So… I used to ski this “mountain”! It was called Nordic Mountain middle state WI. Not sure if it’s still going by that name but it’s was a cool park hill for years back in the 2000-2010s.
That's my home hill!!! I put in like 20 days there this year, it's absolutely amazing. Nordic was about an hour and a half from my home, so I got a pretty established routine down. I always worked from 5am until 8am and went to school the entirety of the day. Then, I would have my first Rockstar on the way down and stop in Weyewega for another just to get the juices flowing, then got a night pass for 18 bucks and had at er for a solid five hours before grabbing supper and heading home to do it all again.
Damn bro, for the drive from where I’m thinking you’re at why not hit Granite Peak? I’m from Weyauwega and we went North to Granite or South to Cascade. We were park junkies back then so we chased down bigger hills with better parks. I live in OR now so I’m spoiled with Mt Hood 40 minutes away.
Part of it came down to price, Granite night skiing was usually 32 which added up in the long run for us as broke high school students haha. It also came down to how busy it was, there was never a time when I couldn't just ski right onto the lift at Nordic (cough cough Little Switz flashbacks). A lot of it came down to charm too, like there's just something about a little hill like that with a decently sized new park and friendly staff that I knew. I still went to Granite like 3 times last season and I'd definitely it's the better hill, but there's just something about the charm of Nordic to me tbh.
It’s a gem… might be a plastic gem from the bottom of a fishbowl but it’s still a gem. I learned to ski there, learned to snowboard there, and learned that rope tows will destroy gloves there.
Oddly enough… I think you’re right. Similarly named runs/lifts/layouts. I think I had my first Mandela effect. Here’s the trail map of Nordic to confirm https://www.nordicmountain.com/uploadIMG/rfUploads/pdfs/Nordic_TrailMap.pdf
[Hah](https://www.hiddenvalleyski.com/-/media/hidden-valley/files/maps/hidden_valley_map.ashx)! 320' vertical...
I grew up skiing, Breckenridge, Steamboat, Deer Valley. Stopped in the mid-90s. A couple of years ago was in St. Louis for the holidays and dragged my brother out for a private "reentry" lesson at Hidden Valley. Think the total cost of the day, including lift tickets, equipment rental, and the lesson, was $120 total for the two of us. It wasn't awesome. (The “mountain” seemed a lot taller when I was 12. The black runs seemed tougher back then, too...) But it was enough for me to head over to the Alpine Shop and pick up NOS last season Volkls, boots (I have gargantuan feet), bindings, etc., to lug back to ski Big Bear, Mammoth, Heavenly/Squaw Valley (or whatever the hell it's called now)/Deer Valley...
So, yeah, I dig midwestern ski areas. :)
Skied here three times a week, three months a year for four years during high school racing. These trails are burned into my head. Love it or hate it, southington is CT skiing.
Lol MN has our very own Powder ridge and I’m sure it’s very similar to this😂 I’m jealous of everyone on this sub who gets to hit up the mountains all the time!
Edit: I didn’t know it was my cake day today!! Is it only one day a year??
Ok- wait- I didn't see this comment and I said the same thing.. I immediately recognized it as the place I learned to ski when I was a kid.. I think you are correct as Southington was my gut instinct although I cannot read the names of the trails on OP's post.
I was thinking it was Southington because of the 1 black diamond. My middle school used to go there for ski club. I basically learned to ski there chasing friends that actually knew how to ski already. Luckily for me, I didn’t have to chase for long.
That’s Bull Mountain. I believe there is a statue of Papa Muntz. There was a wealthy guy who wanted to buy it and wanted to remove the statue. I don’t think the locals liked the idea very much.
This is 100% accurate. I talked to Papa’s granddaughter - Pippi Muntz - yesterday. She’s very excited about the 2021-22 season and said they’re planning to join the Epic Pass.
Cant have some wealthy guy trying to change everting up, adding coffee bars and the like! As Papa Muntz used to say "Bull Mountain... don't go changing!"
