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?

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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.

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

Anonymous wrote:I would second Snowshoe.

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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.

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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.

Anonymous wrote:we only ski vail and beaver creek.

Anonymous wrote:we only ski vail and beaver creek.

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

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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.