DCSkiers, where have you skied during your lifetime? I noticed in an earlier post that John L said he had skied at about 60 areas. I thought it might be interesting to start a thread detailing anyplace that a DCSkier has slid down a hill, whether on a board, skis, monoskis, cross country skis, whatever.
I'll keep the tally somehow.
Here goes for me, The Colonel. In 37 years (I first skied at age 29) I have managed to ski at the following 76 ski areas, some have since gone out of business.

In the Mid-Atlantic:
In VA: Bryce, Rappahannock, Skyline, Wintergreen, Cherokee, Massanutten, Homestead,

In WV: Snowshoe, Timberline, Canaan Valley, Terre Alta (Alpine Lake - when there was alpine skiing)

In MD: Wisp, Braddock Heights

In PA: Seven Springs, Laurel Mt., Hidden Valley, Alpine Mt., Jack Frost, Liberty (and Charnita), Whitetail, Roundtop, Shawnee, Camelback, Big Boulder, Elk, Blue Knob, Ski Big Bear, Spring Mt., Blue Mountain, Tussey Mt., Doe Mt.

In New England and Eastern Canada: Jay Peak, Bolton Valley, Mohawk, Mt. Tom, Mt. Southington, Brodie, Ski Sundown, Mt. Snow, Killington, Haystack, Mont Sainte-Anne, Stoneham, Mont Sutton, Bromont, Owl's Head, Whiteface, Loon, Waterville Valley, Sunday River, Pico, Jiminy Peak, Ski Butternut, Windham, Mont Orford,

In the Western States and Canada: Alta, Snowbird, Park City, Deer Valley, Snowbasin, Powder Mt., Brian Head, Brighton, Solitude, Park West (now The Canyons),Whistler, Blackcomb, Squaw Valley, Vail, Keystone, Breckenridge, Copper, Winter Park,

Elsewhere:
Europe:
-In Austria: Igls, Mutters
The Colonel

10ish years of recent skiing:
Europe - Garmish, Three Valleys (Courchevel, Meribel, Les Menuires)
Michigan - Mt. Brighton, Mt. Holly, Pine Knob
MD - Wisp
PA - Mt. Tussey, Blue Knob, Liberty, Whitetail, Roundtop
NY - Wyndham
Utah - Alta, Snowbird, Brighton
Colorado - Loveland, Keystone, Copper, Steamboat, Eldora

22 total (I think!)

This would be cool to do one of those google maps :-)

This is going to be hard, I hope I don't forget any!

VT: Sugarbush, Glen Ellen, MRG, Stratton, Mt. Snow, Magic Mtn, Timber Ridge (later Timberside), Bromley, Haystack, Carinthia, Killington, Pico (12)

MA: Brodie, Jiminy Peak, Bousqet, Berkshire East, Mt. Tom, Otis Ridge (6)

CT: Mohawk Mtn, Mt. Southington, Ski Sundown (3)

VA: Wintergreen (1)

WV: Snowshoe, Silver Creek (including before bought by SS), Timberline, Canaan Valley (4)

Utah: Park City (1)

CA: Squaw Valley (1)

So that's 28 ski areas in about 21 years of skiing. I have really only skied 8-9 different ski areas since moving down to VA in 1991. Most of my diversification happened while living in CT where I grew up, and while in college in Mass. Since 2002, I have skied exclusively in the mid-A. I am due for a ski trip to VT or out west!

Of those 28 ski areas,

2 went out of business: Mt. Tom and Brodie

1 closed and reopened (Magic)

6 were absorbed into other areas: Timber Ridge, Glen Ellen, Carinthia, Pico (now sort of independent again), Haystack (cut loose again), Silver Creek

Some interesting notes -- I grew up in the Berkshire foothills in CT. Ski Sundown, Mt. Southington, Otis Ridge, and Mohawk Mtn were within 20-45 minutes drive. I liked Mohawk and Sundown the best.

In college, Mt. Tom was 20 minutes away, and the other Mass ski areas were 1-1.5 hours drive.

I skied Sugarbush heavily from 1989-1997, usually during my winter break from college (WNEC) and grad school (GWU). I had a patroller buddy at Sugarbush and had a place to stay and many comp lift tickets! I was last up there in winter 1998 (tried to teach future wife to ski, bad idea).

