Has anybody not skied the west???

[ERJ-145CA]

I've never skied out west. I've had the opportunity but always decline, I would hate the western conditions.

Yeah, I hear ya. I'm sure The Creek blows away almost any western conditions.

 

[Rob A]

Yeah, I hear ya. I'm sure The Creek blows away almost any western conditions.

Nah creek is horrible, I've ranted about them to no end around here.

The only snow condition I really don't like at all is powder, which is basically all you get out west. I'd rather go to a place like Killington if I wanted to go to a western-sized resort, instead of spending the money to fly out west for powder skiing.

 

[ERJ-145CA]

That was sarcasm, it doesn't come across as well when typed on a computer.

 

[davidhowland14]

never skied out west. That's why I'm moving to Bozeman.

 

[shpride]

I have never been...yet....but my wife bought me a ticket and am leaving on Jan. 1. I cannot wait!

 

[pepperdawg]

i can ski 100+ days at belleayre or a 2 week trip someplace else.
What would you do?

2 weeks somewhere else...

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

i can ski 100+ days at belleayre or a 2 week trip someplace else.
What would you do?

80 days at Belleayre and a 2 week trip....:smile:

 

[4aprice]

The only snow condition I really don't like at all is powder, which is basically all you get out west.

Your reply really shows that you have not been there. True, there are weeks that I have been there when you ski alot of powder. But there have been plenty of weeks that I've been there when no new snow fell. Just like here in the east they do groom many runs. The snow quality is just better out there. Packed powder is better with a much better feel under the ski. The verticals in general are bigger. The lack of humidity makes the air feel warmer and therefore one is more comfortable then you are in the east. As far as powder goes, don't mock what you haven't tried. The snow is generally much drier and much easier to ski then the wetter heavy snow we get on the east coast. I would really reconsider your opinion and take the next opportunity you get to go out there. If your a ski nut you will not regret it.

Alex

Lake Hopatcong, NJ

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

i've never skied out west. I've had the opportunity but always decline, i would hate the western conditions.

lmbfao!!!

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Nah creek is horrible, I've ranted about them to no end around here.

The only snow condition I really don't like at all is powder, which is basically all you get out west. I'd rather go to a place like Killington if I wanted to go to a western-sized resort, instead of spending the money to fly out west for powder skiing.

Most of the time out west it's not powder..it's usually chalky hardpack which skis great, spring snow or packed/tracked powder..untracked powder only happens during and immediately after storms unless you know secret stashes..some racer guys don't care for powder..different strokes for different folks..

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

never skied out west. That's why I'm moving to Bozeman.

When are you moving to Bozeman..I lived there from 2002-2004..PM me if you have any questions about the Bozone..

 

[severine]

i can ski 100+ days at belleayre or a 2 week trip someplace else.
What would you do?

I understand. I'm struggling with that myself right now in considering a trip in the spring back to A-basin. We don't really have any money to spend and it would go so much further here.

 

[4aprice]

80 days at Belleayre and a 2 week trip....:smile:

Got to agree with GSS on that one.

Alex

Lake Hopatcong, NJ

 

[RootDKJ]

Never been out West

 

[wa-loaf]

Utah, Colorado and Cali (south Tahoe). Would love to get to Wyoming. Montana, PNW and BC.

 

[catsup948]

I have lived in the New England most of the my life. I can't live without seasons and the ocean. But I've skied out west.

Taos
Sandia Peak!
Whistler
Copper
Breckenridge
Abasin
Loveland
Heavenly

Being able to destroy an icy groomer is a skill us east coasters cherish!

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Being able to destroy an icy groomer is a skill us east coasters cherish!

Times two..and on hardpack days out west..destroying a 2500-3000 vertical foot fresh groomed soft cordoroy...100 yard wide run hitting mach 8 with the helmet vents whistling and the Ipod bumping is also saweetness..

 

[Geoff]

I'm not 100% sure I can reconstruct this but here it goes:

2007-2008: Mount Baker, Eldora
2006-2007: Monarch, Ski Cooper
2005-2006: Mount Baker, Crested Butte, Monarch
2004-2005: Loveland, Big White, Vail
2003-2004: Whistler, Ski Santa Fe, Taos, Wolf Creek
2002-2003: Whistler, Vail, Breckenridge, Copper
2001-2002: Whistler, Deer Valley, The Canyons, Alta
2000-2001: Whistler, Snowbird, The Canyons
1999-2000: Whistler, Steamboat, Squaw, Heavenly, Sugar Bowl
1998-1999: Whistler twice, Monashee Powder Adventures, Deer Valley, The Canyons, Alta, Steamboat, Squaw, Heavenly (I had 40-something days in the west that year)
1997-1998: Deer Valley, Whistler (exploded my left shoulder)
1996-1997: Snowmass, Whistler
1995-1996: Snowmass, Whistler
1994-1995: Snowmass, Whistler
1993-1994: Snowmass, Whistler
1992-1993: Snowmass, Highlands, Whistler
1991-1992: Snowmass
1990-1991: Snowmass, Whistler
1989-1990: Whistler
1988-1989: Whistler
1987-1988: Whistler
1986-1987: Whistler
1973: Snowbird

My sister moved to Vancouver in 1986 so that's when I first started skiing Whistler regularly. My mom started wintering at Snowmass in 1990 and then moved to Park City in 1997.

 

[crank]

I have skied out west in California, Nevada, Wyoming, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado and interior BC, not to mention West Mountain, NY. and Hunter West.

 

[Andrew Caffrey]

i try to sked a trip with my son every year, or every other year, using FF miles. Money's gonna be tight this yr so I might not be able to pull it off.
i learned out west (vail) in the 80s and though I'm not the world's greatest skier, the west is just .... wow.
last yrs trip was targhee, steady snow 4 days