If you could pick up and move.....

[skiNEwhere]

.....no strings attached, where would you go?

Even though it's $2,000 a year for a season pass in aspen, I'd move there. I'd have to ignore the fact that the cheapest home in aspen is $600,000, and that's for a trailer :lol:

 

[abc]

Switzerland.

 

[JDMRoma]

And still have a Job ? Steamboat........Im Gone !

 

[Puck it]

Jackson Hole

 

[St. Bear]

Bozeman, MT.

 

[Cannonball]

That's a tough one. Many of the 'strings' I have I wouldn't really want to detach. Such as my wife, my job, my family, my friends, etc. And some of those play into the location. For example I love my job and it's very hard to find marine ecology jobs in the Rockies! So factoring in all of the strings that I choose to attach my answer is New England. Which is why I'm here.

 

[VTKilarney]

Ever since I watched the Sochi Olympics, I've been fascinated with the idea of a relatively warm-weather location with skiing very nearby. That would be my ideal location. I'm not convinced that the skiing in Sochi is that good, especially when you read articles about the efforts the Russians took to make sure that there was snow for the Olympics. And let's not forget that the city of Sochi itself may not be such a great place to live.

But that's my holy grail. Winter temps in the 50's with decent skiing 45 minutes or less away.

 

[abc]

That's a tough one. Many of the 'strings' I have I wouldn't really want to detach. Such as my wife, my job, my family, my friends, etc. And some of those play into the location. For example I love my job and it's very hard to find marine ecology jobs in the Rockies! So factoring in all of the strings that I choose to attach my answer is New England. Which is why I'm here.

Exactly!

I won't leave New York City because I love the opera and Broadway show. Nor for that matter, the ocean! So forget about the Rockies!

But "pick up and leave" is a sort of dreamy spur of the moment thought thing. So just for skiing, I'd move to Europe because I've skied there a bit but want to spend a whole lot more time there.

So in the long term, I'd stay exactly where I'm right now. (can't you tell I'm happy as a clam?) But I could consider the possibility of "pick up and leave" to spend a few years somewhere else.

 

[abc]

But that's my holy grail. Winter temps in the 50's with decent skiing 45 minutes or less away.

Vancouver is pretty close to that ideal

 

[hammer]

Ever since I watched the Sochi Olympics, I've been fascinated with the idea of a relatively warm-weather location with skiing very nearby. That would be my ideal location. I'm not convinced that the skiing in Sochi is that good, especially when you read articles about the efforts the Russians took to make sure that there was snow for the Olympics. And let's not forget that the city of Sochi itself may not such a great place to live.

But that's my holy grail. Winter temps in the 50's with decent skiing 45 minutes or less away.

Not sure how close Sacramento is to that but I lived there for a few years and couldn't wait to get back to New England. That was before I took up skiing, however...

 

[Bostonian]

I would have to pick right here, just with a bigger house and millions to blow. Here's why:

1. I LOVE New England. How can you not love having both summer and winter, ocean and mountains?

2. Family - My family is here, my friends are here, and my community (the jewish one is here). While I would love to say live in Israel (Tzfat), there isn't enough skiing (sans the Hermon).

3. Classic New England Skiing - I mean how can you not love places like Magic, Mad River Glen, Wildcat, Gunstock, Jay, and etc... To me there is something special about these places. I may not be a very good skier, but I do like pushing myself. Plus I always hear the old saying - If you can ski here, you can ski anywhere.

So.... if I could live anywhere here New England, it would have to be on the ocean in Rockport.

 

[wa-loaf]

I missed out on a job with the Vail Daily in the late 90's. Always wonder what I'd be doing now if I had made the move up there.

 

[skiNEwhere]

If you can ski here, you can ski anywhere.

That's how I originally came up with my AZ handle

 

[ScottySkis]

If i could fly back and worth to see family and unlmited i hVe to sayCo. Now

 

[SIKSKIER]

But that's my holy grail. Winter temps in the 50's with decent skiing 45 minutes or less away.

Southern California.Big Bear etc.

 

[Puck it]

Southern California.Big Bear etc.

Possilby Reno or Las Vegas, but they can get cold at times

 

[Abubob]

If there were truly no strings attached I could not settle in one place. I'd explore everywhere. California, Colorado, Alaska, Alberta, Idaho! Nobody talks about Idaho but there's tons of places to ski there. I could spend several life times traveling to different places to ski all over the world and not hit them all. And once I did ski them all and I went back to the first - it would be like getting to the end of your favorite TV series then going back and watching the first episode - its like you were never there. There is no ONE place I could settle on...

or

Montana.

 

[VTKilarney]

1. I LOVE New England. How can you not love having both summer and winter, ocean and mountains?

Quoted for truth. I would also add proximity to amazing cities to that list.

 

[skiNEwhere]

Southern California.Big Bear etc.

I lived in SoCal for 5 years. If it's just about the skiing, it's glorified east coast skiing at best, minus big powder days. The terrain is not terribly difficult either. Only plus would be that you're anywhere from 5-7 hours from mammoth which is the closest to real skiing in my book, or if you're into terrain parks there are a ton at big bear, which is essentially one giant terrain park.

 

[Smellytele]

Actually met a retired couple back in the mid to late 90's at Vail. They had sold their home and traveled around in a motor home. They mentioned that they would travel around skiing in the winter and would spend summers at the ocean up and down both coasts. I wouldn't mind doing something like this. Being right where I wanted to be right when I wanted to be.