Not a ski, but a snow shoe. Went to Northfield Mountain in Northfield, MA, which is a great place to ski, when there is more than a 0-3 inch base! The thing about this place, is that you are either going up or down, unless you are on the true beginner trails. It is a "hill" after, all (1100 ft.). There are dedicated snow shoe trails and we went up the hardest one. 900 feet of elevation in about 2 miles. Quite a bit of suffering involved, but you are rewarded with a beautiful view of local mountains and the Green Mountains of Vermont (Sugarbush and Mount Snow). We went down a different way and ate our lunch at the hot chocolate hut (I didn't have any). On the way home, we stopped at this place I love, a funky antique store with a cafe, in Erving. DH and I shared a slice of apple pie and ice cream and I had coffee. We only saw 2 skiers near the top of the mountain, but there were a few near the base when we got back. Lots of rocks on the downhills, glad I didn't ski. We snow shoed about 4.2 miles.