First trip out west was Park City Utah in April 98. I still remember sitting in my apartment in Newport News VA in early April, lamenting that skiing was over in the mid-A and I didn't have many ski days in that season. There were some ski races on TV, and I noticed the snow looked great out West. Being single and young at the time, I literally yelled "F&@k-it" out loud and got on the phone with a ski tour company and booked a week long trip starting two days later. Phenomenal skiing -- 8-10" of fresh powder several days in a row. Came back home with a dark tan and a new outlook on life!

Well in my life f skiing (am 19 now) i have skied:

CA: Mammoth, Mt. High, Snow Summit, Big Bear (Bear Mountain)

CO: Breckenridge

WV: Snowshoe, Canaan, Timberline

MD:Wisp

PA: Tussey, Whitetail, Roundtop, 7 Springs

VA: Wintergreen

so a total of 14 areas which will hopefully grow exponentially in the years to come

Been skiing since 1994, addicted since 95 . I can remember every ski area i've been to, can't say that about golf courses though.

WV- Canaan Valley, Tline, Snowshoe & Winterplace

PA- 7 Springs, Hidden Valley, Camelback, Whitetail, Liberty, Laurel Mountain, Blue Knob

CA- Northstar at Tahoe

VT- Mt. Snow, Killington

UT- Alta, Park City, Canyons, Snowbasin, Solitude, Brighton, Snowbird.

21

Let's see if this adds up to 60.

Maine: (1) Sunday River
Vermont: (14) Jay Peak, Bolton Valley, Stowe, Smuggler's Notch, Sugarbush, MRG, K-Mart, Pico, Ascutney, Middlebury Snow Bowl, Okemo, Stratton, Bromley, Mount Snow
Mass: (5) Berkshire East, Brodie, Mount Tom, Butternut Basin, Otis Ridge
CT: (3) Mohawk, Southington, Powder Ridge
NY: (1) Huntah
PA: (6) Whitetail, Liberty, Roundtop, Blue Knob, Seven Springs, Laurel Mountain
MD: (1) Wisp
WV: (3) Timberline, Canaan, Snowshoe
East: 34

CO: (11) Winter Park, Keystone, A-Basin, Copper, Breck, Vail, Beaver Creek, Aspen, Aspen Highlands, Snowmass, Wolf Creek
WY: (2) Jackson Hole, Targhee
NM: (1) Taos
UT: (9) Alta, Snowbird, Solitude, Brighton, Park City, The Canyons, Deer Valley, Snowbasin, Powder Mtn
CO/NV: (4) Squaw, Northstar, Homewood, Heavenly
BC: (2) Whistler, Blackcomb
West: (29)

Dang, looks like 63 if I didn't screw up the addition and not forget an area or two.

I need to start catching up on the Colonel. 76 is pretty amazing.

For the fellow Nutmeg/Constitution Staters, I grew up in Wolcott (prolly a few miles as the crow flies from Mount? Southington) and worked many summers at Lake Compounce.

John L, Thanks for reminding me...I have skied at Powder Ridge in CT, add one more for me, a personal total now of 77.
The Colonel

Does Astro-Turf count? My first time down a hill on skis was on fake grass covered in little plastic pellets, with in-ground sprinkler heads popping up once in a while to wet everything down (not while "skiers" were on the slopes). Since skis and boots were involved I'm counting it on my list, but technically there wasn't any snow. I'll take it off the list and reduce my count by one if The Colonel so rules. Growing up in Alabama certainly didn't help my early skiing career, but I was lucky enough to marry into a family of ski fanatics, and my life list is now 37 areas and growing. Heck, my kids are 9 and 11, and their list is already 16 including Canada, Colorado, Utah, Montana and California. They probably don't even know you can ski on plastic grass. The 37 are, from approximately west to east:
Whistler/Blackcomb, BC
Crystal Mtn, WA
Mammoth, CA
Big Sky, MT
Jackson Hole, Grand Targhee, WY
Alta, Snowbird, Solitude, Brighton, Snowbasin, Powder Mountain, Park City, Deer Valley, The Canyons, UT
Steamboat, Winter Park, Vail, Copper, A Basin, Keystone, CO
Ober Gatlinburg, TN* ( *AstroTurf)
Sapphire Valley, NC
Timberline, Whitegrass, WV
Wintergreen, Bryce, VA
Wisp, MD
Liberty, Whitetail, Roundtop, Blue Knob, Seven Springs, PA
Hunter, NY
Stowe, Haystack, VT
Garmisch, Germany

Of course the fake snow in TN counts. You were skiing.
I can remember "skiing" on grass at Bryce in the summer on what looked like little tank treads attached to my ski boot. Actually was fun, except for falling down.
The Colonel