A-basin?

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Yeah the website is kinda shady about it though. It says "no official word on opening yet, but TENTATIVE opening is October 21". That is two days away-why can't they just tell us already?

Oct 20 2005 1:51AM

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cool, cool the 21st. will they have any boxes set up like loveland does?

Oct 20 2005 10:41AM

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I'm sure they'll have a few.

Oct 20 2005 10:49AM

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It says they aren't opening on Friday now

Oct 20 2005 11:11AM

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They aren't. I was considering not posting that and seeing how many people actually showed up there tomorrow, but I'm in a nice guy mood today.

Oct 20 2005 12:32PM

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haha they'll be open friday and there will be around 5 rails/boxes

Oct 20 2005 12:45PM

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They will not be open Friday.

Oct 20 2005 1:11PM

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So so gay! They could have said a week ago that they weren't going to be open, but NO. Faggots.

Oct 20 2005 4:29PM

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scottydupotty

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so their not now?
whats the deal

Oct 20 2005 4:52PM

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all I know is im skiing SOMEWHERE next week. If Basin isnt up by then, I'll probably hit up loveland.

Oct 20 2005 6:23PM

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scottydupotty

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yeah, im headin up to my condo in dillon. it'd b a pain in the ass makin 2 trips over or under lovland pass everyday

Oct 20 2005 6:46PM

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Mike.Records

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no kevo they could not say it a week ago. Fool. See snowmaking is dependent on weather. If it is not cold enough they cant make snow. And natural snowfall is awefully hard to predict a week in advance. Thats why they wait.

Oct 21 2005 12:21AM

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are they gonna be open for Sat?

Oct 21 2005 1:37AM

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alright, but they could have said on wednesday that they were or weren't but intstead they waited untill the day before. They didn't even update the conditions.

Oct 21 2005 3:24AM

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im sorry they wont, or they'd be open at this moment, and they're not

Oct 21 2005 10:04AM

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probably because they dont need that much snow....and they're waiting for the weather to just drop enough...plus abasin is lazy as hell u cant blame them

Oct 21 2005 10:05AM

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They lost power for 48 hours and couldn't blow any snow...this is why they aren't opening today.

Oct 21 2005 10:40AM

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^ah..not saturday now either...supposedly sunday, but i doubt it

Oct 21 2005 3:08PM

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grskier

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Yeah, it sounds like Sunday, but depends on the whole snowmaking thing I'm guessing.

Oct 21 2005 8:05PM

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rodenski5

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"A-Basin will open Sunday, October 23, 2005 for the 2005-06 ski season. Exhibition lift will open at 8:30 a.m. See you then." - arapahoebasin.com

woooo I'm there for sure

Oct 22 2005 4:20PM

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grskier

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Word, just saw that, I'm psyched

Oct 22 2005 4:27PM

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fuck that, there will be at least half a million people there.

Oct 22 2005 6:15PM

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coordy12

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just sing up for palis pitch, the email thing and that lets you know their shit

Oct 23 2005 2:42PM

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ThePoopSock

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so do they have any rails or boxes set up like loveland has????

Oct 23 2005 3:10PM

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rodenski5

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They have a ride-on up-flat box and a flat box. The lift line was about 20 minutes long and there were probably 30 people hiking the boxes. It was fun though, lot of skiers throwing down.

Oct 23 2005 6:17PM

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doGelyst

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sweet, im definitely there sometime later this week.

Oct 23 2005 7:54PM

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ThePoopSock

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are the boxes hikable from the base so u dont have to buy a lift ticket??

Oct 23 2005 8:06PM

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Yeah I was backpacking in Romo and got a text message as I got out of the backcountry at 9 am this morning saying that they were going to be open. i was at A Basin by a little after 12 and I got in about 6 runs. It was crowded, but all in all, better than expected for opening day. I was in the singles line all day and had at most a 15 minute wait. Most of the time it was more like 5-8 minutes.

Oct 23 2005 9:30PM

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first run of the day, no lift line, chair number 38.

Oct 23 2005 9:35PM

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SkierJulie

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unlike Parker, i got there at around 11 and waited on the long-ass lift line. then i hiked the park until closing and basically had a fantastical day!!!!! yahoo for ski season.

Oct 23 2005 10:00PM

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Andy-Fair

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yeah
skiing

Oct 23 2005 11:28PM

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rodenski5

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Its possible...a few people did it but its quite a hike. Its about halfway up the run.

Oct 23 2005 11:52PM

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1-pippin

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who do you think will have a better park next weekend, loveland or a-basin? im getting kinda tired of doing the same boxes at loveland for 3 days.

Oct 24 2005 1:01AM

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i'm going on saturday - hopefully they'll have some real rails by then?

Oct 25 2005 12:55AM

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keep us updated, i dont think i'll head up for a bit, untill they get some more interesting stuff; unless someone wants to give me a ride, minus gas money, and possibly buy me lunch.

Oct 25 2005 1:01AM

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^ haha if you can bring some hookers to give us head on the lift i'd say yes...

Oct 25 2005 1:06AM

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i'll look into that

Oct 25 2005 9:00AM

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doGelyst

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i am there tomorrow, booyaka

Oct 28 2005 2:25PM

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co_rider

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I was up today they setup some new rails. Now they have the old flat box setup so its slightly up, the old up flat rideon, a new taller longer flat box, and a downrail

Oct 28 2005 7:53PM

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^ sweet thx for the update, i was about to go to loveland. i'll be up there tomorrow at opening.

Oct 28 2005 9:30PM

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same setup - 2 flat boxes / a tiny up-flat box and about a 15ft down rail. there all setup really good tho, just hit them in the morning before it gets crowded. they also opened another run.

Oct 29 2005 7:22PM

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