Happy Thoughts from the Hardy Bunch

[liquidfeet]

Last week I offerend some thoughts in another thread about why skiers in the East are often called a "hardy bunch." I was jumped on, and rightly so, because I was not terribly POSitive in my description of New England skiing (whoops.) Sooooooooo ........ I'm hereby asking all Hardy New England skiers to help me make up for my misdemeanor.

Let's sing the praises of New England skiing!!!!!

What makes you love skiing here, as opposed to skiing elsewhere?

 

[ski diva]

Great thread, Liquidfeet!

I'm one of those Eastern skiers you talked about, and yes, we are a hardy bunch. Eastern skiers have to be to make it through the dreadful cold -- 20 degrees out west feels like 40 degrees in the east. It's a humidity thing. Also, there's the dreaded I-C-E. This makes us tough and turns us into people who can ski stuff that would make other people cringe, shake their heads, turn around and go home.

But here's what I love about skiing in New England:

1) It's charming. I love Vermont. It's a beautiful part of the world. I love the small villages and the rural nature of the place. Plus the abundant humidity truly makes it green (they don't call it the Green Mountain State for nothing!). So you don't have the barren mountains you get in say, Utah.
2) The history. US skiing started here. There are resorts with trails built along old logging roads. It gives them a character you don't find anywhere else. How neat is that!

This does not mean I don't love the west. The powder, the warmer temperatures, the sun, the longer season, for me those are all pluses that I wish we had here.

Both have their benefits. That's why I love taking a trip or two out there each year.

But to me, the east is home.