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Only skied Sugarloaf in the east. Very crowded on the weekend we were there. The runs were fairly short too. If you stay away from the major resorts, most of the Rockies have pretty small crowds. We lived in Montana, New Mexico, and are now in Idaho. The major resorts: Big Sky, Taos, Bogus Basin and Sun Valley can be very crowded with long lift lines, but I could/can often ski up to the chair at Great Divide, Showdown, Ski Santa Fe, Soldier Mountain, among others.
For those of you that have skied in both areas, which area do you prefer to ski in?
Not even sure how this will be close. My main issue with skiing back east is lack of snow, and spotty coverage that mostly feels like skiing ice. Lack of big mountains is a bummer as well.
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Better skiing in New England than anywhere east of the Rockies, but no one’s going to say the northern Appalachians have anything on the western mountains.
This might be a hot take, but for like 85-90% of skiers it doesn’t really make a difference . (And I genuinely believe this about smaller vs bigger resorts within the east)
The big difference is season length. You get ~5 weeks or something in the west of good snow.
This might be a hot take, but for like 85-90% of skiers it doesn’t really make a difference . (And I genuinely believe this about smaller vs bigger resorts within the east)
The big difference is season length. You get ~5 weeks or something in the west of good snow.
The bigger difference is temperature. It’s cold skiing on a mountain in Vermont with wind chill.
This might be a hot take, but for like 85-90% of skiers it doesn’t really make a difference . (And I genuinely believe this about smaller vs bigger resorts within the east)
The big difference is season length. You get ~5 weeks or something in the west of good snow.
Really the biggest difference is lack of terrain, lack of variability, and lack of snow. Skiing back east is just not very enjoyable. If you are a new skier or boarder it sucks skiing in places with a small base of snow.
Really the biggest difference is lack of terrain, lack of variability, and lack of snow. Skiing back east is just not very enjoyable. If you are a new skier or boarder it sucks skiing in places with a small base of snow.
Ski seasons are quite a bit longer out west.
If you’re a new/casual skier you need like 500ft of vertical. It basically doesn’t matter where you go
That’s what I’m talking about. For most people it’s basically irrelevant.
Vermont and Upstate NY for the East Coast and that's about it. A few in NH too.
No contest compared to the Rockies though.
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