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"Jonathan S. Shefftz" <[log in to unmask]>
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Vermont Skiing Discussion and Snow Reports <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 6 Jul 2015 08:17:04 -0400
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And courtesy of an unexpected business trip to Santiago, here's an unsuccessful attempt at ski area #127, La Parva:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.926775407363707.1073741843.137097509664838&type=3

Then following something like an eight-hour drive, here's success at ski area #127, Corralco:
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php/291443-Ski-Chile-2015?p=4515068#post4515068

And another one to the volcano tally with Llaima:
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php/291443-Ski-Chile-2015?p=4515076#post4515076
(Didn't summit because of the wind and ice higher up at the base of the summit cone, but got above the bare rock that you can see toward the top of the first picture.)

On Sat, 23 May 2015 17:41:35 -0400, Jonathan S. Shefftz <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>I seem to be just barely off the podium here, despite having lost interest in lift-served skiing for many years now, and despite never having had much interest in racking up the ski area count, and despite my Western resort trips having been concentrated to visit friends and family.
>
>However, my tally is probably enhanced by (too?) many years race coaching at many obscure little places.
>
>So counting distinct areas with fixed-in-place mechanical uphill access for skiers, I get 126.
>
>However, fourteen of those are skinning up after the lifts had stopped running for many years, often with no apparent traces of the former infrastructure (even though they’re all on NELSAP or otherwise verified):
>1	Amherst College Memorial Hill MA
>2	Berkshire Snow Basin	 MA
>3	Boston Hills MA
>4	Cat Rock MA
>5	Greylock (Big Schuss rope tow) MA
>6	Mount Tom MA
>7	Mt W Cog right-of-way NH
>8	Prospect Hill MA
>9	Prospect Mountain VT
>10	Shasta Ski Bowl CA
>11	Snow's Mountain NH
>12	Timber Ridge VT
>13	Tinker Hill MA
>14	White Grass WV
>
>And here are the remaining 112 ski areas, with parenthetical asides for those who lifts I didn’t ride:
>1	Belleayre	NY
>2	Brantling
>3	Deer Run
>4	Greek Peak
>5	Holiday Valley
>6	Hunter
>7	Innsbruck USA
>8	Labrador
>9	Plattekill
>10	Swain
>11	Toggenberg
>12	West
>13	Whiteface
>14	Windham
>15	Elk	PA
>16	Southington	CT
>17	Sundown
>18	Woodbury
>19	Berkshire East	MA
>20	Blue Hills
>21	Bousquet
>22	Brodie
>23	Bradford
>24	Eaglebrook/Easton
>25	Jiminy
>26	Mt Greylock Ski Club
>27	Nashoba
>28	Wachusett
>29	Ascutney	VT
>30	Bolton Valley
>31	Bromley
>32	Burke
>33	Haystack
>34	Jay Peak
>35	Killington
>36	Mad River Glen
>37	Magic
>38	Middlebury
>39	Mt. Snow
>40	Okemo
>41	Pico
>42	Stowe
>43	Stratton
>44	Sugarbush South
>45	Sugarbush North (when commonly owned but before connector lift)
>46	Suicide Six
>47	Attitash	NH
>48	Balsams
>49	Black Mountain
>50	Blackwater
>51	Bretton Woods
>52	Cannon
>53	Cranmore
>54	Crotched
>55	Dartmouth
>56	Gunstock
>57	King Ridge
>58	Loon
>59	Mt. Sunapee
>60	Pats Peak
>61	Ragged
>62	Temple
>63	Tenney
>64	Waterville
>65	Whaleback
>66	Wildcat
>67	Mt. Rose	NV
>68	Black Mountain	ME
>69	Saddleback
>70	Shawnee Peak
>71	Sugarloaf
>72	Sunday River
>73	A-Basin	CO
>74	Beaver Creek
>75	Breckenridge
>76	Copper
>77	Keystone
>78	Loveland
>79	Vail
>80	Winter Park
>81	Alpine Meadows	CA
>82	Heavenly
>83	June Mountain
>84	Kirkwood
>85	Mammoth
>86	Squaw
>87	Sugar Bowl
>88	Bachelor (postseason)	OR
>89	Mt. Hood Meadows
>90	Mt. Hood Ski Bowl
>91	Mt. Hood Timberline
>92	Alyeska	AK
>93	Eaglecrest
>94	Park City	UT
>95	Cardrona	NZ
>96	Coronet Peak
>97	Remarkables
>98	Treble Cone
>99	Blackcomb	BC
>100	Whistler
>101	Les Grand Montets	FR
>102	Les Houches
>103	Aguille du Midi
>104	La Flegere
>105	Le Tour
>106	Alpental	WA
>107	Crystal (postseason)
>108	Hyak (postseason)
>109	Summit Central (skinned to access bc)
>110	Bogus Basin (postseason)	ID
>111	Timberline (preseason)	WV
>112	Canaan Valley (preseason)
>
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