Reader Comments on Bad Excuses Not to Ski from YankeeMagazine.com http://www.yankeemagazine.com/rss/index.php Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:11:36 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/blogs/skiblog/newboots Well, I'm one of the lucky ones who has already had six days on the mountains. This winter already reminds me of the winters when I first came to New England in 1970--snow, then more snow. Can you imagine if we hadn't had those two days of warm rain in the last 10 days? We'd be like a scene from the Rockies! The best snow day I've had in resent memory came at Bretton Woods. I drove north in snow and drove home in snow--but in between it was skiing through butter. I was with my friend Annie, who is just getting back to skiing after many years away, and Bretton Woods is one of the friendliest mountains anywhere for novices and lower intermediates. Anytime you can traverse from the top on snow-filled greens, you have happy skiers. Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:29:15 +0100 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/blogs/skiblog/newboots Thanks for mentioning Bretton Woods. I'm a sad sack of a New Englander while snowplowing down the bunny slopes. I'll have to head up there to improve. Heather, do you have any other places you recommend for beginner skiers? I know I'm not the only one who is scared spitless by the 5 year olds zipping past me? Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:04:12 +0100 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/blogs/skiblog/newboots I might not be the best person to answer where to find the best beginner terrain. (I can tell you my favorite places to ski trees and bumps!!) Though, I must admit from my years of teaching skiing at Killington, they also have lots of green trails from the summit. Here are two web pages that show the breakdown of easy, more difficult and most difficult terrain for VT http://www.skivermont.com/alpine/ (need to click on individual mtns links) and ME http://www.skimaine.com/areas/. I could not find easy info for the rest of NE. One place I recommend for beginner skiers to go is to the the ski school center at any mountain. If you take a couple lessons you'll have a guided tour of appropriate terrain for your level and you will improve. Nowadays, with ski technology the way it is, people can progress very quickly out of the snow plow stage. The shape of the ski really helps with turning and if you use it the right way it will make your skiing better and you will have more fun. Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:58:54 +0100