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Big mountain or park?

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Kal-Fitz
Posts: 46 - Karma: 11
what do you prefer? skiing massvie lines with knee deep powder or groomed park terrain?
Dec 10 2007 1:44AM
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Alex_G
Posts: 11902 - Karma: 1,019
Big Mt. It's not as accessible (the deep pow part).
Dec 10 2007 1:49AM
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dave44
Posts: 11052 - Karma: 113
I like to do both. If I really had to choose, it would be big mountain. It captures more of the essence of skiing...

I'm not a big fan of pure park rats on the WC... it's hard to justify people who only ski the park on the west coast when there's so much powder you could ski instead. I like both, but big mtn over park
Dec 10 2007 2:14AM
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garrett.
Posts: 9304 - Karma: 3,670
back country jumps
Dec 10 2007 2:18AM
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Calb3rt
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i hear you there.
Dec 10 2007 2:53AM
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eheath
Posts: 61648 - Karma: 123,471
Both, when there is pow shred big mountain, no new snow shred park.
Dec 10 2007 3:04AM
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Holte
Posts: 10742 - Karma: 7,819
I'm better at big mountain, but I do love the park.
Dec 10 2007 3:08AM
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jayhood
Posts: 144 - Karma: 11
spot on......
Dec 10 2007 3:51AM
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sdfjklioeur
Posts: 2082 - Karma: 114
def both
Dec 10 2007 4:41AM
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Tze.C
Posts: 1596 - Karma: 86
POW!
Dec 10 2007 6:40AM
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49566738265
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I like both, but I just bought some JJ's so I am all for POW right now.
Dec 10 2007 10:13AM
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skiminnesota
Posts: 9093 - Karma: 429
i dont get to ski a "real" mtn very much so.... skiing anything bigger than 300ft with glades puts me in a happy place.
Dec 10 2007 10:14AM
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freestyler540
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I love powder, but I also enjoy park, in movies I love park and find big lines extremely boring


Dec 10 2007 10:15AM
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RedBaron882
Posts: 823 - Karma: 126
living on the east coast i go crazy when there is new snow and i can hit small cliffs. 
Dec 10 2007 10:20AM
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Caleb_F
Posts: 197 - Karma: 156
I love both.  My favorite run in the world is at Schweitzer.  There's a cornice drop into some bowl chutes that are super fun.  They lead you straight to the park.  Best of both worlds...
Dec 10 2007 10:44AM
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SirFryanator
Posts: 11149 - Karma: 1,415
big mountain lines dominate park. Love watching it, especially if they can put some tricks into it.
Dec 10 2007 10:51AM
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Twig
Posts: 6420 - Karma: 60,334
Learn tricks in the park and then take them to the big mountain. If i had to choose one thing then it'd be side mountain powder and pillow lines..
Dec 10 2007 11:55AM
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nickmiles
Posts: 1070 - Karma: 844
never skied a real big mtn line. but when i go outwest for comps and trips. in my free time i ski more pow in trees and drop cliffs than in the park. just because i don;t get the chance to on the east coast
Dec 10 2007 12:39PM
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Fish_Sandwich.
Posts: 9108 - Karma: 16
X2
Dec 10 2007 12:48PM
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skiP.E.I.
Posts: 7841 - Karma: 22,153
big mountain
Dec 10 2007 1:35PM
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KellyK
Posts: 1782 - Karma: 715
park...that's just what i've always ridden....
Dec 10 2007 1:37PM
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Literature
Posts: 13673 - Karma: 3,085
Whatever the conditions favor, but right now I would love to drop in on a 3K powder bowl and just start maching turns through 2 feet of amazingness.
Dec 10 2007 3:06PM
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deezy.
Posts: 2538 - Karma: 26
pow pow!  natural jumps and cliffs
Dec 10 2007 3:09PM
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landonn
Posts: 2913 - Karma: 385
truthfully, i would take a run in the park then a run in the pow almost anyday unless its sunny, i get first tracks, about 2 feet of snow and a really steep run. other than that, park.
Dec 10 2007 3:17PM
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Kal-Fitz
Posts: 46 - Karma: 11
Yeh i LOVE big mountain but i am only not a fan of park cause im shit at it
Dec 13 2007 12:39AM
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Avifarer
Posts: 5926 - Karma: 598
if i got better at park, then park.
but since i suck at park, big mou.
Dec 13 2007 12:50AM
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djty111
Posts: 1103 - Karma: 93
I would rather ski big mountain if it is going off..
Dec 13 2007 12:57AM
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Ebanforpeace
Posts: 134 - Karma: 14

