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MountainHIGH
Posts: 86 - Karma: 28
Hey I'm going to school down in Durango next year and I was wondering if any of you are from down there or have skied down there much, and what you thought of the skiing? Any park at Purgatory or anything? 

May 12 2008 2:53AM
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SKI3PO
Posts: 96 - Karma: 11
San Juans are my favorite part of the state.

DMR has a park, its not the best but not the worst either. Wolf Creek and silverton will give you your powder fix, and both are with in two hours of Durango. You can head over to Hesperus at night to make some laps to.


May 12 2008 7:01PM
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C-Burg
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you can go to telluride which has good terrain and a good park
May 14 2008 5:40PM
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FK.
Posts: 329 - Karma: 14
are you going to fort Lewiston college or whatever it is called?, I am looking at it and it looks pretty nice
May 16 2008 10:55AM
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MountainHIGH
Posts: 86 - Karma: 28
Yeah it's called Fort Lewis
May 17 2008 11:40AM
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mkotten
Posts: 290 - Karma: 19
I'm going to Fort Lewis next year as well. I heard that there is a cheap pass you can get as a freshman and that there is a really cheap one for telluride, anyone know anything about pass prices?
May 17 2008 1:26PM
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FK.
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dont know about the prices,but the school looks pretty sweet!
May 19 2008 11:28AM
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RICK_ROSS
Posts: 6983 - Karma: 3,343
ive lived here all my life. its pretty legit. Ive been planing to go to the fort for collage but this year they raised there admission standards by something like 130% which kinda fucked me.
May 25 2008 1:22AM
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3ski6guy0
Posts: 9201 - Karma: 132
i guarantee you can get in if i got in. i did so bad at u of utah and transferred over to ft lewis with a 2.3 so their standards are pretty low.  ill be there in the fall
Jun 8 2008 3:24PM
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Quinny
Posts: 3477 - Karma: 163
I'm a 4th year at the Fort.

Skiing is no issue here. The BC is phat and there are a handful of mountains you can go to. Purg is the most social (meaning you end up meeting most of your friends on the hill). Silverton is sick. And the really small areas close to town (Chapman and Hesperus) are nice if you wanna hit some rails after school/work.
Jul 16 2008 4:28PM
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landonn
Posts: 2913 - Karma: 385
durango is way fun.  its not the best place to be if your always in the park but you can always drive to telluride, about 2 hours and the passes for college students arent much more than 200 iim pretty sure.
Jul 16 2008 5:03PM
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aliciadomSKI
Posts: 245 - Karma: 50
I have a friend who guides at silverton, i hear its sickk for some backcountry action!
Jul 25 2008 1:23AM
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RICK_ROSS
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best big mountain in the continental US
Jul 25 2008 6:05PM
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HappyTreez
Posts: 311 - Karma: 401
not trying to hate on your name or anything, but repping 970 is like repping half of colorado. if you said im from the 970 you could be referring to durango, montrose, crested butte, or any place in between and around.  but 970 is legit and durango is a tight place.

kinda random but whatever

do you know a kid named taylor aka bert aka hippy?

Jul 25 2008 7:52PM
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RICK_ROSS
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theres a few taylors and a lot of hippys so maby?
Jul 25 2008 8:37PM
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HappyTreez
Posts: 311 - Karma: 401
he kills it on teles
Jul 25 2008 8:52PM
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3ski6guy0
Posts: 9201 - Karma: 132
so what you're trying to say is that you can hook me up with tickets or some kind of discount? pleaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssssseeeeeee
Jul 25 2008 11:55PM
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