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Best resort near by denver???

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Emperoryder
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Which is the best resort to go to near denver???
Or should I just ask, the best resort to go to in the West
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Oct 13 2005 10:29PM
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STAUSS
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you have to drive like 2 or 3 hours from denver to get to a ski mtn. id just got to SLC or whistler ... silverton is too far away.
Oct 13 2005 10:31PM
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iggyskier
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go touring Berthoud Pass.

If I had to go somewhere in the front range, and money wasn't an issue, I would go to Vail. best mix of terrain and park. Nice weather and snow then break, some cool steep lines if you know where to go, and there is always powder in the trees. Just go exploring. On powder days it is one of the best resort to be at.


In all the west coast...there are tons. Utah is hard to beat though. Alta/Snowbird are awesome. Snowbasin has dope terrain and no crowds.

Thinking about this all you should be more specific, like park, parties, town, terrain, etc, because they all are good at different things...
Oct 13 2005 10:45PM
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casimiro
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drive to crsted butte for some good big mountain, its not close but cool, or like ^ he said berthod, or breck if your a park rat.
Oct 13 2005 11:25PM
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Westsideskier
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if you like the bumps definaatly hit up Mary Jane, if you like the park got to Keystone and if you like all Mountain go to VAil
Oct 13 2005 11:26PM
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Big_Willy
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There are no front range ski resorts.
Oct 13 2005 11:30PM
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3ski6guy0
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most resorts are 1.5 or less hours, depending on how fast you drive, from denver. breck, keystone, vail, copper, winterpark, abasin. theres a lot of good ones
Oct 13 2005 11:52PM
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thatoneguyattyrol
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guys answer his question.....

the best resort CLOSEST to denver is winter park.

www.snowcoupons.com
Oct 14 2005 12:10AM
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Ice-Is-Scary
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yeah good groomers/bumps there, tolerable park, I'd just make the drive to copper though if I had to.
Oct 14 2005 12:13AM
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Jeff_Lo
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dude wat are you talking about! i live an hour south of denver and get to most resorts in summit, or vail in 2 and a half hours...
Oct 14 2005 12:18AM
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troublemakerCO
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Eldora is on the front range and tho its a little piece of shit to us spoiled CO skiers, it seems like paradise to someone from the east side.

ne way, the best resort 'close' to denver is definetly vail, but for practicallity, winter park/jane no q.

steamboat is the closet, 'far', resort if that makes ne sense at all
Oct 14 2005 12:28AM
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1-pippin
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yeah from fort collins we can get to loveland in about 1 hour 30 min's and thats going through denver, leaving from denver would take about an hour to get to places like copper and stuff.
Oct 14 2005 1:13AM
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thatoneguyattyrol
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i really like winter parks park actually

not huge jumps, but you get five in one run. 20-70 each one bigger than the last.

www.snowcoupons.com
Oct 14 2005 1:15AM
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Phrosty
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it depends what kind of stuff you like to ski.
Oct 14 2005 1:18AM
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bmxican_89
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dude what are you talking about? ive gotten to keystone in an hour WITHOUT SPEEDING.
Oct 14 2005 1:58AM
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Emperoryder
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Do I-70 get blocked often during winter season by snow storms???
Oct 14 2005 2:29AM
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Emperoryder
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Change of subject a little, are there any good ski resorts near by colorado springs???
Oct 14 2005 2:31AM
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Phrosty
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no not really, it doesn't snow that much. as you drive to the ski areas you'll probably wonder where all the snow is.
Oct 14 2005 3:08AM
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Sloth
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WHistler... lol
Oct 14 2005 7:15AM
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troublemakerCO
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every1 from co springs always hits breck
Oct 16 2005 1:58AM
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Kevo
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2-3 hours...uh no...more like an hour or a little more. Vail is officially 100 miles from Denver. I know this, because I was there today and there was a big sign that said so. All the other resorts along I-70 besides Beaver Creek are closer. Loveland, A Basin, Keystone, Breck and Copper aren't that far at all. You can get to Keystone from Denver in a hour if you drive fast enough, an hour and a half tops if weather is good. DIA is a little east of the city, but it still doesn't add that much to the trip. SLC resorts are closer though- like literally 45 minutes from the airport, but I like living in CO, it works just fine for me.
Oct 16 2005 3:20AM
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Emperoryder
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Yeah, I was thinking bout lodging at the resort, but its gonna be too much money. I have a place to stay in colorado springs, so I'm thinking of driving back and forth to prob. keystone, breck, abasin since its the closest. Trying to set something up my winter break.
Oct 16 2005 3:30AM
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Kevo
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Dude Springs is pretty far away from the resorts. Have fun with that.
Oct 18 2005 1:09PM
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Emperoryder
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Yeah, not doing that. Found hostel places in keystone, frisco, and breck. So I'll just stay in one of those places.
Oct 18 2005 3:52PM
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CapnPlamo
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Just ski Eldora...it rules.
Oct 18 2005 3:59PM
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Emperoryder
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Never heard of Eldora, where is that???
Oct 18 2005 5:18PM
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iggyskier
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don't worry about eldora. Hes just messing with you.....

Basically it is a crappy little area 30 minutes outside of Boulder. It is nice becuase....it is only 30 minutes outside of Boulder. Other than that it sucks.
Oct 18 2005 6:18PM
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