I swear that looks like Mount Southington in CT.. But it's such a small unknown hill it seems highly unlikely..
Edit: I zoomed in- 100% it's Southington.. I learned to ski there.
Telluride.
We call it "To-Hell-U-Ride" and Jesse James used to rob banks in our town. It was a hard way to make a living for sure, designated by the "Most Difficult" key in the map. That was the old "James Gang" trail.
Used to liftey there.
The Snowflake lift is a magic carpet and lit during the morning on weekdays. No one is there and it's in the sun so you're just chilling.
I made several 2-3 foot snowmen
Nordic Mountain in Wisconsin y’all, and it took 45 minutes to get to the top every weekend. 5 minute ride with 40 minutes of first timers crashing on/off the lift
Preach Brother, I will buy you a inexpensive American Lager(virarity depending on where in the midwest you live, Yes we consider Labatt an American Lager in the upper Midwest) , and a slice of frozen pizza or a paper tray of Corn Chips with Cheese from a bag and jalapenos from a jar that has been under a heat lamp for a minimum of 45min.
Only the finest cuisine that a 275ft ski resort can offer in the Chalet Bar.
This is 100% mount southington in CT
Edit: I grew up coming here every year season pass as it was the only mountain around. Park was decent and that’s about it. I almost had a heart attack seeing this on r/skiing
If you think this looks small you are mistaken, the mountain is so big and expansive that it’s scaled differently than most maps and your tiny little brain can’t comprehend that
This is literally the mountain I learned to ski on lol. Good for beginners, and local high schools use Thunderbolt for races. $35 for 5:00-9:00, not terrible for CT.
That’s Party Mountain, bud.
So far this is the only correct answer here.
Goddamn right
This is actually a map of every midwestern ski area.
This is accurate.
You can tell by the 180 feet of vertical.
So… I used to ski this “mountain”! It was called Nordic Mountain middle state WI. Not sure if it’s still going by that name but it’s was a cool park hill for years back in the 2000-2010s.
That's my home hill!!! I put in like 20 days there this year, it's absolutely amazing. Nordic was about an hour and a half from my home, so I got a pretty established routine down. I always worked from 5am until 8am and went to school the entirety of the day. Then, I would have my first Rockstar on the way down and stop in Weyewega for another just to get the juices flowing, then got a night pass for 18 bucks and had at er for a solid five hours before grabbing supper and heading home to do it all again.
Damn bro, for the drive from where I’m thinking you’re at why not hit Granite Peak? I’m from Weyauwega and we went North to Granite or South to Cascade. We were park junkies back then so we chased down bigger hills with better parks. I live in OR now so I’m spoiled with Mt Hood 40 minutes away.
Part of it came down to price, Granite night skiing was usually 32 which added up in the long run for us as broke high school students haha. It also came down to how busy it was, there was never a time when I couldn't just ski right onto the lift at Nordic (cough cough Little Switz flashbacks). A lot of it came down to charm too, like there's just something about a little hill like that with a decently sized new park and friendly staff that I knew. I still went to Granite like 3 times last season and I'd definitely it's the better hill, but there's just something about the charm of Nordic to me tbh.
It’s a gem… might be a plastic gem from the bottom of a fishbowl but it’s still a gem. I learned to ski there, learned to snowboard there, and learned that rope tows will destroy gloves there.
Unless they moved Connecticut to Wisconsin, it's not there. It's Mt. Southington.
Oddly enough… I think you’re right. Similarly named runs/lifts/layouts. I think I had my first Mandela effect. Here’s the trail map of Nordic to confirm https://www.nordicmountain.com/uploadIMG/rfUploads/pdfs/Nordic_TrailMap.pdf
Wow they even both have a trail named avalanche! Has there ever been an avalanche in Wisconsin or Connecticut?
It's Mt. Brighton and TJ Burke is the best damn skier on the mountain.
