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IHOP
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so i was looking into a college in Connecticut and i was wondering what the skiing is like over there. If there are any CT locals around tell me what how it over there. oh and i heard this place caleed woodbury is pretty chill too. so yeah just tell me what its like.
Jul 11 2004 10:27PM
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GeneralButtNaked
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ski sundown is outside of hartford.





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Jul 11 2004 10:54PM
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CTripper
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ski sundown is about 50 minutes or so from hartford. it's a cool place to night ski. a discount pass gets you $12 night tickets. powder ridge is boring and 4 glorified skiing lanes. they make big jumps and get lazy and they go to poop. i have never been to woodbury. what school are you looking at?
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Jul 11 2004 11:10PM
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Jasmine
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ski sundown is a really good mtn. i have been to woodbury once, but don't particularly like it. the jumps are shaped funny and it is overpopulated by snowboarders.



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Jul 11 2004 11:42PM
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IHOP
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well i did a college search and i got Quinnipiac University and it sounds alright, have you heard of it? if so whats it like? and how far from sundown?
Jul 12 2004 12:13AM
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SmoKinSkier
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Im no genious but im goin to have to say u should ski sundown~




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Jul 12 2004 2:37AM
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Jasmine
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definitely go with sundown. woodbridge is closer, but the place seriously has about 2 maybe 3 trails and like 100 feet of vertical. i'm guessing to get to sundown from quinnipiac (i think it is in hamden?) would be about an hour and half because i live around hartford and it takes me 45 minutes.



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Jul 12 2004 8:42AM
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alev
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u should make the trip to ma or even southern nh or vt cuz if u really wanna ski, u gotta go there- i drive with my family 2.5 hrs every weekend to ski, so i think u could manage that

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Jul 12 2004 9:06AM
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wntrwill
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Sundown is definitely best in CT... last year they threw up a 90 footer and the rails were the best made and most well kept in the state for sure. Obviously you'll have better if you go a couple hours but thats your choice. Quinnipiac or however you spell that is a decent college for sure.
Jul 12 2004 10:58AM
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Ice-Is-Scary
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I grew up in connecticut and the first mountain I mean hill Ive ever skied was sundown. Its better than skiing in the woods in connecticut but it would prolly get boring after ten or so minutes.


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Jul 12 2004 11:19AM
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superpipe540
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if you want to do some early season skiing, the guy who owns woodbury starts blowing snow the second it drops below 32. it opened in early november last year with a few rails and a c box. but the best skiing is 3 hours north in vt.

Jul 12 2004 11:33AM
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Malczyk
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sundown will be the mountain creek of new england, small but full of perfectly made jumps and rails, the terrain park manager and grooming guy rule, they built us a 13 ft tall booter that was 90 ft in length, massive, i wish i got to hit it more.
Jul 12 2004 2:51PM
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pales
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if you want skiing that doesn't suck, go to vermont, new hampshire, or maine. it's not as good as out in colorado, but there are schools that are right on the mountains there. some schools even own their own small mountains. basically, ct skiing sucks


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Jul 12 2004 2:59PM
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Stryken
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Anywhere in CT sucks balls for skiing. I have lived here my whole life and its a joke. I ski in Vermont or NH mostly....I would only ski in CT just for a night skiing on a weeknight like once a year. Quinnipiac is kinda further from Sundown...might be closer to Southington. No mountain is any more than 500,600 ft. vertical as far as I know (and im guessing.) As for the school itself, I don't know much about it.

