BenedictGomez
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The only major Utah resort I've never skied at, and ironically the only major Utah resort I can literally see from my backyard. I really need to strive to ski there at least once this season somehow.
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Planned trips for 24-25
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BenedictGomez
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Jupiter Peak practically is the Cottonwoods anyway. Given how evil Vail is, I'm surprised all "official snow measurements" don't take place from up there.
You have to fix that. Brighton is a ton of fun on a storm day. It has some of the best low angle tree skiing in the country and I thought it was very easy to ski back and forth from Solitude.
4aprice
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I look forward to hitting Vail and exploring it much more fully. I also only have limited time at Beaver Creek and need to explore it as well. (My belief is the wife will love BC) .
My son has hit Vail Village several times in the summer and has said it was nice and has some fun places to hang and eat. Like I said Aspen is A number 1 to me but we have also gotten to Breck several times to wander the streets and we enjoyed that. Ski towns are like shore towns here in NJ in that everyone has their favorites. Looking forward to getting to getting to several like Crested Butte, Telluride, Durango and one kind of off the grid town Red River, New Mexico.
Our little off the grid ski town of Granby is a little more rural (smaller ski area, smaller town) and laid back and I am liking it more and more. Best of all its with in 2 hours of 9 majors so the likely hood of getting bored is small.
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4aprice
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Brighton is very entertaining. The areas off Snake Creek and Crest are full of trees and great during storms. There are also some nice areas on the far right side of Millicent lift too. Think you will enjoy it BG.
You have some work to do then! I actually prefer skiing Beaver Creek to Vail. The mountain/village is much more manageable and easier to navigate. BC is known for it's perfect groomers but the resort also has tons of moguled runs and lots of great on and off the map tree skiing as well if that is your thing. Vail does have the upper hand on restaurants though.
On another note, Santa Fe is technically a ski town in New Mexico (atleast in my book) and a town to add to the list on your way to Red River if you have never been. People dont think of it as a ski town but Ski Santa Fe is only 30 minutes from the downtown. The architecture alone makes Santa Fe a really neat visit.
Crested Butte has a great main street that feels like a mini Park City to me, but you'll have a hard time toping Aspen. Park City and Aspen are my two favorite ski towns in the US.
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Just booked ski trip. Flying into Kalispell MT, flying back out of Calgary.
Plan on skiing
Two days at Whitefish
Two days at Fernie
Three days at Panorama
Plan on skiing
Two days at Whitefish
Two days at Fernie
Three days at Panorama
Smellytele
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My wife did not like Beaver Creek. Multiple lifts to ski the vertical or ski pods with really only a few trails per pod. Didn’t like take long bus ride to and from the parking.
Also the cookies at the end of the day really weren’t that great.
Brought her there thinking she would like it but I was wrong.
Also the cookies at the end of the day really weren’t that great.
Brought her there thinking she would like it but I was wrong.
machski
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The only part of BC I enjoyed was Grouse, but you have to like non-stop moguls to last there. They do have some decent steeps, but the catch line and runout plus 2 lift ride back up grew old for the length of the steep lines to begin with.
At Beaver Creek I stick primarily to the Centennial, Birds of Prey, and Grouse Mountain lifts. The majority of the best terrain is off those lifts and all three can be strung together pretty easily. I think the marked and unmarked glades accessible from those lifts are very good.
The most challenging terrain at Beaver Creek are the Upper and Lower Stone Creek Chutes which have a nice pitch but the vert is short, the run out stinks, and the lift return to lap is annoying. I've skipped skiing them entirely on the last two trips.
The most challenging terrain at Beaver Creek are the Upper and Lower Stone Creek Chutes which have a nice pitch but the vert is short, the run out stinks, and the lift return to lap is annoying. I've skipped skiing them entirely on the last two trips.
Smellytele
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I did like the stone creek chutes but it takes 2 lifts to ski them.
An old Killington ski share house mate moved to Granby a few years back when he retired.
