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Distance From Home Mountain

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SKI.ING
Posts: 2695 - Karma: 2,535
I'm curious as to how far people are from their home mountain. Like how long does it take you to get there? Are there a lot of weekend warriors on this site, or do most people on NS live close to their mountains?
Dec 4 2013 1:15AM
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BlakeG
Posts: 1450 - Karma: 1,030
20 mins, its only a 100m hill so, no mountain.....
So closest mountain to me is 15 hours to Banff.
Dec 4 2013 1:16AM
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Bensun
Posts: 480 - Karma: 1,654
I am about 3 hours with no snow on the ground. WIth snow on the roads it can vary from a 3 to 7 hour drive. When it really storms I usually have to stay home and wait for it do die down. I LIve in SF and Ski at boreal/northstar/Sugar Bowl which are my "home" mountains. I do a lot of day trips. I only get up around 12 to 20 days a year. More then some but still disappointing
Dec 4 2013 1:19AM
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-WZ-
Posts: 3600 - Karma: 6,582
1 hour drive, 2 hour bus ride....
stupid bus
Dec 4 2013 1:21AM
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pow_pow~
Posts: 1429 - Karma: 1,804
8 hours from sydney to first snow.
Dec 4 2013 1:32AM
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Such_Doge
Posts: 204 - Karma: 704
12 miles away from a 4 chairlift 2 terrain park mountain little under 30 min drive
Dec 4 2013 1:36AM
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Such_Doge
Posts: 204 - Karma: 704
12 miles from. A 4 chairlift 2 terrain park mountain. Little under 30 minute drive
Dec 4 2013 1:37AM
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division.bell
Posts: 2762 - Karma: 1,905
20 min from my driveway to the mountain I ride the most.

And 1.5 - 3.5 hours each way to the other mountains I drive to.
Dec 4 2013 1:38AM
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slt.shred
Posts: 176 - Karma: 198
3 min drive to heavenly's gondola or the california base lodge
Dec 4 2013 1:40AM
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Williamn
Posts: 40 - Karma: 190
45 minutes to Grouse Mountain, 2 hours to Whistler
Dec 4 2013 1:48AM
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will_powder
Posts: 3194 - Karma: 5,445
Sammeeee, 'cept I have to bus to Grouse so it's ~1.25 hours.
Dec 4 2013 1:57AM
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penguiin
Posts: 1444 - Karma: 561
5 minutes to Appalachian
Dec 4 2013 1:58AM
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Bachto
Posts: 400 - Karma: 954
about 2 hours to my home mountain theres one a little closer like an 1.5 hours but it's smaller and not as good
Dec 4 2013 2:11AM
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PM4FreeJiberish
Posts: 447 - Karma: 3,533
about an hour and a half
Dec 4 2013 2:12AM
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250r
Posts: 2276 - Karma: 1,013
5 min walk to blackcomb, 10 min to whist
Dec 4 2013 3:41AM
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SSteezle
Posts: 9297 - Karma: 7,732
about 25 minutes away from my local hill, couple hours from actual mountain and a plane ride from REAL MOUNTAIN
Dec 4 2013 6:31AM
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MagSeven
Posts: 1000 - Karma: 412
5 minutes from 2 local hills, 45mins-1hour to my 'home mountain'. Got 20+ ski hills within a 2 hour drive.
Dec 4 2013 7:42AM
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.Rybak.
Posts: 9017 - Karma: 9,864
It's about 10 min from my house to the hill then 25 min from work to the hill.

About 16 hours to the closest mountain i've been to which is red lodge.
Dec 4 2013 7:50AM
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Labattski
Posts: 201 - Karma: 74
Lucky bastard...
Dec 4 2013 7:54AM
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slav_slayer
Posts: 476 - Karma: 1,821
2hr30mins to boulder from South Jersey. 2hrs if im breaking the law.
Dec 4 2013 8:17AM
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zyzzbrah
Posts: 113 - Karma: 336
5 hour drive
Dec 4 2013 8:25AM
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louie.mirags
Posts: 6015 - Karma: 5,029
an hour to mountain creek in NJ from my house in NY, 40 minutes when I leave straight from class.. It is 90 minutes to the Catskill resorts but I need to be able to night ski. So NJ it is.
Dec 4 2013 8:37AM
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Substitute
Posts: 1376 - Karma: 2,275
45 mins to an hour to anything in upstate NY and wesern VT.
Dec 4 2013 9:10AM
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theabortionator
Posts: 51642 - Karma: 162,200
5 min from Oak Mt.

