I'm curious as to how far people are from their home mountain. Like how long does it take you to get there? Are there a lot of weekend warriors on this site, or do most people on NS live close to their mountains?
I am about 3 hours with no snow on the ground. WIth snow on the roads it can vary from a 3 to 7 hour drive. When it really storms I usually have to stay home and wait for it do die down. I LIve in SF and Ski at boreal/northstar/Sugar Bowl which are my "home" mountains. I do a lot of day trips. I only get up around 12 to 20 days a year. More then some but still disappointing
an hour to mountain creek in NJ from my house in NY, 40 minutes when I leave straight from class.. It is 90 minutes to the Catskill resorts but I need to be able to night ski. So NJ it is.
I'm improving at that. Was only 1 min from Cranmore when I lived in NH. Before that it was 45-1:15 errrday for mountains. It's nice to be close, especially when the roads are shit.
I live about 30 minutes from the nearest hill. It isn't the best so if I actually want to ski something good, I'll travel roughly an hour and a half to the next closest.
Holla. Boulder was my home mountain last year. Mountain Creek will probably be this year.
About 90 minutes from a variety of mountains in the Poconos. Plan on being a weekend warrior since I work full-time and then ball out for another 2 weeks at MHSSC over the Summer for a 'fix.'
Its about a 2 hour drive to my home hill, so I can only go on weekends, which sucks. Backyard jibbing takes up time during the week, so I get a bit more time on skis.