anyone ever been out to the utah/colorado area to snow ski or snow board? i'm looking for the best bang for my buck. the longest rides, longest hours of operation, cheapest deals, places to avoid...whatever. i am just trying to get some ideas together for a trip and would love to head out to that region. any suggestions??

12/3/2009 11:25:20 AM

Copper Mountain was good. Breckenridge of course is good.

Salt Lake City was beautiful but i didnt like the mountain that much

12/3/2009 11:27:01 AM

A-Basin is my favorite in Colorado

12/3/2009 11:28:02 AM

if only there was a thread on skiing and snowboarding!

12/3/2009 11:28:55 AM

if cheap is a priority go mid-late december (before christmas) or spring. The conditions will not be as good, but it will be much cheaper and still immeasurably better than any skiing you'll do on the east coast, even in peak season.

[Edited on December 3, 2009 at 11:33 AM. Reason : .]

12/3/2009 11:32:14 AM

no

12/3/2009 11:32:49 AM

i went to whistler in april and it still snowed but we got the post season deals

i'm sure they will have deals this year but maybe not as great because of the olympics - it will probably be a popular spot even in the late season

but you can get really great deals late in the season and the conditions aren't even sub par.

12/3/2009 11:33:51 AM

Don't waste your time and money going out West

It's a common misconception that the best skiing it out there, but in reality, is places like Sugar Mountain and Catalooche where you'll find the best powder

12/3/2009 11:35:24 AM

wat

12/3/2009 11:36:12 AM

he's joking

12/3/2009 11:37:24 AM

^^^ lololololol

I've been to Tahoe a bunch. It's 50/50 what you get. Sierra Slush a lot off peak. I LOVE being able to ski all day, go to a free happy hour and gamble at night. So much fun and it's a really great area.

I've heard that Jackson Hole consistently gets the best powder but it is REALLY expensive.

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"Salt Lake City was beautiful but i didnt like the mountain that much"

Where did you go? Park City looked gorgeous but I've only ever been in summer.

[Edited on December 3, 2009 at 11:39 AM. Reason : x]

12/3/2009 11:37:40 AM

http://www.thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=579900

12/3/2009 11:39:26 AM

i normally do an annual trip to snowshoe...where we can ski for 3 days, lodge, rent boards/skiis, eat---everything, for $500-600 a person. i was just interested to see if i could do about the same price or a few hundred more by going out west AND having just as good of a time. in other words, would it be worth it to pay more for the western snow.

12/3/2009 11:41:12 AM

basically the only difference in cost is airfare.

so, yes, worth it.

12/3/2009 11:42:18 AM

If you go somewhere in Colorado, try to fly directly to Eagle after you land in Denver

Beats the hell out of taking the winding 2 hour van ride up the mountain, and its only marginally more expensive

12/3/2009 11:45:15 AM

snowbird

12/3/2009 11:52:23 AM

geez $500 - $600 a person at snowshoe?

are you going over like new years or christmas or something? its never been that expensive when i've been.

i guess i don't know how much it costs to rent stuff so maybe i'm not factoring that in.

12/3/2009 11:53:58 AM

well, three days of lodging is about $170 a person, the lift tickets for three days is about $180 a person, renting boards is probably like $130, gas is like $30 or so, food is another $50...it just seems to add up around 500-600 bucks after its all over. we go around the first weekend of February.

12/3/2009 12:00:48 PM

I spend as much on liquor as lift tickets it seems

I'm usually a Skyy guy, but when I'm on the slopes its Goose/Ketel all the way

12/3/2009 12:03:00 PM