How Many Ski Areas Have You People Skied??

Coach Z wrote

Whistler Backcomb
la Trios Valle
Chamonix

I have case where I counted two areas as one (ie. Flégère-Le Brévent in Chamonix) and other as multiples.

I skied Blackcomb when it was separate ownership than Whistler back in 1988 and 1996.

Les Trois Vallées : stayed 6 days and counted as 4 (Val Thorens, Les Menuires, Meribel, Courchevel) as each of the 4 are biggest than Killington.

Chamonix : counted 3: 1) Aiguiile du Midi/Mt Blanc, 2) Grand Montet and 3) Flégère-Le Brévent (which are joined areas by one lift, but can be skied separately as ski areas/lift tickets back in 2003).

I'll put up my list, but going to see The Who tonight plus I need to choose some pics for my WV Part 1 TR.

Not bad for only skiing 8 years.
NY
1.Willard
2.Gore
3.West
4.Whiteface
5.Snow Ridge
6.Holiday Valley
7.Kissing Bridge
8.Windham
9.Plattekill
10.Hickory
10.5 Royal

VT
11.Stratton
12.Magic
13.Mt Snow
14.Okemo
15.Killington
16.Pico
17.Mad River Glen
18.Sugarbush
19.Jay
20.Stowe

ME
21.Sugarloaf

MA
22.Jiminy Peak

CA
23.Northstar
24.Squaw
25.Alpine Meadows

UT
26.Power Mountain
27.Alta
28.Snowbird
29.Solitude
30.Brighton

QC
31.Sutton

tBatt wrote

Not bad for only skiing 8 years.

Didn't you forget Mt Washington and the Toll Road?

Holy Fact-Checkers, Batman!

This thread is getting a lil' edgy, if not, steer to the top, pivot and slice the backside with two clean arcs.  Anticipation and release the Powderhounds!

My tally is at 44, could be more if you count my Mom Down Stemming Suicide Six in '58.  I'm a Leo, BTW.

NY-8
Gore
Hickory
Hunter
Mt. Whitney (LP Club)
N. Creek Ski Bowl
West
Whiteface
Windham

VT-13
Bromley-("Turn at the house that used to be pink")
Bolton Valley
Jay
MRG
Mt. Snow
K-Mart
Magic
Okemokie
Pico
Smuggs
Stow-it
Sugarbush
Stratton

NH-6
Attitash
Black Mtn.
Cannon
Cranmore
Loon
Wildcat

ME-1
Sunday River

MA-1
Jiminy

CO-3
Ajax
Aspen Highlands
Snowmass

UT-4
Alta
Deer Valley
Powder
Snowbird

WV-1
Snowshoe

CA-3
Heavenly
Kirkwood
Squaw

Oh Canada-4
Lake Louise
Ski Sunshine
Tremblant
Whistler/Blackcomb

Wherever you go, there you are.  Lets hope its left, right with mostly a downhill bias and a Turkey-eatin' grin. Enjoy.

Ski you on your favorite hills.

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Pat

You are right those really are all separate ski areas but when they are linked it kind of makes them one.  Chamonix I should count as 3 as Flégère-Le Brévent really ski as one big area since they are easily connected.  I think that takes me to 81.  

When we skied Les Trois Vallées I was skiing with a co-worker that was born in that area and we skied with his extended family including his cousin that was a ski instructor there and his uncle who was a chef.  We went back and forth across all 4 ski areas and I can not really recall one form the others - there really are 4 not 3 as the name implies.  The snow was not that great but the food was out of this world.  If you ski with a French family the day really is about eating and drinking with some skiing thrown in between places to eat and drink.  That is one of my favorite skiing memories though the skiing as sub par that weekend.

        NJ
1 Campgaw
2 Vernon Valley / Great Gorge

        NY
3 Hunter
4 Windham
5 Sterling Forest
6 West
7 Willard
8 Hickory
9 Gore
10 Whiteface
11 Big Tupper
12 Ski Venture

        PA
13 Shawnee
14 Elk

        MA
15 Jiminy

        VT
16 Mount Snow
17 Stratton
18 Bromley
19 Okemo
20 Pico
21 Killington
22 Ascutney
23 Sugarbush
24 Mad River Glen
25 Stowe
26 Smuggler's Notch
27 Jay

        NH
28 Wildcat
29 Loon
30 Cannon

        ME
31 Sunday River
32 Sugarloaf

        WA
33 Crystal
34 Snoqualmie
35 Stevens Pass

        UT
36 Snowbird
37 Alta
38 The Canyons
39 Park City

        CO
40 Winter Park
41 Loveland
42 A-Basin
43 Breckenridge
44 Vail
45 Copper

        CA
46 Heavenly
47 Squaw
48 Alpine Meadows
49 Homewood
50 Northstar
51 Kirkwood
52 Sierra Ski Ranch
53 Sugarbowl

        Canada
54 Mont Temblant
55 Mont Saint Anne
56 Chantecler
57 Kicking Horse

        France (all Chamonix)
58 Le Brévent  (pre-link)
59 La Flégère (pre-link)
60 Les Grands Montets
61 Aiguille du Midi / Valle Blanche
62 Les Houches
63 Le Tour

mattchuck2 wrote

and I think I was at 61.

