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Ski Resorts in Rochester

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Bmoxham
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Are there any ski resorts in or close by to rochester new york
I'm going there for thanksgiving and want to ski
Oct 29 2005 3:09PM
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ESfreeridepa
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plattekill?
Oct 29 2005 3:33PM
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JockinJLoads
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bristol mt is the best...1200' vertical www.bristolmt.com
Oct 29 2005 3:34PM
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Thomson.
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The best is Bristol, they are supposed to open Thanksgiving so your set, but there will be no park and like 5 trails :-P
Oct 29 2005 4:52PM
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Tinga
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damn i always read rochester and think minnesota
Oct 29 2005 4:53PM
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east_american
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there is swain to but its like 800ft tall, no lie, and don't be fooled by their web site those pictures arent from swain
Oct 29 2005 4:54PM
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Odd_Job
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i wouldn't say there are any "resorts" by rochester, but ppl have mentioned the majors ski areas around rochester in this thread...
Oct 29 2005 5:14PM
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JockinJLoads
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lol swain is terrible...650' vertical huge!!!!!!! i get nosebleeds when i go to the summit due to the atmosphere
Oct 30 2005 1:35PM
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Hctiws_iks
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yea bristol is the best, and maybe the closest, if your in rochester go there.
Oct 30 2005 1:39PM
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MitchPee
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1,200 vertical feet holy shit thats high (sarcasm)
Oct 30 2005 1:41PM
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Girays_Brother
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i doubt bristol will be open by then though
Oct 30 2005 1:48PM
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JockinJLoads
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thats double the height of swain.........so it is pretty tall, sad i know...
Oct 30 2005 1:49PM
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WIllW
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save your money and ski somewhere worth skiing during the real winter
Oct 30 2005 5:36PM
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patrickcowan
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just hit urban
Oct 30 2005 5:46PM
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*T-Hobbs*
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i heard there are some sic skiers out that way- something about bargart, bogar, no, maybe its bogart....
Oct 30 2005 8:09PM
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R.Fahey
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HA. you guys laugh at like 650, and 1200 vertical feet. Here we only have like 350 or so. We have a sick park, so i'm not complaining.
Oct 30 2005 8:17PM
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Girays_Brother
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erik olson, in BOGART.. was raised on a 200 foot vertical hill with only a tow rope to move up, thats about 1 hour from bristol mountain so swain looks like heaven to that
Oct 31 2005 6:47PM
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WIllW
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go brantling
Oct 31 2005 7:13PM
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JockinJLoads
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brantling is such a joke....but its cool if youre into that kind of thing...gay things that is....
Oct 31 2005 7:15PM
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