# of ski resorts you have ridden

[jtslalom]

I counted the other day and know that I have ridden at 22 different ski resorts. Most of them in the north east and 3 in the west. States include New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York Vermont, New Hampshire, and Colorado. How many have you ridden and what states?

[b0ardski]

20; Ca. Or. Wa. Id. Mt. Wv.

[pokkis]

NM: SkiApache, SantaFe, AngelFire
CO: WolfCreek, Powderhorn, Crested Butte, Sreamboat,CopperMountain, Aspen *3
These in US

[crucible]

I stopped counting at 50- due to my previous career as a snowboard rep, I have had the priviledge to ride at almost every resort in Western Canada, WA, OR, MT, ID AK,UT, WY, CO as well as some in Ontario, Quebec, VT, NH, and ME.

Now, I confine my resort visits to the Pacific NW. My favorites are Whistler Blackcomb, Red Mountain, Big White (all BC resorts), Lake Louise AB, Mt Baker WA, Schweitzer ID, Big Mountain MT, Powder Mountain UT,and Jackson Hole WY.

[Kimo]

OR:
Mt. Bachelor (where I first learned to ski and snowboard)
Mt. Hood Meadows
Willamette Pass

CA:
Alpine Star (is that what it's called?)
Sqaw Valley

CO:
Vail
Beaver Creek/Arrowhead
Crested Butte
Steamboat
Breckenridge
Copper Mtn.
Winter Park
Loveland
A-Basin
Eldora
Keystone
Aspen (Ajax, Buttermilk, Highlands, Snowmass)

UT:
Alta
Snowbird
Solitude

WY:
Jackson Hole

[bartron]

I count 21. All located in BC, Alberta, Quebec, Ontario, Vermont, and NY.

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[newcarver]

1 in VT, 2 in PA, 1 in VA, 1 in WV, 2 in NC, 2 in UT, 8 in CO. I think that is it? I might have missed 1 or 2.

[queequeg]

NH/VT:
Sunapee, Temple (now defunct), Kings Ridge, Ascutney, Cannon, Loon, Waterville Valley, Stowe, Stratton, Mt.Snow, Okemo, Killington.

NY:
Gore, Hunter, Windham.

Mass:
Jiminy Peak.

Conn:
Wachusset.

CO:
Aspen (Ajax, Buttermilk, Highlands, Snowmass), Copper, Abasin, Loveland, Keystone.

OR:
Willamette Pass, Mt.Hood Meadows, Mt.Hood Timberline, Mt.Hood Skibowl, Bachelor.

I think that's it.

[Carp]

CO:
Vail
Beaver Creak
Copper
A-Basin
Keystone
Breckenridge

Utah:
Brighton
Snowbird

Idaho:
small one outside Pocotello???

Wyoming:
Jackson Hole
Grand Targee

Wisconsin:
Granite Peak/Rib
Brule
Tyrol Basin
Pine Mountain
White Cap
Nordic
Sunburst
Hidden Valley
Calumet
the garbage dump in Oshkosh before they let us board on the hills...does that count?

Michigan:
Black Jack
Powderhorn
Indianhead
and the dunes on the east side of Lake Michigan sand boarding...not sure if that counts either???

[crucible]

Carp,

Was the ski hill just outside of Pocatello ID, Brundage Mountain?

Nice local hill, if memory serves me correctly.

Geo

[www.oldsnowboards.com]

Started the list in my head, now my head hurts.

Wish I had more time.

[svr]

Can't even begin to break it down...easier to do it by country:

US (AK, CA, OR, WA, MT, ID, CO, UT, WY, NV)
Canada (BC, AB)
Japan (all over)
New Zealand (South Island)
Australia
Korea
Switzerland
Spain
Germany
Austria
United Arab Emirates (indoor in Dubai)

cheers,
sandy

[www.oldsnowboards.com]

Can't even begin to break it down...easier to do it by country:

US (AK, CA, OR, WA, MT, ID, CO, UT, WY, NV)
Canada (BC, AB)
Japan (all over)
New Zealand (South Island)
Australia
Korea
Switzerland
Spain
Germany
Austria
United Arab Emirates (indoor in Dubai)

cheers,
sandy

I think we have a WINNER!! Wow!! I knew you were a world traveler but DAMN!!!