63. Beat ya.

MadPatSki wrote

going to see The Who tonight

Awesome.  Let us know how the show was.  Saw them on their "final" tour in October '82, Shea Stadium, with the Clash warming up.  Met Roger Daltry on the beach in Nevis (small Caribbean island) 4 or 5 years ago. He was incredibly friendly and gracious.  

Jamesdeluxe wrote

Like Harv, I started downhill skiing late, in my mid-30s, beginning in the 2000-01 season.

LOL. I first rode lifts at age 40, but unlike James, I don't really have the unquenchable thirst for variety.  26 Ski Areas:


NY

Whiteface
Gore
North Creek Ski Bowl
Garnet Hill
Highwinds
Hickory
Plattekill
Bell
Hunter
Mount Peter
Windham


VT

Stowe
Spruce Peak
Jay
Sugarbush
Mad River Glen
Killington
Okemo
Stratton


NH

Attitash
Wildcat
Cannon


PA

Camelback
Blue Mtn


Western US

Squaw Valley
Beaver Creek
Summit County Hut System


Europe

Arosa


Some mighty impressive lists here.

EDIT: Added Windham (12/2/12)
EDIT: Added Sugarbush (2/24/13)

Coach Z wrote

When we skied Les Trois Vallées I was skiing with a co-worker that was born in that area and we skied with his extended family including his cousin that was a ski instructor there and his uncle who was a chef.  

I was at les 3v with a friend, his family with kids plus a couple of other friends. I meet him when he was an exchange from France and we were on the ski team together.

Coach Z wrote

 If you ski with a French family the day really is about eating and drinking with some skiing thrown in between places to eat and drink.  That is one of my favorite skiing memories though the skiing as sub par that weekend.

It was what driving me nuts!!! The first few days we would leave late and back to the apartment for long lunch (maybe it was the fact that family was with him). So much terrain to see and we weren't skiing much.  My wife was staying one month at her mom's with our daughters, the youngest being only a few months old. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, my wife is from France. I did two trips during our month in France.

11 days (2 travel days): Jungfrau and les 3 vallées...and 3 days at the end of the month in Chamonix.

Adk Jeff wrote

        Canada
56 Chantecler

Really? wow - based on the fact that you only skied 4 ski areas West and East in Canada. I presume it was tied in to the Tremblant trip?

Adk Jeff wrote

MadPatSki wrote

going to see The Who tonight

Awesome.  Let us know how the show was.  Saw them on their "final" tour in October '82, Shea Stadium, with the Clash warming up.  Met Roger Daltry on the beach in Nevis (small Caribbean island) 4 or 5 years ago. He was incredibly friendly and gracious.

13th row tonight...a was slightly closer in 2005(?). I decided not to go at the 1980(?) show, they didn't play Montreal on their last tour in 1982. I remember kicking myself for having not gone when I had the chance. Then I went to see them in Toronto in 1989...then again in 1997 in Montreal (their 1st show in the city since 1980. They played Ottawa the last time which was they first time since 1969 or something. They are returning now.

Concerts are another of my passion, but I focus on skiing for my blogging/forums/online stuff.

Greek Peak
Song
Labrador
Some private club near Rochester (I forgot the name)
Whiteface
Vail
Beaver Creek

I'm hoping to go to Gore and maybe some VT areas this year!

Maple Ski Ridge
Oak Mountain
West Mountain
Gore
Whiteface
Jiminy Peak
Brodie Mountain
Mount Snow
Haystack
Stratton
Bromley
Magic
Okemo
Killington
Sugarbush 
Pico
MRG
Stowe
Bolton Valley
Jay
Tremblant 
Whistler Blackcomb

MadPatSki wrote

Adk Jeff wrote

        Canada
56 Chantecler

Really? wow - based on the fact that you only skied 4 ski areas West and East in Canada. I presume it was tied in to the Tremblant trip?

Yeah, I know that looks odd on the list.  You are right, it was tied in to a Tremblant trip about 12 years ago.  We stayed at the Chantecler resort, skied xc at Far Hills one day (great place), and downhill for a day each at Tremblant and  Chantecler.  The Kicking Horse visit was tied in to a backcountry hut trip in the Selkirks in 2003.  Skied there for a day, then heli'd in to a hut for a week of earned turns.

