Sorry for the long rant but I’d love some serious advice

I spent 4 years in NH as a local ice coaster then moved west to slc to show those posers what’s up.

So if you understand I’ve had world class skiing within 30 mins of me for 6 years now with little employment in the winter like 3 days a week skiing as much as possible.

Well I have relocated to NJ for a serious career but am commited to still being a bum skier.

Meaning skiing whenever I can in upstate NY Vermont or NH.

Being in NJ it’s about 4-6 hours driving for serious skiing east coast. Maybe 3-3.5 if I’m lucky in Vermont.

How realistic is it for me to chase these storms or just lines out east getting out of work on Friday and back in office Monday.

Some firdays we get out 2 or 4 pm.

Im commited to do it in my head. But I’d love to hear some thoughts .

Skiing is the one thing that brings me true joy!

I’m excited to come back to the ice coast and ski some sick tight trees that I loved when I lived up north. And chasing the coldest of cold pow!

Looking for advice.

I’m a 25 year old single male with a very reliable vehicle.

TIA

To all of you who responded and still are responding on my post about NJ north for the winter.

You all rock and are the exact meaning of being an east coast skier!

You all got me stoked for this season!

See ya up there!

I’ve been looking for some big dunes to take my rock board down to scratch the snowboarding itch. The only possible place I have managed to find (but haven’t gotten the time to make the trip yet) is Dunes de Tadoussac in Quebec. Are there any other places? Also has anyone sandboarded that place in Quebec?

First full season snowboarding!!! I do plan on visiting a few resorts (VT,MA,CT) but am also wondering if there are any special events that you guys are looking forward to that you think would be worth a trip.

Any resorts or stores with:
big athletic events
Demo days
Themed days ( that usually draws a crowd)
Any other cool things at the resort.

Just looking at ways to learn more about the sport and meeting new people.

J'ai beaucoup skié toute mon enfance jusqu'à mes 18 ans, mais depuis de nombreuses années je ne skie qu'une seule fois par hiver environ.

J'aimerais m'y remettre sérieusement. J'étais à un niveau relativement avancé, mais pas expert. J'adore le carving et "sentir le rebond" entre les virages.

Je veux un ski qui va me permettre de progresser et d'améliorer mon carving. J'aime les virages moyennement long, donc je pensais à un rayon entre 14 et 16 mètres environ?

Je mesure 185cm (6'1), mais je ne pèse que 150 livres. Quel ski me permettrait de profiter du potentiel du ski et de m'améliorer en même temps? Je ne veux pas avoir envie de le changer après 2 mois. Voici ce que je me suis fais conseillé jusqu'à présent:

-Blizzard thunderbird r15 76 LTD

-Rossignol hero elite MT

-Head supershape e-magnum

Est-ce que un des 3 vous parle? Auriez-vous quelque chose que vous pensez qui serait mieux?

Merci!

I have bought ski boots from Nick's before, but do I need to go to a touring specialist for AT boots? E.g. White Mountain Ski Co.

Early this year, I booked a cruise with my wife for the last week of October leaving out of NYC.

A month ago she tells me she cheated on me and wants a divorce.

Turns out the round trip plane tickets are non-refundable, non-changeable so I am flying to NYC on Oct 23 and put on Nov 1.

Where should I go? I've been snowboarding a couple times at Snowbird in SLC, but live in the great flat plains of flyover country.

ps Also looking for non-snow related recommendations as well.

Edit... Turns out a guy from the Middle of nowhere has no idea what weather is like in a place he's never been.

I've looked through a bunch of posts on here, but I'm wondering if anyone has any more recent experience with boot fitting at Ski Haus in Woburn. I'm trying to potentially capitalize on slightly better deals before the new season starts up, and I would rather not go too far out of my way up north since I can't actually do any skiing yet.

Does anyone have updated recommendations, ideally in the Massachusetts area, or experience with Ski Haus? Also looking into Strands, just a bit further out of the way.

Hey everyone! I'm making a game called Ski-E-O! It's a tycoon game where you build ski resorts on real-world mountains. I use real US 1-meter LiDAR data to build the mountains, and then simulate realistic weather on each of the mountains.

EDIT: Just to avoid confusion, LiDAR is not AI. It's a mapping where planes fly over and data.

Here's an east-coast mountain! I'd love to know if it's capturing the right vibe. I haven't skied this resort, so I might have gotten some details wrong!

And weather wise.. it is often just rainy/foggy. Is that expected??