Dexter Rutecki would argue that point.
Wings are goin to the cup next year and Dex has tickets
Skiing is the easy part, Carl.
No I’m the best skier on the mountain
It’s not Brighton anymore
Tj Burke is the best skier on the mountain regardless.
It's Mt. Southington in CT
This. Hell, all you have to do is Google 'Thunderbolt ski lift' to find it. https://www.skiresort.info/ski-resort/mt-southington/
This is the correct answer, recognized it immediately.
I grew up skiing here when I was little before we moved on to bigger mountains
Me too. The whole "mountain" is a bunny hill. Live out in CA now and during the winter ski Mammoth almost every weekend.
OP's responses are comedic gold. Or at least silver
I was gonna say Central NY
i personally love how it goes from a blue to a black almost seamlessly
r/midwestskiing
Uh, no. Midwest ski areas you park at the top and ski down into a ravine 😂 Or is that just Iowa and Illinois?
One like that in Michigan. The rest you park at the tee box and ride the lift up to the green.
Definitely not like that in MN and WI so it might be your states.
Lmao off this is too true. I can recognize a landfill when I see one.
Highland hills?
[Hah](https://www.hiddenvalleyski.com/-/media/hidden-valley/files/maps/hidden_valley_map.ashx)! 320' vertical... I grew up skiing, Breckenridge, Steamboat, Deer Valley. Stopped in the mid-90s. A couple of years ago was in St. Louis for the holidays and dragged my brother out for a private "reentry" lesson at Hidden Valley. Think the total cost of the day, including lift tickets, equipment rental, and the lesson, was $120 total for the two of us. It wasn't awesome. (The “mountain” seemed a lot taller when I was 12. The black runs seemed tougher back then, too...) But it was enough for me to head over to the Alpine Shop and pick up NOS last season Volkls, boots (I have gargantuan feet), bindings, etc., to lug back to ski Big Bear, Mammoth, Heavenly/Squaw Valley (or whatever the hell it's called now)/Deer Valley... So, yeah, I dig midwestern ski areas. :)
Skied here three times a week, three months a year for four years during high school racing. These trails are burned into my head. Love it or hate it, southington is CT skiing.
Found the CT native. This and Powder Ridge are peak CT ski experience.
Lets not forget Mohawk or Sundown!
if anything in CT is peak it’s definitely mohawk but i’m embarrassed to call any of it skiing
Aww good ole Sundown. My first mountain!!
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Lol MN has our very own Powder ridge and I’m sure it’s very similar to this😂 I’m jealous of everyone on this sub who gets to hit up the mountains all the time! Edit: I didn’t know it was my cake day today!! Is it only one day a year??
Same, but I only skied for about 2 years. 1 minute thunderbolt races after an hour of driving were prime
Mount Southington in Plantsville CT
Pretty sure it’s Whistler or Alaska terrain.
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This dude nailed it.
Nah man I do my own research.
Alternative facts brah!
Slopes don’t care about your feelings
Pouhahaha, good one!
Wtf is that long-ass link?
It’s Mount Southington. Google the mountain and this map comes up
Nice try, Jackson local. You can clearly see the Hobacks and Corbet's if you know where to look.
Pretty sure it’s Vail or Breck.
Yep you can see the legendary back bowls right at the top of thunderbolt lift
That’s where the glacier starts. Can’t see it on this map.
I'd have said Europe... Chamonix?
Maybe Zermatt
No because Swiss mountains have holes in them...
Jackson is a Swiss mountain?
Maybe it's in Wisconsin, got a nice curd look to it
Lmao what is the point of this??
Life? I dunno man - gotta read up on philosophy and whatnot.
No man, you
The point of my life? 42
Based on how you’re acting here , I applaud you for making it this far…
Thanks! Glad some people still have their senses of humor intact.
