Where to go 2nd week of march.

mmckechnie

mmckechnie

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So over spring break, 2nd week of March for myself and my friend, we're looking to head somewhere different than our home mountain of Mount Sunapee, New Hampshire. I was just hoping you guys could give me some suggestions as to where to go around Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine to experience the best snow that time of year and the best terrain (trees, steeps, open faces, maybe some cliffs). Park isn't too important, but if its included with what I'm really after snow and terrain then that's always a plus. So far I was thinking Bretton Woods, Cannon, Sunday River, Sugarloaf but was still looking for opinions on these 4 and other resorts as well that might suit my needs. Thanks for your help.
 
your sunapee pass will work at okemo. you can go there, but its kinda lame if you looking for terrain. for terrain do what they said above. mt snow/loon for parks. and since your from mass you could possibly go to sunday river for the week if you wanna ski terrain and a park in one. its a fun place to explore. i ski sunapee also? whats your outwear look/how often do you go?
 
Yeah I don't have pass for sunapee, and even if i did i'd probably have the one that doesn't work at okemo, but that's besides the point. Yeah I'm not really looking for park, more or less snow and terrain. I'm guessing this time of year you have to head up north to find the good snow and I'm guessing the terrain will be better anyway. Basically I'm looking for either powder or a nice snowpack in case its warm spring snow like corn and sun crust, always fun, and also looking for terrain, big verticle, trees, steeps, open faces, drops, etc. A fun park is just icing on the cake, I'd definitely for-go it for better snow and terrain.

I hit up sunapee a lot when I'm home. Wear a red jacket, black pants, black g10mx, crowbars and have the white scratch fs wrs skis. I don't ski sunapees park too much, you'll mostly find me hitting the trees or looking for stuff to jib around on the groomers. It kind of sucks for beginners in the park. Like they don't have any 10, 15, 20, 25 foot step downs or tables just "split lip jumps" which in recent years have been pretty sloppy and lame, just a small lip right on the edge of a steep section of the trail.

Anyway one last bump before bedtime.

So far I'm looking into Bretton, Cannon, Sunday River, Sugarloaf, Wildcat, Stowe, Mad River Glen, Sugarbush, Smugglers Notch, Bolton Valley. Also I + K'ed people who responded
 
sunapee actually just put up some jumps that are in the 15-20 foot range step downs. also my advice for your spring break if you are staying over for a couple nights would be sugarloaf it is such a nice mountain. good steeps and woods and i really like the layout. they have some snowfields open that would be legit on powder days too.
 
ah sweet, I'll have to check sunapee out then I'll be there a few times over break, but wanted to go somewhere north for the actual destination for my spring break. Sunapee must be stepping it up this year then.
 
nice yeah i'd say it's definitely stepping it up this year. i'll probably be there a couple times that week too cuz it's also my spring break that week.
 
Cool, I'll definitely look for you. Whats your outerwear and gear setup? Mine is listed in my profile. What school do you go to?
 
I go to emerson college in boston and I'll be wearing grey pants, a black helmet, and the rest depends on the weather and what i'm feeling. I'll definitely keep an eye out for you though!
 
Out of those I would go with Stowe, sugarbush, and smuggs. All of these mountains have great terrain and are realy close to eachother so you could make a trip up there and ski all of those places. They're also far up north enough to have a lot of powder and a reliable snowpack.
 
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