Where have you skied?

[redalienx11]

I've only had 17 years to work with here... so:

NY: Catamount, Belleayre, Hunter, Windham, Whiteface
MA: Jiminy Peak
VT: Okemo, Killington
NH: Tuckermans
CA: Tremblant
Almost (ran out of time): Engleberg, Switzerland

 

[tirolerpeter]

Where Skied?

We did this last year in November. Here is my list from then:

First time: age 3 1/2 in the Tirol where I was born. The rest in no particular order.
NY: Catamount, Cortina Valley (now closed) Hunter, Belleayre, Whiteface, Gore, Windham, Greek Peak
NJ: Vernon Valley/Great Gore, also as Mountain Creek
MA: Catamount, Butternut, Brodie, Jiminy
VT: Haystack, Mt. Snow, Bromley, Stratton, (old) Magic, Stratton, Okemo, Pico, Stowe, Jay Peak (Been there twice, couldn't ski at all once due to wind, the second time they only had greens open so we bailed south to Killington!)
PA: JackFrost-Big Boulder, Camelback, Shawnee, Tanglewood
VA: Wintergreen
NH: Loon
ME: Sunday River
CA/NV: Heavenly (Went to Reno after three days, got snowed in, couldn't reach Squaw Vally or Kirkwood...had to gamble for three days instead!
CO: Vail, Copper Mountain, Arapaho Basin, Breckenridge
UT: Alta, Snowbird, Solitude, Brighton, Park City, The Canyons, Deer Valley, Snowbasin (My favorite!) It's hard to stay away from SLC - I'm going out there on Dec 6th for my first west trip of the season.
Canada: Tremblant, Owlshead, Mt. Sutton
I have also visited but not skied (on summer trips)
Brian Head UT,
Purgatory CO (Now called Durango Mt. Resort because they were offending the Bible thumpers!),
Taos NM,
Summit at Snoqualmie WA,
Jackson Hole, Grand Targhee WY,
Sun Valley, Lookout Pass ID
Pitztal Gletcher (Glacier) Austria
summary: 46 areas skied, an additional 8 visited for "scouting purposes." I may actually have missed some, but age does that to you!
Yes, I have traveled to ALL 50 states (some many times) over the last 30 years. I am now retired, and plan to ski a hell of a lot more mountains that I haven't gotten the chance to ski in the near future. My fantasy is to take a road trip and do various "ski mountain loops" for a couple of weeks at a time.

 

[sledhaulingmedic]

NH:

Cannon,Crotched, Onset, Temple, Waterville, Loon, Attitash, Bretton Woods, Ragged, Gunstock, Wildcat, Cranmore, Dartmouth, Sunapee, Wilderness

VT:

Magic, Stowe, Smuggs, MRG, Stratton, Mt. Sneaux, Bear Creek, Killington, Jay Peak, Burke, Ascutney

ME:

Sugarloaf, Saddleback, Sunday River, Mt. Abrahms

MA:

Blue Hills, Bradford, Nashoba, Wachusett, Jiminy, B-East

NY:

Darrow School, Whiteface

NM:

Taos, Angel Fire, Santa Fe, Ski Apache

UT:

Solitude, Snowbird, Alta

 

[skibum]

Some skied, mostly boarded. Included some hiking/backcountry.

MA:
Nashoba

ME:
Sugarloaf
Sunday River

VT:
Okemo
Killington
Jay Peak
Bolton
Stowe
Mount Snow
Stratton
Mad River Glen (boarded there once)

NH:
Gunstock
Gilford Outing Club (first skiing for me-'78(?))
Sunapee
Tenny
Cannon
Temple
Loon
Waterville Valley
Bretton Woods
Crotched-(first boarding-winter 86/87)
Attitash
Wildcat
Roby Park (Nashua)
Nashua Country Club
Green Meadow Golf Club (Hudson)
Many backyards around Lancashire Heights neighborhood, Nashua

CO:
Crested Butte
Monarch
Arapahoe Basin
Keystone
Breckenridge
Copper
Vail
Steamboat
Howelsen Hill
Loveland
Rabbit Ears Pass (tele class for college)

 

[ga2ski]

NH: Pats, Whaleback, King Ridge, Loon, Gunstock, Cannon, Highlands, Sunapee, Waterville, Cranmore, Attitash, Wildcat, Tucks, My yard and my parent's yard

VT: Killington, Jay, Bush

ME: Loaf, Sunday River

MA: Who skis in MA?

