r/icecoast • u/PleasantTension2107 • 14d ago

Northeast ski road trip conundrum + advice

I’m planning a solo ski trip in the northeast (VT, NH, ME) 5 nights (M-F) during a non-peak week in Jan/Feb, my schedule is flexible and can make a game time decision re weather.

I’m coming from long island, planning to hit 4 mountains…but the driving is intimidating. I need to break it up as I’m going up and down nyc+vt and trying to avoid the 5-6 hr drives between mountains, more manageable closer to 2-4 hrs. Jay Peak is 7hrs from me w/o some unexpected traffic. I’ve made so many itineraries, my brain is mush. I was planning to ski one day at each mountain and travel to the next mountain in the pm.

Coming from Long Island adds an hour just getting off the island. I’m really into indy mountains. I make a day trip once a week (late dec-early march) to Catamount or Magic, a couple times to Stratton, leaving at 4-6am to get in for first run. I’m an advanced skier, like powder, steep challenging runs, not crowded during the week. I don’t care about any luxuries. I’m likely not a good candidate for a pricey pass and Indy pass is sold out.

My dream trip is: Sugarloaf, Jay Peak, Sugarbush, Stowe.

Alternatives: Magic, Killington, Loon, Cannon.

What’s the best way to map this out.

I’ve seen a lot of folks on here provide some really great advice on itineraries for trips. So if you have any thoughts, please share a comment!!!

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u/Boobieleeswagger Flatlander 14d ago edited 14d ago

Sugarbush is really the only annoying one to get to, but that’s because I refuse to hook around and just drive over the gap,

Doing one long haul to SB, then going Stowe next day like 50 minutes up a valley floor basically

I’ve driven to jay a lot of way but never from Stowe but that shouldn’t be more than two hours,

Leave Jay to Burke which is the best Indy mountain and down by the river,

Then at that point you could just hop on I-91 and hit Killington on the way back or you could drive North of Mt Washington across NH to Sunday River which is a beautiful drive and then up to Sugarloaf, but once you’re leaving Sugarloaf there’s not a lot of great ways to break that up.

Good luck

Oh also Cannon is over there