burann

My In-laws just checked in with this from Taunton, MA

I taught at Cannon for a few years. When it's good, it's good. Skiing steep, wind-blown slab is a badge of honor for a lot of folks. Definitely not for everyone. The terrain is some of the best in NE. The snow, bottom half at best. That being said, I now ski Burke almost exclusively since I moved to Lyndonville.

If you're looking for hard skiing and are okay with a more subdued nightlife, for the money you can't go wrong with BC. I've skied Kicking Horse (Golden, BC) and Revelstoke the past two years early-mid March. Kicking Horse is more old school, fewer "tourists" than LL, Banff, SV. Similar to a Cannon or MRG vibe. Revelstoke is more commercialized (trying to be anyway), but skiing is still excellent. Fly into Calgary, rent a Suburban, and road trip out on the Trans-Canada Rt 1, 2.5 hrs to Golden. AirBnBs are a dime a dozen. If you're into backcountry, Roger's Pass is world class. With the exchange rate you save a fair bit of money, and lift tickets are at least 30% less than anything in the western US.