What popular mountain is completely off your radar?

[ERJ-145CA]

Nothing is off my radar - well maybe Cloudmont in Alabama - or maybe not. I guess that doesn't qualify as popular unless you live in NE Alabama.

 

[jaywbigred]

The only places off my radar are places I've been to that I don't expect to ever return to. (Did we do a thread about that already?)

Shawnee, PA
Big Boulder, PA
Mountain Creek, NJ

Exactly the same for me. Use Camelback for conditioning purposes, ignore those 3 completely.

Also, absent a lottery win or other major financial change, I doubt that I will ever get back to Sunday River. Never been to the Loaf or Tremblant or Jay or anywhere in NH, and not sure I ever will.

It just boils down to opportunity cost of driving time vs. what the mountain has to offer above and beyond what closer mountains have to offer. A couple times a year it makes sense to drive further than Mt. Snow to go to a Kmart-->Stowe-->'Bush, but to drive exra time past Stowe or the Bush to go to Tremblant? Doesn't seem to make sense.

I DO need to get back to Bromley this year. I get a lot of free ski time/lodging at Stratton (which I've grown to hate). The next time we get a nice sunny but otherwise very very cold day there, I am going to head over to Bromley for the day for sure. Its been off my radar, and given the disdain that I have for Stratton, I am remiss for not doing this earlier.

 

[billski]

distance is no issue for me.

My blacklist includes: Gunstock, Nashoba, Waterville, Killington,

 

[deadheadskier]

Also, absent a lottery win or other major financial change, I doubt that I will ever get back to Sunday River. Never been to the Loaf or Tremblant or Jay or anywhere in NH, and not sure I ever will.

If you can commit to going as far as Stowe, you should never rule out Jay. Some years they truly do get an extra 100 inches of snow over Stowe.

 

[ERJ-145CA]

Exactly the same for me. Use Camelback for conditioning purposes, ignore those 3 completely.

Also, absent a lottery win or other major financial change, I doubt that I will ever get back to Sunday River. Never been to the Loaf or Tremblant or Jay or anywhere in NH, and not sure I ever will.

It just boils down to opportunity cost of driving time vs. what the mountain has to offer above and beyond what closer mountains have to offer. A couple times a year it makes sense to drive further than Mt. Snow to go to a Kmart-->Stowe-->'Bush, but to drive exra time past Stowe or the Bush to go to Tremblant? Doesn't seem to make sense.

I DO need to get back to Bromley this year. I get a lot of free ski time/lodging at Stratton (which I've grown to hate). The next time we get a nice sunny but otherwise very very cold day there, I am going to head over to Bromley for the day for sure. Its been off my radar, and given the disdain that I have for Stratton, I am remiss for not doing this earlier.

Bromley is one of my favorite mountains, I just like the vibe there. I probably won't be going there this year because of a new daughter coming in February. I usually go there during the first week of March.

 

[Buckeye Skier 1330]

Never had much desire to go to Killington. When I talk to people around here about going to Vermont, that's the first place they mention. With the Bush an hour or so up the road I would just as soon go there.

Stratton and Sunday River are in the probably not going back catagory.

Mt. Snow, Bretton Woods never piqued my interest much either.

Semi-locally 7 Springs and Snowshoe are really popular but neither does much for me.

 

[roark]

The entire state of NH is off my radar..

Not a resort, but I can see you digging the spring tuckerman scene for sure.

 

[roark]

NY is off iradar, just can't justify driving that far, past NH and VT areas.

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Loon, Waterville, Bretton Woods. Close by, but why bother?

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I gotta disagree with the assessment that Sunday River is less crowded than other big name resorts.

I guess I could also add Bretton Woods, Waterville Valley, and Loon to the list of mountains off my radar. I would hit them as local options on a cheap ticket if the price was right but those two restrictions pretty much put them off my radar.

A lot of "not so popular" mountains being named in this thread. Hard to define the thin line between popular and not.

this. There is def a difference between the proximity/ other options argument and those that dislike a certain area for other reasons.

Anything directly south of NH :wink:

and especially this. Only exception is I do hope to get to BEast at some point.

 

[Geoff]

Go to Killington,Stratton, Mt Snow, Okemo or even Sugarbush on a Sat / Sun and then tell me that they're as crowded as SR. Yeah Right....

I do like the terrain at K-ton, but will never, ever go there on a weekend.

