<p>I'm from CO and I absolutely love skiing. I realize that I'm going to have to give this up to a pretty good extent going to NYU and I'm totally ok with that, but I would like to hit the slopes sometimes...</p>
<p>I was just wondering how many people ski at NYU, about how often they're able to go and if it's ridiculously expensive to just get to the slopes and then have to buy tickets. And is it possible to do a day trip skiing when living in NYC? I have a feeling it's not...</p>
<p>A day trip is possible - but the slopes are nothing like what you're used to. You can get to Hunter Mountain in NY or the Berkshires in MA. Southern CT (Stratton, Mt. Snow, Okemo) are going to be at least 4-5 hours away by car, each way. But if you've never skiied on the east coast icy conditions, you're not going to like it very much (I learned how to ski many years ago in the east, then went to Colorado for college - a couple of my CO friends joined me once for skiing in the NE, and couldn't hack it...)</p>
<p>Best bet is to leave your skis at home and hit the slopes during break...</p>
<p>Sorry...</p>
<p>Thanks for the reply. I never knew east coast skiing was that bad... I might try it at least once just to see. CO can have some pretty bad conditions because it's a pretty dry state. I'll just see when winter rolls around I guess.</p>
<p>Skiing here isn't THAT bad. A trip up to VT (by the way, post 2 meant VT, not CT) takes about 4 hours from NJ. I'm not sure about NYC, but probably about the same. </p>
<p>Anyway, Hunter Mtn is nice when they get snow. And the mountains in VT are okay. The skiing isn't bad, per se, but it's different. Less fresh powder by far, and if conditions suck then they REALLY suck (like this year... no snow 'til February). </p>
<p>So... final recommendations... weekend trips to Hunter, NY or somewhere in VT (Killington = closest you can get to CO without leaving the east coast), and, like CT2010Dad said, trips back to the Rockies over break.</p>
<p>I'm from the midwest, so I ski in CO all the time. I'm used to CO conditions and the east coast sucks compared to it, in my opinion. It's just completely different than what I'm used to.</p>