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Any thoughts on Whitefish Montana?

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armada1652
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Some friends and I are planning a Ski vaca this winter and Whitefish came up in the discussion. Anyone have any thoughts or tips or anything to say about Whitefish. If you dont feel that Whitefish is coo or wouldnt be fun for some midwestern college kids to hit up durring winter break where do you think we should hit up. We have been to Breckenridge, Steamboat, and Jackson Hole already. Any thoughts would be coo, thanks.
Oct 5 2007 3:37PM
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liukangkid
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coo
Oct 5 2007 4:11PM
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DannyMac
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no doubt
Oct 5 2007 4:55PM
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BRMN
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UTAH numb nuts!!

Oct 5 2007 5:27PM
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Klick_2_klaim
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Its montana... old time fun man. Good shred, and real good burgers and beers!
Oct 5 2007 6:18PM
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Caveman.
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i live 3 hours from there definately fun mountain. a little behind on their park with good shreds around the mountain. It is never crowded and if you hit it on a pow day it will be epic!
Oct 5 2007 6:33PM
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dowalibeast
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heck yeah man i'm from whitefish it's a fun town for sure (especially if you're twenty one)
"whitefish mountain resort" is always fun whether it's a powder day or just a mess around day. the park is definitely behind as someone said but you can ski the back side all day and never get bored. let me know if you end up going i'll be home in december and january.
Oct 5 2007 6:35PM
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Fintendo
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What's this "whitefish mountain resort"? The only place to ski in Whitefish is Big Mountain.
Oct 5 2007 6:42PM
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Bumbleton
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they changed their name to whitefish mountain resort this year, im not really sure why thoug

Oct 5 2007 6:49PM
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Aenigma
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Big Mountain (or Whitefish Mountain Resort if you're classy) is a fun place for sure.  I LOVE the tree skiing there, but their park is probably not something worth traveling for.  But back to the trees.  They tend to get a lot of fog up there, which turns a lot of people off.  However, if you're back in the woods the visibility is fine, there's no people, and it takes forever to get tracked up.  I usually only make it up there a few days a year, but I'm always amazed at how much fun you can have with all the little hits, snow ghosts, and whatever else you find.  Overall, I wouldn't say it's a "must ski" mountain, but you shouldn't be disappointed.  If you're in that area also check out Fernie.
Oct 5 2007 7:09PM
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Literature
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As a Big Mtn local, I would tell you that you will have a ball, and that they are supposed to be stepping their park game up a bit this year, though it may not come through. Regardless, there is always something fun to do at Big Mtn. Let me know when you come out.
Oct 5 2007 9:03PM
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@iles
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big mountain is so dank. hit it up
Oct 5 2007 9:05PM
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dowalibeast
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hence the quotes
Oct 5 2007 9:45PM
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mophead
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I live in Whitefish and its a kickass town. Even though our ski resort is now under some deuchebag management, the mountain is awesome. We just got a brand new 6 man high speed chair installed, and hopefully our park is not gonna be as shitty as it was in previous years.


Oct 5 2007 10:25PM
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Rez4frederick
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Definately go there, its worth checking out for sure.  It does have some of the best tree skiing ever and alot of powder/cliffs/natural features/safe backcountry
I live near Whitefish.
Im pretty sure the park is going to be alot better this year too.
Oct 5 2007 11:34PM
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switch_9
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whitefish is dope. the town is super chill and theres a lot of good places to eat. As for the mountain, it kicks ass. you can't beat the powder when its good. the park this year is probably going to be better with jumps hopefully larger than 20 feet for once. but if you come up, don't come up for the park because the powder days are gonna be where the fun is at.
Oct 6 2007 12:58AM
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armada1652
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Thanks for the help guys. My friends and I wont be comin up for the park, we can ski some of that here. I was just wondering about the all-around mountain and it sounds sick. Pow is the only think I look for when  we travel out west. Sounds like ill be headin out that way in Jan thanks.
Oct 6 2007 2:10PM
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dowalibeast
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hit me up when you come out.
Oct 6 2007 2:32PM
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j.blasko
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ive stayed in the condos in the village and they r definitely fun
Oct 6 2007 7:38PM
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Mykel
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Yeah, I agree with him.  Plus the condos don't require a solid foundation in the english language and grammar.
Oct 7 2007 3:54AM
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armada1652
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Ight one more question. Where would you rather go Big Sky or Whitefish I have been to Big Sky twice a few years ago but never to Whitefish. Where should I check out?
Oct 7 2007 4:32PM
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Aenigma
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Depends on what you're into.  Big Sky has huge terrain, big lines, and once in a blue moon they'll have some good tables in the park.  Big Mountain has ridiculously good tree skiing, lots of cliffs, and (in my opinion) better snow quality.  It's also cheaper by a long shot. 
Oct 8 2007 11:01PM
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GotamaBCshredder
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go to bozeman man, then you ahve big sky, bridger, and moonlight all right there. You get to pick the best snow and different terrain
Oct 9 2007 1:33AM
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i went to big mtn on a rare perfect sunny day....i was in sheer ecstacy. the snowghosts are so fun to jib
Oct 9 2007 12:45PM
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Fintendo
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Where are the new chairs going in?
Oct 9 2007 1:02PM
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armada1652
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Ight so during talks about our trip Fernie BC came up any thoughts on that over whitefish would be sick.
Oct 10 2007 2:24AM
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Literature
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Fernie is either sunny with pow or fogged in in a raining. Late season they have a kick ass park too. Definitely worth checking out though.
Oct 10 2007 4:30AM
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dowalibeast
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the new chair one is going to start where chair six did and go up to the top. the old chair one (the quad) will be moved to chair two.
Oct 10 2007 1:35PM
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bjornski7
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i'm from whitefish, and i agree with all these guys that big mtn is ill, no matter what kind of day you get. but some friends (including dowalibeast) and I went up to Fernie this past winter and had two epic epic days.  great powder, all day long, both days.  but, i have heard that if there isn't pow, then because of the mountains orientation it gets really icy.  so i would say hit up the big (mountain), where you're guaranteed to have a good time.
Oct 11 2007 11:21AM
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dowalibeast
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bitch please i wasn't with you guys in fernie.
Oct 11 2007 2:33PM
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bjornski7
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ahh, shit, i forgot, sorry dwall, you weren't cool enough for that trip
Oct 12 2007 4:33PM
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R.I.P.~Anthony
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also, if u blaze then BIG MOUNTAIN has some pretty tight shacks to visit (just be polite and ask around with the locals)
Oct 14 2007 7:33PM
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Slinger1x1
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sorry for the bump

How is the snow over christmas? Unfortunately, I cannot really go away in February or spring break so christmas is all i got.
Jul 8 2010 7:33PM
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Lithoidfilms
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and for the people sayig big mtn was behind in park, they were right but that was in 07, now the park is getting pretty respectable.
Jul 9 2010 6:08PM
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difaded
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