PA: Are you kidding me?

CO: Vail, Copper, Loveland, A-Basin, 10th Mountain Hut Backcountry, Breckenwind, Keystone, Vail Pass (Backcountry)

UT: Alta, Snowbird, Brighton

CAN: Whistler, Blackcomb, Mount Saint Anne

I need to go to Moosilauke, Cardigan, Saddleback, Burke, Jackson Hole, Tahoe, Smuggs, MRG, Steamboat and many others.

 

[JohnL]

Grew up in CT, college in VT, been living near DC since '88

ME- Sunday River
VT - Jay, Smugg's, Stowe, Bolton Valley, Sugarbush, MRG, Ascutney, Middlebury Snow Bowl, K-Mart, Pico, Okemo, Bromley, Stratton
MA - Brodie, Mt. Tom, Berkshire East, Otis Ridge, Butternut
CT - Southington, Mohawk, Powder Ridge
NY - Hunter
PA - Blue Knob, Laurel Mtn, Seven Springs, Whitetail, Liberty, Roundtop
WV - Timberline, Canaan Valley, Snowshoe
CO - Winter Park, A-Basin, Keystone, Copper, Breck, Vail, Beaver Creek, Aspen, Aspen Highlands, Snowmass
WY - Jackson, Targhee
NM - Taos
UT - Alta, Snowbird, Solitude, Brighton, PCMR, The Canyons, Deer Valley, Snowbasin, Pow Mow
Tahoe - Squaw, Northstar, Homewood, Heavenly
CN - Whistler/Blackcomb + heli

I'll hopefully add Cannon/Wildcat, Plattekill/Belleyare, Wisp (MD), Elk (PA), Denton (ya, the "steepest" trail in the East), Steamboat (friend moved there)/Loveland this year.

If I still lived in the Northeast I wouldn't make the trip to PA/WV, but Blue Knob (PA), Laurel Mountain (PA) and Timberline (WV) would appeal to those on this board who like no-frills old-style skiing. All have decent glade skiing (sketchier cover than much of the NE as you'd expect). But T-Line gets 150-200 inches of snow a year, has 1000 ft vert, a base elevation of 3300 ft, and the slowest lifts known to man.

I looked at the thread on Denton's 66 degree slope (been a bit of a joke on DCSki - marketing dept is prolly the guy seated at the end of the bar), but it has a reputation as a good local's area. Only reason I haven't been there yet is the fact you really can't get there from anywhere. I'll let you know what happens if I ever make it to that remote section of Pennsylvania.

 

[Sparky]

NY
Gore
Whiteface
Maple Ridge (hey, it counts)

MASS
Jiminy Peak
Brodie
Bousque
Graylock/Thunderbolt

VERMONT
Okemo
Killington
Mount Snow
Stratton
Jay
Bromley
Magic
Smuggs
Stowe

NH
Tuckermans

MAINE
Sunday River

COLORADO
Loveland

CANADA
Tremblant
Whistler
Panaroma

 

[Greg]

MA: Who skis in MA?

:-? Easy there, boss...

 

[kickstand]

MA:
Nashoba, Wachusett

ME:
Sunday River, Shawnee Peak

NH:
Wildcat, Bretton Woods, Attitash, Cranmore, Gunstock, Waterville, Loon, Cannon

VT:
Killington, Sugarbush, Mad River Glen, Mount Snow, Okemo, Stratton

CA:
Squaw Valley

Canada:
Tremblant, Whistler-Blackcomb

CO:
Winter Park, Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone

UT:
Deer Valley, The Canyons, Alta

 

[noski]

Ski The Valley

VERMONT
Okemo
Killington
Mount Snow
Stratton
Jay
Bromley
Magic
Smuggs
Stowe

Tirolpeter had the same problem!

