How Does Sugarbush Rank With You?

[beelze]

Thread title...
"How Does Sugarbush Rank With You?"

I think the hidden point was.. those listed were ahead. Most others seemed to be ranking SB in comparison
to other similar north east operations and I was careful to note it may not be fair to compare SB to some of the
west coasters, but here they are. SB would be somewhere in the #15 range when considering all resorts
in north america, IMHO.

[thinksnow]

1) SB
2) ALTA
3) CANNON

[MntMan4Bush]

May I assume that SB stands for Sugarbush and not Snowbird? Just asking because you put Alta.

[thinksnow]

Sorry, let me clarify:

1) Sugarbush
2) Alta
3) Cannon

[MntMan4Bush]

I was just asking. Snowbird is one hell of a mountain.

[win]

Here is a really "objective" vote!

1). Sugarbush

2). Alta

3). Mad River

4) Big Sky

5) Jackson Hole

6) Highlands - Aspen

7) Ajax - Aspen

Deer Valley (new terrain since the Olympics) plus Stein is a great guy!

[BushMogulMaster]

Here is a really "objective" vote!

1). Sugarbush

2). Alta

3). Mad River

4) Big Sky

5) Jackson Hole

6) Highlands - Aspen

7) Ajax - Aspen

Deer Valley (new terrain since the Olympics) plus Stein is a great guy!

That's a pretty good list! I still owe you an email, Win. I'll get that to you ASAP.

[jwt]

1. Sugarbush ( logic says this couldn't be true with all the terrain out West, but if you have sampled 2000+ acres of woods from Eden to Exterm Woods and even Semi tough this year, it ranks right up there)
2. Alta ( not because everyone says so, but having explored Catherines, Devils Castle, almost all of Greely Ridge from Gunsight, Eddies High NoWhere, (chutes that need climbing, not the traverse)all the way down to Alfs (non-stop of course, and no, i haven't been able to)
3. Powder Mt ( Alta w/10% of the people, maybe not as many chutes but. . . . . until you get there. . . . . )

4. MRG

5. Back Bowls Vail ( Sun Up, ,Down)

And yes Win, Empire Canyon skiers right. . . . . Daily Chutes. . . . .. can do those all day. . . . . traverse and all. . . .

and of course nothing wrong with Tuckerman, Left Gully, Chute, Lip, anytime you can ski to the car. . . . . 4000+ verts from snowfields. . . . . . a highlight in anyones ski life who gets that bluebird day, top to bottom. . . . . . and Jay!. . . . . .

[Treeskier]

Mad River Valley
Little Cotton Wood Canyon
Chomonie France
Whistler/Blackhome
Big Cotton Wood Canyon
Saint Anton
Lake Tahoe
Jackson Hole
Fernie

[MntMan4Bush]

Since I finally got out west I have to update my rankings

1. Sugarbush - It's hard to break a favorite
2. Alta - Hit this on the sweetest powder day last week after they got 82 inches for the week, 18 inches fresh the night before/morning.
3. Brighton - felt a lot like Sugarbush. It had a lot of character, especially anything off of the Milicent chair and OB across the traverse and no crowds.
4. Snowbird - Most amount of pure vertical I've ever hit. Tons of great terrain and snow. Did I mention the snow.
5. Mad River Glen
6. Solitude - Too many groomers, but still nice woods off of Powderhorn.

Off to Big Sky next year.

[sasquatch]

[quote=win]Here is a really objective vote!

1). Sugarbush

2). Alta

3). Mad River

4) Big Sky

5) Jackson Hole

6) Highlands - Aspen

7) Ajax - Aspen

8 ) Deer Valley (new terrain since the Olympics) plus Stein is a great guy![quote]

That explains a lot...3 of the 8 listed (and two of the top three) do not allow snoboards, and one (Ajax) only recently came around. No wonder there are riders in the valley that sense the attitude...but I am sure they are just imagining it...I feel for you guys up there. Such great mountains and such stone age thinking. I hear Win is a great guy, and I am sure he is from all I read here - but the list above (again, great areas, agreed, but 2,3,8 SO backwards) really does back up what other riders who visit say about the MRV, and what I feel when I go there.

[random_ski_guy]

sasquatch, this board isn't going to provide the therapy you need to get over your snowboarding inequality complex. it just seems like you are trolling for a fight.

[sasquatch]

LOL!! - nah, just like making people who deserve it squirm a little...and hoping on the side you will all see the light and lighten up.