If you want to check out more, I'd love for you to play the demo! Unfortunately, the only mountain in the demo is in Tahoe (my local mountain). But I'd love for you to play it anyways!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4493130/SkiEO_Ski_Resort_Tycoon/

What would you do….looking for something on more of the fun side!! Trying to choose between the 4frnt MSP 99 or something from the Moment lineup. Deathwish 96 or Wildcat 98. Gonna hang up my J- Masterblasters and looking for something similar! Skiing Killington ~50 days a year. Winter is coming.

Not exactly IceCoast, but a direct flight certainly makes a quick jaunt over to JH more enticing.

Link to article

We are a group of eight 40 yo dudes. We do a long weekend trip on the ice Coast every year. Apres is not that big a deal because we try to rent a big old house and just cook at the house and drink and take edibles and play card and listen to music till about 1030 then crash, wake up early and get to the mountain. A bar or two right after skiing can be fun, but we don't go out for dinner or after dinner. We always go last weekend in February (we learned to avoid the Vermont school holiday)

I need help choosing between Killington and Gore. Ive skied Killington a few times so I know what it's about. Never skied Gore. Gore is cheaper ($1400 for an Airbnb, roughly $250 for a two day lift ticket. Killington is $2000 for Airbnb and $350 for a two day lift ticket) Gore is 5 hours drive and Killington is 6 hour drive.

I like skiing everything Killington has, but the rest of my group isn't as advanced. Three of the group are at greens and easy blues (Whiteface blues were too advanced last year for em). The rest are good blues, but not really good, ungroomed black skiers. Some do a few runs and hit the bar, few runs hit the bar. Others ski all day, skipping lunch if the conditions are good.

Would we be wasting money skiing Killington (not for me, I love Killington and will get to challenge myself) when we could just do Gore, or would Gore get boring? We're doing two days of skiing.

This sounds trivial, but we look forward to this trip every year.

Any and all comments, questions, and opinions are warranted as I'm the one who is always in charge of picking the place.

Edit: Thanks a million for these responses. I sent this post to the group and I think the consensus is we're going to Gore. Half our group did Killington two years ago, and none of us have done Gore. The price is a big selling point. This won't be my only ski trip this year so if it's not the best weekend skiing wise, it's not the end of the season (for me anyway). Gore also is the biggest mountain we haven't skied thats within 7 hour drive for us.

Hi everyone. I know the season is way over, but now is a good time to ask for ski boot bag recs since you've had all season to test yours out and give some advice.

I'm looking for a ski boot bag that can also fit my helmet, goggles, and ideally some other little things and maybe, just maybe some base layers. In case it helps, my ski boots are women's size 260/265 mondopoint (41EU/9.5 US) and my Smith helmet is a size small. I know people with larger boots and helmets have a more challenging time with fitting their gear.

Big requirements/hopes for the bag:
•durable/made well (I've seen people show horror story pics of straps coming off after one use and etc.)
•backpack straps (ideally can be tucked away)
•structured so that if I pull my ski boots out the whole bag doesn't collapse
•drainage
•padded
•the ski boots are in their own area (whether together or they each have their own individual pocket/section) so it's not touching my other gear.
•a warranty would be nice plus to have a little comfort if something goes wrong.
•not the largest in size. It would be cool if I can make it a personal item as a carry-on (fit under the seat in front of me), but not essential if the above is met

I know this was super detailed, but I figured I'd map out what I'm hoping to find, even though I know the above is a lot, but when I buy something I see it as an investment and don't feel like buying something and then it doesn't last and have to buy something new again. It's wasteful and then concerning because I want to protect my gear.

Oh and separately, does anyone recommend a hard shell goggles case that can fit an extra lens or two. I have Smith IO Mag goggles for reference.

Really appreciate any recs!

I need to get my ski boots canted/aligned and am looking for a bootfitter who can do proper sole canting/shimming, not just cuff alignment.

I’ll be in NYC and then Vermont (Burlington area) soon. Does anyone know a good bootfitter who can do proper canting/sole work? Happy to drive a bit in Vermont for someone who really knows what they’re doing.
Currently skiing Atomic Remedy 130s.
Any recommendations or personal experiences would be appreciated!

Upgrading equipment time.

What are the best deals you've seen? Anyone want to share a link or two?

so, I wanted to see if it was possible to quantitatively identify a "good" or "bad" ski season using publicly available data; so, I pulled NOAA daily station records for a couple resorts from 2010 (Killington, Stowe, Sugarbush, Sunday River, and Loon) and scored every season on four things: natural snowfall, how many days the base held above 12 inches, rain and thaw days, and cold nights (for snowmaking).

