Looking forward to skiing Berkshire East, catamount, Mohawk, cannon, suicide six, pats Peak and Bolton valley in New England, I have an epic pass, thinking of a sun valley, brundage, tamarack, Idaho trip, I think the Indy pass complements both the epic/ikon pass, at least for us new Englanders, if I was retired I think I would tour the Midwest on the indy pass.
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Brownski
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Don’t forget Magic
MarzNC
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Then you should appreciate this article about 300 ft hills in the midwest.
If You Don't Love Skiing 200-foot Hills, You Don't Love Skiing
The Midwest is a true skier’s paradise
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I have relatives in MI and MN. Have considered going to visit during the winter. But as long as I have ski buddies who are more interested in skiing out west, I think I'll stick with that for a while. Doubt they would be too excited about the idea of checking out what midwest skiing is all about.
Nope, I don’t think western skiers would appreciate 300 vertical foot mtns, but if you have the time and interest checking out small midwestern ski areas would be cool, probably only do it once, but it would interesting.Then you should appreciate this article about 300 ft hills in the midwest.
If You Don't Love Skiing 200-foot Hills, You Don't Love Skiing
The Midwest is a true skier’s paradise
I have relatives in MI and MN. Have considered going to visit during the winter. But as long as I have ski buddies who are more interested in skiing out west, I think I'll stick with that for a while. Doubt they would be too excited about the idea of checking out what midwest skiing is all about.
Then you should appreciate this article about 300 ft hills in the midwest.
If You Don't Love Skiing 200-foot Hills, You Don't Love Skiing
The Midwest is a true skier’s paradise
I have relatives in MI and MN. Have considered going to visit during the winter. But as long as I have ski buddies who are more interested in skiing out west, I think I'll stick with that for a while. Doubt they would be too excited about the idea of checking out what midwest skiing is all about.
MarzNc, that article on midwestern skiing was fascinating, now with the Indy pass, pass holders can sample a wide variety of midwestern ski areas
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Since I live in the southeast, when I started skiing with my daughter we checked out most of the small hills within a day's drive of our house in central NC. When she was at boarding school in New England I did a few ski safaris in early or late season to explore the northeast. Tenney, Plattekill, and Berkshire East are places I'd go back to mid-season.
Have also just stopped by the base of "old school" ski areas during the off-season. I visit ski areas like some people visit small art museums when traveling. Even took the time to check out Boyne Mountain and Boyne Highlands one summer after visiting with a cousin who lives near Detroit. Made my non-skiing husband go along for the ride on that trip.
So I have plenty of experience with what I call "tourist mode" when the idea is to ride every lift at least once and ski as many trails as practical. The idea is to get the feel of a place. Usually works best when I travel solo.
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There was a link to this interactive Google Map in the article.
www.google.com
Indy Pass: East Resorts - Google My Maps
We created this map of our East Resorts for our passholders to better gauge distances between resorts and plan their road trips.
www.google.com
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It’s funny how one product can change your mindset, the first super pass I became aware of was the max pass, thought it was too good to be true, thought the fine print had all the details, lol, a year ago became aware of the epic and the ikon pass, went back and forth on buying each one, settled on the epic, then I lucked out when they purchased mt snow which is hour from my house, don’t know why but I started reading all I could on the ski industry, grooming snowmaking etc, fascinating industry, today’s kids have it made, compared to where the industry was in 50 and 60’s. Before I bought the epic pass, I didn’t care who owned what mountain or who ran what mountain, I just skied them, then went home, the epic pass changed my whole view. The Indy pass is a stroke of genius for the small unaffiliated ski area, my guess at some point in next five years, Indy pass will sell 100k of these a year, quite a revenue haul for the small mountain. It’s interesting watching small areas join the Indy pass and others not, the Indy has me thinking of skiing the Midwest at some point, especially after I retire and have unlimited time to drive around the Midwest. Amazing how one pass can change your view point, never even considered the Midwest till I started looking at all the midwestern areas on the Indy pass.
