[Chris_Rav]

Hey guys whats going on.

Anyone here ride Mt. Snow or Stratton over the winter season?

[borisivan]

I've been to Mount Snow once, 2 years ago. Was nice, would go again.

[Chris_Rav]

I go to school in CT and love riding Mt. Snow... Seriously thinking about getting a season pass. They have a deal for kids 18-26 to get a season pass for $309 which is a crazy good price. I usually pay more then that for my pass to mountain creek in NJ and the two don't compare at all

[Sidewinderpb]

Suck it up and drive up to Killington!

[Chris_Rav]

Originally Posted by Sidewinderpb

Suck it up and drive up to Killington!

That's an extra hour from my school! Plus I love Carinthia at Mt. Snow, you ride Ian?

[Sidewinderpb]

Originally Posted by Chris_Rav

That's an extra hour from my school! Plus I love Carinthia at Mt. Snow, you ride Ian?

Totally worth it!

Yes sir, going on 14 years

[eastcoast335xi]

I agree, Killington the way to go. Better night life to on with the access road strip

[Chris_Rav]

Originally Posted by eastcoast335xi

I agree, Killington the way to go. Better night life to on with the access road strip

True, that's one thing that sucks about Mt. Snow, after 4pm it's hard to find anything to do other than order pizza lol

I haven't really experienced Killington yet though, only rode there once and it was early in the season with only 2 trails open haha

[Chris_Rav]

Originally Posted by Sidewinderpb

Totally worth it!

Yes sir, going on 14 years

We'll have to take a trip, this is gonna be like my 7th year of riding regularly, my favorite part of the year by far !

You ride the terrain park at all ?

[Sidewinderpb]

Originally Posted by Chris_Rav

We'll have to take a trip, this is gonna be like my 7th year of riding regularly, my favorite part of the year by far !

You ride the terrain park at all ?

For sure! I've got a house in Woodstock.
Never got into the terrain park; been into big mountain stuff. I go out west every year. That's where the real riding is at!

[Chris_Rav]

Originally Posted by Sidewinderpb

For sure! I've got a house in Woodstock.
Never got into the terrain park; been into big mountain stuff. I go out west every year. That's where the real riding is at!

I wish I could go out west, but in NJ the mountains are so small the only thing to do is Terrain, but usually when I get up to Vermont 75% of my time is spent in the trees

[Island Road]

Originally Posted by Chris_Rav

I wish I could go out west, but in NJ the mountains are so small the only thing to do is Terrain, but usually when I get up to Vermont 75% of my time is spent in the trees

Mt Snow is ok but as others said Killington, Sunday River and Jay Peak on powder days is were its at.

If you enjoy riding in in the woods you need to experience Jay Peak. Normally my time is spent 25% in the part the rest is in the woods this pretty much goes for any mtn. The most i can get lost between the trails the better.

I love it out west but the snow is completely different. I would say the Top Mtn for myself is Jay Peak when it has a few feet. There have been plenty of times I have had snow up to my chest going though some pow.

[Sidewinderpb]

Trees are where it's at! Now I'm chubbing up thinking about backcountry riding

Jay Peak is the shizzle for downhill mtb

[Chris_Rav]

Originally Posted by Island Road

Mt Snow is ok but as others said Killington, Sunday River and Jay Peak on powder days is were its at.

If you enjoy riding in in the woods you need to experience Jay Peak. Normally my time is spent 25% in the part the rest is in the woods this pretty much goes for any mtn. The most i can get lost between the trails the better.

I love it out west but the snow is completely different. I would say the Top Mtn for myself is Jay Peak when it has a few feet. There have been plenty of times I have had snow up to my chest going though some pow.

Unfortunately Jays Peak is about a 5 hour drive from my school, i would love to go for a weekend one time. One of the other big mountains Ive rode was whiteface up near Lake Placid NY.

I believe its the tallest mountain on the East coast, I haven't been in a few years but the last time I went they opened the very top of the mountain on a perfect bluebird day and it was absolutely beautiful.

And I agree, getting lost in the trees is my favorite part about riding big mountains, I would like to think I know most of the sick spots on Mt. Snow because I try to explore as much as I can when I get the chance to ride a big mountain.

[Chris_Rav]

Originally Posted by Sidewinderpb

Trees are where it's at! Now I'm chubbing up thinking about backcountry riding

Jay Peak is the shizzle for downhill mtb

It must be awesome having a house that isn't far from the big mountains, I love taking weekend trips but it gets pretty exspensive when lift tickets alone are $90 + a hotel/room + food + gas, adds up way to quickly but its always an awesome fucking weekend

[siegel0919]

stowe for me...best mountain in VT

[Chris_Rav]

Originally Posted by siegel0919

stowe for me...best mountain in VT

I dont believe I've had the chance to ride Stowe yet either, have always thought about it because its slightly closer but usually end up with the mountains I know

[Sidewinderpb]

Originally Posted by Chris_Rav

It must be awesome having a house that isn't far from the big mountains, I love taking weekend trips but it gets pretty exspensive when lift tickets alone are $90 + a hotel/room + food + gas, adds up way to quickly but its always an awesome fucking weekend

I'll let you in on a little secret: lots of mountains (incl. Killington) offer student discounts on season passes.

e.g. Two years ago, my student season pass was $400. My dad's normal pass was roughly $1400.

Lodging is still expensive, but maybe you could get some buddies together to rent a shit hole party shack for the season. You could probably whittle it down to a few hundred bucks each.

[Chris_Rav]

Originally Posted by Sidewinderpb

I'll let you in on a little secret: lots of mountains (incl. Killington) offer student discounts on season passes.

e.g. Two years ago, my student season pass was $400. My dad's normal pass was roughly $1400.

Lodging is still expensive, but maybe you could get some buddies together to rent a shit hole party shack for the season. You could probably whittle it down to a few hundred bucks each.

That's why I brought this up, Mt. Snow has a season pass for $309 which is basically the same price as my mt creek pass, thing is I probably wouldn't be taking many trips up to Vt since all my friends live in Jersey.

But we usually go to mt creek like 30 times a season so I def get my moneys worth lol

[Conti.]

i miss those student pass prices for snow, its so expensive now. miss having my friday's off from class and taking day trips every friday to ride. now i never get to ride up there anymore.

Chris, its definitely worth it to go up there. Creek and every other little place around gets too damn icy. granted snow does to at times, but nothing like around here though. Nothing beats that CO powder though!

[NH335i]

I lived up at loon for 5 years
I built the parks and also was in the snowcats building too.
Definitely a good mountain to check out.
All good people around there. Still have alot of friends up there and also my buddy i live with now has a condo accross from loon.
Up there alot

[Chris_Rav]

Originally Posted by Conti.

i miss those student pass prices for snow, its so expensive now. miss having my friday's off from class and taking day trips every friday to ride. now i never get to ride up there anymore.

Chris, its definitely worth it to go up there. Creek and every other little place around gets too damn icy. granted snow does to at times, but nothing like around here though. Nothing beats that CO powder though!

Creek is always beyond icy, by like 5pm when the sun starts to set the whole entire face of mt creek turns into a sheet of ice.

I think I'm going to have wait until I see my schedule for next semester and see if ill have the time to ride up in vt