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pikesThe East. You learn to ride ice and if you're fortunate enough to move west you can shred the shit outta the mountains.
i was gonna say the same…anywhere in NE really, you gain a real appreciation for snow. I'm now out west and there hasn't been a day that i could complain about
Ya man so sick here in sask, we have garbage dumps to shred on (literally table mountain used to be a garbage dump, it's no where near a mountain either)
Excluding cypress hills down south, the whole province is flatter than a annorexics chest
I like being in the midwest. Sometimes conditions are terible but you ski through it and learn to adapt to it so that when you take a trip out west, nothing fazes you.
Growing up skiing in Maine has humbled me, and made me appreciate snow as the truly godly and superb substance that it is. Though, Maine, New Hampshire, And Vermont can all have a fair amount of pow some seasons. Plus, its beautiful year round up here!
I grew up in Denver. loved it schools were good and I was skiing 60 plus days a year since I was in first grade. Just moved out east for school, so I cannot speak to much in the VT area, but growing up in colorado was great for me.
Living in a really shitty area for skiing has made me appreciate the sport a ton. Driving two hours minimum to ski ice encrusted hills mostly drives skiers away from the sport, but for me, when I go to places like Jackson or Whistler I just appreciate it a whole lot more. If I grew up in one of those places, it would be hard to ski in locations that were anything less. Just my two sense. I'd kill to grow up in BC though.
Calgary lol. But seriously, calgary has c.o.p. and so many sick mountains nearby like Sunshine, Panorama, Lake Louise, etc. A great place to grow up and learn to ski.
jfpFor the East Coast, I give North Conway NH my vote. One of the biggest year round vacation spots, has several ski areas surrounding it. Worldclass hiki, biking, climbing, kayaking, etc.
The community is tight nit and iysit's easy to get to major cities like portland Maine (1 hour) and Boston (2. 5 hours). Also an hour from the ocean.
Way to touristy. Busy weekends - every masshole up there, the roads are a clusterfuck same with the mtns. Mt washington is sweet and there are a bunch of ski areas there but growing up in a place that's 90% tourists would be kind of lame.
Staticsmall resort towns, in addition to proximity of skiing they usually have top tier schools because they can cherry pick the best teachers
Student teach ratio is also a biggie. Lived in a small town from 6 or 7 on. Class was number 1 in the state on tests. Decently smart class but also an 8 or 9 person class for several years and a school that couldn't have had more than 150 people in k-9.
That's a little too small though. EAst bumfuck status. Even small resort towns have a few people.
fuzzballMinnesota. All of those kids are so hyped on skiing and get really good given the hills they ski before they move out to Colorado and take full advantage of better parks
Yeah I think a lot of it is just the community of people you surround yourself with, having people to progress with can make a huge difference.
My vote is Revelstoke/ BC interior. Moved here after 4 years in the banff area ( which was great ) but spendy. Have a kid now so we had to pick a place to settle and revy ( other than insane snow and terrain) has lots of fishing, climbing , water, camping , ect ect all a short drive away.
western gate of the Canadian national parks, only a 4.5 drive to whistler and 6.5 hours gets you to baker.
I personally liked growing up in a town with a small resort. Being a park rat, it's hard to go anywhere with a small, limiting park. But when I travel to resorts with bigger parks (Breck, Keystone, etc.) I really learned to take advantage of what they have to offer. Whereas most of the kids growing up there take it for granted, and don't get to their full potential because of that. This doesn't only going for skiing park, it could go for any other type of skiing too.
grew up and still growing up in central mass skiing wachusett, and wouldnt change a thing if i could start over again. living and skiing at a bigger mountain would be sick for sure, but you could ski two days a week at most, given that there is no night skiing which is most of the big mountains that people have been saying. so the only days you could get are weekends and during vacation weeks, versus skiing a small mountain with lights where i can go up every day after school even just for a few runs
.squirrely.grew up and still growing up in central mass skiing wachusett, and wouldnt change a thing if i could start over again. living and skiing at a bigger mountain would be sick for sure, but you could ski two days a week at most, given that there is no night skiing which is most of the big mountains that people have been saying. so the only days you could get are weekends and during vacation weeks, versus skiing a small mountain with lights where i can go up every day after school even just for a few runs
Im from New York. Growing up night skiing was my bread and butter. I used to prefer it to the daytime because the number of times i went night skiing was 5x the amount i day skied. With that being said Park City and Brighton's parks are lit and a lot of other mountains out west have night skiing too. More days in the season, more snow, etc etc.
West>East no doubt IMHO. Although obviously the most important factor is how close to the hill you live. A 20 minute drive and 60+ days a year; you live in the best place in the world to grow up skiing.
im from wisconsin and i really dont think its that bad. you get tons of laps in and there's so little skiers in the parks that when you see another one you are instantly cool with each other
I grew up in Central Massachusetts and except for schooling i loved it. Mostly due to the property i live on, which my family is incredibly blessed to be able to own. And being pretty close to the ocean is sweet, mountains are not far and its pretty nice weather in central MA.
BUT
I am now going to school in Bozeman MT, which i think would be just an amazing place to grow up, also places like North Tahoe, Durango exct. I thought i was a pretty active kid growing up Skiing, biking and waterskiing. But i get out west and people are so much more active ( in an outdoor/ adventure sense) than the east which i love. I believe it would have been awesome to grow up surrounded by more skiers, climbers, rafters, bikers, kayakers, exct.
Yet, there is no stoke that can compare to my fellow East Coast born and bred skiers. I wouldn't change a thing about my upbringing but being in the west for the first time in my life does provide some food for though on where to maybe live and have a family someday.
*cgski*I am now going to school in Bozeman MT, which i think would be just an amazing place to grow up, also places like North Tahoe, Durango exct. I thought i was a pretty active kid growing up Skiing, biking and waterskiing. But i get out west and people are so much more active ( in an outdoor/ adventure sense) than the east which i love. I believe it would have been awesome to grow up surrounded by more skiers, climbers, rafters, bikers, kayakers, exct.
After growing up in Tahoe and relocating to Bozeman for school I honestly can't decided what place is better. Everyone is so active, I'm constantly reminded of Truckee, just even more laid back and a tad smaller. 10/10 would have loved to grow up here.