MadPatSki wrote

13th row tonight

Nice!

Pat

The skiing that was limited to pistes and not that great due a freeze thaw cycle.  Normally I'm all about the skiing but that weekend was a great to experience French culture and food and the importance of spending time with your family and friends in the mountains.

I normally don't ski and drink but its the norm over there.  If we was skiing off piste I think i would have not done it.  I remember at the end of the day it was almost dark and we had a couple grand vert to ski and I was already have in the bag from drinking wine with lunch. My friends dad pulls out this flask of home made elderflower hooch that he called Vitimin because he said it helps him see in the dark.  It was a classic expereince.

24

1  Oak
2  Dry Hill
3  Titus
4  Big Tupper
5  Snow Ridge
6  Plattekill
7  Belleayre
8  Windham
9  Whiteface
10 Gore
11 Maple Ridge
12 Catamount
13 Jiminey Peak
14 Bromley
15 Magic
16 Stratton
17 Smugglers
18 Butternut
19 Killington
20 Pico
21 Sugarbush
22 Hunter
23 West
24 Mt Snow

Killington
Okemo
Stratton
Mount Snow
Sugarbush (Mt Ellen only)
Stowe
Ascutney

Mount Peter
Tuxedo Ridge
Hunter
Belleayre
Windham
Plattekill
Whiteface
Gore

this winter plan to check out Oak Mountain

New York:
Hunter
Bell
Windham
Cortina Valley
Platt
Sterling Forrest
Ski Stony Point
Gore
Whiteface
Mt Peter

New Jersey:
Mountain Creek
HiddenValley

Mass:
Jimney Peak
Catamount
Wachusett

NH:
Attitash
Gunstock
Waterville Valley

VT:
Mt Snow
Okemo
Bromely
Stratton
Killington
Pico
Sugarbush
MRG
Stowe
Smuggs

Colo:
Vail
Keystone
Winterpark

UT:
Snowbird
Alta
ParkCity
DeerValley

WY:
Jackson Hole

ID:
SunValley

Oregon:
Mt Bachelor

Canada B.C.
Whistler
Koteney Heli Ski

Canada Quebec:
Le Massif
Le Massif du Sud
MSA

Europe:
Zermatt

I have a real short attention span...I'll start with NY/NJ as I can remember:
Mt Cathalia
Bobcat
Big Vanilla at Davos
Belleayre
Highmount
Plattekill
Huntah
Cortina
Windham
Mt Peter
Sterling Forest
Campgaw (NJ)
Vernon Valley Great Gorge (NJ)
Craigmeur(NJ)
Willard
West
Whiteface
Gore
Hickory
Pisgah
Snow Ridge
Song
Greek Peak
Labrador
Toggenburg
Swain
Bristol
Alpine Meadows
Holimount
Rice Creek

I can't wait for this weekend!!!

oooh... my turn...

NJ
Vernon Valley
Hidden Valley

Ohio
Boston Mills

NH
Atatash
Wildcat

PA
Camelback
Big Boulder
Shawnee
Jackforst
Blue

NY
Hunter
Windham
Plattekill
Gore

VT
Killington
Stowe
Sugarbush
Jay
Pico
MRG

CO
Breck
ABasin
Copper
Loveland
Crested Butte
Telluride
Aspen Highlands
Snowmass
Aspen Mountain
Winter Park
Vail
The Beav

WY
Jackson Hole
Snow King
Grand Targhee

Montana
Big Sky
Bridger Bowl

CA
Squaw
Kirkwood
Alpine Meadows
Heavenly
Homewood
Sugarbowl
Northstar
Diamond Peak


Canada
Whistler
Blackcomb
Fernie
Panarama
Kicking Horse
Sunshine Vilage

Austira
Axamer Lizum
Ischgl
Stubai
Kitzbühel
Seegrube-Hafelkar

Argentina
Las Lenas

Kashmir/India
Gulmarg

United Arab Emirates
Mall of the Emirates(Dubai)

Whiteface
Gore
Hunter
Windham
Oak
Silver Bells
Homestead
Maple
Deer Run
Royal
Sunday River
Cannon
Loon
Attitash
Mount Snow
Stratton
Bromley
Killington
Sugarbush
Stowe
Smugglers
Bolton
Jay
Jimminy
Brodie
Whistler
Mt Tremblant
Jackson Hole
Grand Targhee
Keystone
Vail
Beaver Creek
Alta
Snowbird
Solitude
Brighton
Deer Valley
Canyons
Powder
Snow Basin
Kitzbuel
Cortina
Axamer Lizum