Your favorite area as a kid.

[deadheadskier]

King Ridge was my favorite as well.

1st year skiing was strictly at Ward Hill. 2nd & 3rd we spread it around to Wachusette, Crotched (East), Sunapee, Cranmore and King Hill. I liked King Hill the best. I thought it being upside down was really cool.

 

[Smellytele]

King Ridge was my favorite as well.

1st year skiing was strictly at Ward Hill. 2nd & 3rd we spread it around to Wachusette, Crotched (East), Sunapee, Cranmore and King Hill. I liked King Hill the best. I thought it being upside down was really cool.

I guess a lot of us liked King ridge but not many others because they went the way of NELSAP.

 

[deadheadskier]

Good area for kids. Easy terrain, not that cold compared to other areas, short car ride and nice comfortable lodge. All things I really don't care too much about as an adult. :lol:

 

[HD333]

The Mighty Jericho Hill of Marlborough Ma.

For a real mountain I would have to say Wildcat, my Mom didn't ski and my Dad skied once a year on our annual week long trip to the North Conway area. Looking back I realize that they did this all for us kids.

 

[AmmergauerTele]

While in the military - Garmisch-Partenkirchen region.

Just moved back from there. Really liked Lermoos just over the border in Austria. My kids loved it there near the top in the area we called the Mushroom Forest - just bouncing off everything. Erhwald was good too.

 

[rocks860]

Sugarbush. My parents started me skiing there when I was 2 or so and I took lessons there every year. Still my favorite place and try to get there for a week every year (we have a timeshare there).

 

[podunk77]

I grew up in the Merrimack Valley so Methuen Ski Area and Boston Hills Ski Area in North Andover (both Nelsap) were the regulars. Memorable trips to bigger places include Ragged Mountain and Cranmore when they still had the skimobile lift. I'm still trying to figure out whether Blueberry Patch at Ragged has been significantly widened and flattened or whether my childhood memory of the top of it being fairly narrow and bumpy is just wrong.

 

[Powda]

I always had fun at Brodie Mtn as a kid.

 

[WoodCore]

Grew up at mighty Mount Southington and nothing can compare with the fun and hijinks that went down. Other than that always enjoyed the skiing at Brodie and the Southern VT areas in the early 80's.

Kudo's to my parents for taking me to so many different areas as a kid.

 

[bdfreetuna]

King Ridge was my favorite, would skip school and ski for $4.95 a day !

One of my favorites as well. They were a client back in the day, we went there many times.

Berkshire East would be the easy answer... and continues to be one of my favorite mountains as long as there's enough snow )

 

[dlague]

Just moved back from there. Really liked Lermoos just over the border in Austria. My kids loved it there near the top in the area we called the Mushroom Forest - just bouncing off everything. Erhwald was good too.

My son is skiing that area now. He has skied Lermoos and Zugspitz as well as others in the Alps. He is going to northern Italy this weekend.

 

[Savemeasammy]

I grew up skiing whaleback, and I will always remember going to Mt. Sunapee for the first time. My cousin and I were awestruck by how big we thought it was!

My favorite as a "kid" (more like teenager since I started when I was 12) was Killington.


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[ScottySkis]

When I was growing up I lived in long island so my dad took us to Hunter and mountain creek a few times in a winter and one week vacation in north . I remember loving Smuggs not wanting to leave it snowed a lot that weekm

 

[SIKSKIER]

Big mountain? Where the heck were you skiing before?

You probably never heard of them.Derryfield rope tow(actually the Derryfield golf course in Manchester),the Elms(another rope tow in Manchester that is now almost part of the Manch Airport) and Twin Tows(more rope tows) in Milford NH(located behind where the Shaws is).

 

[Krikaya]

Growing up in Boston metro area, I learned my snowplow and stem christie turns at Blue Hill but even as a kid I disliked it. Too damn small and local. When my father took me to Mt. Tom(NELSAP) in Holyoke I thought I had reached nirvana. Sunapee was a step up from Mt. Tom. And then after a trip in high school to Killington I realized that bigger was better. Flatlanders are easily impressed. I still am.

 

[Newpylong]

Brodie

 

[SkiingInABlueDream]

Jay Peak. Not because it was where I went most frequently (that would be Killington & Pico) but because at the time (early 80's when I was <10) it felt like the coolest place in the world. The drive from home (Hartford CT) was probably double that of S. VT. It was right next door to Canada - a whole other country! It had a Tram and faux Bavarian architecture. Signs in French?! It like was transporting to Europe! It seemed like a blizzard was always howling and the mountain was always empty. It was like the North Pole, but not in a cheesy mall-Santa Clause-y way, but rather a French Canadien, Klondike Kat sort of way (if anyone remembers that cartoon

 

[dlague]

Brodie

That was shocking! :beer:

 

[SkiFanE]

By the looks of it - half of us got our starts at NELSAP places. My start (Nashoba Valley) is still alive - but if it wasn't for that tiny hill I probably wouldn't be a skier. Or I would have started in my teens or after college when I could afford it. So I think about all the kids nowadays that don't get into the sport b/c it's not as easy to start as it used to be. Tis a shame. But it's very cool my HS kid is having a race today at Nashoba...serves it's purpose. But when I looked at season pass prices there - OMG....crazy expensive for a 200' of vertical lol...I think my SR pass was only $2-300 more. Such is business in the city 'burbs I suppose.

 

[4aprice]

Madonna Mountain Ski Area (aka Smugglers). My dad was introduced to the mountain by a co-worker. (circa 1967-68) Morse was new, the village just starting to be constructed. We ended up renting a condo for several seasons and traveling up there every other weekend and school breaks, a 7 1/2 hour drive in those days. Basically, walked out the door, to the lift (seemed like a haul in those days) ski back the end of the day. Started racing there with the Smuggler's Notch Ski Club (called the Bumble Bees for the hats we wore). Remember that other kids that skied in my school back in NJ always praised Mt Mansfield and at that time the view of Mansfield from the Madonna Chair on the last rise made me a little envious. Can remember my dad ranting about the Stowe ticket costing $10/day (smuggs @ 7 or so) so I took a while before I got over there. (took the skiing way too) Was up there for 64" in 4 days.(Dec 1969, I believe) People were having trouble getting to the mountain as we walked to the lifts. Still have a wonderful brochure from that era that's a fun show piece.

Alex

Lake Hopatcong, NJ