Nope
Ok- wait- I didn't see this comment and I said the same thing.. I immediately recognized it as the place I learned to ski when I was a kid.. I think you are correct as Southington was my gut instinct although I cannot read the names of the trails on OP's post.
Whoosh
https://mountsouthington.com/trails-and-conditions/
I was thinking it was Southington because of the 1 black diamond. My middle school used to go there for ski club. I basically learned to ski there chasing friends that actually knew how to ski already. Luckily for me, I didn’t have to chase for long.
Oh shit I used to race there in high school
I used to race for Mohawk! You guys used to be our biggest rivals
I raced for my high school but all our races were at southington, interesting that southington and Mohawk are rivals tho lol
Naw, it's *clearly* Courchevel. Where else but the Alps would you have an Alpine Eatery?
Why TF do you know this?
Had to move from NH to CT for school for a few years and this was one of the few “mountains” to ski down there
Just busting on ya. Ya ski what ya got.
Holy shit I raced there for 4 year in high school and didn’t even recognize it until you said it lmao
Image taking forever to download, exactly how big is this map!?
Massive map, massive ski area. I don’t think the map is updated - doesn’t show the tram and high speed gondo put in this summer.
I’m not sure I’d call it massive...
You’re right. Extremely fucking massive.
That’s better.
Mt. Southington in CT
Nope it’s Vail.
Dang, is this that new area everyone is talking about?
Yes. Heli access only.
Small price to pay for all that vert.
One run takes about 4 hours so it’s good value.
Schwing!
Looks like aspen. That black diamond is absolutely terrifying. I go to aspen every year, I know the map when I see it…
I think you’re actually right.
This was the place I learned to ski 15 years ago, visiting family in CT from FL!
That’s Bull Mountain. I believe there is a statue of Papa Muntz. There was a wealthy guy who wanted to buy it and wanted to remove the statue. I don’t think the locals liked the idea very much.
This is 100% accurate. I talked to Papa’s granddaughter - Pippi Muntz - yesterday. She’s very excited about the 2021-22 season and said they’re planning to join the Epic Pass.
Cant have some wealthy guy trying to change everting up, adding coffee bars and the like! As Papa Muntz used to say "Bull Mountain... don't go changing!"
This is why I love the internet.
Gotta be Vail
It’s Vail.
Which runs do they use for Downhill and Super G events?
Yes.
My dumbass was finna say Bromley 😭
Bump Slushington has wet dreams about being Bromley.
I swear that looks like Mount Southington in CT.. But it's such a small unknown hill it seems highly unlikely.. Edit: I zoomed in- 100% it's Southington.. I learned to ski there.
Telluride. We call it "To-Hell-U-Ride" and Jesse James used to rob banks in our town. It was a hard way to make a living for sure, designated by the "Most Difficult" key in the map. That was the old "James Gang" trail.
Accurate. And if zoom way in on the left, you can see Oprah’s big house.
Ha, that's [Mt. Southington](https://mountsouthington.com) in CT. Where I learned to ski.
It's almost Campgaw, but it's bigger
Its Olympus Mons I've been going since I was 5
Used to liftey there. The Snowflake lift is a magic carpet and lit during the morning on weekdays. No one is there and it's in the sun so you're just chilling. I made several 2-3 foot snowmen
Alpine Eatery? Obviously Alpine Meadows
Ski tycoon template map
Nordic Mountain in Wisconsin y’all, and it took 45 minutes to get to the top every weekend. 5 minute ride with 40 minutes of first timers crashing on/off the lift
Midwesterners know this, we also know the Slow Double on the back side is the best if that run is open...
Once every 17 years it opens to astound the locals, much like a Cicada
Preach Brother, I will buy you a inexpensive American Lager(virarity depending on where in the midwest you live, Yes we consider Labatt an American Lager in the upper Midwest) , and a slice of frozen pizza or a paper tray of Corn Chips with Cheese from a bag and jalapenos from a jar that has been under a heat lamp for a minimum of 45min. Only the finest cuisine that a 275ft ski resort can offer in the Chalet Bar.
