Gore or Killington: Hear me out first!
We are a group of eight 40 yo dudes. We do a long weekend trip on the ice Coast every year. Apres is not that big a deal because we try to rent a big old house and just cook at the house and drink and take edibles and play card and listen to music till about 1030 then crash, wake up early and get to the mountain. A bar or two right after skiing can be fun, but we don't go out for dinner or after dinner. We always go last weekend in February (we learned to avoid the Vermont school holiday)
I need help choosing between Killington and Gore. Ive skied Killington a few times so I know what it's about. Never skied Gore. Gore is cheaper ($1400 for an Airbnb, roughly $250 for a two day lift ticket. Killington is $2000 for Airbnb and $350 for a two day lift ticket) Gore is 5 hours drive and Killington is 6 hour drive.
I like skiing everything Killington has, but the rest of my group isn't as advanced. Three of the group are at greens and easy blues (Whiteface blues were too advanced last year for em). The rest are good blues, but not really good, ungroomed black skiers. Some do a few runs and hit the bar, few runs hit the bar. Others ski all day, skipping lunch if the conditions are good.
Would we be wasting money skiing Killington (not for me, I love Killington and will get to challenge myself) when we could just do Gore, or would Gore get boring? We're doing two days of skiing.
This sounds trivial, but we look forward to this trip every year.
Any and all comments, questions, and opinions are warranted as I'm the one who is always in charge of picking the place.
Edit: Thanks a million for these responses. I sent this post to the group and I think the consensus is we're going to Gore. Half our group did Killington two years ago, and none of us have done Gore. The price is a big selling point. This won't be my only ski trip this year so if it's not the best weekend skiing wise, it's not the end of the season (for me anyway). Gore also is the biggest mountain we haven't skied thats within 7 hour drive for us.