Ski Magazine Top 20 Eastern Ski Areas

ml242 wrote

Do you also complain about Action Park not warming the water so you can do the rides in winter?

I don't care that they don't warm the water.  I would go on the rides no matter how cold it was.

if I wasn't at work for most of my internet surfing i'd start a new drinking game, chug one every time sno mentions mountain creek  maybe when I retire in a few years

as far as marketing I think the poop id thread is the winner - I think of Harvey road and nestor north properties EVERY time I scoop some doggy doo in the yard or pass some scat on the trail - PURE GENUIS!!

gorgonzola wrote

 

as far as marketing I think the poop id thread is the winner - I think of Harvey road and nestor north properties EVERY time I scoop some doggy doo in the yard or pass some scat on the trail - PURE GENUIS!!

That was funny

And who knew SJ was a Poopalogical Engineer

snoloco wrote

The government can only do so much for Gore/ORDA.  Some of the money for snowmaking and more high speed lifts has to come from the business and not the taxpayers.

You obviously don't know anything about how NYS government works or the government's relationship with ORDA, which is a public authority that operates mostly within an environment highly restricted by the NYS Constition. But that's OK, not a lot of people do. NY budget-speak is harder to understand than Klingon.

The government has done quite a bit for Gore in the last 15 years without all that outside MONEY of which you speak.

Coach Z wrote

Sno has really gone Loco.

Not really - he has just not tasted truly epic skiing yet. Remember, his only trip to a western resort was last summer and as I recall he stated that he was intrigued by what he saw. Lets just wait until after he and SnoDad take that trip out west, lets pray for them to get some nice powder days - not too much so that he can manage it without getting over whelmed.  Until then we should just ignore the comments from the young virgin.

Good point.  I agree with your sage advice

gorgonzola wrote

as far as marketing I think the poop id thread is the winner - I think of Harvey road and nestor north properties EVERY time I scoop some doggy doo in the yard or pass some scat on the trail - PURE GENUIS!!

Hey, that was MY poop thread goddammit!  I don't even think that Harvey guy or nestor guy even posted there!

Ski the East....someone should put that on a bumper sticker.

I kinda wish that WF and Gore were left off of the list....so that more people would go elsewhere.

Petronio wrote

I have that book...  It's pretty cool...

Holiday valley is basicly a mid west ski area, drawing big crowds from cleavland, Detroit,  buffalo, so it gets a big following,

Being that mt. Bohima is the biggest area in the midwest, and the fact its anything but famliy freindly, its understandable how it makes it

So Whiteface received a 29 for Accessibility....I can only imagine that it was given that grade by people who have never made the drive....The mountain is 30-40 minutes from the Northway.....Contrast that with the schlep to Stratton, Okemo, Bromley, Killington, Mount Snow.....or real mountains like Stowe, Sugarbush and Jay (not to mention Maine and NH) and its hard to figure 29 for Accessibility....oh Screw It, dont go there everyone...its too hard to get to.

Its all votes, some of the top ski areas should be beaten by areas like plattekill, or something like windham or hunter (forgot plattekill cant be good, theirs no night clubs and hot tubs, the skiing part dont matter (if holiday valley is number 9...))

Or somthing like mad river glen should be up their, true raw skiing at its best

More times to not I would take a land slide over a trembant or stratton,

But this list is all a polularity contest anyways

I can't tell whether I'm relieved that my favorite places aren't- and likely will never be- on that list or upset that these magazines owe the ACTUAL SKI AREAS THAT ACTUALLY NEED THE EXPOSURE some page time and they never get it.  


At least when the soul has completely vanished from the ski landscape in favor of blindingly fast bubble chairs and 10k+ skier visit days maybe then they'll write "throwback articles" about how it used to be, and how sad they are that it's all gone lol...  It blows my mind how full of shit just about every single magazine out there is.  


Give me a reader's poll for "most raw and challenging", "best vibe", "best cliffs", "best tree skiing" "best powder skiing" or "best place nobody you know goes".  I get the whole family resort thing but I simply don't understand the ski world's obsession with fellating the most "highly visited" (read: most tracked out gaper paradise) resorts (not even ski areas) year after year.  Isn't it about the skiing and not just standing in line for 20 mins at the waffle shack or having a boot valet?  You certainly can't tell from 95% of magazine articles these days, because it seems more like a popularity contest- and we are all losing out as a result IMO.    


Just voting based on where the most people go is just about the biggest red flag I can imagine, and why bother to begin with?  We can just tally up day ticket sales and save these "journalists" the trouble of even having a poll haha...  Antijournalistic fluff at it's finest for sure.    

I agree 100% with this Epic rant. The best "resort" is where the slow chair is quickest to whack me in the back of the calves. Coincidentally, this place usually has the best snow as well because the lack of amenities prevented the hordes from hammering 20k before hitting the 45min lunch line for a $20 burger.

Powder has a pretty good algorithm that takes in yearly snowfall and divides it by dollars spent and skier visits. Mt Bohemia does very well in the ranking if I recall, perhaps the highest in the "east".

DoWork wrote

At least when the soul has completely vanished from the ski landscape in favor of blindingly fast bubble chairs and 10k+ skier visit days maybe then they'll write "throwback articles" about how it used to be, and how sad they are that it's all gone lol...  

First they came for the tight, winding, classic New England ski trails, and I said nothing. Then they came for the "natural snow only trails" and still, I said nothing...

mattchuck2 wrote

First they came for the tight, winding, classic New England ski trails, and I said nothing. Then they came for the "natural snow only trails" and still, I said nothing...

 When they finally got around to coming for my waffles, there was nobody left to say anything.

That doesn't really work, does it?  Whatever - I didn't want you to think nobody caught what you were throwin'.

pls explain NJ.  I didn't get it?

First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist.

Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me

It's a Nazi thing. It means eventually even Killington will get shut down, and everyone will fly west.

Welcome DoWork.