After living out west, how does it feel to ski the East?

[ectreeskier11]

i don't think i can go back after a half season so far in UT. keep in mind how little snow UT has had until the last week as well.

[Woodlandclown]

Hey thanks for the heads up! Me and the jersey shore are packing up and will be out in about a month.

[St. Jerry]

One thing I know my west coast/mountain friends were jealous of was how many shows we got on the east coast last year. Something like 25 in less than a half a day's drive from me.

[sidewall]

What's worse is living in the east, and having to come back and ski in the east (at least south of upper Pennsylvania) after skiing out west. But, you try and make the most of it. It's still all about gettin' out on the hill (almost literally here unfortunately) and having fun.

This sums it up well for us east coasters. You just have to make the most of what you have and be happy you get to go out west every year.

[Benny Profane]

Well, after skiing Vail/Beaver Creek 75 days a year for two years, I moved to NYC. That year I got a seasons pass to Hunta' and ended up only skiing about a half dozen times becuase it was so crappy. I was so disillusioned with east coast skiing that I did not ski at all the following year and it took several good powder days at MRG the following year for me to get back into the sport.

Holy crap, you bought a season's pass? I dropped in there last year for the first time in six years when I realized that they got the most from a weekend dump of 9 inches. It was a Sunday. I barely walked away after three major crashes, two after Huntah morons decided to go exactly where I was from all the way over there. It was nine inches on top of blue ice half the time. But, I did get to experience the opening of Annapurna for the season. That kinda made up for it.

I thought I was going to go up this weekend, but waking up to -10 in Vermont to ski man made on groomer repaired rain soaked ice runs from last weekend just doesn't float my fucking boat. And my buddy is living in Sandy and calling me up every day to tell me about Alta sickness. That makes me unhappy. Vermont needs a storm or two. Like this.



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[DirkaDirkaJack]

serious question:

do "resorts" on the east coast do any avy control?

[Benny Profane]

No.

Tuckerman's is the only place in the East that avalanches.

[advres]

B - I think we need to have another chat with your buddy about how skiing out here is just as good as out west. That was a funny conversation.

[snowrider]

Grew up skiing on the EC, loved it.

Skied Stowe for 4 years during college, had some legit deep days and loved it.

Skied and lived in Jackson for 3 years, loved it.

Came back to the EC...


Bitterness asides I do believe there are those incredible days on the EC, the difference is you have to be dedicated to it. There's something to be said for the truly dedicated EC skier.

[Benny Profane]

Yeah, but, why'd you move back? For a job, right? So, how can you be "dedicated" if you're working all the time? And, if you don't have a job. why are you here? I used to see the same old people at KMart every year, and think, wow, if you're going to bum, there's much better places. I know you have cheap booze and drug connections, but, still.......

[St. Jerry]

If I didn't have my job, I'd be outta' here in a heart beat.

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[steve]

Bitterness asides I do believe there are those incredible days on the EC, the difference is you have to be dedicated to it. There's something to be said for the truly dedicated EC skier.

Especially to keep it up year after year after year.
it takes a lot of effort..

[OSECS]

Since when is masochism a virtue ??

[TheDingleberry]

B - I think we need to have another chat with your buddy about how skiing out here is just as good as out west. That was a funny conversation.

Yeah what a dumbshit.



Let's go to foxwoods and hit the tables.

[The Duke of Hurl]

Skiing on the east coast is a little like skiing in Washington state (lately).

Now, was that really necessary? That's just cold.

[DaveTV]

No.

Tuckerman's is the only place in the East that avalanches.

Not true, Sugarloaf,Maine snowfields as well as anywhere above tree line is prone to avalanche.

[Toadman]

After growing up in UT & AK, and then living in NJ, it was just not possible for me to get into EC skiing. I tried but it was just so bunny hill and lame, that I stopped trying to pretend I was skiing. No offense to you folks out in NJ, more like my condolences to you poor folks. But I did meet a few really good bump skiers out there.

[iceman]

No.

That's true.

Tuckerman's is the only place in the East that avalanches.

That's not true.

[willywhit]

up until 4 days ago the EC was in good shape. Then I hear about exposed rocks & grass from my buddy in Aspen and there being more snow on the EC.

http://www.onthesnow.com/news/a/1121...LNK=Newsletter

like Bill Belichick says "it Is what IT IS"
I got into hard boot snowboarding at Stowe due to the "hard park" aka ICE and the lack of perfect dry powder all the time.

With some nugs and good tunes, you can trick your brain into thinking you're having fun. wearing yellow lens goggles on grey days helps a lot, too

[Woodlandclown]

No.

Tuckerman's is the only place in the East that avalanches.

Avalanche slide in adks.. Just happened a few years ago. wright peak. there have been numerous over the last 20 years--obviously not to the extent of western mtns.

And Whiteface mtn is developing an avalanche control program in order to open slides up to avie educated peeps.

still, yes point made, the east still sucks.

[DBdude]

In the east you need a job that has the flexibility to let you invoke the powder clause, and live close enough to get back to work in the afternoon. second, I need to get outside in the winter, I like to ski. I go skiing.

[powder11]

I don't know which is worse; living in SLC or skiing back east. I tried both and they both suck. Good luck!

[mrw]

The "daks" are good. there is even some nice tree skiing in the Poconos but, it takes a lot of snow and you have to know where to go. The problem is it may take all season to produce a decent day.

[XtrPickels]

Yeah, but, why'd you move back? For a job, right? So, how can you be "dedicated" if you're working all the time? And, if you don't have a job. why are you here? I used to see the same old people at KMart every year, and think, wow, if you're going to bum, there's much better places. I know you have cheap booze and drug connections, but, still.......

I moved from Bozeman to Lake Placid for a job at the hospital.
I ski 4 days a week.
Just because you work, doesn't mean you can't work out a good schedule.

With that said, on the east coast, ignorance is bliss.
There are always great days with friends.
As you learn the mountain, life gets better.

I don't think, however, that I'll ever have those days where all you can do is hoot and holler. Days where you can't contain yourself, the excitement is just too damn high.