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12-13-2005, 12:30 AM
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Re: Best Skiing in Western US
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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12-13-2005, 09:27 AM
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Re: Best Skiing in Western US
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"Aleyeska" are you kidding? that place sucks and boy is it out of the way [/ QUOTE ] Every time I have been there it gets somewhwere in the neighborhood of 2-3 feet of fresh powder a week. And the north face has excellent runs.
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#4
12-13-2005, 09:55 AM
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"Aleyeska" are you kidding? that place sucks [/ QUOTE ] This is an absolutely ludicrous comment. I have skied all over and had some of my absolutely best runs at Alyeska. North Face on a powder day is incredible. Not many other places you can you find lots of 40+% pitch runs for 2500 vertical, with almost 600 inches annual. Edit to add something relevent to the topic: I would def. go to Jackson. If you want to go to tahoe, and like steep backountry, go to alpine. I am in Reno right now and most of the good local skier/snowboarders I know have passes to alpine. But (barring weather) you really cant go wrong.
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12-13-2005, 08:57 AM
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Re: Best Skiing in Western US
Vail. Blue Sky Basin behind the back bowls is unbelievable when it dumps.
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#6
12-13-2005, 12:57 PM
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Vail. Blue Sky Basin behind the back bowls is unbelievable when it dumps. [/ QUOTE ] Probably the best skiing of my life so far. Last winter while I was there, they were getting new snow every night. Unbelievable. And to answer someone's point above - I am looking for skiing - not a ski vacation. Just me and a couple guys who are all better than average skiiers. The resort is not really a concern - no families. Just skiing.
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#7
12-13-2005, 01:20 PM
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Re: Best Skiing in Western US
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[ QUOTE ] Vail. Blue Sky Basin behind the back bowls is unbelievable when it dumps. [/ QUOTE ] Probably the best skiing of my life so far. Last winter while I was there, they were getting new snow every night. Unbelievable. And to answer someone's point above - I am looking for skiing - not a ski vacation. Just me and a couple guys who are all better than average skiiers. The resort is not really a concern - no families. Just skiing. [/ QUOTE ] I hate to bring the P word in...but think of it like this - If what you want out of a ski trip is fresh snow and lots of it (and that's what it sounds like)...call it EFS...expected fresh snow...then colorado is generally not the place to go. Colorado has one of the lower EFS values. They're (CO) is off to a super year so far though this year... That's not to say you can't get big dumps or have a fantastic freaking time in colorado or any of the other places that don't get as much snow, it's just that so many people have pretty big misconceptions about snow in the west. I recommend checking out this site. They keep historical of almost all the resorts and keep you up to date on who's got what snow with updates every week or so:
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#8
12-13-2005, 01:24 PM
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Re: Best Skiing in Western US
I'm surprised no one has mentioned Telluride - one of my favs - though it's been 5 or 6 years since I've been.
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#9
12-13-2005, 01:26 PM
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Re: Best Skiing in Western US
Yeah telluride is on my list of places to check out this year...they're hurting for snow so far though. I hear great terrain, though.
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#10
12-13-2005, 01:41 PM
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Re: Best Skiing in Western US
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Vail. Blue Sky Basin behind the back bowls is unbelievable when it dumps. [/ QUOTE ] Probably the best skiing of my life so far. Last winter while I was there, they were getting new snow every night. Unbelievable. And to answer someone's point above - I am looking for skiing - not a ski vacation. Just me and a couple guys who are all better than average skiiers. The resort is not really a concern - no families. Just skiing. [/ QUOTE ] I hate to bring the P word in...but think of it like this - If what you want out of a ski trip is fresh snow and lots of it (and that's what it sounds like)...call it EFS...expected fresh snow...then colorado is generally not the place to go. Colorado has one of the lower EFS values. They're (CO) is off to a super year so far though this year... That's not to say you can't get big dumps or have a fantastic freaking time in colorado or any of the other places that don't get as much snow, it's just that so many people have pretty big misconceptions about snow in the west. I recommend checking out this site. They keep historical of almost all the resorts and keep you up to date on who's got what snow with updates every week or so: [/ QUOTE ] This is why I have basically 3 ski areas on my rotation of Western trips. Jackson, Alta, and Alpine/Squaw/Kirkwood. there are valid reasons to go other places, but for a ski trip with other good skiers, I don't think you can beat those 3 areas.
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