The 2008-09 Ski trip thread..where are you going???

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

It still mid-summer but now is the perfect time to start putting away money for a mad steezy ski trip this season. Where is everybody planning on going? The three places I'll hit for sure are Blue mountain, Stowe and Jackson Hole. I really want to ski in Utah. I'm thinking about taking 2 weeks off in January and flying to Salt Lake City..renting a Suburu Outback...and hitting a few Utah resorts...then spending a few days at Jackson Hole/Grand Targhee...then driving up to Bozeman MT..and skiing Bridger Bowl/Big Sky/Moonlight basin with my friend Tom. Then maybe more Jackson Hole or Utah based on the snow. That would be a mad steezy ski-fari.

I figure we have about 100 more days until the ski season starts in the East..maybe 80-90 more days until Loveland and A-basin open a white ribbon of death..The days are getting shorter..and pretty soon..we'll be shredding the gnar!!!!

 

[KingM]

I figure we have about 100 more days until the ski season starts in the East..

I think you've spent too much time at high altitude. I count closer to 120 more days.

 

[hardline]

this year it will be good old mountain creek
stowe will b good for about 20 to 30 days. i also would like to do a a stretch of 7 days so i can do some touring around the backside and smuggs/spruce but work dictates that.
then Revelstoke. plus they will have the new lift installed.
in utah i will do powder mountain, snowbasin, and we end up doing a few days at the bird.
i would like to do the tour between all this mountains this year.

 

[dmc]

Hunter pass...

Out west.... hmmmm... Mammoth... Tahoe... JH... Maybe Kicking horse...

I gotta wait to see how the snow falls...

 

[Geoff]

Other'n Chile the last week of August coming back on Labor Day, I have no trips scheduled yet.

 

[powderman]

I don't even know where I'm getting my season pass...

 

[Talisman]

In the West:

North Tahoe for few days follwed by a week at Mammoth.

Montana for some Bridger, Moonlight Basin and Big Sky action.

Locally:

Typical VT with some trips to NH, NY, ME and PQ

 

[hardline]

In the West:

North Tahoe for few days follwed by a week at Mammoth.

Montana for some Bridger, Moonlight Basin and Big Sky action.

Locally:

Typical VT with some trips to NH, NY, ME and PQ

PQ?

 

[deadheadskier]

I've pre-bought tickets for 4 weekends in VT, which is a lot for me. I did zero overnights last year. I simply don't have the vacation time to burn on big trips nor the dough currently. So, if I get those 4 weekends in plus another twenty days spread between my pass at Tenney and a few other places from a discount card, I'll be more than happy. Last year saw 20 days on snow, increasing that total by twenty percent would be great.

 

[severine]

Ideally, I'd like to get back to Abasin next spring. But I'm not sure how realistic that will be between finances and increasing costs for everything. So it's likely the only overnight trip will be to VT next season. I missed out on the trip we planned for Sugarbush/MRG in March so I *really* need to go next season.

 

[Grassi21]

There is a possibility of hitting somewhere in Colorado this winter. Def at least one over-night to VT.

 

[gmcunni]

A couple of years ago I worked it so that i was in Sacramento on business and popped over to Lake Tahoe for some skiing. I'm hoping for something similar this year, hitting a mountain near Denver.

 

[mattchuck2]

I'm thinking about taking 2 weeks off in January and flying to Salt Lake City..renting a Suburu Outback...and hitting a few Utah resorts...then spending a few days at Jackson Hole/Grand Targhee...then driving up to Bozeman MT..and skiing Bridger Bowl/Big Sky/Moonlight basin with my friend Tom. Then maybe more Jackson Hole or Utah based on the snow. That would be a mad steezy ski-fari.

Good luck finding a rental car company that'll let you take a Subie across state borders . . . Now that those things have GPS, you can't just give them the wink and the nod anymore.


As for me, I'm going to hit Stowe in the East, and Summit County out west.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I think you've spent too much time at high altitude. I count closer to 120 more days.

100 days puts us around November 10th which is when Mount Snow opened last year..didn't Sunday River open on Halloween?

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Good luck finding a rental car company that'll let you take a Subie across state borders ..

Is this true??? I thought people sometimes take road trips with rental cars...I find the thing about going over state borders hard to believe. Especially since recent out of town visitors flew into Newark NJ, rented a car and drove here to PA..

 

[deadheadskier]

Is this true??? I thought people sometimes take road trips with rental cars...I find the thing about going over state borders hard to believe. Especially since recent out of town visitors flew into Newark NJ, rented a car and drove here to PA..

I think it depends on the agency. I know when I lived in Ohio, I flew back to New England into Hartford and rented a car for the week. I told the agency I was taking the car to visit friends and family in Mass, ME, NH and VT and they had no issues with it. Only state the vehicle didn't see was RI.

 

[Geoff]

Good luck finding a rental car company that'll let you take a Subie across state borders . . . Now that those things have GPS, you can't just give them the wink and the nod anymore.


As for me, I'm going to hit Stowe in the East, and Summit County out west.

I have a jillion miles in rental cars. Taking it to Mexico? Sure, that's an issue. Crossing state lines? I've never ever heard of that. If it's a 1-way rental, you might pay a hefty drop charge but you can drive wherever you want in the country. I've also never had an issue taking a rental car into Canada. I've rented cars in New Hampshire to buzz the 5 hour / 300 mile drive up to Montreal for business meetings. I've gone from SEA-TAC to Vancouver many times.

I'm completely unplanned for the winter so far. I go out to Vancouver for Christmas at my sister's house and usually grab a few days before the holiday. I have a free place to stay at Whistler and my sister has a Subaru I can usually borrow. I'm unemployed at the moment so it's tough to predict if I'll be able to break free next winter other than the usual every-weekend warrior stuff.

 

[Talisman]

Is this true??? I thought people sometimes take road trips with rental cars...I find the thing about going over state borders hard to believe. Especially since recent out of town visitors flew into Newark NJ, rented a car and drove here to PA..

This has to be the exception with rental car companies. RI has an airport that serves near by MA & CT and most business travelers rent vehicles. When I go to Tahoe and Mammoth I usually fly to Reno and drive to CA.

Now taking a rental car to Mexico is another story.

 

[MRGisevil]

The River in Nov., Whistler in March. Obligatory weekend trips up to MRV after a good dump. Jay maybe.

 

[2knees]

BLUE (balls) baby. i'm going to the home of the grilledsneezesandwich.



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