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Favorite East Coast Mountain?

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FleeceJohnson
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And why?
Oct 18 2012 9:49AM
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Mr.Sloth
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Looking glass in North Carolina. Awesome climbing! Click for larger image
Oct 18 2012 9:51AM
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Huck_Norris
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That is an impossible question.  I love so many for so many reasons.   

I love Magic for all-day untracked tree skiing and cliff hucking my face off.

I love Jay for consistently delivering the goods, the occasional multi-foot day and having steep trees and open faces.

I love MRG for being steep, sexy and on App gap and therefore almost faster to skin laps on a pow day when the line is long. 

I love The Midd Snow Bowl for having fast lifts, cheap tickets, 99% racers and great snow and tree skiing that very few are interested in. 

I love Smuggs for being so goddam perfect- great slackcountry, awesome trails, great snow and laid back attitude.   

I love Mt. Snow for...  Wait a second I fucking hate Mt. Snow hahaha

So yeah.  I just love so many places up here and there's even more I haven't tried.  To pick ONE favorite is impossible for me, because it depends on what I'm doing, what the conditions are and what kind of crew I have with me which one is perfect for that day. 

Oct 18 2012 11:42AM
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Petey.
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cannon because it's so g, locals only ya digg?
Oct 18 2012 11:47AM
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ski0
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Tremblant can be pretty awesome if you get good conditions and avoid weekends and holidays.
Loon is amazing for park.
Smugglers notch and Jay Peak are pretty cool.


Oct 18 2012 12:00PM
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wawabunski
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Loon- learned to ski there and grew up skiing every weekend there- I know the mountain inside out and all the places to get good tree skiing - black mountain never gets old - I will always name loon as my favorite mountain regardless of where I ski
Oct 18 2012 12:26PM
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MacMahoooon
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There are so many hidden gems on the east coast. we may not have massive mountains, but we definitely have some awesome skiing.

Magic, Jay, Massif du Sud and Tremblant all top my list
Oct 18 2012 12:37PM
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Nacho+
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cannon
Oct 18 2012 9:52PM
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Elmo.
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loon. sick park. i know all the hidden tree pow spots. the vibe in the spring is unmatched for me. and it has the bunyan room. cant get any better
Oct 18 2012 10:00PM
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coolflash8
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whaleback
Oct 18 2012 10:00PM
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Forcillo
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Camden Snow Bowl because it's my hill. It has fucking sentimental value.

Sunday's sick for park, Saddleback's sick for off piste/tree skiing
Oct 18 2012 10:06PM
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SKIU4EA
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I love Mt Snow. Ill Parks and if you're not down with park... North Face is where it's at with steeps, glades, bumps.


Why do you hate it?
Oct 18 2012 10:30PM
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mitchk
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Le Massif! Jay is also some cookies and cream super fun to shred there
Oct 18 2012 10:35PM
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Peter.
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killington, can't get much better than the beast
Oct 18 2012 10:46PM
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localonvolkls
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Stowe, Im at mammoth now and I still miss the shit out of that place
Oct 18 2012 11:00PM
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tgm
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Cannon all the way baby! So many great steeps and trees.
Oct 18 2012 11:02PM
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coldcuts69
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Saddleback for sure, the locals are great, theres virtually no lift lines, fantastic park and tree skiing, and overall great skiing.
Oct 18 2012 11:30PM
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grown-ninja
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I'll be the first to say it North Face is one of the most overates parts of a mountains in the NE, tracked out constantly, will be bumped up and scrapped of shw by 11 oclock, small, crowded...
Oct 19 2012 10:45AM
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dunesquirrel
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stowe & le massif
Oct 19 2012 10:57AM
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jrl
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either Saddleback or Sunday River both are super fun
Oct 19 2012 11:02AM
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Randy_Quench
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mo' fuckin okemo. wu tangin in ludlow on the reg.
Oct 19 2012 11:17AM
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A.rollins
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Sugarloaf anyone?
Oct 19 2012 11:41AM
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the.nile
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go to sugarloaf in late spring. ive never been to loon but there is a reason why the loaf is king of spring.