Big mtn. anyday for me..

Dec 13 2007 10:45AM
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I_Am_Mod
Posts: 13214 - Karma: 3,753
Big mountain if i get a chance to .....

Dec 13 2007 10:48AM
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hollygrove
Posts: 7845 - Karma: 93

Smaller, mini golf lines.

So short, steep, and technical lines,

Dec 13 2007 10:56AM
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liquidsword
Posts: 566 - Karma: 10
BIG MOUNTAIN!!!!!!
Dec 13 2007 12:03PM
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TomK1
Posts: 144 - Karma: 13
Hell yeah! South Bowl rock is the shit too when the conditions are right. I personally prefer the runs that drop off the Great Divide like Misfortune. CO has bigger mountains with more terrian but most of it is too easy. Especially vail, its big but its like the Disney Land of skiing as far as going outside the park. Now I guess ill have to sit back and wait for Tedlangty to come out of his hole and find this thread to talk more shit about Schweitzer. Bring it on motherfucker...
Dec 13 2007 2:20PM
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Valind
Posts: 4358 - Karma: 17
Big mountain
Dec 13 2007 3:13PM
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ijibgoremtn
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i live in albany, take a wild guess what i ski more
Dec 13 2007 4:24PM
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Beans13
Posts: 441 - Karma: 12
def big mountain
Dec 13 2007 4:28PM
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asonUnique
Posts: 361 - Karma: 13
being on the east coast, i think i might ski park slightly more. but when it dumps, there is nothing better than some sick trees and ec cliffs. powder over park anyday. im also much better at it.
Dec 13 2007 5:31PM
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thefilmerguy
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bingo
Dec 13 2007 5:34PM
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JaySkier107
Posts: 288 - Karma: 29
Obviously pow is the best part of skiing but it is so rare that you need something to do in between dumps. Thats where park comes in.
Dec 13 2007 7:01PM
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rudager
Posts: 11335 - Karma: 4,626
ive adapted big mountain as my favorite ski discipline
but thats what you get for skiing kicking horse

park amuses me
but so does kicking snow
Dec 13 2007 9:07PM
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Nico_G
Posts: 1480 - Karma: 15
I love park when its a spring day but most of the time If there is Pow I would rather take the big mountain pow lines with some fatty skis
Dec 13 2007 9:15PM
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Daver_BC
Posts: 1256 - Karma: 307
if its a knee deep day, then we'll talk. 
Dec 13 2007 9:26PM
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popNfresh44
Posts: 3757 - Karma: 44
definately big mountain, but park if theres no powder
Dec 13 2007 9:27PM
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t-rent
Posts: 3038 - Karma: 63
i like to ski steeps and deep snow much more than park so big mountain
Dec 13 2007 9:31PM
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snarky
Posts: 498 - Karma: 13
i like nothing more than ripping powder, hitting drops, charging through trees etc. but i have never skied anything close to big mountain and seriously question how many of kids on here have.
Dec 13 2007 9:35PM
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ride-rider
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yup
Dec 13 2007 9:43PM
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ski_powpow
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perfectly said,
bigmountain for sure
Dec 13 2007 10:34PM
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BravoWhiskey5280
Posts: 4020 - Karma: 520
i'll trade pow for park....both enjoyable.....also deoends on the day
Dec 14 2007 12:40AM
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