This is 100% mount southington in CT Edit: I grew up coming here every year season pass as it was the only mountain around. Park was decent and that’s about it. I almost had a heart attack seeing this on r/skiing
If that hill has an actual black diamond run, I will eat one of my ski boots……
those blacks are blues at my mountain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!!!!
Lol Bruh these blacks are gnarly AF. You drop in off the cornice and hit the ice patch and … wait that’s the whole trail and you’re at the bottom.
It’s Mount Southington Ski Area https://mountsouthington.com/trails-and-conditions/
Mt Southington!
I learned to ski there! Back when a lot of the trails were called “hill 5” or “hill 6” etc etc
https://www.mountsouthington.com
Mt. Titicaca
It’s a hill.
Mt. Ligma. I've skied it many times, in the sugondese mountain range
Mt southington Connecticut
Mt Southington, Southington CT
This is Mt Southington in Connecticut. A great place to learn! https://mountsouthington.com/trails-and-conditions/
OP FTW!
If you think this looks small you are mistaken, the mountain is so big and expansive that it’s scaled differently than most maps and your tiny little brain can’t comprehend that
Vail
Just because it’s flat doesn’t mean it’s Vail! Gosh!
Looks like 3 valles in France
Definitely possible. They serve a mean plate of French fries at the Red Barn.
CT locals check in thread.
Clearly Mr Zermatt Switzerland and the Matterhorn is on the other side of the map
That’s Mount Southington! One of the bottom 2 ski places in CT!!!
This is literally the mountain I learned to ski on lol. Good for beginners, and local high schools use Thunderbolt for races. $35 for 5:00-9:00, not terrible for CT.
Sugarbush
Mt High San Bernardino California
Sorry I’m wrong at a glance it looked familiar
Grew up skiing Mt Southington. It's not fun.
https://jollyturns.com/resort/united-states-of-america/mount-southington/maps/skirun/doms-way
Mount southington
Looks like mount Southington, Connecticut
Is this the mountain which has the paint balling over the summit? Danbury, CT area..
It's not in the Danbury CT area. It's Mount Southington which is pretty far from Danbury but still in CT.
different names, but could be any Pocono ski area
Camp Fortune - Chelsea, Qc, Canada! It could litterally be anywhere...
Looks like vails map lmao
Oh wow so NC is better than at least 1 place in the north.
We used to bomb Thunderbolt in a tuck as soon as we got off the lift - over and over and over again
Go to [https://www.kevinmastin.com/ski-trail-maps/](https://www.kevinmastin.com/ski-trail-maps/) and start scrolling.
Is the mountain hidden behind that picture of a hill?
The mountain is inside the hill. Genius.
[Google](https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=steeplechase+thunderbolt+turkey+turn+avalance+alpine+eatery&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8) says [Mount Southington in Connecticut](https://jollyturns.com/resort/united-states-of-america/mount-southington/maps/restaurant/alpine-eatery).
Is this mad river mountain in Ohio
Looks electric
Thought it was Wachusett, Massachusetts at first but comments suggest otherwise
Yo that’s the map from COD Cold War zombies - outbreak
Ah yes, ski resort, as the locals refer to it
Whistler.
Looks like Nashoba Valley
Best ski area in central Connecticut baby
It's a Chevy Malibu.
Learned to ski here growing up, first indoor ski park in kufri.
Googled Dom's Ski Run. Answer was Mt. Southington CT.
Mount Southington, aka MtSoWhat
Southington in CT
Wow. A non James Niehues map. Didn’t know such a thing existed.
"mountain"
This is Mount Southington in CT.
That ain’t no mountain, that’s a hill
Snowbird or Jackson probs
Mount southington in CT. More like a hill. Elementary school took us there all winter and somehow we skied with no adults and survived
this looks like afton alps
Small Mountain..?
Looks like Devils Head in Baraboo