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Leaving Cambridge at 5:30 a.m. and returning at 10 p.m., we stopped at Mount Snow, Stratton, Okemo, Killington and Sugarbush. We logged more than 300 miles, ate in three different McDonalds and listened to the best FM radio Vermont has to offer...
Mount Snow has the advantage of being less than three hours from Boston. It's close enough for a day trip, but far enough to persuade you to stay for a few days. Bought out by the Killington Corporation in 1977, Mount Snow has been undergoing a tremendous expansion. With the annexation last year of the nearby Carinthia ski area, and some clever trail cutting this summer, Mount Snow has added another 18 trails--all of which are skiable from the main lifts and the unique skis-on gondola...
Mount Snow is trying to get in on the action as a mountain for college kids. For years Killington has been the primary destination for college students, but other mountains are slowly moving in on Killington's valued market share. Mount Snow has begun a series of college ski weeks which provide extensive after-ski activities. From hacky-sack marathons to Hawaiian dance parties, the new ski weeks are trying to create an atmosphere to encourage students to stay longer and return sooner...
...real advantage of Mount Snow lies in its central base area, which allows skiers of all different abilities to meet easily for lunch and at the end of the day. This is also the case at Stratton and Okemo. Sugarbush and Killington, on the other hand, have more spread-out arrangements which make meeting up with friends of different skiing abilities slightly more difficult. Of course, for those who get tired of Mount Snow's offerings, Stratton is only a half-hour drive to the north...
With all the new improvements, Okemo has definitely made it as a major mountain. Like all Vermont areas, however, it is dwarfed by its northern neighbor Killington...