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Favorite mountain on the east coast

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Evancantspin
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What is the people of ns favorite east coast mountain. Not park just all around mountain. I think killington for me but then again I haven’t been to much.
Jan 12 2024 12:39PM
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SofaKingSick
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in no particular order

Jay
Stowe
Smuggs
Saddleback
Cannon (on good days it's top shelf, on bad days it's bad)
Sugarbush
Mad river glen
Burke
Sugarloaf
Wildcat (another "on good days" choice, but that view of mt washington is always sick)
Jan 12 2024 12:45PM
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Voyage86
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SofaKingSickin no particular order

Jay
Stowe
Smuggs
Saddleback
Cannon (on good days it's top shelf, on bad days it's bad)
Sugarbush
Mad river glen
Burke
Sugarloaf
Wildcat (another "on good days" choice, but that view of mt washington is always sick)


ok cool, so what is your favorite?
Jan 12 2024 1:02PM
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SofaKingSick
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mmm i guess if i had to pick one it'd be jay, closely followed by stowe/smuggs (i'm grouping them together since they are next to each other and kinda share sidecountry areas)
Jan 12 2024 1:12PM
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BearsOnKetamine
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do we count 7 springs? Nothing special it was just the first place I went on a ski trip.
Jan 12 2024 1:13PM
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SofaKingSick
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all 3 of those get more snow than most (being northern vermont and high up) but jay gets more snow than anyone on the east usually
Jan 12 2024 1:14PM
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Samskiman
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Middagsberget
Jan 12 2024 2:05PM
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PartyBullshiit
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I’m trying to make it up to Stowe
Jan 12 2024 2:11PM
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Vish-shoe
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Loaf
Jan 12 2024 2:14PM
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Rock_Inhabitant
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Bohemia is obv Midwest, but still east of the Mississippi
Jan 12 2024 2:23PM
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WittyCong
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Jay peak for its variety of terrain. Mad river during a dump is all time as far as east coast skiing goes
Jan 12 2024 2:38PM
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BoilerPl8
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Sugarloaf but those wind holds hurt.
Jan 12 2024 2:46PM
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Goretex_Vidal
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Saddleback is my favorite in every regard except for how far it is from even if I stay over my uncle's cabin up in the Whites.

It's got an excellent layout if you just want to lap the steeps and trees all day, far enough away from the cities of New England that there're never crowds, the entire ridge above the treeline is open for skiing if you feel like hiking and I remember a member on here was building their parks the past couple seasons (drawing a blank on the username at the moment) and from social media it looks like they've got a solid park culture there too.
Jan 12 2024 4:17PM
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Boston_Skier
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Grew up skiing at Whiteface in NY so a bit of bias there, hard to beat March-April for east coast. Mid season can be very brutal with super low temps and boiler plate.

Now that I live in Boston I am at Killington pretty much every weekend. Hard to complain about the variety of terrain and when it’s almost completely open you can definitely avoid crowds.

**This post was edited on Jan 12th 2024 at 5:37:51pm
Jan 12 2024 5:37PM
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IsaacNW82
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Sugarbush, but I also have a soft spot for MRG, Stowe, and Jay. IMO that north to central VT area seems to consistently have some of the best snow conditions out east
Jan 12 2024 7:02PM
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Lenny-
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Big Snow American Dream.
Jan 12 2024 9:21PM
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blazer258
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Did Stowe, Sugarbush, and Jay while at UVM. Each season was great and all three offer great terrain. Jay offers a little bit of everything and gets good snowfall each season. It has some challenging stuff if you know where to look. That said, Stowe was always fun, especially hitting Cabot and Alchemist on the way back. I've been going to Bromley for a long time though, smaller mountain, no lift lines, good for a nice day of skiing
Jan 12 2024 9:39PM
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hi_vis360
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Black mountain of Maine
Jan 13 2024 6:15AM
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hi_vis360
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Also shoutout ski spruce, epic diy tow rope park boutta go play some skolf there
Jan 13 2024 8:23AM
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fabbe
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vallåsen
Jan 13 2024 8:42AM
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BillyfromPhilly
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Platekill NY
Jan 13 2024 10:05AM
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Farmville420
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Killy my fave but also love the face, loaf and magic

**This post was edited on Jan 13th 2024 at 10:11:41am
Jan 13 2024 10:11AM
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PissWizard69
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BearsOnKetaminedo we count 7 springs? Nothing special it was just the first place I went on a ski trip.


7 springs has a very unique vibe
Jan 13 2024 10:20AM
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PeppermillReno
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It was Stowe before Vail ruined it.


Whiteface Jay or Killington.
Jan 13 2024 3:55PM
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Slugger66
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Crotched for the small hill vibes. Great tree skiing with the right snow and a fairly legit park scene.
Jan 14 2024 5:49PM
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Pablo_Sanchez
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If we’re talking strictly about terrain I’d say Stowe. Every single trail has awesome woods to both sides and the summit/notch is always fun to adventure into. Haven’t skied jay enough to compare.

Their parks have sucked since vail took over, I guess they’re starting to build more but Bush will always be king of parks on the east coast for me.

Killington is overrated

**This post was edited on Jan 15th 2024 at 7:29:30pm
Jan 15 2024 7:26PM
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Elimitch
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bush
Jan 16 2024 9:41AM
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BearsOnKetamine
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PissWizard697 springs has a very unique vibe


and the streets is gone
Jan 16 2024 11:01AM
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Pablo_Sanchez
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Pablo_SanchezIf we’re talking strictly about terrain I’d say Stowe. Every single trail has awesome woods to both sides and the summit/notch is always fun to adventure into. Haven’t skied jay enough to compare.

Their parks have sucked since vail took over, I guess they’re starting to build more but Bush will always be king of parks on the east coast for me.

Killington is overrated

**This post was edited on Jan 15th 2024 at 7:29:30pm


Their parks as in Stowes, that was horrible paragraph and sentence structure wow
Jan 16 2024 12:18PM
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Voyage86
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Pablo_SanchezTheir parks as in Stowes, that was horrible paragraph and sentence structure wow


it’s pretty easy to follow, yes, their parks, as in stowe
Jan 16 2024 12:25PM
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