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

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Anonymous wrote:The OP clearly says "no flying" you dorks.

Yeah but it’s kind of like the HGTV shows where people want a bigger, upgraded house in their same neighborhood for the same mortgage they’re paying now. Good luck!

True. But the question can be answered.

If you don't wish to answer OP's question start a spinoff thread on why mid Atlantic skiing is rarely worth it.

Snowshoe is worth it when you have kids who are still learning. Big waste of money to fly them out west when they can't handle those slopes yet.

We started our kid out west. For us it wasn't a waste of money - our 4 year old was skiing greens from the top of the mountain by day two and my husband and I enjoyed a week of amazing skiing while the kids were in full day lessons. They had super experienced teachers and the conditions were more of a sure thing than at Snowshoe (we flew out on Southwest and would have cancelled had conditions been bad). That said, I still want my kids to ski at local places and in New England so they can deal with cold and ice. But I was happy to have them start somewhere with great conditions where it was 40 degrees and sunny. I was worried a bad first experience might turn them off to the sport. If our budget was tighter we would have done Snowshoe or driven to VT.

For my kids, that place was Ski Liberty. Couldn't beat it for the price!

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Anonymous wrote:Suck it up on go to Colorado. I recommend Vail or Beaver Creek.

Worst snow in 30 yrs and too many people. Not as exclusive as it once was

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Anonymous wrote:we only ski vail and beaver creek.

Anonymous wrote:we only ski vail and beaver creek.

You're like the "how far can you puntt a football" poster.

Can't decide if I love your ironic snark or hate your useless stupid ass.

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Anonymous wrote:The OP clearly says "no flying" you dorks.

Yeah but it’s kind of like the HGTV shows where people want a bigger, upgraded house in their same neighborhood for the same mortgage they’re paying now. Good luck!

True. But the question can be answered.

If you don't wish to answer OP's question start a spinoff thread on why mid Atlantic skiing is rarely worth it.

Snowshoe is worth it when you have kids who are still learning. Big waste of money to fly them out west when they can't handle those slopes yet.

We started our kid out west. For us it wasn't a waste of money - our 4 year old was skiing greens from the top of the mountain by day two and my husband and I enjoyed a week of amazing skiing while the kids were in full day lessons. They had super experienced teachers and the conditions were more of a sure thing than at Snowshoe (we flew out on Southwest and would have cancelled had conditions been bad). That said, I still want my kids to ski at local places and in New England so they can deal with cold and ice. But I was happy to have them start somewhere with great conditions where it was 40 degrees and sunny. I was worried a bad first experience might turn them off to the sport. If our budget was tighter we would have done Snowshoe or driven to VT.

So typical of some DC/NY parents. Family vacation while you stick kids in lessons or camp all day.

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Anonymous wrote:The OP clearly says "no flying" you dorks.

Yeah but it’s kind of like the HGTV shows where people want a bigger, upgraded house in their same neighborhood for the same mortgage they’re paying now. Good luck!

True. But the question can be answered.

If you don't wish to answer OP's question start a spinoff thread on why mid Atlantic skiing is rarely worth it.

Snowshoe is worth it when you have kids who are still learning. Big waste of money to fly them out west when they can't handle those slopes yet.

We started our kid out west. For us it wasn't a waste of money - our 4 year old was skiing greens from the top of the mountain by day two and my husband and I enjoyed a week of amazing skiing while the kids were in full day lessons. They had super experienced teachers and the conditions were more of a sure thing than at Snowshoe (we flew out on Southwest and would have cancelled had conditions been bad). That said, I still want my kids to ski at local places and in New England so they can deal with cold and ice. But I was happy to have them start somewhere with great conditions where it was 40 degrees and sunny. I was worried a bad first experience might turn them off to the sport. If our budget was tighter we would have done Snowshoe or driven to VT.

So typical of some DC/NY parents. Family vacation while you stick kids in lessons or camp all day.

So they can learn from great teachers and hang with other kids. What's wrong with that?

Np

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Anonymous wrote:The OP clearly says "no flying" you dorks.

Yeah but it’s kind of like the HGTV shows where people want a bigger, upgraded house in their same neighborhood for the same mortgage they’re paying now. Good luck!

True. But the question can be answered.

If you don't wish to answer OP's question start a spinoff thread on why mid Atlantic skiing is rarely worth it.

Snowshoe is worth it when you have kids who are still learning. Big waste of money to fly them out west when they can't handle those slopes yet.

We started our kid out west. For us it wasn't a waste of money - our 4 year old was skiing greens from the top of the mountain by day two and my husband and I enjoyed a week of amazing skiing while the kids were in full day lessons. They had super experienced teachers and the conditions were more of a sure thing than at Snowshoe (we flew out on Southwest and would have cancelled had conditions been bad). That said, I still want my kids to ski at local places and in New England so they can deal with cold and ice. But I was happy to have them start somewhere with great conditions where it was 40 degrees and sunny. I was worried a bad first experience might turn them off to the sport. If our budget was tighter we would have done Snowshoe or driven to VT.

So typical of some DC/NY parents. Family vacation while you stick kids in lessons or camp all day.

So they can learn from great teachers and hang with other kids. What's wrong with that?

Np

NP, but I am not a good enough skier to help my kids learn.

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Anonymous wrote:I would second Snowshoe.

snowshoe is booked. Anywhere else that has a resort that is ski in/ski out?

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Anonymous wrote:Don't know about berkshires but no resort in the Catskills has a spa or a swanky vibe.

Thought of this thread when I saw this in the NYT- looks nice and newly redone. Of course whether it is swanky enough I don’t know.

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/12/23/travel/catskills-inn-modern-makeover.html?referer=https://www.nytimes.com/section/travel

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Lodge looks nice but Hunter is very crowded with rude people.

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OP if you can at all swing a fight I highly recommend Bretton Woods. You can cheaply fly into Manchester NH on Southwest. Rent a car in terminal and it is a relatively quick drive to the mountain. Hotel is lovely with a fancy spa. It is a destination hotel. But beware - it is freezing there now!

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Hello. Resurrecting this thread to look for good skiing within 4 hours or so of DC driving? Children are decent skiers and looking for "good" skiing. I would love a nice hotel want ski out access. Anything exist that may have snow for President's weekend?

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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.

I grew up several hours south of Tremblant and it’s damn cold. My guess is that the pp just got lucky during their visits.

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Anonymous wrote:Hello. Resurrecting this thread to look for good skiing within 4 hours or so of DC driving? Children are decent skiers and looking for "good" skiing. I would love a nice hotel want ski out access. Anything exist that may have snow for President's weekend?

If four hours is your limit then Snowshoe is really your only option, but even that trip can take 5 hours depending on when you leave DC.

That said, i’m from northern New England and skied a ton growing up and I really enjoyed Snowshoe on our first visit a couple of weeks ago. We will definitely be putting it in the ski resort rotation.