Nicely done Sandy!!


Tanker video??

[LeeW]

34: Maryland, Penns, W. Va, NY, VT, NM, CO, CA, OR, WA

[lamby]

Resorts I've ridden:

Grew up skiing in Michigan - little hills outside of Detroit like Mt. Brighton, Mt. Holly, and Alpine Valley - those don't qualify as resorts of course, but the family did take trips to what we considered the big ski areas of Boyne Mtn, Boyne Highlands, and Crystal Mtn. Man those places looked big to me back then.

In Idaho I've ridden:
Sun Valley

Pommerelle (ski hill between Twin Falls and Idaho Falls)

Soldier Mountain (small hill about an hour from Sun Valley)

In Utah I've ridden:

Powder Mountain

Snow Basin

Poci, Idaho's ski area is Pebble Creek. Haven't been there yet, but it looks like fun.

Haven't gotten around much, but looking forward to more travels in the future!

[lamby]

Carp,

Was the ski hill just outside of Pocatello ID, Brundage Mountain?

Nice local hill, if memory serves me correctly.

Geo

Brundage Mountain is outside of McCall Idaho

Tamarack is also in the vicinity of McCall.

[oldvolvosrule]

Carp,

Was the ski hill just outside of Pocatello ID, Brundage Mountain?

Nice local hill, if memory serves me correctly.

Geo

Not Brundage Mtn, it is called Pebble Creek, it's right next to Inkom!!

Oh my list by the way is 37

CA) Northstar, Alpine Meadows, Heavenly, Squaw and Sierra at Tahoe, Mt. Baldy, Mtn High (East and West), Snow Summit, Bear Mtn, Snow Valley, Mammoth Mtn and June

CO) VAil, Aspen, Beaver Creek, Copper Mtn, A-basin, Breckenridge, Keystone, Eldora

UT) Park City, Snowbird, The Canyons, Solitude, Brighton, Brianhead, Mt. Holly, Sundance and Deer Valley and Alta (last two were on skis)

NV) Las Vegas Ski And Snowboarding Resort ( AKA Mt. Charleston)

ID) Kellys Canyon, Targhee, Pebble Creek

WY) Jackson Hole

Out of Country

Australia) Thredbo
New Zealand) Turoa

[Jeffrey Day]

But I've managed to hit 52 areas in the US! Who knew!?!

NH(13) : Attitash/The Balsams/Black Mt/Cannon Mt/Cranmore/Gunstock/Loon/Sunapee/Pats Peak/Ragged Mt/Waterville Valley/Wildcat

ME(4) : Mt Abram/Shawnee Peak/Sugarloaf/Sunday River

VT(11) : Bolton Valley/Bromley/Burke/Jay Peak/Killington/Mt Snow/Okemo/Smugglers Notch/Stowe/Stratton/Sugarbush

MA(6) : Brodie/Berkshire East/Blue Hills/Jiminy Peak/Nashoba Valley/Wachusett Mt

ID(1) : Sun Valley

UT(8) : Brian Head/Brighton/Elk Meadows/Park City/Powder Mt/Snowbasin/Solitude/Sundance

CO(9) : A-Basin/Aspen Highlands/Aspen Mt/Beaver Creek/Breckenridge/Buttermilk/Copper Mt/Keystone/Snowmass

[Dave ESPI]

1.

Sober,
Drunk,
Stoned,
Hung-Over,
Tired,
Sick,
Happy,
Sad,
Agressive,
Lazy,
and
Beat.

and about 20 others in the northeast, but the only 1 that matters is the one you are on at the moment

[shrederjen]

ow, this should be good.
I will include softbooting and hardbooting days....

