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The next time you ski in Utah, the best kept secret is "Powder Mountain". You can ski the backside of the mountain if you are into deep powder and extreme black diamond sking on open terain. When you hit the bottom of the hill--which is hte road--buses run every 15 min. and will pick you up and bring you back to the resort.

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Yeah, Reno is like 45 minutes away and there are a couple of casinos in South Tahoe. Haven't played poker there, maybe somebody can give you more info.

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The next time you ski in Utah, the best kept secret is "Powder Mountain". You can ski the backside of the mountain if you are into deep powder and extreme black diamond sking on open terain. When you hit the bottom of the hill--which is hte road--buses run every 15 min. and will pick you up and bring you back to the resort.

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shhhh powder mountain is for the locals (seriously though it is the [censored])

snowbasin is also in that neighborhood (like 1 hr north of SLC) and it expanded a lot for the olympics, there is a lot of very good terrain up there.

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I would consider mammouth. Thats my favorite resort out west. Whistler village is a good time, but the conditions arent always that great. Often pretty wet snow.

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shhhh powder mountain is for the locals (seriously though it is the [censored])

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I used to be a local [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] I miss that big old hill [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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Steamboat does get some good snow, and has good glades. it doesn't have the steeps/hardcore terrain that some other places do.

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Steamboat doesn't have as much of this type of terrian, but it's absolutely there.

As far as snow conditions, there will be a least a 65" base by the time I get there on Thursday. So stay away.

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Any experts on the Canadian Rockies this year?

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If it's only skiing and not nightlife you are after, and you are into powder, Aleyeska is your answer.

I've been to Whistler a couple times and thought it was overrated, but never caught a serious amount of fresh snow.

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If you liked Vail, and you want to go back to Colorado try Keystone or Breckenridge (you can do both on the same trip). Big Sky Montana is another good choice. Jackson Hole is great!

Tahoe is Sierra cement – heavy wet snow most of the time. Getting good snow at Whistler is like hitting the lottery – the elevation is so low that you can get rain halfway up the mountain. I’ve never had a good week at Whistler.

The way the snow has been this year I’d head for Colorado.

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"Aleyeska" are you kidding? that place sucks and boy is it out of the way