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That was my point, because Chicago doesn't have decent slopes, most Chicago area skiers hit Colorado or Utah. There is no comparing East Coast skiing to the Rockies. NOBODY would fly 2 hours east to ski when you could fly 2 hours west to the country's finest skiing.
In other words, Chicagoans have better access to the country's best ski slopes than New York. And in my experience, they take great advantage of that. You can fly out of O'Hare early AM and be on the slopes in Colorado before lunch.
That was my point, because Chicago doesn't have decent slopes, most Chicago area skiers hit Colorado or Utah. There is no comparing East Coast skiing to the Rockies. NOBODY would fly 2 hours east to ski when you could fly 2 hours west to the country's finest skiing.
In other words, Chicagoans have better access to the country's best ski slopes than New York. And in my experience, they take great advantage of that. You can fly out of O'Hare early AM and be on the slopes in Colorado before lunch.
Wow.
I thought before, with the ocean comment, that I'd seen it all. But no.
You need to get around more then. Most Midwestern skiers universally measure skiing by their frequent trips to the Rockies. Most East Coast skiers stay out East. What's so shocking about the fact that Chicago skiers tend to enjoy longer vertical drops than East Coast skiers. You'd be shocked how many Midwesterners have condos in Colorado and Utah.
Maybe this is news to you. Sit down and take a deep breath......
You need to get around more then. Most Midwestern skiers universally measure skiing by their frequent trips to the Rockies. Most East Coast skiers stay out East. What's so shocking about the fact that Chicago skiers tend to enjoy longer vertical drops than East Coast skiers. You'd be shocked how many Midwesterners have condos in Colorado and Utah.
Maybe this is news to you. Sit down and take a deep breath......
I think I'm good and well informed, but thanks for the advice.
No need to. And btw, I learned to ski in the Adirondacks as a small kid when my family lived in Syracuse, and after moving to Chicago, we never looked East again. If we would have stayed out East, probably would never know the joy of Vail, Alta, and Arapahoe Basin.
But feel sorry for the flatlanders who just happen to be closer to the nation's greatest mountains. From these debates, it is painfully aware to me that my knowledge of the East Coast having lived in Philly Boston and NY is quite a bit greater than the likes of Tard and Jersey Girl's knowledge of the Midwest/Chicago.
No need to. And btw, I learned to ski in the Adirondacks as a small kid when my family lived in Syracuse, and after moving to Chicago, we never looked East again. If we would have stayed out East, probably would never know the joy of Vail, Alta, and Arapahoe Basin.
But feel sorry for the flatlanders who just happen to be closer to the nation's greatest mountains. From these debates, it is painfully aware to me that my knowledge of the East Coast having lived in Philly Boston and NY is quite a bit greater than the likes of Tard and Jersey Girl's knowledge of the Midwest/Chicago.
Just trying to educate my coastal cousins.
My knowledge of everything is just fine, thanks again, though. You may want to do a bit more research of the NY area you claim to know better than I know Chicagoland, though, considering you did think that The Delaware Water Gap was part of Philly's greater area rather than NYC's. Maybe you also could look a bit more into the midwest and how far out that extends because you seem to think the Rockies somehow belong to those from Chicago just because it's further west than NY.
I already see what a homer and Midwest booster you are (and so do many others). That's fine, but you have to be truthful as well. Claiming that Chicago is better than NY for skiing because it's closer to the Rockies is extremely far fetched. I think you've jumped the shark, my friend.
The Chicago suburbs now stretch a thousand miles across the plains to include the Colorado Rockies. Who knew Chicagoland was that big!
Seriously, this thread has gone way off track, lol. Its supposed to be about comparing suburbs not resorts you have to take a plane to.
Seriously! News to me! Guess I don't get out enough… I need to expand my horizons, leave my little NYC area. Clearly you don't know skiing until you've been to the Rockies in Illinois… How dare I support the big mountains an hour from NYC.
I was living in Philly when Philly friends took me to Delaware Gap. My memory of it was that it wasn't really close to any city. That's why I associated it with Philly.
But now I know.
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