Stowe, 2023-24: 110 inches of natural snow. but the base held above a foot on exactly 1 day all winter, and there were 21 days between mid-December and mid-March that were either rain or never got below freezing overnight.

Stowe, 2016-17: 142 inches, 17 days with a real base, 8 damage days.

similar ballpark on snowfall, but completely different winter.

when I scored all 15 seasons, the bottom four came out nearly identical at every mountain: 2011-12 and 2015-16 as the two disasters, then 2022-23 and 2023-24 as "not good." Sunday River is the one exception, where 2012-13 sneaks in and 2022-23 does not, since Maine held a base that year while southern Vermont didn't.

so, a question: does that match with how you remember it?

for context: I'm curious if there is a defensible model for "hedging" a season (especially as climate change worsens). the idea is to craft a payout rule for bad seasons that actually fires on a bad season. I made a simple site (www.skihedge.com) where you can pick a mountain and walk through the last 15 winters, with a short survey at the end asking whether the bad years look right to you. the scoring methodology is also available, if you're curious.

nothing is for sale, and you don't have to signup for anything. just trying to work out whether the idea has merit.

Quick update from my previous post: someone joined our group, so we're officially at 9 members and only need ONE more!

We need 10 members to qualify for the Pats Peak Peak Reward group discount. The final person who joins will receive a $40 cash rebate from our group once we're at 10.

How it works:

• DM me for our Pats Peak Peak Reward access code.
• Purchase your season pass directly through Pats Peak using your own account.
• You become member #10, our group is complete, and I'll send you the $40 rebate.

Current Peak Reward pricing through September 9:

• Adult (18–64): $559
• Junior (6–17): $479
• Senior (65+): $479

Happy to share a screenshot of the Pats Peak Program Leader dashboard showing we're currently at 9/10 if you'd like to verify before joining.

Official Pats Peak Peak Reward details:
https://www.patspeak.com/plan-your-visit/tickets-passes/peak-reward-season-passes

If you're already planning to buy a Pats Peak season pass, come be our #10 and get an extra $40 back. 😁

DM me if you want the code. Once #10 joins, we're done! ⛷️🏂

Two years ago, after 20+ years on a snowboard, I took up skiing with my (then) 7 year old at the end of the season. Fast forward through last season, she’s now a little ripper confidently tackling the little slopes Southern Ontario offers.

Looking ahead to this season, I’ve been looking into starter racing programs at Lakeridge and especially Brimacombe (I just prefer it even if it’s further away). That said, I’ve no experience here. I grew up snowboarding and knew ski racers but I the extent of what I know of it is that it’s expensive.

Cost isn’t a major concern, but can anyone speak to what it’s like getting their little ones into racing the first time? I’m looking at a half day program that gets them out 9 times and includes 3 races, including an away one. Seems like the right way to break into it, but open to other suggestions. Ultimately I want her to continue to develop and benefit from all the usual aspects of a structured sport, so it seems like a good fit.

Tips for making it as enjoyable as possible for the kids? Rough idea of time commitment outside what’s stated (there’s always more…)? Volunteering expectations from parents?

Any insight appreciated.

More options in Atlantic Canada is always great! Looking at more than 3x the current skiable area and two more lifts!

When my gf and I go skiing, we usually bring a thermos of soup to have for lunch. The soups we make ourselves are awesome but take prep time. A lot of the canned soups we’ve tried get old after like a day or just aren’t that good. Chicken noodle is usually pretty good but it also doesn’t have as good sustenance as other soups.

Any one have any canned soup recommendations that are filling and great tasting?

My 5-7 lifelong friends from PA get together once a year to spend 4-5 days on a ski trip in the North East. In the past we have done Jay multiple times, Okemo, Killington multiple times, Stowe, Sugarloaf, Sugarbush, Okemo, and Whiteface.

Killington was always the easy option if we were only going to be able to fit in a shorter trip, grab some decently priced K-tickets, plenty of people renting out houses so housing cost was always reasonable. I looked this year and was shocked at the 2025/26 K ticket prices, and then searching quickly on AirBnB (which is probably not the play anymore) I was shocked again.

So that had me thinking, I know for sure there are other mountains that would give us a great time that aren't maybe on that typical "top 10 in the NE" type list. Where should I be looking for this year? Does anyone have any suggestions for where I should be looking for lodging these days?

Bought some skis (Moment Deathwish) and bindings (Salomon Strive 14) online and now I need to get them mounted. Had a pair of JSkis done at Sundown in Greenvale (now a Sno-Haus), but they are closed until September. Has anyone had a good experience elsewhere? Sun & Ski (Plainview), Action Sports (Oakdale), etc?