone. Who can offer a good skiable surface the quickest after it drops back down is Clutch!

Maine taxes are a ridiculous however. I feel like its a poorly run state. If your truly looking to settle down then carefully look at N.H. . I only say carefully because maybe a school system is important in the future and N.H. public is very hit or miss I bet.

 

[snoseek]

Ski towns, not cities close to an hour away from skiing (I know Burlington is slightly closer than that, but not by much). I can see why people would want to live there though.

Deadhead, interesting on the Bethel vs. Stowe thing. I guess I just never explored much more than around Mansfield itself. The wakeboarding thing would be for pure pleasure reasons at this point, I would be more of the leisure business with cedar canvas canoes.

Were going to back in the Northeast in September for two weeks to check all the places out. Weve been gone five years now and I think were both a little rusty on our memory knowledge of these individual ski towns back East.

I did a couple years in Bethel. Real low key town with lots of normal people.
There is a good ski culture. Plenty of lakes in the area! SR is fun despite the fact that snow is sorta low. Probably a little more redneck than Stowe. Definately gonna be cheaper. Tel-Star is the local school, don't know much about that. Overall Bethel to me seems like less of a tourist destination that Stowe but that can be good for some.....

 

[Vortex]

Want to be on a lake near a mountain. Either the southern whites or West Maine Mtns. Bethel or Waterville regions. I like the southern Whites for hiking and the Western Maine Mts for turns. One or the other. Still up in the air where I will retire.

 

[bobbutts]

Conway area is compelling, for it's variety of activities year round. If you just want beautiful skiing and lake and don't mind being way out there, how about Rangely?

 

[WWF-VT]

Fayston, VT and the Mad River Valley. We already own a place at the base of Mt Ellen and enjoy the area in all four seasons.

 

[from_the_NEK]

Littleton, NH -
Nice downtown.
Moore/Comerford Reservoirs and CT river for water recreation. (45 min to Lake Willoughby, 1 hr to Lake Winnipesaukee).
Great MTB right in town.
15 min to Cannon, 35 to Burke.
Centrally located for access to N VT, NH, ME ski areas (1 hr 15 min to Stowe, 1 hr 25 min to Jay, 3 hr to Sugarloaf).
Right on I-93 with easy access to S New England (Boston 2 hr 25 min)
1 hr 40 min to Burlington, VT
2 hr 35 min to Portland, ME

 

[Vortex]

Rangely, have not thought much about going that far. I own in both the southern whites and Newry. Kind of like what I have seen. toyed with Newry for the winter and The whites for the Summer.

 

[skiberg]

I have been in the process of Moving to Bethlehem NH for a few years. Great little town. Bohemian and artsy. Minutes to Cannon. 45 to Burke and Wildcat and 1.25 to Stowe. Although we never go anywhere but Cannon anymore. We considered the Stowe, Warren Waitsfield area as well but the Cannon area is just much easier to get to from RI.

 

[wa-loaf]

Bridgeton is a cool little town.

 

[lolkl]

I have been in the process of Moving to Bethlehem NH for a few years. Great little town. Bohemian and artsy. Minutes to Cannon. 45 to Burke and Wildcat and 1.25 to Stowe. Although we never go anywhere but Cannon anymore. We considered the Stowe, Warren Waitsfield area as well but the Cannon area is just much easier to get to from RI.

What about all the enviromental damage? I have been reading that there are piles of concrete, exposed rock and tire tracks. When the word hits the mainstream I figure real estate prices will free fall. There could be deals if you can handle the devestation.

 

[jimmywilson69]

What about all the enviromental damage? I have been reading that there are piles of concrete, exposed rock and tire tracks. When the word hits the mainstream I figure real estate prices will free fall. There could be deals if you can handle the devestation.

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[AdironRider]

Girl is from Standish ME, so Bridgeton is a little to close for me.

She really likes Conway, I think its a little to strip mallish, but the Mt Washington area is pretty awesome for outdoorsy type stuff. I could be open to Bartlett or Jackson, but while I enjoy Wildcat and Attitash, I dont know if I could like them for years on end.

@snoseek - Thanks for the tip on Bethel. We are definitely looking for more of a community feel. After 5 years in Jackson were both getting a little tired of transients and trust funder washouts who are in their mid 30's still living off Mom and Dad. Similar to Wildcat/Attitash though, not sure I could like Sunday River as my home hill for years.

 

[HD333]

Hands down North Conway/Conway.

 

[deadheadskier]

@snoseek - Thanks for the tip on Bethel. We are definitely looking for more of a community feel. After 5 years in Jackson were both getting a little tired of transients and trust funder washouts who are in their mid 30's still living off Mom and Dad. Similar to Wildcat/Attitash though, not sure I could like Sunday River as my home hill for years.

if that's the case, then Waterbury would probably be more to your liking than Stowe. It's more of a 'real' town than Stowe.

 

[Newpylong]

I would def live in North Conway...

 

[Warp Daddy]

North Conway - sheer variety of skiing plus great town
Placid----------- awesome yr round town and scenery

Sleeper choice would be Bridgeton Me almost same situation as NC plus nice local hill ; local low density and nice lake and close to the Coast

 

[snoseek]

Yeah Waterbury would work real nice. Coming from j-hole you probably are going to want to ski some natural snow. sunday River is plenty big with a great variety but is definately all about the manmade snow. Rangely is a great place I would imagine with awesome skiing close but possibly a little remote. The lakes in the rangely area are amongst the finest in the northeast IMO.

 

[powhunter]

Probably New Hartford CT... Or Killington VT

 

[bigbob]

I always have loved Sugar Hill but is there a downtown type area with shops and restaurants?

About the only place to eat in Sugar hill is Polly's Pancake House, with real maple syrup. A friend of mine built a new house about a mile north of the Peabody Lodge at Cannon, just below Mittersill. They have been living there for about a year now and no complaints. Most of the activity is either north in Littleton or south in Lincoln. They roll the sidewalks up in Franconia at about 7 PM! He can see the top of Cannon from his living room window and they like to watch the groomers at night.

 

[riverc0il]

if that's the case, then Waterbury would probably be more to your liking than Stowe. It's more of a 'real' town than Stowe.

I think Waterbury is the ideal ski location to live. Kinda a small town, right off the interstate, and route 100 either way gets you to the best skiing in New England. Short drive to Burlington without actually living in Burlington and dealing with the traffic and high cost of property. Straight shot down to Boston or up to Montreal for big cities.

I really like where we live right now. Sandwiched right between the lakes region and the white mountain region, I get to live where most folks vacation. It is easy to forget and I try to remind myself of that frequently.

Not much of a fan of North Conway, too built up and too much of a tourist trap and not much great skiing close by excepting Mount Wash.

Mad River Valley... uke:

West Leb and the Upper Valley would be a good place to live. Decent sized towns in that neck of the woods for northern NH and 1-2 hours to pretty much everywhere in NH/VT. No close option for great mountains though.