Where do you 'boot up'?

[highpeaksdrifter]

Stowe and Smuggs are great for this in the east and A-Basin in the west.

When I'm not up on the slopes, I love a good tailgate scene at a ski mountain...

warm spring skiing day, early afternoon break, kielbasa on the habachi, cold beer in hand = heaven

....probably the deadhead in me

Ahhhhh....A-Basin. The East Wall was open this past season when I was there. What a treat.
http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20050424/RECREATION01/104240027

 

[JimG.]

Stowe and Smuggs are great for this in the east and A-Basin in the west.

When I'm not up on the slopes, I love a good tailgate scene at a ski mountain...

warm spring skiing day, early afternoon break, kielbasa on the habachi, cold beer in hand = heaven

....probably the deadhead in me

Ahhhhh....A-Basin. The East Wall was open this past season when I was there. What a treat.
http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20050424/RECREATION01/104240027

A-basin rules! My personal favorite in Colorado. Best parking lot tailgating/party scene of any ski area anywhere. Lots of dogs too.

 

[dmc]

Ahhhhh....A-Basin. The East Wall was open this past season when I was there. What a treat.
http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20050424/RECREATION01/104240027

North Pole chutes are tough to beat...
Great hike - a tad scarey in ski boots..
Steep stuff into open bowl...

 

[Rushski]

In the lodge, as for the many reasons people have stated. Plus I ski mostly weekdays now (every other Friday off) and lodges are empty. Surprisingly have never had anything stolen, even notoriously thief-ridden places like Wachusset and WV.

Carrying all that grime on your boots will wreck your anti-friction pads on your bindings as well. Plus it's nice, especially at the end of the day to throw on some jeans and comfortable shoes to relax a few minutes or catch a beer down the road...

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

A-basin rules! My personal favorite in Colorado. Best parking lot tailgating/party scene of any ski area anywhere. Lots of dogs too.

Now that you mention it I do remember quite a few dogs with the tailgaters. I feel about dogs the way people who don't have kids feel. They're fun to play with as long as they're somebody elses. I figure a dog would be something that would ultimately cost me ski time. Vet, who will watch it, walks, etc. I have enough companionship. Now don't you dog lovers go hatin on me, it's just my opinion.

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

North Pole chutes are tough to beat...
Great hike - a tad scarey in ski boots..
Steep stuff into open bowl...

A-basin rules! My personal favorite in Colorado. Best parking lot tailgating/party scene of any ski area anywhere. Lots of dogs too.

Do youse 2 Hunta boyz like Loveland? The vibe there reminds me a lot of A-Basin. I don't like Loveland as well, but I do think it is very underrated.

 

[dmc]

North Pole chutes are tough to beat...
Great hike - a tad scarey in ski boots..
Steep stuff into open bowl...

A-basin rules! My personal favorite in Colorado. Best parking lot tailgating/party scene of any ski area anywhere. Lots of dogs too.

Do youse 2 Hunta boyz like Loveland? The vibe there reminds me a lot of A-Basin. I don't like Loveland as well, but I do think it is very underrated.

Loveland is a cool place...
Before they put the chair in to the ridge we'd hike it... Talk about sucking wind..

I'd go back..

 

[JimG.]

Do youse 2 Hunta boyz like Loveland? The vibe there reminds me a lot of A-Basin. I don't like Loveland as well, but I do think it is very underrated.

I've never skied there; I always look at it as I enter the Eisenhower tunnel, but never stop to ski it. It does remind me of A-basin, and the skiing looks good. I guess I'm just always on the way to somewhere else.

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

Loveland is a cool place...
Before they put the chair in to the ridge we'd hike it... Talk about sucking wind..

I'd go back..

You get winded hiking the Continental Divided and it's only 13,000 feet? Man I don't know. People at Hunter use to be tougher. I am disappointed. :wink:

 

[dmc]

Loveland is a cool place...
Before they put the chair in to the ridge we'd hike it... Talk about sucking wind..

I'd go back..

You get winded hiking the Continental Divided and it's only 13,000 feet? Man I don't know. People at Hunter use to be tougher. I am disappointed. :wink:

13,000 feet and winded... Not so bad...

Alright I once pucked my guts up climbing a ridge off Route 6... But i had a couple beers in the ABasin parking lot before I headed up for turns...

 

[smootharc]

Once again, you people disappoint me....

There's only one place to boot up.....right before climbing into bed the night before a ski day... :lol:

Actually, guess it's 90% car....10% lodge. Old habits....

 

[Brettski]

The best place to boot up is in the Slopside Condo...or was that said already

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

Alright I once pucked my guts up climbing a ridge off Route 6... But i had a couple beers in the ABasin parking lot before I headed up for turns...

Minus the pukin part how good does that sentence sound right about now? I can just picture it there, beautiful sunny day, great snow, beers with friends, people lined up in lawn chairs by snow banks having a great time. Summer can't end soon enough for me. I'm sure all my AZ bros and sises feel the same way.

 

[JimG.]

Summer can't end soon enough for me.

I've been saying this since summer started...people here at work are sick of hearing it.

They keep forgetting how really pissed off they get when I show up to work with a huge grin when the forecast calls for snow, or when I don't show up for work at all the next day 8) .

 

[loafer89]

I put my boots on in the lodge about 75% of the time with the other 25% being in my car or in the condo if it is an extended stay.

I got hotronic's installed in my boots at Sugarloaf in January 2004, as I have cronically cold feet. Now I am not as concerned with keeping my boots warm before I put them on as I was before.

 

[gmcunni]

lodge because i like to pee before i ski anyway

 

[ERJ-145CA]

Holy necrothread!

I always boot up in the lodge, I find it a much more comfortable place to get ready. I have a nice backpack that holds my boots so it's easy to carry my equipment. Also I don't like to put my boot soles through that kind of a beating, I don't even like when the base area is blacktop and I have to walk on it in my boots.

 

[BenedictGomez]

For me it depends on the ski area. 90% of the time, in the parking lot, but at a place like Plattekill where the lodge is 125 feet from the lot, I'll do it in the lodge.

But what I'm really curious about, is what "word" gmcunni searched for that led him to revive this thread?

 

[wa-loaf]

I prefer the lodge, but will do the lot if needed. A lot of western places don't really have the kind of lodges where you can plop you stuff down for the day.

 

[gmcunni]

A lot of western places don't really have the kind of lodges where you can plop you stuff down for the day.

this really stuck out to me this year, even though i'd been out before. big Pain In The Ass the first day when we weren't ready for it.