Wisconsin...
Little Switzerland

California...
Mammoth Mountain
June Mountain
Homewood (best views of the Lake)
Bear Valley (N. Tahoe)
Squaw Valley
Northstar
Alpine Meadows
Mt Rose
Incline
Heavenly
Kirkwood
Sierra Ski Ranch
Sugar Bowl
Dodge Ridge
Boreal


Washington
Snoquolomie?

Oregon
Timberline (learned to hardboot there in summer!)
Meadows
and the Bowl one...
Bachelor

Idaho
Sun Valley

Colorado
A-Basin (favorite)
Steamboat
Winterpark/Mary Jane
Keystone
Breckenridge
Copper
Loveland
Telluride
Crested Butte (Crusty)
Durango
Vail
Beaver Creek
Aspen (all 4 resorts, last week!)

Utah
Powder Mountain (bus runs in pow!!)
Park City
Park City West or whatever its called, the Canyons..
Solitude
Alta (on cross country skis)
Snowbird
Brighton
Snowbasin

Wyoming
Jackson
Grand Targhee

Canada
Whistler/Blackcomb
Sun Peaks
Marmot in Jasper
Lake Louise
Sunshine
Heli skiing in Valemont
Sled skiing in Valemont

Chile
Valle Nevado
El Colorado
Termas de Chillán

Australia
Thredbow (spell?)

Europe
Zermat (Switzerland and Italy)
Saas Fee
4 resorts in the Dolimities - Italy
Garmisch - Germany both the lower and Zugspiste
some little resort in Austria near Garmisch
Levy - Finland (mmmmm Mintu!)

oh yea,
Last but not least!!!!!
Mauna Kea - Hawaii

[shawndoggy]

Nevada:
Lee Canyon
Mt. Rose
Diamond Peak

CA:
Northstar
Alpine Meadows
Squaw Valley
Homewood
Boreal
Sugar Bowl
Kirkwood
Snow Summit
EDIT: Mammoth (duh!)

Utah:
Brianhead (first resort snowboard experience, spring 1988)
Elk Meadows/Mt. Holly (now defunct)
Alta (skis)
Snowbird
Brighton
Solitude
ParkWest (ha ha, well before the "Canyons" days... had a pass here winter of 93-94)
Deer Valley (skiing, obviously)
Powder Mountain

ID:
Sun Valley

[tex1230]

Let me see...

NM
Ruidoso (now Ski Apache)
Angel Fire
Taos

CO
Wolf Creek
Purgatory
Berthoud Pass
Loveland
Breck
Vail
A Basin
Beaver Creek
Steamboat
Crested Butte
Winter Park
Eldora
Copper

AZ
Flagstaff Ski Bowl (I think that was the name)

CA
Bear Mtn
Snow Summit
Snow Valley
Mountain High
Bear Valley
Kirkwood
Heavenly
Homewood
Squaw
Boring Hill (Boreal)
Donner Summit
Soda Springs
Northstar (is that NV? I forget)
Iron Mountain
Mammoth
June

NV
Mt Rose
Las Vegas Ski Bowl

OR
Hood
Bachelor

WA
Snoqualamine (sp?)
Baker

UT
Park City West
Deer Valley

ID
some hill near Coeur D'Alene - don't remember the name but there was a race there in 91

MT
Big Mountain
Yellowstone Club

NJ
Mountain Creek

NY
Hunter

CT
Mohawk
Sundown
Southington

NH
Bretton Woods
Canon

VT
Mt Snow
Stratton
Killington
Okemo
Stowe
Jay Peak

I'll put the international list together later...

