Where will YOU be skiing this season? (2008-09)

[Greg]

Well, here is this year's version of this thread. Standard venues for me again this season:

Definites:

• Sundown (pass)
• Hunter
• Berkshire East
• Magic
• Mount Snow
• Sugarbush
• Mad River Glen
• Killington
• Whiteface (it alluded me last season)

Maybes:

• Gore
• Sugarloaf
• Burke

You?

 

[awf170]

Definites:

Mt. Washington
Chic Chocs
Wildcat (always end up with a few days)
Cannon (so much closer than any other big mountains that I'm bound to make it here a few times)

Maybes:
Stowe (If I get a season pass)
MRG (If I don't get a Stowe pass)
Burke (probably a day or two again if I don't get a Stowe pass)
Wachusett (If I get pass again, not sure if I will though)
Sundown (bump comp)
Jay (If I don't get a Stowe pass)
Mt. Snow (early season bumps)

So yeah, if I get a Stowe pass it will basically be Stowe + touring. If I don't get a Stowe pass it will be a bit more random because I won't have a season passes to a NNE mountain.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Definites:

Blue mountain
Sno mountain(formerly Montage)
Belleayre
Stowe
Jackson Hole
Grand Targhee

Maybes:

Killington
Sugarbush
Snowbird
Alta
Bridger Bowl
Big Sky
Moonlight Basin
Mad River Glen
Mount Snow
Okemo
Hunter
Camelback
Jack Frost/Big Boulder
Elk
A-Basin
and maybe some others in the east or west...I need to do a better job using up every bit of my vacation time during ski season.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Definites:

Mt. Washington
Chic Chocs
Wildcat (always end up with a few days)
Cannon (so much closer than any other big mountains that I'm bound to make it here a few times)

Maybes:
Stowe (If I get a season pass)
MRG (If I don't get a Stowe pass)
Burke (probably a day or two again if I don't get a Stowe pass)
Wachusett (If I get pass again, not sure if I will though)
Sundown (bump comp)
Jay (If I don't get a Stowe pass)
Mt. Snow (early season bumps)

So yeah, if I get a Stowe pass it will basically be Stowe + touring. If I don't get a Stowe pass it will be a bit more random because I won't have a season passes to a NNE mountain.

Are you moving to VT???

 

[awf170]

Nope, I'll still be in Lowell, MA. Stowe is a little over 3 hours though, so I can day trip it.

 

[madskier6]

Definites:

Berkshire East
Magic
Burke
Stowe
Whiteface
Sugarbush
MRG
Sundown
Mount Snow
Killington
Gore (new for me)
Any place that offers discounts to CT Ski Council members

Maybes:

Hunter
Cannon
Smuggs
Jay
Sugarloaf

Pretty similar to last year. I definitely want to hit Gore this year. I didn't make it there this past season & I regret that. I hear the glades at Gore are real nice.

 

[deadheadskier]

Definite:

Tenney
Stowe
Wildcat
Burke

Maybes:

Sundown - bump comp
too many to list, but I hope to enjoy at least 8 different areas total, hopefully more

 

[severine]

Definites:
Ski Sundown
Mohawk Mtn
Okemo
Mt. Snow
A-basin

Would like:
Magic
Catamount
MRG
Berkshire East

 

[playoutside]

Definites:
Okemo
Bromley
Sunapee
Belleayre
Smuggs (new)
Bolton Valley (new)
Sunday River
Hidden Valley
Middlebury
Mt Snow
Magic (new)

Maybe
Gore (new)
Camelback (new)
Blue (new)
Utah (Canyons + another TBD)

 

[trtaylor]

Definites:

Hunter
Elk
Camelback
Saddleback
Killington/Pico
Loveland(CO)

Maybes:

Sunday River
Sugarloaf
Mount Snow
Blue

 

[Trekchick]

Definites:
Michigan
Crystal Mt(pass)
Boyne
Nubs
Caberfae
Schuss
Holiday Mt
East
Stowe
West
Abasin(pass)
Breck(pass)
Keystone(pass)
Big Sky

Wishes
SnowBasin
Jackson Hole
MRG*
Magic

* MRG leads to an intersting question for me. I have a friend who keeps telling me that I have to hit MRG on my next trip, yet it comes together for us when I'm out there. If I make it a point of doing it, how easy will it be to get one of you to show me around, if my friend doesn't come through?