Grand Targhee for sure. I’d like to hit some smaller places as well, but I will be doing the usual suspects most of the year.
Hawk
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One of my best friends took a job as a contoler with Vail and lived in Beaver at the bottom of the BC access road. He filled us in on everything. You tell the security at the bottom of the road that you are just going up to shop in the village for an hour and they will let you up to park in the garage. That is what we did. Also it snowed a bit and my freind took me and my wife all over the fringe areas for some great skiing. We ended the day with some of his work friends having cocktails over looking the skating rink. Nice day for us and the only time I have skied there so my perspecive is somewhat skewed.
jimk
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Re Beaver Creek and Vail: They are a heck of a combo of ski areas if you can afford to visit the area. There were several years in the recent past when I had an Epic Pass, last time 2020. Consequently, I visited Beaver Creek and Vail occasionally. BC had one nice advantage over Vail that I utilized 2 or 3 times over the years. It was relatively cheap lodging at the Comfort Inn in Avon. This motel was renovated in 2009 and was pretty nice, although it gets a lot of traffic and might be more beat up since my last visit. Free breakfast and also free bus stop outside the door to the BC ski slopes. It's also not a bad walk (1/3 mile?) from BC's Riverfront Gondola base loading station. A fair amount of dining and shopping options are located nearby this motel too.
Another lodging tip for those interested in skiing both BC and Vail on the same trip, consider staying in Minturn, CO. It's about halfway between the two and there is a county bus system you can ride to get to either for fairly cheap, real cheap for seniors. I stayed in Minturn in the now defunct old Turntable Motel for two weeks in 2015 (for $350 per week). I haven't been back there since, but understand there is a new hostel in Minturn called The Bunkhouse that might be a good deal.
Another lodging tip for those interested in skiing both BC and Vail on the same trip, consider staying in Minturn, CO. It's about halfway between the two and there is a county bus system you can ride to get to either for fairly cheap, real cheap for seniors. I stayed in Minturn in the now defunct old Turntable Motel for two weeks in 2015 (for $350 per week). I haven't been back there since, but understand there is a new hostel in Minturn called The Bunkhouse that might be a good deal.
Cat in January
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10 days Roger’s Pass with 4 nights Asulkan Hut end of February. Two and a half weeks in Switzerland early March. Five days at Mines Hut chic chocs early April. Rooming Indy resorts New England and touring before and between trips. Being retired and not tied to a second home is very nice.
Hawk
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I don't know. Being retired and having a second home in the center of VT will also be nice for us. We have a community of retired friends to fill the spaces in between.
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Those trips are all with friends. If I had a second home, would Still go to the chic chocs, but very likely not flying around.
Almost there. One maybe two years max...
Hawk
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No I totally understand your meathods. All good and sounds really fun.
I guess what I am saying is that because of my afiliation with Ski houses at a home mountain or my second home, I have developed relationships with tons of really cool people and also relationships with many businesses and resturaunts. It really is something that is hard to do when you are a nomad. My result is free lodging and sometimes reduced or even free skiing at many places. Palasades/Alpine, Big Sky, Revelstoke, Whistler, Big and Little Cottonwood, Aspen and Teluride are now places that I do not pay to lodge because of the friends that always call and say, "when are you coming out." Just passing along some good advice for the yonger types that are in that stage of building relationships. I would say ALWAYS get involved with a ski house growing up. You will never regret it.
I guess what I am saying is that because of my afiliation with Ski houses at a home mountain or my second home, I have developed relationships with tons of really cool people and also relationships with many businesses and resturaunts. It really is something that is hard to do when you are a nomad. My result is free lodging and sometimes reduced or even free skiing at many places. Palasades/Alpine, Big Sky, Revelstoke, Whistler, Big and Little Cottonwood, Aspen and Teluride are now places that I do not pay to lodge because of the friends that always call and say, "when are you coming out." Just passing along some good advice for the yonger types that are in that stage of building relationships. I would say ALWAYS get involved with a ski house growing up. You will never regret it.