Canada:
Whistler/Blackcomb
Banff

Europe:
Val D'Isere
Les Arcs
Chamonix
Tignes
Gstaad
Verbier
Zermatt

(the Euro trip was a bit of a blur many years ago...I'm not sure that's a complete list, but except for Chamonix, most of those all I saw was the racecourses. Looking back, that was a waste of a perfectly good trip. At least I got to scare the hell out of myself in Cham)

Edit:

Can't believe I left Portillo off the list...

[Carp]

Carp,

Was the ski hill just outside of Pocatello ID, Brundage Mountain?

Nice local hill, if memory serves me correctly.

Geo

I could probably find out for sure but that doesn't sound right. I remember the mechanical bull too at a local bar.

[Carp]

More like boulder creak at the time. It's been over 13 yrs since I've been there.

Resorts I've ridden:

Grew up skiing in Michigan - little hills outside of Detroit like Mt. Brighton, Mt. Holly, and Alpine Valley - those don't qualify as resorts of course, but the family did take trips to what we considered the big ski areas of Boyne Mtn, Boyne Highlands, and Crystal Mtn. Man those places looked big to me back then.

In Idaho I've ridden:
Sun Valley

Pommerelle (ski hill between Twin Falls and Idaho Falls)

Soldier Mountain (small hill about an hour from Sun Valley)

In Utah I've ridden:

Powder Mountain

Snow Basin

Poci, Idaho's ski area is Pebble Creek. Haven't been there yet, but it looks like fun.

Haven't gotten around much, but looking forward to more travels in the future!

[Justin A.]

New Hampshire: McIntyre, Pat's Peak, Gunstock, Sunapee, Ragged, Cranmore, Cannon, Loon, Attitash, Waterville and Bretton Woods
Vermont: Mt. Snow, Jay Peak, Killington
Maine: Sunday River
Mass: Wachusett

I stood in the ticket line at Mountain Creek in New Jersey for about an hour once before I said to hell with it, it's not worth this for crappy snow, crowds, and 700' of vertical.

So 16 mountains total. I think I probably forgot one or two though. This list does not include backcountry either.

[BlueB]

Serbia:
Kopaonik, Zlatibor, Zlatar, Divcibare, Tara, Brezovica

Macedonia:
Popova Sapka

Mone Negro:
Zablajk

Bosnia/Hertzegovina:
Jahorina

Bulgaria:
Vitosha

Romania:
Poianna Brashov

Austria:
Ischgl, Klein Valsertall

France:
Val Thorans / Trois Valles

Swiss:
Place you cross to from Ischgl ?

South Africa:
Tiffindel (real snow), Meadowdalle (plastic)

Canada:
Cypress, Grouse, Whistler/Blackomb

[ur13]

Another fun thread. I left this window open for a few hours and jotted down the places I've ridden. I came up with 87 total (74 in the US and 13 outside).

I've spent the most days overall at Toggenburg, NY (my local hill growing up) and Stratton, VT (my home resort for over 10 years). Whiteface, NY remains my favorite ski are of all time, with Gore, NY being a lose second and labrador, NY being my third (I'm originally from central NY and like small ski areas). Copper is my favorite Western resort, with Mammoth being a distant second. Stryn Summer Ski, Norway is my favorite non-US place. Seven Oaks, IA is my oddest (Family trip to see relatives one winter as an annoying pre-teen). Arizona Snowbowl, AZ is my most exotic/surreal, it's on a volcano north of Flagstaff, the snowline is over 10,000ft even in winter so your head is spinning and you overlook the desert all around you, including the Grand Canyon to the north, you ride white snow in scrub pines and see red all around you. If you ever ski/ride on Mars I bet it will be alot like that, sans pines. Riding in Hokkaido, Japan was an experience too (though that trip was more a vacation for an ex and I, it's also the only time I've ridden rented gear anywhere)

NY
Whiteface, Gore, Hunter, Windham, Song Mountain, Toggenburg, Labrador, Snow Ridge, Belleayre, Bristal, Catamount, Swain, Thunder Ridge, Cazenovia Ski Club, New Woodstock Ski Bowl, Tug Hill Ski club, ADK Ski Club

