best route to stowe from nyc? - Snowboarding Forum

illmaticnyc · 02-24-2011, 01:52 PM

best route might be to take 287 to 684 to 84 to 91? or 95 to 91
less traffic ?

kswissreject · 02-24-2011, 04:29 PM

I usually take 95 to 91, but the Merrit (CT-15) to 91 is nice, and also no trucks.

tekniq33 · 02-24-2011, 05:04 PM

forget I-95 unless its bad weather. Go the Merritt For sure. Then 91 to 89.

You can also go 684 to 84 but I have gotten screwed there around Danbury and there is no choice but to stay on it. With 95 or the Merritt you can always go from one to the other if there is an accident or something (if you have GPS that is. It will lead you on some windy side roads, would not try it by guessing or luck)

Shocktroop531 · 02-24-2011, 09:47 PM

drive to JFK and fly to utah. from door to door you'll be on the slopes faster here than it will take to drive to stowe. and driving ain't cheap neither unless you got a full car to split gas.

kswissreject · 02-24-2011, 09:56 PM

Ha, well good luck finding a ticket to Utah for $150, the cost of gas round trip for a large, gas guzzling SUV. If you've got a smaller car, it's even cheaper. Also, what about the extra hours to get to the airport, through security, get from the airport to the mountains, etc.? If there's a time vortex that could get me from my door (in Brooklyn) to Utah, picking up the oversized snowboard bag, and on the slopes in 5.5 hrs, well, apparently I'm missing out!

TSW910 · 02-25-2011, 09:57 AM

I actually just came back from Stowe .. but I live in NJ but right over the Hudson ..

my wife and I took 87 straight north and drove onto a ferry and 30 mins later, we were in Burlington, VT

but it still took 5.5 hours

illmaticnyc · 02-25-2011, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by TSW910

I actually just came back from Stowe .. but I live in NJ but right over the Hudson ..

my wife and I took 87 straight north and drove onto a ferry and 30 mins later, we were in Burlington, VT

but it still took 5.5 hours

ferry? where. how. is this faster? i show stowe being 6.5 hrs away!

TSW910 · 02-25-2011, 01:45 PM

yeah, its going to be about that depending on traffic and how fast you drive ..

the ferry i took was " Essex - Charlotte ferry " you can google and see where it is exactly and see if that fits into your travel plans .. since i am closer to I-87 than through 95-91-89. but the ferry is per person cost and it only once an hour on the hour .. so you can plan it accordingly

from my navi .. I-87 + ferry was about 300 miles and I-95 to I-91 to I-89 was about 360 miles ..

02-24-2011, 01:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
illmaticnyc Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 77	best route to stowe from nyc? best route might be to take 287 to 684 to 84 to 91? or 95 to 91 less traffic ?

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02-24-2011, 04:29 PM	#2 (permalink)
kswissreject Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: NYC Posts: 93	I usually take 95 to 91, but the Merrit (CT-15) to 91 is nice, and also no trucks.

02-24-2011, 05:04 PM	#3 (permalink)
tekniq33 Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 723	forget I-95 unless its bad weather. Go the Merritt For sure. Then 91 to 89. You can also go 684 to 84 but I have gotten screwed there around Danbury and there is no choice but to stay on it. With 95 or the Merritt you can always go from one to the other if there is an accident or something (if you have GPS that is. It will lead you on some windy side roads, would not try it by guessing or luck)

02-24-2011, 09:47 PM	#4 (permalink)
Shocktroop531 Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: park city , Utah Posts: 500	drive to JFK and fly to utah. from door to door you'll be on the slopes faster here than it will take to drive to stowe. and driving ain't cheap neither unless you got a full car to split gas.

02-24-2011, 09:56 PM	#5 (permalink)
kswissreject Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: NYC Posts: 93	Ha, well good luck finding a ticket to Utah for $150, the cost of gas round trip for a large, gas guzzling SUV. If you've got a smaller car, it's even cheaper. Also, what about the extra hours to get to the airport, through security, get from the airport to the mountains, etc.? If there's a time vortex that could get me from my door (in Brooklyn) to Utah, picking up the oversized snowboard bag, and on the slopes in 5.5 hrs, well, apparently I'm missing out!

02-25-2011, 09:57 AM	#6 (permalink)
TSW910 Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 19	I actually just came back from Stowe .. but I live in NJ but right over the Hudson .. my wife and I took 87 straight north and drove onto a ferry and 30 mins later, we were in Burlington, VT but it still took 5.5 hours

02-25-2011, 01:45 PM	#8 (permalink)
TSW910 Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 19	yeah, its going to be about that depending on traffic and how fast you drive .. the ferry i took was " Essex - Charlotte ferry " you can google and see where it is exactly and see if that fits into your travel plans .. since i am closer to I-87 than through 95-91-89. but the ferry is per person cost and it only once an hour on the hour .. so you can plan it accordingly from my navi .. I-87 + ferry was about 300 miles and I-95 to I-91 to I-89 was about 360 miles ..