Most people drive their own or rental cars to New England's ski resorts (here are distances from Boston and distances from New York City to all the ski resorts, and here's a map), but there are other ways to reach the slopes.

From Boston

New England Snow Bus (tel 1- 877- 543 - 2810) runs ski buses from Boston, Hingham MA and Andover MA to major ski resorts such as Killington, Mount Snow, Okemo, Sugarbush, Sunday River and Waterville Valley. More...

Pats Peak Saturday Bus
Buses depart Braintree and several Boston locations for Pats Peak in southern New Hampshire on Saturday mornings, returning Saturday evening. Combo packages include round-trip bus and lift ticket. More...

Special MBTA Commuter Rail ski trains operate on weekends from Boston's South Station to Fitchburg station (1-1/2 hours), from which shuttle buses run you over to Wachusett Mountain Ski Resort (map, 20 minutes). More...

From New York City

Adventure Northeast Transportation Service operates ski buses to the Vermont ski resorts of Mount Snow, Stratton, Bromley, Manchester, Okemo and Killington. More...

Scheduled buses and trains run from New York City to Vermont, and buses to New Hampshire.

Dozens of non-stop buses connect New York City and Boston every day. More...

You may want to take a flight to Maine, but if not, Amtrak trains run to Boston's South Station, and Amtrak's Downeaster trains run from Boston's North Station to Portland ME.

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