 

[deadheadskier]

Definites:
Michigan
Crystal Mt
Boyne
Nubs
Caberfae
Schuss
Holiday Mt
East
Stowe
West
Abasin
Breck
Keystone
Big Sky

Wishes
SnowBasin
Jackson Hole
MRG*
Magic

* MRG leads to an intersting question for me. I have a friend who keeps telling me that I have to hit MRG on my next trip, yet he never comes through to show me around. If I make it a point of doing it, how easy will it be to get one of you to show me around, if my friend doesn't come through?

Honestly, unlike many areas such as Stowe where the goods are off the map, you really don't need a guide at MRG. I'm not saying there isn't plenty of off map oppotunity at MRG because there is, but you really don't need to know those places. Pretty much ride the single and head in any direction, the whole place is sick.

 

[Greg]

* MRG leads to an intersting question for me. I have a friend who keeps telling me that I have to hit MRG on my next trip, yet it comes together for us when I'm out there. If I make it a point of doing it, how easy will it be to get one of you to show me around, if my friend doesn't come through?

You'll probably find someone here. In any event, the on map stuff is not that expansive, but it will take a full day to hit all the major runs. The off map stuff is endless and I've only scratched the surface.

 

[Trekchick]

Wishes
SnowBasin
Jackson Hole
MRG*
Magic

* MRG leads to an intersting question for me. I have a friend who keeps telling me that I have to hit MRG on my next trip, yet it comes together for us when I'm out there. If I make it a point of doing it, how easy will it be to get one of you to show me around, if my friend doesn't come through?

Honestly, unlike many areas such as Stowe where the goods are off the map, you really don't need a guide at MRG. I'm not saying there isn't plenty of off map oppotunity at MRG because there is, but you really don't need to know those places. Pretty much ride the single and head in any direction, the whole place is sick.

You'll probably find someone here. In any event, the on map stuff is not that expansive, but it will take a full day to hit all the major runs. The off map stuff is endless and I've only scratched the surface.

Let me rephrase:
Any chance of hooking up with someone for some turns at MRG just in case I end up hitting it alone!?
:beer:

 

[severine]

Let me rephrase:
Any chance of hooking up with someone for some turns at MRG just in case I end up hitting it alone!?
:beer:

I would offer but your ability far exceeds mine.

 

[Trekchick]

I would offer but your ability far exceeds mine.

Honey, if you wanna meet up with me at MRG, I'll be happy to chill!
Smooth cruising turns can be a part of my ski day, as well as over my head stuff that makes me say OH chit!
You know, we Apres' Skied together just fine!

 

[severine]

I bet what would work out well is a gathering - so everybody can find somebody to ski with at their ability. So you can cruise and take on the hard stuff, too, without going it alone. I really wanted to get to MRG this past season but it didn't work out. I'd like to next season but I have to prioritize. Getting back to A-basin is actually a higher priority for me right now.

 

[AdironRider]

Definates:

Jackson Hole
Grand Targhee
Tux
Crested Butte

Maybes:
Cannon (if I make it back home for Christmas or Easter)
Sugarloaf (same reason as Cannon)
Big Sky/Moonlight Basin (Ill be heading this way if I dont make it back east for a holiday)
Anywhere in Utah

 

[RISkier]

Stowe - We have friends there and usually spend at least a week and probably a weekend or two.
Sugarbush - Went last year as part of a Stowe trip. Will go back.
Berkshire East - Our favorite "day trippable" destination if conditions are good.
Wachusett - Location, location, location.
Mt. Snow - Visited last year and enjoyed it. Long day trip though.
Probably a trip West, though given what's happening with fuel and airline prices this could be the year we decide it's too expensive and do a second week in the Northeast.

 

[hardline]

mountain creek pass
stowe
snowbasin
powder mountain
Belleayre
mount snow
sugarbush