Snowshoe received it's first coating of snow today. Therefore, it's time to start this season's thread of groans, complaints and maybe even some love for the shoe.
Regardless of your thoughts about SS, it's nice to see white stuff coming out of the sky.
While my family tends to prefer CV and TL over SS, I still enjoy making turns there. Wondering if SS will be making improvements over the next several years.
Peak Rankings did a review of Snowshoe. What do you think?
The write up is excellent, but the overall score (44) could have been a few points higher,
specifically in the categories of Snow, Resiliency, and Mountain Aesthetic, each at +1.
My 2 cents.
Bird Dog wrote:
The write up is excellent, but the overall score (44) could have been a few points higher,
specifically in the categories of Snow, Resiliency, and Mountain Aesthetic, each at +1.
My 2 cents.
Thanks for taking a look.
Hadn't really looked at the numerical ratings. I agree on Snow and Resiliency for sure. Haven't been for a while so don't have as strong an opinion for Mountain Aesthetic.
From the article:
"Snowshoe's upside down layout is unique for the Mid-Atlantic, let alone anywhere in the United States."
Fail - c'mon, there's another example of an upside-down resort just a few hours away in Wintergreen, and two more just in PA IIRC.
Keith_Moon wrote:
From the article:
"Snowshoe's upside down layout is unique for the Mid-Atlantic, let alone anywhere in the United States."
Fail - c'mon, there's another example of an upside-down resort just a few hours away in Wintergreen, and two more just in PA IIRC.
Yeah, that's not even remotely true. As you note, there are many "upside-down" ski resorts in North America. According to this story on BraveSkiMom, inverted East coast resorts include Blue Knob, Blue Mountain (which has parking lots at the top and bottom of the mountain), Jack Frost, Laurel Mountain, Ski Big Bear, Wintergreen, and Snowshoe. I guess it's fair to say Snowshoe is unique in the state of West Virginia (of the four downhill areas there).
Scott wrote:
Keith_Moon wrote:
From the article:
"Snowshoe's upside down layout is unique for the Mid-Atlantic, let alone anywhere in the United States."
Fail - c'mon, there's another example of an upside-down resort just a few hours away in Wintergreen, and two more just in PA IIRC.
Yeah, that's not even remotely true. As you note, there are many "upside-down" ski resorts in North America. According to this story on BraveSkiMom, inverted East coast resorts include Blue Knob, Blue Mountain (which has parking lots at the top and bottom of the mountain), Jack Frost, Laurel Mountain, Ski Big Bear, Wintergreen, and Snowshoe. I guess it's fair to say Snowshoe is unique in the state of West Virginia (of the four downhill areas there).
It;s not even true nationally - there are other upside downers. It is true that the relatively high top side elevation plus the relatively high basin elevaation provides an optimized micro climate, at the acceptable expense of vertical on that side.
Honestly, I have not been to Shoe in several years but I am afraid to read that ranking it might not be kind. I'm actually surprised they did that one.
