hey guys
my friends and i were looking at places to go skiing, and we wanna go somewhere that has some long trails,
i saw killington has a 10.2 mile trail but it is green circle, we were thinking more along the lines of black diamonds, or at the least blue square.
any suggestions
mad river glenn is always a possibility as it is natural and no snowboarders allowed
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OK guys, as students we're skint is it?? I see you like Bristol Mountain and that is a great intermediate facility. If that's your general location and NY State, you could do Killington etc and then drive up through the old boot-legging route via Lake Champlain to Montreal/Quebec Tremblant Range.
Gray Rocks and close by resorts sure ain't long but depending on time of season can be as 'tuff' as a 2000M drop at Chamonix.
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Started by Elanboy385 in Ski Chatter 12-Mar-2008 - 5 Replies
Elanboy385 posted Mar-2008
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DaveW
reply to 'Longest trails in the US' posted Mar-2008
Elanboy385 wrote: hey guys
my friends and i were looking at places to go skiing, and we wanna go somewhere that has some long trails..............along the lines of black diamonds.........Killington.....etc.
Have you thought about Winter Park? Couple of thousand inter-linked acres, off-piste bowls and long linked (8-10Km)'single' black-runs with A1 watering holes. Also the extreme off piste is (usually) the lightest and greatest as you would expect at that elevation/latitude Stateside.
It's less than a couple of hours transfer from Denver. Direct flight to Denver.
Can't recommend hotel as I was in condo's with friends. Usual caution about car inclusive deals and room-only pricing, as you may know.
Killington is fine but very cold at times and too limited for your standard. Same for all of Vermont that I've seen when living in Montreal. You could check out Stratton or Stowe/Smugglers Notch (children everywhere during Hols). Keep in mind that all that snow depth has to fall sometime and it's no fun to lose 3days(plus 'settling' for off piste) out of 7 days, so go 10/11 days min., if affordable!
If you know all that already that,sorry, it's just my enthusiasm!
DaveW
Elanboy385
reply to 'Longest trails in the US' posted Mar-2008
i knew stratton was good, and same with smugglers notch but never thought of those, and colorado is a good place to look, but were all college kids, so our budgets are limited
thanks for the tips
thanks for the tips
BALLS TO THE WALL
DaveW
reply to 'Longest trails in the US' posted Mar-2008
Elanboy385 wrote:i knew stratton was good, and same with smugglers notch but never thought of those, and colorado is a good place to look, but were all college kids, so our budgets are limited
thanks for the tips
OK guys, as students we're skint is it?? I see you like Bristol Mountain and that is a great intermediate facility. If that's your general location and NY State, you could do Killington etc and then drive up through the old boot-legging route via Lake Champlain to Montreal/Quebec Tremblant Range.
Gray Rocks and close by resorts sure ain't long but depending on time of season can be as 'tuff' as a 2000M drop at Chamonix.
Barry Leonard unting
reply to 'Longest trails in the US' posted Mar-2008
how about skiing in Vail,Colorado. I spent a week there in January and the skiing was awesome with 3 interconnected areas, Vail Frontside, Blue Sky Basin and the legendary Back Bowls + a 4.3 mile long Black Diamond Trail through the trees I think this would satify anybody`s aspirations for the ultimate adrenalin rush
Elanboy385
reply to 'Longest trails in the US' posted Mar-2008
thanks for the ideas guys, as far as it looks for me, im ganna have to wait till im outta school with my car and a majority of my school loans paid off, but its nice to know whats out there
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Topic last updated on 14-March-2008 at 14:14