NYC Mags?

[ex-powderbroker]

if no one wants to tour, i'd be in for Hunter monday. Where you going from and do you have a car? My ride is on the fritz since last weeks hell trip.

[njfreeskier]

Anyone want to tour this weekend? Catskills, Adirondacks, Vermont? Anyone?

[gmdesigner]

Next month I'm moving to Durango. There are things I'll miss about NYC but it's time to live the dream, my friends.

Floor space available for the NYC crew.

[nihiles]

Next month I'm moving to Durango. There are things I'll miss about NYC but it's time to live the dream, my friends.

Floor space available for the NYC crew.

i give this two YOU ROCK!s, one for living the dream and another for opening the floor space in your dream.

stay living.

[ex-powderbroker]

GMdesigner,

I know we pm'ed a bunch and never made any sliding happen... wanna do a NYC boroughs mini mini? I'm thinking illicit beers at the yuppie park on the east river and north tenth to send you off proper. bikes will be encouraged as well as the attendance of:

nihiles
njfreeskier
i've seen black diamonds
lemmy caution
ripvanwinter

and anyone else that ever thought ever thought about ditching work to get some of Plattekill's finest 200.

I'd definitely like to hear about the Colorado plans and find out if you're leaving a nice rent controlled apartment I should grab .

[gmdesigner]

Yeah yeah yeah - I'll be back in the city for the last two weeks of July. I'll do it on skates.

[nihiles]

i had a fight with my surgeon last week about skates. he told me 'dont even think about asking about skating again till august'. suck. for you guys it would be the equivalent of season ending injury BEFORE your season started. so im jealous. was looking forward to tearing around the city on some sebas.

but yeh i like beer. only problem is the fight that ended with the above statement was started because i mentioned that i was road riding. that set him off. so out of guilt (even though i think his argument was whack) the bike is back on the trainer so ive no way to get into the city. though ill prolly sneak back out by mid july. my riding has decreased 90% since i took it off the street and now that my dvd player is broken theres no motivation to get on the trainer.

[gmdesigner]

I'm not back in the city till July 16th, so you ought to be good by then, Nihiles.

[Gman]

Any interest in a mag ski house somewhere this winter? Preferably somewhere in VT.

[seacow]

Yo Gman...where you looking to get a house in VT?

I've rented seasonally the last 2 years with a small group of 5 people. Close to Magic, Bromley and Stratton.

[BrokeSomeRibs]

I'd be interested in a house... got any details, projected monthly costs, etc?

[I've seen black diamonds!]

I might be interested in a house share.

[Gman]

Preferably more southern vermont like a place such as magic just because coming from NYC is already a hassle enough. Magic has passes for pretty cheap, the downside is no midweek stuff unless it is dumping more then 6 inches. No projected costs because it depends on how much interest there is etc. I don't need cable, internet or any super luxuries. As long as a place has reasonably good heating and floor space I'm happy. If you guys have good ideas for places to look then by all means clue me in.

Found this near magic: http://burlington.craigslist.org/vac/1890726994.html

How much are people willing to pay per month/total?

[mikefut]

Throwing my hat in the ring here too! After 28 years in New England, I'm moving to Long Island. I've done 25-30 days a season pretty consistently, and plan to get as close to that as possible from my new home. I'm self-employed, so am super flexible, and hope to meet up with lots of you guys over the next few seasons.

[Gman]

Throwing my hat in the ring here too! After 28 years in New England, I'm moving to Long Island. I've done 25-30 days a season pretty consistently, and plan to get as close to that as possible from my new home. I'm self-employed, so am super flexible, and hope to meet up with lots of you guys over the next few seasons.

You planning to ski anywhere in particular this season?

[mikefut]

You planning to ski anywhere in particular this season?

Up in the air ATM, as it's going to depend on what my GF's workload looks like, and I'm a total NY JONG so have no idea how realistic it even is to get to VT on Thursday/Friday nights from Huntington. Fighting traffic to drive 5 hours sounds like torture, but I've never skiied the Catskills/Adirondacks so I'm not sure what the tradeoff looks like.

I did mostly Stowe/Jay/MRG and Kmart from Boston last season, but long drive makes that look infeasible. I read through the 12 pages here and am torn between getting into a house at Kmart and sucking up the drive every weekend or going nomadic and doing a combination of bus and shorter trips to Hunter/Windham/Okemo...

[ex-powderbroker]

I don't think windham and hunter on weekends are going to do it for you coming from there.

[Dexter Rutecki]

Yeah, that might drive you out of the sport altogether. I know people who drive to S. VT from LI and it sounds pretty hellish (from NYC isn't great, either). Wonder if the ferry would help? Not sure where Huntington is in relation to the LI ferry terminal. I'm guessing it wouldn't help, but I'm sure someone here has experience with driving from LI.

[Gman]

from my limited experience, hunter is fine during the midweek but becomes an absolute shit show on the weekends. being relatively close to nyc(2.5hrs) all the urban jeans skiers flock to hunter and cunt up the lifts on the weekend. I've got a friend whose family has a house in east wallingford, VT which is still a reasonable distance to okemo,k-mart and magic. the downside is that it will probably be a weekend and only with my friend kind of spot. if there is enough interest for a mag house I may be willing to throw down for it but right now there isn't a ton.

[bmg97]

It's not that bad from LI. I live in Westbury and I could do K town every weekend if I wanted to. I guess you just get used to it.

[Irishexit]

Hunter is pretty brutal on the weekends and god forbid they get some snow.
Last winter I wanted to slit my wrists when I went there after the NE got slammed. If you are going midweek its a much different experience.

In general I would say catskills for a day and go further north for anything more than a day.

I found a couple cheap places to stay by Kmart for around 30 a night. I recently found another one in mad river valley for similar price, opting for that this winter.

[mikefut]

Thanks guys - lots of great info here in the thread. We'll be about half an hour west of the Port Jefferson ferry, which looks like it's about net zero in terms of drive time to VT, but avoiding city traffic is nice, plus a boat ride will break up the drive. So it's good to know that's an option. Thanks for the heads up on Hunter crowds. That's a bit of a bummer, but it sounds like the touring is decent in the area, so it's good to know that's an option on weekends when I can't get to VT.

[lemmycaution]

i never look in this thread but i might be interested in a small part of a house share. my ability to come to vt is somewhat limited so if there are incremental parts i would be down with it. i agree with the consensus- for a single day- cats, more than a day- vt. midweek only in the cats (unless its plattekill)

[bmg97]

Thanks guys - lots of great info here in the thread. We'll be about half an hour west of the Port Jefferson ferry, which looks like it's about net zero in terms of drive time to VT, but avoiding city traffic is nice, plus a boat ride will break up the drive. So it's good to know that's an option. Thanks for the heads up on Hunter crowds. That's a bit of a bummer, but it sounds like the touring is decent in the area, so it's good to know that's an option on weekends when I can't get to VT.

You're going to lose time with the PJ Ferry. You have to wait for it to arrive and leave and it's a time killer. It's also a pain in the ass getting there.

[seacow]

hey mikefut, im from huntington also. The drive to southern vt really isnt terrible on the weekends, and the skiing is so much better then windham, hunter, etc.

Sounds like there are a few people interested, Brokesomeribs, Blackdiamonds, mikefut, gman....

Ive been putting out feelers for houses this week. Ive got probably six guys currently interested but we could always used a few more to keep costs down.

We try to keep it between $1k - $1250 for the season Dec - March. this includes utilities, plowing, firewood etc....

Right now we are looking in Jamaica, about 10 min to stratton and pretty close to mt snow, magic and bromley.