“We call it breeze!” yelled a ski patroller, commenting on the bone-chilling bitter wind at the top of Jay Peak resort. “And we call it severe-weather-please-stay-home in NYC. Gee, a forecast did not say anything about the breeze!” I thought, trying to adjust my gear and shield myself from the blustery Jay Peak weather. It [...]
Earlier in the morning, we received a comment from a reader who pointed out that Magic Mountain resort will only be open on weekends, holidays and after major snowstorms in the 2009/2010 season. That got me thinking – if they change hours of operation, why not change an image. I often hear comments such as: [...]
Smugglers Notch resort is among top ski destinations in Vermont. Voted number one for family programs by a Ski Magazine’s reader survey, this resort offers great terrain, including the only triple black diamond in the East, unbeatable views, great deals on lift tickets, and a variety of programs so that everyone can have plenty of [...]
It was neither a well-organized Vermont ski trip, nor a good time to take one when we visited Okemo Mountain during the Christmas week – one of the busiest and most expensive periods for a ski vacation in Vermont. Although it was five years ago, I can still remember the huge crowds clearly, and the [...]
Raise your hand if you have ever been to or heard of Okemo, Killington, Stratton or Sugarbush mountain resorts in VT. Chances are that most of you will raise a hand. These places have extensive snowmaking, powerful grooming fleets, fast chair lifts, luxury condos, spas and everything in between that would make that ski vacation [...]
I admit that I may hold a rather biased view of Bromley Resort. After all, I kicked off the 2008-2009 ski season by attempting to snowboard at the “Unforgiving Boarder Cross” Park; I received my first telemark lesson (Stay tuned because we will publish a separate article dedicated to telemark programs at Bromley) there and [...]
If you ever debated between leaving to Vermont very early in a morning and squeezing a half-day of skiing, or driving later in a day and spending the rest of it chilling in a hotel, here is an alternative – night skiing at Bolton Valley resort. They have 12 trails open up for night skiing [...]
“If you ski 10 + days per season, don’t miss your chance to buy a season pass and save big on lift tickets!” proclaims a widely popular advertising pitch. It is somewhat correct: buying a season pass makes sense when you log a lot of days. The question is: How many days do you need [...]
A stuffed turkey or a ski vacation? I faced this dilemma a week before Thanksgiving. “Hmm, we can combine a Thanksgiving dinner with the early ski season vacation in Vermont! Mount Snow anyone?” I came up with a solution and immediately sent out emails trying to lure my friends into joining me. I promised to [...]
Mount Snow resort got its name for a reason: The snowmaking crews there make a lot of snow. The Mount Snow has more than 250 snowmaking fans, the most fan guns in the entire North America. When the ski season starts in November, they start coating the mountain’s four faces, 87 trails, and 12 freestyle [...]
There is a couture jewelry boutique, The North Face, and a Burton flagship store, among other brand names, in this small ski village. You can buy Barron’s and The Wall Street Journal in a local coffee shop or relax at the end of a day in the village bar voted among the “Top 5 Apres [...]
Raise your hand if you have ever been to or heard of Okemo, Killington, Stratton or Sugarbush mountain resorts in VT. Chances are that most of you will raise a hand. These places have extensive snowmaking, powerful grooming fleets, fast chair lifts, luxury condos, spas and everything in between that would make that ski vacation [...]
