Time to post predictions for the upcoming winter. As always, it'll be interesting to see how my plans square with what I actually end up doing as there will likely be fiscal, familial, and logistical issues that make me reconfigure trips. Based on my wife and I having Indy Passes, here's what we've penciled in:
VT/QC
Our first time skiing New England and the Eastern Townships in 14 years!
- Magic Mountain
- Burke Mountain
- Jay Peak
- Sutton
- Owl's Head
CO
The indie areas accessible from I-70 bookended by a few days visiting family in Denver.
- Loveland
- Sunlight
- Powderhorn
PA/NY
A handful of molehills (verts noted!) that we'll ski on a drive to my native Central New York.
- Shawnee: 700 feet
- Montage: 1,000
- Greek Peak: 850 feet
- Cazenovia: 500 feet
AT
A week in Tirol at the beginning of March with Munich as our gateway.
- Skiwelt and Westendorff: two days to see how Austria's intermediate heaven has evolved since we were there in 2003. As a classic industrial joint, it's not a place that I'd target on my own; however, it was fine as an offpeak midweek excursion back then and should still be now.
As mentioned in a different thread, Innsbruck has been on my to-do list for many moons so I might as well hit it with a car while I have an Indy Pass. It appears that you could easily spend a week here but we'll do what we can with our two free days + a discounted third day to ski a TBD mix of the following:
- Hochötz and Kühtai
- Axamer Lizum and Rangger Köpfl
- Stubai Glacier
- Stubai Valley: Schlick, Serles, and Elfer
- Nordkette
An hour away from Innsbruck:
- Hochzeiger
Let's see what you've got for 2025-26!
VT/QC
Our first time skiing New England and the Eastern Townships in 14 years!
- Magic Mountain
- Burke Mountain
- Jay Peak
- Sutton
- Owl's Head
CO
The indie areas accessible from I-70 bookended by a few days visiting family in Denver.
- Loveland
- Sunlight
- Powderhorn
PA/NY
A handful of molehills (verts noted!) that we'll ski on a drive to my native Central New York.
- Shawnee: 700 feet
- Montage: 1,000
- Greek Peak: 850 feet
- Cazenovia: 500 feet
AT
A week in Tirol at the beginning of March with Munich as our gateway.
- Skiwelt and Westendorff: two days to see how Austria's intermediate heaven has evolved since we were there in 2003. As a classic industrial joint, it's not a place that I'd target on my own; however, it was fine as an offpeak midweek excursion back then and should still be now.
As mentioned in a different thread, Innsbruck has been on my to-do list for many moons so I might as well hit it with a car while I have an Indy Pass. It appears that you could easily spend a week here but we'll do what we can with our two free days + a discounted third day to ski a TBD mix of the following:
- Hochötz and Kühtai
- Axamer Lizum and Rangger Köpfl
- Stubai Glacier
- Stubai Valley: Schlick, Serles, and Elfer
- Nordkette
An hour away from Innsbruck:
- Hochzeiger
Let's see what you've got for 2025-26!