Hey I'm Joey! I'm a full time traveler and vanlifer exploring the world in search of adventure! When I'm not backpacking in some country overseas, I'm living in North America out of my self-converted campervan in search of the best nature, food, and excitement!
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Totally nothing in the east. You need to make a trip. Been everywhere else! Stowe, Jay Peak (remote, but 1hr from stowe, worth tacking on 2 days to explore) killington, whiteface (2x olympics host), sugarbush, sugarloaf are the top 6 and all worth checking out to get a good feel of things. If you want more, loon, canon, sunday river, wildcat (epic views of mt washington and the og backcountry spot tuckerman ravine right there), okemo, and stratton are honorable mentions. All low elevation but that doesnt mean bad vert drop, killington is like PCMR in vert and whiteface is like vail in vert. Steepness is still there in some spots, you would really like GOAT at stowe or the face chutes at Jay. Jay has the best glades but my fav is stowe due to knowing their backcountry treasure spots. The challenge with the east is a whole different skillset, adapting to variable conditions (The slides at whiteface some of the most interesting terrain Ive ever hit, look it up its a whole thing)...I think this could and should be something also badass but a little different flavor of it, that you can use to even further your skill more.
I grew up skiing the East, I'm from NH originally so skied all those places! Just didn't feel fair to compare all the East coast ones to all the West coast ones and put Waterville Valley up against Whistler. I'll make another ranking video for just the East coast ones.
Great video! Would you consider making a video about the day to day while living in the van during ski season? Curious how easy it is to find things like places to sleep, and fresh water to fill up with.
I have one from last season actually! Might remake it again this year ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fYx6QBmRO0w.html&ab_channel=JoeyTheNomad
As a lifelong Squaw/Palisades skier, I grew up pissed off how every year the mainstream magazines like SKI magazine would always rank places such as Vail, Beaver Creek and Deer Valley at the top of their list of "best resorts". Like, who tf would rather ski there unless you were only there to buy a fur ski jacket and pay $100 for a steak? This video makes me feel vindicated.
I guess you got most of the resorts that count, with the one exception of Mount Baker (WA). It might not be IKON or EPIC, but I would certainly like to hear your opinion about that one in relation to the other WA and BC options! Others have rated it quite high, so -- check it out, I want to hear it from you⛷!!!
I grew up in Alaska and have worked at various resorts in the states and I can still say there’s something special about Alyeska. The turrain in AK Is the reason to be there it’s so awesome. Girdwood is also a really cool vibe for ski towns. It’s definitely not the biggest mountain but the snow it gets is unreal. Definitely something you need to experience! I’m headed to park city this winter for work and I’m so stoked for it. Only resort in Utah I’ve rode so far is Brighton and I fell in love. So stoked.
Hey Joey, if you ever want to shred up around Whitefish, shoot me a message. We get buddy pass tickets that are $45 and I'd love to show you around! Best in Montana IMHO.
I grew up skiing the East! Just didn't seem fair to put all the east coast mountains in the same video as the bigger west coast ones. Planning on making an east coast video next
I agree Powder Mountain is overrated. Not as fun as I thought it would be (And we hired a private guide to maximize the experience) Agree with you on Snowbasin and Solitude also....good analysis 👍🏻
@joeythenomad have to disagree with your Sun Valley ranking. D is harsh....great lifts, non stop vertical, great grooming, food and lodge. It's not the biggest and the off trail skiing is not the best, but a D? At least a C imo
It was a fun mountain! I had super low viz when I was there unfortunately but it was still a good time. Doesn’t seem to be as much steep stuff as some other mountains in North America but there’s still some good runs. Snow depends on the year it’s either gonna be hit or miss, but was a cool opportunity to get to ski here!
Great list. However, I always thought that vail was awesome. Blue sky basin has some super steep runs with a few pretty massive cliffs. I also thought high line is one of the hardest runs I’ve ever done because the moguls were some of the biggest I’ve ever done. I also do think this list focuses too much on how steep the areas are and not the variety ski areas have or the terrain variety they offer. For example, keystone has a much better terrain park and significantly more terrain variety and acres than Brighton does. But that’s just my opinion. I also enjoy some intermediate and advanced terrain when I go and not just expert so I like the variety of places like vail and breck a lot and feel that snowbird mostly caters towards people who wanna do expert terrain most of the day. Great list nonetheless
@@joeythenomad I do agree with that. And nonetheless the video is your opinion too so it’s still a great list. I just have always liked Colorado skiing more than Utah for some reason. Which is an unpopular opinion haha. But great video all the same!
You missed the wild west at sunshine, even better freeride area and you can do way more slackcountry at sunshine so that's why I generally rate it above lake louise
It wasn't open when I was there so couldn't try it, but would love to go back. Ya if you're doing the freeride stuff then I can see how it would be better than Lake Louise but tried not to include parts where you need a beacon and extra gear just to get to it in the ratings
@@joeythenomad as a local I've had the chance to talk to some of the people running sunshine and I've asked about the beacon/shovel&probe rule and what I understand is its kind of 2 fold. First it helps to ensure ability levels for entry, if someone screws up its hard for ski patrol and takes lots of them to get people out of delerium or the wild west so it presents a bit of a danger to the rest of the resort and the other reason is to limit people and guarentees you can always find a bit of powder in there. I've noticed over the years way more people at Sunshine ride with avy gear than at most other resorts because of the gates but it's kind of nice because you know if something goes horribly wrong there are way more people to move snow and 2 years ago i watched a quarter of goats eye slide in an alvanche in late April🤣🤣
@@joeythenomad you should make a trip back and make sure you hike to north st pats, and hit the new mahogany ridge terrain. The run boulder field is phenomenal. North saint pats seems steeper than what i rode on the cirque headwall at snowmass, and the new mahogany terrain certainly is in areas. Much smaller faces though.
