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rjc1976 Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Oct 11, 2003 Posts: 128 Location:Northern NJ	Posted: Sep 18, 2004 - 9:30 PM GMT I was reading through the latest issue of Ski, and I was surprised to see some of the ratings. The biggest surprise was Holiday Valley, however I have never skied there, so I can't really comment too much. I also wasn't expecting Hunter to make the Top 20 list, as number 20 overall. Don't get me wrong, I like Hunter, but I didn't think it had enough pull to get the votes. I was also surprised to see Elk on the top 10 lists (not overall top 10)for snow quality, grooming, and value, but I feel it's well deserved. Elk and Hunter are two (out of three) "local" mountains that I like to go to. I go to Elk and Plattekill on the weekends and Hunter when I can go during the week. So what's everyone's thoughts on this year's rankings? For those who don't have the magazine, the overall top 10 ratings are below: 1. Tremblant 2. Stowe 3. Holiday Valley 4. Killington 5. Sugarloaf 6. Loon 7. Whiteface 8. Stratton 9. Bretton Woods 10. Sunday River

marcski Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Dec 14, 2003 Posts: 2064 Location:Westchester Co., N.Y.	Posted: Sep 19, 2004 - 12:21 AM GMT Quote: 1. Tremblant 2. Stowe 3. Holiday Valley 4. Killington 5. Sugarloaf 6. Loon 7. Whiteface 8. Stratton 9. Bretton Woods 10. Sunday River Well, without knowing the criteria its hard to really say exactly what are the top resorts. Also, who is judging? Is this a readers' poll. If so, isn't it more of a popularity contest. I haven't been to all ten on the list, but my top ten would certainly be quite different. I'd say only about 4... perhaps 5 of these would make my top 10. But I need to ski all of the resorts in the east to make a really educated top 10 list. I think its also difficult to determine a "top 10". As we all know by reading this board, what is important to one skier might be irrelevant for another.

orangegondola Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Jan 07, 2002 Posts: 1366 Location:somewhere on shazam	Posted: Sep 19, 2004 - 1:52 AM GMT I noticed that Magic was in alot of post here as an east fav. Ski it as much as possible this year, from what I here this is a crucial year to its existance. __________ www.savemagicvermont.com, www.chairlift.org

pharmacist Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Feb 20, 2004 Posts: 152 Location:Troy, NY	Posted: Sep 19, 2004 - 11:03 AM GMT Whiteface has seemed to slip a few spots from the previouss few years... __________ 88.7% of statistics are made up on the spot...

dirk109 Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Nov 21, 2001 Posts: 1082 Location:Stratton, VT	Posted: Sep 19, 2004 - 2:27 PM GMT Bromley has the #1 famliy ski school. Good job guys....

HClone Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Feb 19, 2003 Posts: 360 Location:Northern NJ	Posted: Sep 19, 2004 - 5:20 PM GMT I'd bet that Stowe would be the only area that everyone on this panel would agree should be in the top 10.

dirk109 Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Nov 21, 2001 Posts: 1082 Location:Stratton, VT	Posted: Sep 19, 2004 - 5:31 PM GMT Sorry. I think that Stratton and Tremblant should be there.

HClone Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Feb 19, 2003 Posts: 360 Location:Northern NJ	Posted: Sep 19, 2004 - 6:10 PM GMT Oh, I'm not saying that Stratton and Treblant don't belong in the top 10. Just that every single person on this panel wouldn't vote for those two areas.

rjc1976 Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Oct 11, 2003 Posts: 128 Location:Northern NJ	Posted: Sep 19, 2004 - 7:41 PM GMT Edited: Sep 19, 2004 - 7:42 PM GMT Quote: Well, without knowing the criteria its hard to really say exactly what are the top resorts. Also, who is judging? Is this a readers' poll. If so, isn't it more of a popularity contest. It is a reader's poll, so yes, it is a just a popularity contest. I'm just surprised with some of the ratings, even with keeping that in mind.

jaytrem Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Mar 21, 2002 Posts: 1074 Location:	Posted: Sep 19, 2004 - 11:03 PM GMT Quote: I'd bet that Stowe would be the only area that everyone on this panel would agree should be in the top 10. Perhaps Sugarloaf also. As for Stowe, yeah, it would make my top 10. Must get back there one of these years.

joshua segal Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Jul 12, 2004 Posts: 5940 Location:NH	Posted: Sep 19, 2004 - 11:09 PM GMT For the die-hard easterner (such as me), I was disappointed to notice that SKI gave the top 30 western resorts but only the top 10 eastern ones (unless you are in the region of the country that receive the "E" supplement, in which case, we got to see 11 thru 20.) My suspicion is that based on the cross-section of posters on this list, we would probably overweight the parameters such as challenge, snow quality/quantity, etc. and underweight some of the other categories such as grooming, food, etc. For the most part, I think the magazine got it right on "challenge" with MRG coming out on top again. __________ Joshua Segal

grout Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Sep 16, 2004 Posts: 15 Location:	Posted: Sep 20, 2004 - 12:13 PM GMT It is a readers poll" which translates to a resort's guests's poll. Which is the reason these areas exist. Holiday Valley has over 500,000 skier/rider visits a season.

grout Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Sep 16, 2004 Posts: 15 Location:	Posted: Sep 20, 2004 - 12:13 PM GMT It is a readers poll" which translates to a resort's guests's poll. Which is the reason these areas exist. Holiday Valley has over 500,000 skier/rider visits a season.

grout Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Sep 16, 2004 Posts: 15 Location:	Posted: Sep 20, 2004 - 12:13 PM GMT It is a readers poll" which translates to a resort's guests's poll. Which is the reason these areas exist. Holiday Valley has over 500,000 skier/rider visits a season.

grout Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Sep 16, 2004 Posts: 15 Location:	Posted: Sep 20, 2004 - 12:13 PM GMT It is a readers poll" which translates to a resort's guests's poll. Which is the reason these areas exist. Holiday Valley has over 500,000 skier/rider visits a season.

grout Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Sep 16, 2004 Posts: 15 Location:	Posted: Sep 20, 2004 - 12:13 PM GMT It is a readers poll" which translates to a resort's guests's poll. Which is the reason these areas exist. Holiday Valley has over 500,000 skier/rider visits a season.

grout Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Sep 16, 2004 Posts: 15 Location:	Posted: Sep 20, 2004 - 12:13 PM GMT It is a readers poll" which translates to a resort's guests's poll. Which is the reason these areas exist. Holiday Valley has over 500,000 skier/rider visits a season.

grout Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Sep 16, 2004 Posts: 15 Location:	Posted: Sep 20, 2004 - 12:13 PM GMT It is a readers poll" which translates to a resort's guests's poll. Which is the reason these areas exist. Holiday Valley has over 500,000 skier/rider visits a season.

grout Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Sep 16, 2004 Posts: 15 Location:	Posted: Sep 20, 2004 - 12:13 PM GMT It is a readers poll" which translates to a resort's guests's poll. Which is the reason these areas exist. Holiday Valley has over 500,000 skier/rider visits a season.

grout Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Sep 16, 2004 Posts: 15 Location:	Posted: Sep 20, 2004 - 12:13 PM GMT Edited: Sep 23, 2004 - 6:56 PM GMT don't know why all the duplicate posts Sorry... incomplete post.. editted version follows...

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