Winter Road Trip

The girlfriend and I have been throwing around the idea of doing a snowboarding road trip at the end of the year, between Christmas and New Year. We both have the week off, so we can go a bit further than we usually do. Here are two possibilities.

Ski Areas: Mount Snow, VT; Stowe, VT; Smuggler's Notch, VT; Mont Tremblant, Québec, Canada; Whiteface, NY; Hunter Mountain, NY
Approximate Miles: 1,097 mi between destinations

Ski Areas: Mount Snow, VT; Stowe, VT; Smuggler's Notch, VT; Loon, NH; Bretton Woods, NH; Sunday River, ME
Approximate Miles: 929 mi between destinations

But before you start hearing about this, I'll probably have to prep the ol' Mini Cooper for the winter, since it seems unlikely that I will have it sold before the end of November, in favor of an '02 or '03 WRX. The car is probably going to get a wax, driving light guards, snow tires on steelies, Thule roof rack, and maybe a rubber mat for the boot. Oh, and lots of CDs to be burned.

Awaiting Winter Prep.

Of course, Greg had to show me THIS.

Ski Areas: Meadows @ Mount Hood, OR; White Pass, WA; Crystal Mountain, WA; Summit @ Snoqualmie, WA; Steven's Pass, WA; Mount Báker, WA; Whistler-Blackcomb, British Columbia, Canada

Approximate Miles: 974 miles between destinations (and Seattle is in the middle of it all)

If there was ever a question about why I wanted to move to Seattle, the above should be fairly elucidating. Factoring in the plentitude of coffee and the liberal atmosphere, Seattle becomes an obvious choice.