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Skiers


Dec 17, 2018, 9:18 AM

Going to take my son skiing this winter. He has never been before, but he is 16, fairly athletic - I don't expect it will take him too long to figure it out.

Having said that, where should we go?

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MauldinT, where are you???


The Mountains


Dec 17, 2018, 9:18 AM

Yw

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So much this***


Dec 17, 2018, 9:29 AM



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Re: Skiers


Dec 17, 2018, 9:34 AM

WinterPlace WV - Lots of easy slopes to learn on; longass drive from where you live.

Sugar - 1 bunny slope filled with 1000 people; 1 easy slope with chairlift filled with 2000 people

Beech - Sse Sugar

Cataloochee - highest priced 2 chitty bunny slopes

Wolf Ridge - 2 bunny slopes not as crowded 1 lift that drops off half way up and at the top. No reason he couldn't get down this mtn from half up on his 1st day. Can find cheap tickets on myperks.com

Appalachian - never been but looks like snow bowl. Might be a good place to start.

If I were you I'd go on a Mon - Thurs. Less crowded, weekday rates, day out of school

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what's better, Winterplace or Showshoe?


Dec 17, 2018, 9:35 AM

I went to one of them (can't remember which) 20 years ago...thinking about trying to hit one of them up this year

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Re: what's better, Winterplace or Showshoe?


Dec 17, 2018, 9:56 AM

both are just trash. Ugh, just makes me cringe thinking about those lines.

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I like Snowshoe better


Dec 17, 2018, 10:13 AM [ in reply to what's better, Winterplace or Showshoe? ]

but go mid week. Lines get long on weekends. or stay on blacks all day. But great village and best slopes in mid-atlantic imo.

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also lift tickets include Silver creek slopes


Dec 17, 2018, 10:17 AM

which is 2 miles down the road. Decent slopes. shorter lines. all in all you get 100+slopes i think

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I assume Snowshoe


Dec 17, 2018, 10:16 AM [ in reply to what's better, Winterplace or Showshoe? ]

b/c I've never been there and wasn't overly impressed with Winterplace

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There is no point in driving further than Beech or Sugar


Dec 17, 2018, 10:18 AM [ in reply to what's better, Winterplace or Showshoe? ]

to go to Winterplace. It's basically the same thing.

Snowshoe is def worth it. Best skiing on the east coast probably.

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yep, dont get winterplace thing. just a few slopes


Dec 17, 2018, 10:20 AM

i might as well just go to Wintergreen than there.

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Winterplace is about 2.5 times bigger than Beech or


Dec 17, 2018, 10:22 AM

Sugar so I get the draw from southerners. Two lodges, taking multiple ski lifts to get from one side of the mtn to another. You don't do that in NC anywhere.

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It's a little bigger, sure


Dec 17, 2018, 10:28 AM

But it's still about a minute run from top to bottom, just like Sugar and Beech.

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Winterplace is an option and only about an extra


Dec 17, 2018, 9:59 AM [ in reply to Re: Skiers ]

30 minutes to an hour from what I can tell on google maps, with it being just off the interstate and all. Those crappy little mountain roads in NC take forever. Last time I went skiing was Snowshoe probably 5 years ago. We passed by Winterplace and one of the guys on the trip (who was the best skier on the trip) said it is where he earned his chops.

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MauldinT, where are you???


I should stop assuming I know where people live***


Dec 17, 2018, 10:18 AM



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I would head south.


Dec 17, 2018, 9:35 AM

The water in Hartwell is a bit chilly right now.

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Dec 17, 2018, 9:43 AM



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Does MYF not have ski trips any more?...


Dec 17, 2018, 9:45 AM

If'n I was you, I would start in Boone and work up from there.

Appalachian is where we used to go, as you may remember. 1 bunny slop with rope tow, I medium slope in middle and used to be a harder one to the right from the same lift.

Wife-of took kids-of there a few yrs back and they had a good time.

Probably pretty good snow there right now.

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Oh, and Boone has some pretty good eat'n/drink'n now***


Dec 17, 2018, 9:45 AM



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No, no more ski trip as far as I know.


Dec 17, 2018, 9:48 AM [ in reply to Does MYF not have ski trips any more?... ]

If they do he has never been on it, but I don't think they do. Not sure when they nixed it.

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MauldinT, where are you???


Cataloochee is the easiest slope to learn IMO***


Dec 17, 2018, 9:47 AM



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They were the highest priced place to ski last season


Dec 17, 2018, 10:29 AM

and their prices went up this year

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Re: Skiers


Dec 17, 2018, 9:56 AM

Anywhere Colorado, but A-Basin has the best ski school in the country. Just pay the money, get away from the crowds and teach him in real snow. Plus, the trip is fun and the beer just tastes better at that altitude.

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there's a chance my kids (especially 6yo son) calls it quits


Dec 17, 2018, 10:08 AM

30 minutes into Day 1.

I ain't ####### up a perfectly good Colorado trip by bringing family along.


Also, i did a half day at A-basin, and was loving it, when the other people I was with decided they wanted to go back to breck. I think we drove out there and did 3 runs. i was pizzed, but they was driving

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this looks like a good place


Dec 17, 2018, 9:58 AM

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Cat on a tin roof, dogs in a pile,
Nothin' left to do but smile, smile, smile!!!!


5, 12, 11, ahh.....Oh what the h3ll. Any order will do..***


Dec 17, 2018, 10:18 AM



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Some of those look fake


Dec 17, 2018, 10:51 AM [ in reply to this looks like a good place ]

nice

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Brek, Bruh


Dec 17, 2018, 10:50 AM

DGUARCHITECT

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Sky Valley GA because I assume that’s one of


Dec 17, 2018, 10:53 AM

The closest to you.


https://www.skyvalleyga.com/index.html

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they closed those slopes


Dec 17, 2018, 11:25 AM

a long time ago

http://www.skisoutheast.com/remembering-sky-valley-ski-area-by-scott-fagan/

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Re: Skiers


Dec 17, 2018, 11:30 AM

Hopefully this helps.

http://southpark.cc.com/clips/153300/thumper-the-super-cool-ski-instructor

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