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Jul 12 2004 3:05PM
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alev
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a 90 foot table in ct? no im sorry thats not possible

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Jul 12 2004 8:29PM
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alev
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alot of people go to killington or okemo from ny and ct

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Jul 13 2004 9:36AM
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danbrown
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no, i'm sorry, it is possible...numerous people have seen it, hit it, and gotten it on film...search the forum for old topics in new england and you will see, go to sundown for sure
Jul 13 2004 9:39AM
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IHOP
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alright so maybe i wont think about quinipac.....sundown sounds pretty nice but i dont know, and driving for 2 or 3 hours thosent sound very fun either... thanks for the input though.
Jul 13 2004 2:33PM
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fluff
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www.sasfilms.com/sundown

here's a couple of clips neil put up for me of my work.

also, www.rightsideproductions.com check out the first booter in their trailor.



there are some wierd ass litigations (spelling?) going on in Connecticut right now, as far as liability goes, so things might be different in the state in the ski world. we;ll see how things evolove, but we aren;t planning on discontinuing the park scene at sundown, it;ll be in full effect.





Jul 13 2004 3:24PM
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saucerboy84
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dude i went to Quinnipiac for my first two years...i didnt like it...the drive for skiing isnt that bad, but the crowd of people is all new york and jersey. im going to CU this fall to start my junior year. ive lived in CT all my life, and let me tell you it is not that special.
Jul 13 2004 5:25PM
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Stryken
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In all honesty, perhaps you should look at schools that you like and have a good program instead of just ones that you want to ski at. I'm going to a school that isnt close to mountains but i get a 7 week winter break....not missing a whole lot.
I used to just look at schools for skiing before I was ACTUALLY looking....like in 9th grade I'd be like COOL LETS GO TO U OF UTAH

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Jul 13 2004 7:43PM
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HandiBoard
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or you could just look for school that have good programs that you are interested in and coincidentally have sick skiing
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Jul 14 2004 9:02AM
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ArmadaFreerider8
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Don't go to school on the east coast for school at all if you are going to go for skiing, but since your thinking about going to Conn. you probably aren't all that intrested in skiing, but like Killington, Okemo, Mount Snow are only about 2- 2 1/2 hours away, so you can be a weekender






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Jul 14 2004 9:35AM
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CorkWormTurn
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isn't quinnipiac like 75% girls or somethin?
Jul 14 2004 9:37AM
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ArmadaFreerider8
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I've never heard that stat before, but who knows






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Jul 14 2004 9:46AM
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saucerboy84
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nah not 75%, i think last i heard it was around 60/40, however, not many are that hot.
Jul 14 2004 2:03PM
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ArmadaFreerider8
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60% still isn't bad, I've never been there so I don't know if there hot or not






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Jul 14 2004 5:21PM
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pales
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i saw the '90 foot' table. it was more like 50 feet. tops.


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Jul 18 2004 4:39PM
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IHOP
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yeah maybe ill just stick to the west...
Jul 18 2004 4:45PM
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IHOP
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oh and thanks for the clips fluff
Jul 18 2004 4:46PM
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hellmut
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If you want to go skiing and you live in CT, then drive a couple hours to vernmont, its worth it. The biggest jumps in CT are considered small up north.
Jul 18 2004 5:41PM
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fluff
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50 huh? right dude. 50
Jul 19 2004 5:51AM
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VTfreeskier
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you could go to woodbury if your desperate. They only have like 4 features so i wouldnt recomend it for an entire season. Its ok to go for a day by most other mountains in VT open
Jul 19 2004 10:49AM
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pistolpeteo4
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woodbury as alright its abot 300 ft tall but has some kind of nice rails go to sundown they have a pretty good park. not so much a good park but just the best one around as far as i know

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Apr 26 2005 10:16AM
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not sure

Apr 26 2005 1:46PM
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saucerboy84
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this takes teh cake as the most pointless thread revival ever. thank you.

Apr 26 2005 2:17PM
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lineskier10
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yeah fuck connecticut i hate it

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Apr 26 2005 2:56PM
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saucerboy84
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where you going next year scott?

Apr 26 2005 4:27PM
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dylhole
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i'd just ski ct if i were you, vt doesnt have much more to offer other than mt. snows, and a few other decent terrain parks. othewise, its just longer, more crowded, more expensive, colder icy runs.

Apr 26 2005 6:52PM
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