I'm improving at that. Was only 1 min from Cranmore when I lived in NH. Before that it was 45-1:15 errrday for mountains. It's nice to be close, especially when the roads are shit.
Dec 4 2013 10:05AM
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Bumblesteeze
Posts: 3092 - Karma: 748
30 minutes to local hill.
Dec 4 2013 10:23AM
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FigNewton
Posts: 2459 - Karma: 5,783
18 min. to both Snowbasin and Powder Mountain
Dec 4 2013 10:28AM
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montanan
Posts: 1787 - Karma: 1,346
bout 34 min
Dec 4 2013 10:36AM
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first_rodeo
Posts: 2385 - Karma: 7,781
15 minutes from college apartment to Toggenburg

1.5 from home to mount snow
Dec 4 2013 10:37AM
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PositiveSpin
Posts: 113 - Karma: 690
3 miles to 300' vert.
Dec 4 2013 10:52AM
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MontanaMountains
Posts: 385 - Karma: 699
30 minutes to Big Sky from my house
Dec 4 2013 10:54AM
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Iraq_Lobster
Posts: 1866 - Karma: 4,904
10 minute drive
Dec 4 2013 10:55AM
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Benson.
Posts: 2739 - Karma: 3,787
Closest one worth going to is about 45 minutes away. And even that's a stretch, the ones I usually go to are upwards of two or three hours...
Dec 4 2013 11:29AM
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rareison
Posts: 10263 - Karma: 219
20 mins. 12 run hi, not much but it's home haha
Dec 4 2013 11:34AM
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rareison
Posts: 10263 - Karma: 219
Hill*
Dec 4 2013 11:35AM
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roddy116
Posts: 10627 - Karma: 7,423
15 to 20 minutes from campus to bridger.
Dec 4 2013 11:37AM
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powkat
Posts: 33 - Karma: 22
~35 minutes. I live 40 miles away from the closest resort
Dec 4 2013 11:40AM
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MilaKunis
Posts: 1480 - Karma: 3,646
Right now it's about 5000 miles to my local mountain.
Dec 4 2013 11:49AM
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Mag
Posts: 8155 - Karma: 14,809
>15 Minute walk in which my hands usually obtain pneumonia because I forget to put gloves on everytime
>35 Minute train
>Sprint 300M catching the bus as it leaves literally 1 minute before train gets in
>Usually miss bus and have to walk another 20 minutes
>Hitch lift hoping not be murdered
>Usually end up meeting awesome people
>Profit
Dec 4 2013 11:49AM
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CashmereCat
Posts: 2211 - Karma: 2,394
I live about 30 minutes from the nearest hill. It isn't the best so if I actually want to ski something good, I'll travel roughly an hour and a half to the next closest.
Dec 4 2013 11:53AM
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Cincher
Posts: 3403 - Karma: 535
10 minute drive from frequented ditch-based hill.
3 1/2 hrs. from the biggest resort in the Prairies.
1 1/2 days from a real mountain.
Dec 4 2013 12:02PM
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pmsnow
Posts: 992 - Karma: 87
25 minutes to my home mountain (Pajarito)

1.5 hours to the 3 closest mountains (Taos, Angel Fire, Sipapu)

~2:20 to wolf creek

5 hours to summit county depending on road conditions. Not too bad.
Dec 4 2013 12:20PM
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maximiliaan
Posts: 7711 - Karma: 2,857
if i remember it correctly: 1624 km from my parents house.... :(
Dec 4 2013 12:22PM
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SFB
Posts: 8895 - Karma: 26,352
usually an hour 15min to keystone.
Dec 4 2013 12:29PM
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SkiThe603
Posts: 5376 - Karma: 498
1 hour 30 mins up the highway
Dec 4 2013 12:41PM
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mehregan15
Posts: 780 - Karma: 753
slopeside at the canyons. boo yah.
Dec 4 2013 12:42PM
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J_Christoph
Posts: 2519 - Karma: 8,752
About 30 to my little home mountain, but then ive got sun valley and the SLC Utah resorts between 1.5 and 3 hours away
Dec 4 2013 12:55PM
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Migo
Posts: 528 - Karma: 1,741
15 away from home mountain
45 away from Sunday River
Dec 4 2013 1:13PM
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johnnyBuz
Posts: 1438 - Karma: 1,270
Holla. Boulder was my home mountain last year. Mountain Creek will probably be this year.

About 90 minutes from a variety of mountains in the Poconos. Plan on being a weekend warrior since I work full-time and then ball out for another 2 weeks at MHSSC over the Summer for a 'fix.'
Dec 4 2013 1:16PM
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.squirrely.
Posts: 7563 - Karma: 7,546
5 minutes to the home mtn, wachusett
Dec 4 2013 1:25PM
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TotalNan
Posts: 147 - Karma: 339
About 10 minutes to the mountain I work at... 5-7 if I speed. About 1.5 hours to boulder/frost in the poconos
Dec 4 2013 1:54PM
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IBAM
Posts: 1954 - Karma: 2,351
Its about a 2 hour drive to my home hill, so I can only go on weekends, which sucks. Backyard jibbing takes up time during the week, so I get a bit more time on skis.
Dec 4 2013 2:36PM
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