OK. I'll play...

I agree that Killington, when ASC owned the place and took it discount with those uber-cheap Bronze passes, was a complete zoo. If you didn't ski there last winter, then you are making a completely uninformed statement. An $82.00 Saturday/Holiday day ticket and very few discount deals really thinned the place out. They set the opening day ticket price at $65.00. It was a little busy up on The Glades triple for a couple of hours starting at 11:00 but it was nothing like a traditional Killington opening day. ...and unlike Sunday River where it's unusual to have any non-snowmaking terrain available due to a paltry 150" of natural snow, you can hide in the woods all day at Killington midwinter and the only time you're on snowmaking trails is to get to the good stuff.

The surface is better farther north in Vermont and the vibe is far more laid back but the weekend crowds aren't all that different since KMart has so many acres and so much uphill capacity. They didn't announce skier visit numbers last year but it couldn't have been much more than 650K skier visits and that's down big time from when the place saw a million skier visits.

For me, Tremblant is off the radar screen. I ski Whistler all the time and I really don't have much use for an Intrawest village without Whistler above it. If I'm going that far, I'm going to stay in Quebec City and ski Le Massif. I've never skied New York State but that's because I've lived in New England my whole life and I've never had a reason to do the extra driving.

 

[2knees]

I DO need to get back to Bromley this year. I get a lot of free ski time/lodging at Stratton (which I've grown to hate). The next time we get a nice sunny but otherwise very very cold day there, I am going to head over to Bromley for the day for sure. Its been off my radar, and given the disdain that I have for Stratton, I am remiss for not doing this earlier.

as someone who seems to be into bumps, i think you'd really like bromley. the east side usually offers 3-5 pretty decent bump options. stargazer, havoc, pabst twins, and sunder are all fun runs when its sunny, soft and bumped. Its small, its not particularly steep, but its a blast. check it out sometime.

 

[eastcoastpowderhound]

unlike Sunday River where it's unusual to have any non-snowmaking terrain available

I've had a pass to SR the last 10 years, its not unusual to have natural trails and the glades open. midwinter its more unusual if they aren't open. The last two winters have had some great tree/natural trail skiing. On the other hand, SR has 90% snowmaking coverage vs K's 71%.

 

[sledhaulingmedic]

this


. Only exception is I do hope to get to BEast at some point.

It's directly South of VT.

 

[sledhaulingmedic]

I've never skied New York State but that's because I've lived in New England my whole life and I've never had a reason to do the extra driving.

Likewise, I've nearly always lived in New England. There was as season a few years back when I had the time (and feeding my diesel drinking Saquatch-of-a-carbon-footprint beast was cheaper) that I made a journey to Jay and then over to Whiteface. It was absolutely worth the trip. It might be a long time until I'm back to Whiteface though. It is a haul.

 

[MadPadraic]

Special K and Okemo.

 

[JD]

Killington, Sugarbush, and the Loaf. I'd like to catch sugarloaf on a good day...maybe this year. The other two...eh.

 

[awf170]

Whiteface. If I want to ski slides I'll just hike up to the Gulf of Slides and save myself 5 hours of driving.

 

[madskier6]

Whiteface. If I want to ski slides I'll just hike up to the Gulf of Slides and save myself 5 hours of driving.

That is completely understandable. For me, where I live, it's 3.5 hours to Whiteface and at least that far to get to Mt. Washington, probably farther. For me, I'd rather hit Whiteface at 3.5 hours and get the benefit of lift served slides plus other good terrain as a bonus. Of course, I only get that during lift served season whereas you can enjoy the goods well after I've hung 'em up for the season.

I guess my point is, it all depends on where you live & how far you gotta drive to get there.

 

[awf170]

That is completely understandable. For me, where I live, it's 3.5 hours to Whiteface and at least that far to get to Mt. Washington, probably farther. For me, I'd rather hit Whiteface at 3.5 hours and get the benefit of lift served slides plus other good terrain as a bonus. Of course, I only get that during lift served season whereas you can enjoy the goods well after I've hung 'em up for the season.

I guess my point is, it all depends on where you live & how far you gotta drive to get there.

If Whiteface was 3.5 hours for me I would definitely get there for a bunch of days of spring skiing. The slides look rad and everything, but the amount of effort it takes when I can get to Mt. Washington in 2.5 hours, it just isn't worth it.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Stratton

 

[icedtea]

tremblant