Nicest skiing town/resorts within 6 hour drive of DC?

[Anonymous]

Look online at Snowshoe - Corduroy Inn is their nicest boutique type hotel. See if that looks nice enough for you. If not, you'll need to drive a little further.
Snowshoe is totally fine for us, and definitely ski wise enough if you said mediocre skiing is fine. We usually stay at Soaring Eagle which is also nice. Not sure how DCUMers ever goes anywhere as picky as they are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not sure how DCUMers ever goes anywhere as picky as they are.

Too true, and with regard to skiing half of them probably can't make it down the backside of Liberty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure how DCUMers ever goes anywhere as picky as they are.

Too true, and with regard to skiing half of them probably can't make it down the backside of Liberty.

They don't care. They just want to go somewhere and be pampered and not have to run elbows with the poors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tremblant is seriously freezing, except in spring.

I vote for the Rockies too... The flight to Denver is not so bad and then you have 1-2 hours of driving, depending on where you go. We love Copper Mountain with small kids.

-A Canadian

When we were there last February it was raining. I’ve only been there a couple times when it was legit cold.

[Anonymous]

Believe it or not, in PA - Bear Creek resort. Really nice hotel, restaurant and spa. Small mountain but ski in/out. 4 hours from DC.
https://www.bcmountainresort.com

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tremblant is seriously freezing, except in spring.

I vote for the Rockies too... The flight to Denver is not so bad and then you have 1-2 hours of driving, depending on where you go. We love Copper Mountain with small kids.

-A Canadian

When we were there last February it was raining. I’ve only been there a couple times when it was legit cold.

Canadian PP here. Wow, I must have had bad luck -- been there 6-7 times in my life in Jan/Feb/March and it's always been crazy cold with strong wind. It's the only place I've ever earned frostbite (on the tip of my nose - quite the look!). At least the gondolas are warm... it's the first 1-5 minutes on the way down that chill the bones. Having said this, I haven't been in the last six years, so with climate change, perhaps it's the place to be these days. The mountain itself and the village are great.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Believe it or not, in PA - Bear Creek resort. Really nice hotel, restaurant and spa. Small mountain but ski in/out. 4 hours from DC.
https://www.bcmountainresort.com

I wouldn't consider bear mountain hotel luxury. It is on par with a mid level Hilton or Marriott.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The one time we went to Seven Springs I was minding my own business meandering down a quiet little trail not heavily used. Some idiot came up behind me completely out of control, and instead of throwing himself on the snow or using a basic maneuver to avoid hitting me, he slammed into me full force. Huge, heavy kid. My body cushioned his fall. The trail was plenty wide enough to go around me with a slight bit of maneuvering, and i was happily working my way down along one edge of the trail, not in the middle of the trail. I didn't even have time to react before he slammed into me. I was out of commission for the remainder of our vacation, and barely made it back to the lodge on my own. It took a long time because I was injured and in severe pain. I am never going back. The main problem with the local ski resorts is that they're full of people who don't know how to ski and won't take lessons before getting on the slopes.

Snowshoe used to be famous for "guy in jeans and a sweatshirt skiing crazy out of control" but it's not so much like that in recent years. I only got hit by someone one time last season, and that was on a catwalk at low speed, and didn't injure either of us. I make sure to ski right behind DD so they hit me and not her, which paid off that time.

[Anonymous]

If you're going to fly, go to Utah. You can get a direct flight into Salt Lake, and a shuttle to a nearby resort, and be on the slopes the same afternoon.

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Anonymous wrote:If you're going to fly, go to Utah. You can get a direct flight into Salt Lake, and a shuttle to a nearby resort, and be on the slopes the same afternoon.

How's the snow this season?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you're going to fly, go to Utah. You can get a direct flight into Salt Lake, and a shuttle to a nearby resort, and be on the slopes the same afternoon.

How's the snow this season?

NP - Apparently it snowed today but it’s been terrible. Even Alta only has a few trails open. We are going in February so hoping things turn around by then. Next week we are gong to Jackson Hole which is one of the few places in the west with snow (and they got a foot today).

[Anonymous]

Utah. 4 hour flight and the slopes are,1/2 hour from the,airport.

[Anonymous]

The OP clearly says "no flying" you dorks.

[Anonymous]

OP said she doesn't care if skiing is mediocre, she wants a "luxury resort" and a "cute preppy town." Only place in Utah that meets those criteria are PC/DV and conditions there are pretty bad so far this year. Plus OP said she doesn't want to fly. Did any of the PPs recommending Utah even read the post?

OP - I think you are going to have to drive farther for what you want. That or compromise on staying in luxury in a charming mountain town.

[Anonymous]

We like Blue Mountain in PA