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Snow Skiing Questions

The following questions were posted in Yahoo's 'Snow Skiing' category:

Should I ski or snowboard?

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I'm going on a trip to Cranmore Mountain- land for beginners with absolutely no terrain suitable for anyone considered upper-intermediate and above with one of my friends who is more of a beginner and goes kinda slow. I've been snowboarding for a while now and I'm an advanced rider (I'd feel confident on every single run in the state under icy conditions and ungroomed...), so there's no terrain for me here, but I don't have to rent. I've skied since the beginning of this year and I enjoy not sitting on my butt for a while fixing my bindings and such, but I do have to rent and spend an extra $30. I can handle any green and most blues (so basically everything on the mountain) would it be worth it to spend the extra $30 to not be bored and not have to wait at the bottom of every run for like 10minutes to wait for my buddy? If I found skiing more fun then snowboarding, I'd obviously do that INSTEAD of snowboarding long term. There is a reason why I bought a snowboard instead of skis.

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Go with skiing if for no other reason than to stave off boredom. At your level snowboarding at that hill will be a bummer, and you will have more fun skiing with your friend than you will standing at the bottom waiting. If you are going slower on skis your friend will be less likely to try to stay with you, end up skiing over their head and get hurt.

Which of these ski areas are best after a storm?

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Next year I'm only going skiing the day or day after a storm. These are the places I'm considering, others are too expensive/over-groomed/too far. Which places will hold pow the best? Which have the least flat spots? Which will I have the most fun at? I'm a high-intermediate skier and have most fun on narrow, winding trails. I like bumps. Waterville Valley Cannon Mountain Ragged Mountain Dartmouth Skiway Cranmore Black Mountain Wachusett Pico Mountain Berkshire East Tenney Mountain Any extra info you want to put in, go for it! Yeah, I have skied pow before, try 3 feet at Cannon...I'm actually a beginner skier but a high-intermediate snowboarder, but since everybody in the snowboarding section is freestyle and I don't like freestyling I ask in the skiing section. I doubt you have even been to NH on a good day. The powder can be amazing, if you know where to go and aren't AFRAID of a little ice. I was just asking which place is the best for next year, I don't know why you even bothered answering this question when you didn't even understand it.

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Skiing only fresh snow is great if you have the flexibility. However, don't expect powder dumps at any New England resort. The snow is usually high moisture content, not Utah powder. Cannon and Waterville have the best terrain from your list. This year each had 2 for 1 specials on some weekdays. If you can get fresh snow at half price, that's your deciding factor.

What are the must-hit powder places in NH?

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I'm doing all powder next year (maybe some spring riding, too, if there's not many powder days) I'm considering Waterville, Cannon, Ragged, Dartmouth, Cranmore, Black, Wachusett, Berkshire EAst (in MA, I know, but it's semi-close to where I live) Pico (I know, in VT, but it's semi-cheap compared to pretty much everywhere), and Tenney mountain. I can't really go to other places because they're either too expensive or too far. Which hold pow the best? I meant out of the places I listed. I'm not going to pay $80 for Bretton Woods. It's just an over groomed, totally un-natural ski area that is over-priced, same with loon.

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Powder...in New Hampshire? What I actually found funny (wait....hilarious) was that you're willing to go to Pico for it's "powder". I spent six years on the mountain, if you can find the "powder" there (except right after a big storm) please show me. I suggest if you want powder in NH you get yourself some skins and go hunting in the Whites. Since cost seems to be a major concern of yours, and you don't seem to like overgroomed places like Bretton, perhaps skiing in the backcountry would be more your style. That's free, and you won't have to worry about grooming.

Questions from Other Categories

The following questions were posted in various Yahoo's categories other than 'Snow Skiing' - hopefully they are relevant:

What's a good mountain for a beginner snowboarder?

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Looking for mountains in NH or Maine.. any suggestions? I've been to Loon, Shawnee peak and Cranmore.. any other good mountains to try?

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Belleayre in the Catskills in NY dont know hwo far u r from there

Northeast ski pass?

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Ive heard of a pass for the Northeast that has like 8 mountains on it, i know of mt snow, killington, pico, cranmore, attitatsh...etc. Anyone know were to find this pass?

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ASC did have a great pass, but they sold off their mountains up here.. The pass did include Killington/Pico, Mt Snow, (Haystack once upon a time), Attitash, Sugarloaf, and Sunday River.... This year three smaller passes that I know of are the Sugaloaf/Sunday River pass, Killington/Pico pass, and lastly a Mt Snow, Attitash, Crotched pass. Loon,Waterville,Cranmore is another option... Stratton, Okemo, Sunapee is another option.. They all are looking very pricey, hopefully mother nature will throw them some cash this year, but looks like the only (comparatively) deals will be for kids/college.. It's tough to say where my money is going to go next season....I love variety, but this may be a year of the best value?

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