my top three are easily
Sugarloaf
Saddleback
Burke
all three have awesome trees, great parks and burke and saddleback usually have no lift lines whatsoever
Oct 19 2012 11:41AM
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fredyferl
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Mont Sainte-Anne, the park is so fun, there's no jumps but the flow is just so good. Other than that itS really sick too for skiing outside the park
Oct 19 2012 12:01PM
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steve0
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Honestly...Wherever my friends are. I would have more fun at a tiny mountain with a great crew, than by myself at the best mountain with the best conditions. I work at Jay Peak and skied here a lot by myself last year and eventually came to that realization. The people make the place.
Oct 19 2012 12:05PM
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zues
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carinthia is bomb. i don't understand how people can hate it
Oct 19 2012 12:07PM
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Finkle
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Whiteface for every day.... and Jay when it dumps.
Oct 19 2012 12:12PM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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Loon
Oct 19 2012 12:23PM
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Senor_Goat
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Mont Tremblant cause they always bum bogeys
Oct 19 2012 1:26PM
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ChipSki
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Stowe for the town. Jay for the tree skiing and snow. Sugarloaf because it's trill as fuck.
Oct 19 2012 1:34PM
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Huck_Norris
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Mostly because it's fiilled to the brim with douchebags and my love affair with the North Face lasts approximately 30 seconds, which is almost enough to get me to the bottom. 

I mean, if you don't ski park Mt. Snow is a waste of a hundred bucks.  SO MANY better options for people who aren't looking to lap the park, y'know?  Not hating... Well, yes I am, that place blows.  Sorry if you like it, I don't mean it as a reflection of you, it's just about as far from my cup of tea as you can get.   

Oct 19 2012 2:29PM
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snowfinder
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New stuff at the loaf they 200 feet long 20 feet high at the highest point.
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Oct 19 2012 6:22PM
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snowfinder
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no idea how they got in there.
Oct 19 2012 6:22PM
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Port.
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Sunday River and in recent years saddleback fur shur
Oct 19 2012 6:50PM
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Stickity
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7 springs because i've never skiied anywhere else
Oct 19 2012 7:21PM
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1337
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fuck yeah, this looks SICK!

Sugarloaf for sure, skied there since birth
Oct 19 2012 7:22PM
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Blurst
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JAHHHHHHH PEAK
Oct 19 2012 7:23PM
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SeanTom
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Sunday River just because that's my home. Love it there
Oct 19 2012 7:24PM
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Juicy-J
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for sure. the vibe is so great
Oct 19 2012 7:41PM
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Plankton
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wildcat
Oct 19 2012 7:43PM
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pabstbluesippin
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someone give me a like for ski sundown in CT haha. night skiing is always a time in itself
Oct 19 2012 8:25PM
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SKIU4EA
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I feel ya. North face IS short, and certainly not worth a lift ticket to stay on that side all day. Was just curious why u hate it.


I guess the reason why it's ideal for me is i lap park 85% of the time and the rest of the time, north face is a good change of pace... especially when it dumps.
Oct 19 2012 8:32PM
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KeeganKil
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LOAF!!
NO DOUBT
Oct 20 2012 12:00AM
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Matt_Rossi
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Mount Snow for park and it's only 45 minutes from me, but Stowe and Jay have that East coast rugged back country which I love
Oct 20 2012 11:26AM
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.ZT.
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Mad River Glen will always be one of my favorites. So many good memories from there. ^^^^^That Pic of Loaf was looking sick! Hopefully I'll be able to hit up that cliff sometime.
Oct 20 2012 11:41AM
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Elmo.
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i got to sugarloaf 4 or 5 times a year. and they're is no way sugarloaf matches loon in the spring. plus. the parks deteriorate there really quickly in the spring. i dont like how they upkeep them there. seems like they just take out features instead of actually dig stuff back in or reshape jumps and landings. ive been in april and the park is either gone or only has a few things left.
Oct 20 2012 12:20PM
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tgm
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Loon's spring park is better than Sugarloaf's but for everything else spring-related the Loaf is better.
Oct 20 2012 12:35PM
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edai
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Definitely Jay and Stowe for powder.

Mt. Snow for park features.

From what I've seen though Bush has a sick vibe, I definitely want to get up there, because while it doesnt look like the biggest park, it looks so god damn fun.
Oct 20 2012 12:46PM
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Ski_Alot
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ME GUSTA
Oct 20 2012 12:47PM
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Pmoore
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MT. Snow for sure, had some great thanksgiving trips there back in High school. Haven't been in three years though...
Oct 20 2012 12:48PM
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