[Chances Are]

Yeah - so what was the point of your original post?

The skiing at both Killington and Cannon is quite good, and meets the needs of New Yorker ski enthusiasts without making a cross-country trip. I'll grant you, Western powder is superior, but unless you live in the area, it's just not a practical option to consider, cost-wise.

I know people who go to Copper every year for a 2-week ski holiday, but they won't relocate to make it a year-round type thing.

When comparing the major metropolis of that area, Denver, to New York, there's just no comparison. I mean, Denver is nice and all, but it comes up short in a lot of areas.

How can I say that? I live at 5,600 myself, so I know all about it.

If height so enthralls you, why don't you ski K2?

CA....

[RockyMtnMan]

Most of the ski-able mountains are around 12 to 13k ft. So the difference between the base and the peak (less a few un-skiable ft at the top) makes a difference of about 5000 to 6000ft of slope. I suspect the slopes on the east coast have around 3 to 4000 ski-able ft.

Basically I'm just poking fun at New Englanders aka Yankees. I've lived in a couple of very "cosmopolitan" cities and enjoyed them. Yankees, Midwesterners, Hillbillies, Southerners and Left Coasters have a different opinion about what makes a good city so it's more of a personal preference in my opinion.

Yankees tend to make mountains out of mole hills (just look at the NYT) so personality traits tend to clash and ruin a otherwise good city experience.