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CANNON MT.: An under-rated, under-used mountain, but don't tell anybody. Cannon is tolerable on weekends and completely empty on weekdays. The snow cover on top tends to ice up or blow away (since the mountain is almost above the timber-line and only scrub pine trees offer protection), but when it's open, an aerial tramway and two T-bars serve it. Cannon has a great front face for mogul skiers and racers and it's served by its own little chairlift that rarely has a line. In addition, it has nice beginner's slopes. Student tickets...
LOON MT.: A nice family area, with a variety of skiing. Although Loon is known primarily as an intermediate area, it has a few challenging trails. In short, Loon is a great mountain for the easy-going recreational skier. The four-man gondola also makes it easy to ski with friends. It offers a weekday discount or students with I.D. 132 miles from Boston...
...SUNAPEE: A nice short day trip, but nonetheless a decent mountain. Sunapee has five chairlifts and a variety of slopes. It gets crowded on weekends. 100 miles from Boston...
SUGARLOAF: Sugarloaf is sort of a sleeping giant; it has the potential to be one-hell of a mountain. With a good hefty snowfall one of these winters, skiers are going to see (or hear) why. Sugarloaf has the only open snowfields in the east (aside from Tuckerman's Ravine). The trouble in recent years is that they've rarely been open. Also, Sugarloaf, in a decent winter, has been known to stay open long into May for spring skiers. Even if the snowfields aren't open. Sugarloaf is one of the best in the East and is worth...
SUNDAY RIVER: Sunday River is another unsung mountain that is at least worth trying. It claims to have a vertical drop of 1500 ft. (under the 2000 ft. plus of the giants, but larger than most in the East) and gets a lot of snow because of its proximity to the Mt. Washington Valley. For Harvard students, there is one more attractive feature: If you're wondering what to do with the extra week of vacation in January (5-11), it just happens to be half-price week for anyone sporting Massachusetts...