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Skiing near LA

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LineBoarder
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whats the closest mountains, driving distance wise?
Nov 2 2007 1:27PM
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PacificRimJob
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Mt High and Baldy are the closest.

Summit and Big Bear are a little further. Depends what part of LA area you live in as well...
Nov 2 2007 3:15PM
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alpineplease
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big bear: 2 hours from LAX
mammoth: 6 hours from LAX
Nov 2 2007 4:13PM
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EClay46
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mt high: 1.5 hrs from LAX
93 miles
Nov 3 2007 10:33PM
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PacificRimJob
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jeez.. mapquest?
Nov 4 2007 5:19AM
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johanblaze
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There is no way it only take 1.5 hours to get from LAX to Mountain High. No way in hell.

Nowhere around LA is worth skiing at. Go surf, but in LA County please. Ventura is cold and full of sharks.
Nov 6 2007 11:27PM
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PacificRimJob
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I beg to differ man... I have had some pretty sweet times at Baldy when the snow is good. Bear aint half bad either... High is... meh. not that gnarly, but they have some good park stuff. and the night setup is sweet as hell. Same with Summit. Not that gnarly, but good park shit.

Nov 7 2007 2:49AM
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LineBoarder
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ya well id be movin from the east coast, so any of those mountains would be better than most of the shit we have here.... mt high doesnt look to bad, looks like they got a good park from the pics
Nov 7 2007 9:39AM
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PacificRimJob
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Yeah, they have some pretty cool park.

The main problem with Socal resorts is the lack of snow they are getting these days. I'm hoping for a good year though... last season was so horrible.
Nov 7 2007 4:25PM
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vzdz
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LOL yeah just don't surf at all the ocean is full of dead bodies from shark attacks.
Nov 7 2007 4:49PM
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LineBoarder
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haha, damn , is there really that many shark attacks in LA beaches? and why?
Nov 7 2007 4:55PM
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PacificRimJob
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Your chances of getting bit by a shark are lower than being in an airplane crash...

Nov 7 2007 7:31PM
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RRhighrider
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if you ever need someone to ride with hit me up i will mostly  ride at mt high mon and wed but i go to bear every couple weeks
Nov 9 2007 12:33PM
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shorty_T
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snow valley opens today--- half of a run with some park features..

bear and summit are making snow.
Nov 23 2007 12:31PM
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Kungris
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If you have a longboard instead of a shortboard then your chances are even slighter.
Nov 24 2007 11:23PM
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RRhighrider
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went to mt high today not bad for opening weekend had about 10 jibs and i shit load of people but still fun.  i went to sierra summit on friday and that was a joke. 
Nov 25 2007 8:07PM
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