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skiing east vs. west
I have a business trip coming up to Montreal and may have time to get
some skiing in. I have only ski'd in the western USA. I have heard the east in known for icy hard packed conditions. My wife and I ski on mostly groomed runs so tons of powder aren't that important to us. However, soft groomed snow is great but I hate the days in the west where I've encountered hard packed crusty icy conditions. In the east is the hard packed and icy conditions far more common than in the west? Where within a few hours drive from Montreal can decent skiing be found? Not just Canada but maybe northern Vermont or NY not too far? |
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Why not Mt. Sainte-Anne?
It will be closer to Montreal, still in Canada. Not a bad place at all. Happy trails. Markus. "miles" wrote in message ... I have a business trip coming up to Montreal and may have time to get some skiing in. I have only ski'd in the western USA. I have heard the east in known for icy hard packed conditions. My wife and I ski on mostly groomed runs so tons of powder aren't that important to us. However, soft groomed snow is great but I hate the days in the west where I've encountered hard packed crusty icy conditions. In the east is the hard packed and icy conditions far more common than in the west? Where within a few hours drive from Montreal can decent skiing be found? Not just Canada but maybe northern Vermont or NY not too far? |
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You must mean Mt Tremblant. Sainte-Anne is quite far.
The eastern "powder", blue, is over rated. These days with grooming, and snow making you're more likely to find icey conditions in the west where they haven't gotten around to the grooming. MARCUS wrote: Why not Mt. Sainte-Anne? It will be closer to Montreal, still in Canada. Not a bad place at all. Happy trails. Markus. "miles" wrote in message ... I have a business trip coming up to Montreal and may have time to get some skiing in. I have only ski'd in the western USA. I have heard the east in known for icy hard packed conditions. My wife and I ski on mostly groomed runs so tons of powder aren't that important to us. However, soft groomed snow is great but I hate the days in the west where I've encountered hard packed crusty icy conditions. In the east is the hard packed and icy conditions far more common than in the west? Where within a few hours drive from Montreal can decent skiing be found? Not just Canada but maybe northern Vermont or NY not too far? |
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away for now wrote:
You must mean Mt Tremblant. Sainte-Anne is quite far. The eastern "powder", blue, is over rated. These days with grooming, and snow making you're more likely to find icey conditions in the west where they haven't gotten around to the grooming. Ice is rare at most western slopes even the groomed runs. The exception is ski areas closer to the coast in California etc. can get icy as their snow is much wetter. Spring skiing in the west can get icy but thats par for the warm sunny days. Many of the western ski areas I ski have little or no snow making. I have never heard the term 'powder' and eastern skiing used together! |
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away for now wrote:
You must mean Mt Tremblant. Sainte-Anne is quite far. The eastern "powder", blue, is over rated. These days with grooming, and snow making you're more likely to find icey conditions in the west where they haven't gotten around to the grooming. In the west nobody skis on the groomed; it's too crowded. |
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In the west nobody skis on the groomed; it's too crowded. You must be going to the wrong ski areas! |
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In the west nobody skis on the groomed; it's too crowded.
You must be going to the wrong ski areas! You must be going to those uncrowded slopes, that's where everybody goes. -- terry morse Palo Alto, CA http://ski.terrymorse.com/ |
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Here are some of your options for a daytrip from Montreal, in no particular
order: 1. Mont Tremblant (consistently rated #1 resort in the East, and this would be my recommendation) 2. Jay Peak, VT 3. Mont Sutton 4. Killington, VT 5. Whiteface, NY 6. Smuggler's Notch, VT 7. Stowe, VT 8. Mont Orford I'm sure I've missed some ... -GT "miles" wrote in message ... I have a business trip coming up to Montreal and may have time to get some skiing in. I have only ski'd in the western USA. I have heard the east in known for icy hard packed conditions. My wife and I ski on mostly groomed runs so tons of powder aren't that important to us. However, soft groomed snow is great but I hate the days in the west where I've encountered hard packed crusty icy conditions. In the east is the hard packed and icy conditions far more common than in the west? Where within a few hours drive from Montreal can decent skiing be found? Not just Canada but maybe northern Vermont or NY not too far? |
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"GT" wrote in message .. . Here are some of your options for a daytrip from Montreal, in no particular order: 1. Mont Tremblant (consistently rated #1 resort in the East, and this would be my recommendation) 2. Jay Peak, VT 3. Mont Sutton 4. Killington, VT 5. Whiteface, NY 6. Smuggler's Notch, VT 7. Stowe, VT 8. Mont Orford Tremblant is very good. Jay is a good option. Stay away from Killington - it is EXTREMELY crowded. It is probably my least favorite ski area in New England. Stowe is very nice. Unfortunately, ice comes with the territory out here in the East. For those of us who grew up with it, it's been said that we can ski anywhere and anything, and I do believe that. For anyone that's skied Cannon in the 1980's, you know what I mean! One bit of advice about ice - just get past it. Relax, ski through it as straight as you can, and you'll be fine. |
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