Ideal ski towns for the future factoring in all issues?

[jimk]

This is an entertaining, but long read about life in an ideal mountain biking and offroading town (Moab):

Life Lessons from a Moab Trailer

What I learned about love, loss, and landscape over two decades of living in a 1961 Artcraft mobile home in the Utah desert

www.outsideonline.com

 

[dblskifanatic]

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This is an entertaining, but long read about life in an ideal mountain biking and offroading town (Moab):

Life Lessons from a Moab Trailer

What I learned about love, loss, and landscape over two decades of living in a 1961 Artcraft mobile home in the Utah desert

www.outsideonline.com

that is a super long read - somewhat all over the place at times

 

[kingslug]

I'll be there in June..I'll let you know.

 

[dblskifanatic]

I'll be there in June..I'll let you know.

Moab is very cool! We went twice last year once in May to hike and drive around and the second time to UTV - surprisingly there were a lot of people there. We rented a RZR 1000. It also was the first place we were able to eat at a restaurant again which was nice,

 

[gladerider]

great read. haven't read anything that long in a while. thanks for sharing.

 

[abc]

Moab is very cool! We went twice last year once in May to hike and drive around and the second time to UTV

How's the weather like in May? Not too hot yet?

 

[kingslug]

We're going to repel off an arch..should be interesting.

 

[bizarrefaith]

I wouldn’t say hotel more like rental cost as you would have to compare it something of similar size and with similar amenities.

Part of the problem is the short-term rental market (on top of other market forces in ski areas) has destroyed the seasonal and long-term rental inventory, which drives more people to buy, further reducing rental inventory. I prefer to rent, and that's what we have done so far, but every year that we are in the market, feels like it gets harder to find a rental.

As far as ideal ski towns, not a "traditional" ski town but I think Littleton is nice in the East. 30 minutes or less from Cannon, Loon, BW. 1 hr from Burke, Wildcat, and the rock pile. 90 minutes from Jay, probably 2 hours or under from Sugarbush, Stowe, MRG. Has a nice little downtown, some decent food, good grocery store but is still affordable.

 

[Edd]

Yeah, Littleton is a big winner in the New England conversation. Sunday River is an easy hit from there also. Western Maine, Northern NH, and northern VT are in play.

 

[jimk]

How's the weather like in May? Not too hot yet?

If I'm not mistaken, day time high temps in May in Moab range from low 80s to high 80s as the month goes on. In June they can average in the 90s. Spring is a peak time in Moab.

 

[crank]

May is good.

 

[dblskifanatic]

How's the weather like in May? Not too hot yet?

We had perfect weather in May 70-80 degrees, very comfortable. Even in Mid June it was beautiful. Funny two weeks after that time it got much hotter.

 

[snoseek]

The closer you get to summer the more you have to time your days. Nights are cool so wake up, ride, eat and chill by the river midday, sunset ride, eat more, sleep. Dead of summer when everyone seems to vacation is not the time to be there. April and early November are my favorite times

 

[crank]

We were the in September and it was high 90s and low 100s. We did most of our riding and hiking at higher altitudes which did take a bit of heat off.

Fiery Furnace in Arches is lower but lots of shade from the canyon walls. Really fun hiking in there. You need to reserve a slot in advance. Not sure why as it was not at all crowded. We say 2 or 3 people. Possible in case you get lost in there?

You gotta eat at the Sunset Grill which overlooks the town. It was built by and was the home of the guy who discovered Uranium out there and has a bit of a museum. Great spot.

For a mellow ride with great views check out Dead Horse Point state park.

 

[snoseek]

We were the in September and it was high 90s and low 100s. We did most of our riding and hiking at higher altitudes which did take a bit of heat off.

Fiery Furnace in Arches is lower but lots of shade from the canyon walls. Really fun hiking in there. You need to reserve a slot in advance. Not sure why as it was not at all crowded. We say 2 or 3 people. Possible in case you get lost in there?

You gotta eat at the Sunset Grill which overlooks the town. It was built by and was the home of the guy who discovered Uranium out there and has a bit of a museum. Great spot.

For a mellow ride with great views check out Dead Horse Point state park.

I agree about dead horses. Its stunning up there and nice low stress spin with jaw dropping views!

Down low I'm a big fan of klondike as it's pretty quiet out there once on the trail and the variety is good.

 

[jimk]

Dead Horse Point, UT, Spring 2019. Hope to get back there again this year.

 

[raisingarizona]

I'm not leaving New York City. But if I were to get a 2nd home, top of my list to choose that's relatively cheap and good skiing would be Reno.

Perhaps because I used to live in California and ski Tahoe. Reno is close enough to day trip to many of the best mountains there. (and if people don't spoil it, I will neglect to mention the closest mountain which is neither Vail nor Alterra).

The vibe is not something anyone would recommend. But with the casinos, there's sufficient level of services that you expect in a "city".

Tahoe has TONS of recreation in the summer. In that regard, it fits the cliché of "come for the winter, stay for the summer".

Tahoe is a total shit show every weekend.

 

[raisingarizona]

I'll be moving out west this fall. Even with all the traffic woes it's tough to beat the skiing options of SLC and you can't beat the housing prices of the area. At this moment I'd like to work at Deer Valley or Sundance to escape the LCC traffic, although Alta/Snowbird has always been the dream. Midweek tho it doesn't seem like its any problem to get up there.

Also looking at Carson City, NV at the moment. 30 minutes to Heavenly and 45 minutes to Northstar. Cash in on those inflated CA wages.

I wouldn't touch Colorado with a ten foot pole. My understanding is that I-70 traffic makes LCC/BCC look like a Sunday drive. I70 sounds like it's a crapshow every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. And there's no real way to improve it. LCC/BCC from my 2,000 mile away view is only a true problem on powder day weekends. I monitor the traffic from here near-daily, and at least it seems while volume is up on the weekends even when it's dry you're not going to be sitting for hours and hours. @thetrailboss

I hear good things about Bend and Bozeman.

Bend and Bozeman have both grown so much that hardly anyone can afford to live there any longer.

 

[ss20]

Bend and Bozeman have both grown so much that hardly anyone can afford to live there any longer.

Wow quoting my post from early in my living search! So far the traffic going to/from Alta each day has been fine, even the couple of days they've ran out of parking so far. The bus is reliable and the mountain actually pays us to carpool with other employees.

 

[ss20]

I'm also looking more and more at Lake Tahoe in the near-distant future. I personally believe California it's self has become a bubble that is working on bursting its self. The mass exodus may take some time but it has certainly begun. For ha-ha's I looked/found a couple of studio apartments around Lake Tahoe for around $1,500 a month. Crazy expensive? Sure. Less than I was thinking they'd be...and just the fact they're available too. That does not exist in Jackson or Aspen or even Park City.