Skiing for beginners in NE
 

Four of us novice skiiers are trying to plan a trip for march 25th. we only have one night (1.5 days of skiing) due to demanding work schedules. Is Hunter Mountain a good choice over Killington?

where are you coming from? near Killington?
I haven't skied the novice slopes at Killington, but it can be crowded there on the bigger slopes and a bit wild. Are you in Vermont? and true novices? What about just going to the Middlebury Bowl and staying in Middlebury?

i personally like hunter... hunter one has some more of the easier trails.. hunter mountain has some easy but also has some steep runs if you get caught going down the wrong way..avoid hunter west for novice skiiers...not sure what the night life is.....windham is not to far from hunter also

When I clicked on this thread I thought that skiing for beginners might be the only kind of skiing there, in NE. Or maybe the thread was about cross-country skiing in NE. That would make sense. Killington? That's in Vermont, not NEbraska.

If you are coming from the New York area, Killington is a MUCH further drive than Hunter. With only 1.5 days, this is a big consideration. Of course there are lots of other places you could go, like Mt. Snow in southern Vermont(closer than Killington), which has some good beginner trails.

I was thinking Mt Snow too. They've got some beautiful looong and well groomed runs and a large selection of runs for novices.

I was thinking Wyndham. Just a bit farther north from Hunter, but a much nicer mountain. I learned to ski there, it doesn't get as crazy with all the partyers like Hunter gets. Or in Vermont, Stratton has some good beginner trails, and Bromley is a great beginner mountain.

A few thoughts...

Mt. Snow is a lousy place for beginners on the weekend. There is really only one long green trail and it is usually packed with people.

Stratton is a good choice. Two nice lower lifts with only beginner terrain (no good skier speeding down them) and some nice easy trails from the top of the gondola.

Killington can be OK, but Pico (very close to Killington) may be a better choice.

Some of the smaller mountains in VT, like Smugglers Notch and Bromley are good choices. Not terribly crowded and good choice of trails.

Hi
Thanks. We're coming from NYC which is why we were leaning away from killington - time. i also checked on the web and it seems like its totally booked (we're looking for the night of the 25th to the 26th of march...i will look into mt snow, but i found a condo on the hunter website that is 300 a night so we may just book that.
oh, ne means Northeast for those of you not from around here :)

and by novice i mean one person grew up in florida, a second in alabama - two of us are from pa/ny but havent hit the slopes in years and only did it a handful of times...