How have you managed to ski all these and not ski MRG and SB? You could do both in one day if you had to. You could come for a weekend and do both easily, even more easily midweek on a SkiTheValley ticket. I am sure Trailboss/Riverc0il could get you two pointed toward Burke.

 

[Sparky]

Sounds like a good idea to me. I'd love to do MRG and the Bush as well as Burke( before it goes private. I think I've got time, I'm only 55. :beer:

 

[ski_resort_observer]

Wyoming
Snowy Range
Antelope Butte
Grand Targhee
Jackson Hole
Snow King

South Dakota
Terry Peak

Colorado
Eldora
Monarch Pass
Hidden Valley
Vail
Aspen
Snowmass
Steamboat

New York
Hickory Hill
Dynamite Hill
North Creek Ski Bowl
Gore
West Mountain

Vermont
Maple Valley
Haystack
Corinthia
Okemo
Mt Snow
Stratton
Jay
Stowe
Burke
Sugarbush
MRG
Freak Peak
Killington
Pico

Maine
Lost Valley
Shawnee
Someday Bigger


Montana
Bridger Bowl

I am sure I have forgotten a few. More than a few are now lost ski areas.

 

[riverc0il]

freak peak? now that sounds interesting! i could not find any references on NELSAP. is this a slang name i have not heard of before?

 

[ski_resort_observer]

It's listed om NELSAP as Windham College ropetow but we called it Freak Peak, after all it was in the 60's. :lol:

 

[ga2ski]

I forgot one.

NH: Proctor (Anyone else been there?)

 

[bvibert]

Grew up in CT, college in VT, been living near DC since '88

Welcome to the forums JohnL!

 

[Tyrolean_skier]

NY
Whiteface, Hunter, Windham, Plattekill, Catamount

VT
Killington, Pico, Sugarbush, Mt. Snow, Stowe, Okemo, Stratton

NJ
Mountain Creek

CO
Steamboat, Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge

WY
Jackson Hole, Grand Targhee

CA
Squaw Valley, Kirkwood, Heavenly, Alpine Meadows

ITALY
Tonale

 

[Lostone]

Maine:
Sugarloaf & Saddleback

Mass:
Wachusett

New Hampshire:
Cranmore, Croched, Loon, Whaleback, Wildcat & either Waterville or Attitash. Can't remember which. :-?

Vermont:
Snow, Sugarbush, Killington, Stowe, Smuggs, Jay, Bromley, Stratton, Bolton, & Mad River


.

 

[JohnL]

Welcome to the forums JohnL!

Thanks bvibert. Greg introduced AlpineZone to some of us DCSki posters. This forum has had some interesting discussions in the past few months, and now that the snow has hit the ground I'm feeling motivated to jump in.

I learned to ski in Vermont on family vacations (dating myself back in the leather boot era when I was barely out of diapers), and even though Vermont is less convenient for me than a quick flight out West, I still can't get her out of my soul. And I'll admit that some of the Cannon/Wildcat discussions have me intrigued...

 

[Flan]

CT
Powder Ridge
Ski Sundown
Mohawk
Mt. Southington

MA
Brodie (R.I.P.)
Berkshire East

VT
Mt. Snow
Haystack
Stratton
Magic...(and Timberside)
Bromley
Okemo
Killington
Sugarbush
Mad River Glen
Jay Peak
Burke
Smugglers

NH
Cannon
Waterville Valley
Wildcat

ME
Sunday River

PA
Jack Frost

VA
Bryce

NY
Windham

UT
The Canyons
Park City
Alta (!)
Snowbasin
Deer Valley