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On 10/19/2010 01:28 PM, Dick G wrote:
On Sun, 17 Oct 2010 19:10:30 -0400, wrote: RW I will do that, have only skied Okemo, nothing else in the East Slow-kemo, eh? I'd like a casual visitor's opinion. Can you share? I have been to Okemo 3 or 4 times, cant really remember, and its usually with friends in NY who somehow have scooped $25 lift tickets. The Good: A few nice DD trails, decent snow conditions, good/friendly staff. The Bad: Jackson Gore, not overly impressed with the hill, the hotel/condo seemed "soulless" if you know what I mean, and the food/snacks were not very good at all to the best runs.The Ugly: We have always stayed slope side in Winterplace, some of the most poorly constructed ski accommodations I have had the pleasure to enjoy. Orientation - seemed to be forever reviewing the map to see where we were in relation to getting to the best runs. Hmm. The only good DD's I've found were on the South Face, usually in the woods. And of course Sel's Run which is a premier bump run. I do have trouble with that at my age and stage. Ayup on Jackson Gore. Winterplace is a client of mine and I'm all too familiar with their construction. See if you can't get into one of the more recently constructed buildings. They are all duplexes (two units per building) and have 5 bedrooms each unit. They will be Very Expen$ive to rent unless you have a large group. The most recent sales cost in the area of $1,000,000 per unit. Yes, that's six zeros. The layout isn't too bad actually. But it's a good idea here as it is anywhere, to ski with a local. Join us at Killington. Walt's been here with me and his only complaint was that we were too laid back. He didn't cut me any slack by recognizing that it was a blizzard day and we really didn't want to hit it any harder than we did. Gave me crap anyway. |
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On 10/19/2010 3:15 PM, VtSkier wrote:
Join us at Killington. Walt's been here with me and his only complaint was that we were too laid back. He didn't cut me any slack by recognizing that it was a blizzard day and we really didn't want to hit it any harder than we did. I don't know that it was a *complaint" so much as an observation that we took a much more leisurely pace than I usually do. I tend to channel my inner puritan when hitting a real hill, skiing bell-to-bell without taking breaks. Vt and crew are mountain hosts who ski KMart all the time so their approach was to take a run or two, go hang in the patrol shack for 15 minutes, take another run, go in for coffee, etc. etc. It's different approach, that's all. Of course, with it being a raging blizzard that day, any sane person would be taking frequent breaks. Did I mention that I don't tend to take breaks? Gave me crap anyway. Well, yes. And you're surprised by this? (c: //Walt |
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On 10/19/2010 04:55 PM, Walt wrote:
On 10/19/2010 3:15 PM, VtSkier wrote: Join us at Killington. Walt's been here with me and his only complaint was that we were too laid back. He didn't cut me any slack by recognizing that it was a blizzard day and we really didn't want to hit it any harder than we did. I don't know that it was a *complaint" so much as an observation that we took a much more leisurely pace than I usually do. I tend to channel my inner puritan when hitting a real hill, skiing bell-to-bell without taking breaks. Vt and crew are mountain hosts who ski KMart all the time so their approach was to take a run or two, go hang in the patrol shack for 15 minutes, take another run, go in for coffee, etc. etc. It's different approach, that's all. Of course, with it being a raging blizzard that day, any sane person would be taking frequent breaks. Did I mention that I don't tend to take breaks? Gave me crap anyway. Well, yes. And you're surprised by this? (c: Well, no. And I'd like to do it again. Maybe when it's not such awful weather. //Walt |
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VtSkier wrote:
Well, no. And I'd like to do it again. Maybe when it's not such awful weather. KMart is not on the radar at this point, but my in-laws still live in the same place, so I'll probably make it back there at some point. Of course, you're always welcome to come here. We might ever get Horvath to show up if you're lucky. //Walt |
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