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Snowshoe Info.
I'd appreciate advice on a possible trip to Snowshoe. I'm thinking
about taking my son to Snowshoe around March 21, which I guess is spring break for most people. My 13-year-old is an intermediate boarder, I'm an advanced skier. Will it be absolutely mobbed during the week? I expect a little extra traffic in the spring, but don't want to spend the week in line. I've never been to Snowshoe, and am curious about whether it's worth the 6 hour drive from DC. DC Skier |
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Snowshoe Info.
We were at Snowshoe on Thursday and Friday, Feb. 19 and 20. There were no
lines before 10:30 on either day, but by 11 on Friday the line on Ballhooter lift was pretty long, around 2:30 probably 30 minutes. Unfortunately that is the lift most people have take to get back to the parking lot, to get lunch, or to the condos. There are two ways you can avoid lift lines at Snowshoe: ski/board at Silver Creek -- on the same ticket as Snowshoe, free, rather haphazard, no-scheduled-times, bus transportation between the two areas, about 4 miles distance or ski/board the Western Territory (black and double black runs) which does not have the lift lines. But, the services (restrooms and food) are very minimal on the Western Territory side, so you will have to use either the bus or the crowded Ballhooter lift. The Western Territory is by far the best terrain area -- west of the Poconos and east of Denver. In my opinion, Seven Springs has a far better layout for convenience, but the 1500 feet vertical drop of the Western Territory is the biggest in the area. If you enjoy ski/board the Western Territory's two challenging slopes (Cupp Run is black and lower Shay's Revenge with Volkswagen size moguls is an honest to goodness double-black) then I would put up with the hassle of back-and-forth transportation. But, if black runs are not for you, in my opinion, I would look for slopes with more convenient arrangement and much shorter lift lines for the blue runs. Regards, Ernie "DCSkier" wrote in message om... I'd appreciate advice on a possible trip to Snowshoe. I'm thinking about taking my son to Snowshoe around March 21, which I guess is spring break for most people. My 13-year-old is an intermediate boarder, I'm an advanced skier. Will it be absolutely mobbed during the week? I expect a little extra traffic in the spring, but don't want to spend the week in line. I've never been to Snowshoe, and am curious about whether it's worth the 6 hour drive from DC. DC Skier |
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Snowshoe Info.
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DCSkier typed: I'd appreciate advice on a possible trip to Snowshoe. I'm thinking about taking my son to Snowshoe around March 21, which I guess is spring break for most people. My 13-year-old is an intermediate boarder, I'm an advanced skier. Will it be absolutely mobbed during the week? I expect a little extra traffic in the spring, but don't want to spend the week in line. I've never been to Snowshoe, and am curious about whether it's worth the 6 hour drive from DC. DC Skier Saturdays have been the worst as far as crowds. Sundays have been pretty good however. I haven't been up there midweek this year but in the past the place starts to fill up closer to the weekend. We've learned the work the mountain like this: Make first tracks at 8:30 run the Ballhooter lift until the line starts to fill up at about 10:00. Then move over to the Western side and run Cupp and Shays until about 11:30. Go in for lunch. Run Cupp some more or if we're getting tired go down to Silvercreek and get back on the Flying Eagle lift and run that until 3. Go back up to Snowshoe and run the Eastern side and the green trails at Powder Ridge lift until the end of the day. There's approx. 7,000 rooms on the mountain so when they're booked up expect 10-12,000 skiers/boarders. Mike |
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