VT
Stratton, Okemo, Mount Snow, Killington, Stowe, Sugarbush, Bolton, Mad River Glen (on Tele gear), Pico, Suicide Six, Bromley, Jay, Magic

NH
Attitash, Wildcat, Loon, Gunstock

ME
Sugarloaf, Sunday River

MA
Jiminy Peak, Washusett, Mt. Tom, Catamount, Ski Ward

CT
Mount Southington

NJ
Mountain Creek

PA
Jack Frost, Seven Springs, Hidden Valley

VA
Wintergreen

MD
Wisp

IA
Seven Oaks

OH
Alpine Valley

MN
Buck Hill

CO
Aspen (Ajax & Snowmass mostly), A-Basin, Copper, Steamboat, Vail

UT
The Canyons

AZ
Arizona Snowbowl

CA
Mammoth, Northstar, Snow Summit, Big Bear, Squaw Valley

OR
Mt. Hood, Mt. Bachelor, Mt. Baker, Mt. Ashland

NM
Taos, Ski Apache

WY
Jackson Hole

MT
Big Sky

ID
Bogus Basin, Silver Mtn.

Canada
Whistler/Blackcomb, Buttermilk, Tremblant, Mont-Sainte-Anne, Mont Gabriel

Norway
Stryn, Hemsedal, Trysil, Jotunheimen

Sweden
Riksgränsen

Finland
Ruokolahti

France
Val d'Isere

Japan
Rusutsu

[ar(angel]

Lots of world travelers here. Do you think that's indicative of our sport? I know we have alot of european and Canadian folks here, but man, some of those lists are unbelievable.....

4 is my number BTW
Kirkwood (where I learned to snowboard 8 years ago)
Bachelor
Ashland
and last but not least my home mountain Mt. Shasta!

BTW JT that's gotta be one of the most unusual avatars I've seen here.....

[philw]

Don't make me count. As someone from a flat place with no snow, well you tend to get around more than many.

Some of these are linked resorts; I only listed physically distinct places. English locations are indoors or plastic. I'm sure I missed some..

Switzerland(Verbier, Nendaz, Zermatt)
Italy (Cervinia, Andalo)
France (Meribel, Alpe d'Huez, Val Thorens, Courchevel, Tignes, Val d'Isere, Les Deux Alpes, Le Flegre, Praz d'Arly, Les Arcs, La Plange, Avoriaz,
Montgenèvre)
Austria (Solden, St Anton, Kitzbuel, Goldek)
Scotland (Avimore, Nevis Range, Edinburgh)
England (Rossendale, Keswick, Wellyn, Hemel, Ipswich, Bassingbourne, MK, Castleford, Sheffield, Halifax...)
Finland (Serena)
Norway (Stryn + somwhere else!)
Canada (Banff, Blue River, Whistler, Sun Peaks, WhiteTooth/ Kicking Horse, Revelstoke, Panorama, Vernon, Kelowna, Kimberly)
USA (Winter Park, Brekenridge, Vail, Beaver Creek, Arapahoe, Keystone, Aspen, Brian Head, Brighton, Snowbird, Powder Mountain).

[Gecko]

NH Loon, WV, Sunapee, Attitash, Gunstock, Cannon, Bretton Woods
VT Kmart, Stowe, Smugs, Pico, Magic, Straton, Ascutney, Okemo
MA Wawa, Nashoba, Ward, Blue Hills
RI Yawgoo
WY Jackson Hole, Grand Targhee, SnowKing
CA Mammoth, June, Snow Valley, Bear, Snow Summit, Mt High, Baldy and some little snowboard only place near snow valley that seems to be closed now
Japan, that I remember, there are at least 4-5 that I can't
Neaba, GALA Yuzawa, Ishiuchi Maruyama, Iwappara, Happo-one, Hakuba 47, Hakuba Goryu, Hakuba Highland