Stratton Mountain

The place is referred to as Flatton for a reason. Every trail looks and feels the same (flat). The "double diamonds" are pathetic, and the clientle loves to pose at the top of the gondola entrance with Bogner, Full faces, Volkls (everyone KNOWS they're the best), Spyder, etc to impress all the other gapers.

If someone thinks the terrain is the best in south New England, then apparently the North Face at Mt. Snow, ANYPLACE at Magic, most of K-Mart etc will come as a relevation. About the only place as lame is Nokemo, where they could change all of the trail names and no one would notice.

Great for NYC JAPS who can stroll around the erstaz "village" in their best nasty fur while they let their Lexus idle in the lot while lamenting global warming. However, if you need an bs ego boost, then go down the double diamond under the gondola, and tell all your friends you skiied a DD (just don't tell them it was at Flatton). It's like snorkeling in your pool and calling it extreme freediving. Gawd.

AND - it's the most expensive place around, to keep out the rif-raf (like real skiers).

It's really hard to think of anything positive about Flatton. If you're an NYC dentist (which it seems to have an exclusive on) with extremely limited skills or athletic ability, and a fair amount of disposable income, then it's probably nirvana. If treat skiing seriously in any form, skip it and go somewhere real in south VT like Mt.Snow, Magic (if there's real snow), Killington. Even Jiminy Peak in Massachusetts is a real step up in terms of terrain.

Stratton has much better terrain that other southern vt resorts (mt snow, bromley) and usually gets more snow than them.  Theres also a small village and lots of slopeside lodging.  However, it's really pricey and there were a ton of people there.  Much better midweek

Stratton is known for being a relatively easier mountain so don't be surprised to see lots of people skiing way out-of-control for their ability.  Conversely, the few moguls runs they have are always empty even on a busy day.  The resort has that fake Mt. Tremblant feel.  Selling condos is a big thing around this place.