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They rode the gondola at Stowe. Next question. Sounds like the problem is you, not New England. Let's see, you need ideal conditions to charge, you don't know where the goods are in New England and don't have a good sense for route finding once you're there unless things are wide open. The...

As Marc_C said, it's a good thing there people in here who have the perspective from both coasts needed to make these sorts of statements. :roll: :roll: Obviously, there's nothing challenging about East coast slackcountry. To wit...

Untrue. If you live on the South Shore, then perhaps true b/c you need to get all the way through/around the metro area. If you live on the North Shore or just to the NW of the city, K-Mart, SB, MRG and Bolton/Stowe are within a 3:00-3:15 drive. Again, the majority of good powder days don't...

We will be packing them in the car for sure, though I think Mammoth/June will absorb 90% of our driving trips. Anything longer than that, and uxorial dynamics begin to come into play, to put it politely. It was actually very easy for me in VT based on a longstanding personal relationship. We...

For me, 3 hours is absolutely doable. Pack the night before, up at 5:30, on the road at 6:00, at the hill by 9:00 and on the lift at 9:15. Ski until the closing bell and get home in time for dinner. I would argue that if 3 hrs isn't a reasonable day trip for a powder day, then you're probably...

that just further underlines the point that the driving is a lot better than you would think on avg. when the conditions are great in the mtns.

If crowding was an issue for you in the northeast, I'd say you were skiing in the wrong places. In VT, once you get past Killington, you have resorts with half the skier traffic, more snow, longer runs, and better terrain. I've done ski weekends based out of the Sunapee area in NH with one day...

Wow - that 1/3 figure was an eye opener for me. I didn't realize you had true duds that often. :shock: :shock: This is true. The primary issue for me is just one of timing. I spent lots of time skiing in the Northeast when I was single and could get away at liberty. In the last three...

Though Mammoth isn't technically in SoCal from a geographic perspective (MidCal?), it's most certainly in the orbit of SoCal. That's where all of its patrons are from and Mammoth is probably the only major ski resort most SoCal residents have ever been too. Ultimately, it's the only big resort...

Considering that >90% of their patronage is from SoCal, I'd say definitively "yes". If northern VT is considered part of the skiing scene from NYC, then Mammoth/June should be for LA. They are both 5 hours away.

As of now, I'd say the northeast. There's more variety and you can see a broad spectrum of conditions as you move from Southern New England/New York up to Central/Northern New England/NY and finally to the elite areas (in terms of terrain, snowfall, etc..) of Northern VT. In SoCal, there's...

Let's see. Marc_C coming into yet another thread to spew and complain about something no one forced him to read in the first place. You're right though - two seasons doesn't rate as "significant time" to assess the merits of a particular skiing region. :lol:

Well, not exactly. What I was referring to in my original statement was the years when the Big Bear resorts and MH go off. My guess is that you can get into their respective areas of slackcountry 9 out of 10 years for some period of time. In lean years, it could be for no more than a week or...

Well said.

Tony - how many years is this data set? I wonder if Cannon has generated a higher open terrain % in recent years due to the investments afforded by the Sunapee lease payments? I wonder if Saddleback would be an even better example due to their much lower % of snowmaking terrain historically...

This year is edging into "dud" zone these days. Might be some snow in a week or two, but it's been clear skies for over a month. Not the bottom 10% or anything, but definitely below avg judging from Tony's (among others) quantitative and qualitative descriptions. I think you're right for the...

This is an interesting debate, and while none of this can be proven empirically, it's at least fun to discuss the appropriate comps. Having skied in the Northeast my entire life before the last two seasons out here, I would break it down as follows. For my money, the skiing in the San...

Kudos indeed. I hate when shitbergs like SSV try to influence, or in this case eliminate, the public discourse on their dirty laundry with cheap threats. It's even worse when a semi-respectable publication knuckles under. Is SSV really that big of an account to be worth forfeiting your...

I find these points unconvincing for two reasons. 1) The design of the resort DOES matter. The only reason we're discussing this is that Mt High consists of two formerly separate ski areas, close to each other but not physically linked with trails. These two resorts also have a closely...

I look at this is as somewhat analogous to the Sugarbush set up in the East with Lincoln Peak and Mt Ellen being separated by an often-skied basin in between. It would have been easy for the newest owners of SB to simply close ME (the former Sugarbush North)mid-week. There's a reason it had...