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How is the park at big sky right now

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KramerC
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Wondering if its worth 30 bucks.
Jan 30 2008 7:20PM
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Treestman
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isnt the mountain sick enough to ski all day?

Jan 30 2008 9:04PM
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Caveman.
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if you want to ski sick mountain go to bridger not big sky it is way cheaper and funner
Jan 30 2008 10:47PM
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sohotrightnow
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Bridger is a super fun mountain: good park... the ridge... But - c'mon - let's be honest. Big Sky is sick. Do they have some $30 pass to just access the park?
Jan 30 2008 11:27PM
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Caveman.
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i have to differ, i dont ski either of them very often but i have had way more fun at bridger and bridger seems to have a better ratio of good skiing to flat boring runs than bs. plus with my showdown season pass i can get a bridger ticket for like $30. i don't know about a park pass for bs but i would guess no because they try to milk as much money out of you as possible... isnt a lone peak pass like $80?? that is ridiculous its not like you could ski that much in a day anyway
Jan 31 2008 1:00AM
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ajax
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Just to prevent false rumors, bridger does not have a good park. For montana standards they have an ok park, for national standards they don't have a park. However, they have some sick terrain.
Jan 31 2008 4:26AM
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Aenigma
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I find Big Sky's terrain to be pretty mundane.  There will be the few days every once in a while when a-z have good coverage and those are fun, but other than that all they really have are huge open runs.  I feel like I'm just skiing to get somewhere when I can look half a mile down the mountain and see zero variation.  If they'd open the Little Couloir up to the public that'd be fun a couple times, but aside from that Bridger's terrain is WAY more interesting. 
Jan 31 2008 2:33PM
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pat_in_the_hat
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holy shit this thread got changed fast, i believe the kid asked how the park is at BIG SKY. i also want to know, mainly how the tables are
Jan 31 2008 8:16PM
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Caveman.
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here is the tilt on one of bridger's rails

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Jan 31 2008 10:45PM
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bigkicker
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Snowbar is finally over allowing us to concentrate on parks again.  Amubush goes 25ft table into 35ft table both with long landings so you can  take them deep.  30ft square and 37ft round bar both set up street style down lead into the pipe and quarter pipe at the bottom.   More rails going in amubush soon as well as a jump line being pushed to the left of the pipe.   Swifty has a flatdown box, 20ft flatbox  into  a 5 jump line on the right and a rail line being setup on the left currently with a round bar, flat rail and a c box at the bottom.  Explorer park has some beginner rails, boxes and rollers open for the mini shreds.  Feel free to stop and talk with me or anyone else on the park crew.  Were always open for input and ideas.... unless your a d-bag. Late- Isaac
Feb 1 2008 7:07PM
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bigkicker
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Big Sky has no park pass.  With no new snow I'd take Big Sky over Bridger any day.
Feb 1 2008 7:21PM
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Stan_Darsh
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only if there's new snow from what ive heard from everyone i know who skis there. and he asked how the park was , so im assuiming he wants to hit a real park
Feb 5 2008 1:15AM
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Caveman.
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just addressing the other kid's statement
Feb 5 2008 1:34AM
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KramerC
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are there any good size jumps set up.
Feb 5 2008 5:45PM
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KramerC
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are there any good size jumps set up.
Feb 5 2008 5:45PM
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Grodent87
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I think the park isn't bad. The swifty park is fun to mess around on, and the ambush jumps arent bad at all.
Feb 7 2008 9:25PM
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feodor
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Hi guys,

It would be really nice if you would update each of the resorts (and more importantly parks) on Mysnowparks.com, so everyone can check out the setup and get a chance to compare the parks.

http://www.mysnowparks.com/resort/big-sky
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http://www.mysnowparks.com/resort/bridger-bowl
Feb 21 2008 8:35AM
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DBeck
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wow this thread kinda sucks, but i'm headin out to montana in like a week, i mainly ski park, or powder if there will be any.  How is big sky's park cuz no one's really answered that to well, and where else has nice jumps?
Feb 21 2008 2:12PM
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Caveman.
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great divide
Feb 21 2008 4:12PM
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bigkicker
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Some photos for ya. Don't really have any pics of the current rail setups but these are most of the jumps.   You can hit 4 jumps in a run on Ambush park and 7 small ones in a row in Swifty.

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Feb 27 2008 9:17PM
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bigkicker
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Feb 27 2008 9:18PM
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Caveman.
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those jumps look so fun
Feb 28 2008 2:16AM
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NWFlow
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Those Ambush jumps look incredible...almost tempting enough to pay for a ticket.
Feb 28 2008 12:23PM
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B-Har406
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    Meh, I was up there last weekend and it was pretty mediocre... I was expecting much more from all the hype about the jumps, they'd be great if you didn't have to play Bode Miller going into them. The ones next to the pipe are super smooth, but if you don't clean the first one, your fucked for the second. First two were alright, pretty damn floaty, but inconsistent.
   Rails were pretty sick in the big park, minus the fact that there were only two of them... Still super fun down rails though for sure. Mini park was dope, couldn't get speed for half the jumps as usual, but the jibs were super dope. Over all, I'd rather stay and ski GD's park. But, that's just an opinion... Didn't hit the pipe, but it looked pristine.
Feb 28 2008 11:55PM
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Caveman.
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I love it when the underdog resort out does the big overpriced ones! Great Divide FTW! By the way Great Divide's park is super sick this year!
Feb 29 2008 12:59AM
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DBeck
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yeah, i'm not that great of a skier, but you rarely landed on the sweet spot, just about everyone was overshooting them or barely making it past the knuckle, it was way weird
Feb 29 2008 11:12PM
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snowjibber
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I often find myself overclearing the landings or knuckling cause they cant drive cats to make those jumps worth a shit.  Always a little different and incosistent they need a new driver.
Mar 1 2008 5:10PM
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@iles
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thats what i try to tell people that hate on bridger so much. 
Mar 6 2008 8:27PM
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Ben.
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so for hating on montanas park thats not looking to shabby at all
Mar 16 2008 6:34PM
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bfilm
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Decks are built pretty tall definatly tall enough to more the "lips" ramps" back a little bit to be able to take it long. Seems like the tranny would meet better if they were set a little farther back. Park crew works great, good group of guys that is why the park has made inprovements this season.
Mar 21 2008 6:29PM
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Jaskittin
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Pretty sick right now, Speed SUCKS. If the speed were better on the jump lines it would be epic. Yesterday I could clear both top jumps if I tucked it straight through, but I couldn't get enough speed if I dropped in switch. Kinda sucked but still an epic day.
Mar 23 2008 5:41PM
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