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Do you go through the samething to get to your mountain?

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Valind
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So i was just playing on the internet, got to thinking.  What happens when the weekend comes and people travel toy our mountain?  Man, our highways get jammed so bad, check out theese pics..this is I70 through Colorado.
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Jul 17 2008 11:59PM
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-Tristan-
Posts: 915 - Karma: 19
Sucks to live in CO I guess. It would suck living away from the mountain anyway though.
Jul 18 2008 1:09PM
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jo-shmo
Posts: 142 - Karma: 39
Two trains and a bus.
I gotta get up at around 5.30 to have time for the train, but traffic isnt too much of a problem in Scotland. 
Jul 18 2008 1:20PM
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richards
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no
Jul 18 2008 1:30PM
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-Tristan-
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Thats some dedication right there. Mad respect.
Jul 18 2008 2:04PM
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little_boo
Posts: 1303 - Karma: 231
on a good pow day, trying to get up little cottonwood can be death... otherwise getting up isn't all that bad. coming down the canyon though can get messy. it's taken me an hour+ to get from albion base at alta to goldminers...
Jul 18 2008 4:57PM
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Valind
Posts: 4358 - Karma: 17
wow
Jul 18 2008 8:30PM
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Skipig25
Posts: 10729 - Karma: 256
nope. there is no one in the state of montana, or maine in the winter. both are uncrowded quick trips
Jul 18 2008 8:33PM
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Grube
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if you go through hood river there is almost no traffic at all
Jul 18 2008 8:35PM
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Deletedtoday
Posts: 4060 - Karma: 398
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Jul 18 2008 9:20PM
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white+wolf
Posts: 874 - Karma: 492
nothing like that at all in Ny. if i were to walk 5 miles through the woods in my backyard, i would end up on top of local my mountain.
Jul 18 2008 9:59PM
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ILoveOhio
Posts: 1793 - Karma: 253
It's not THAT bad heff.  I luckily only have to travel about 10 minutes by car to get to Alpine.  Brandywine is like 25 minutes.
Jul 18 2008 10:49PM
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Meases_Pieces
Posts: 1292 - Karma: 246
i live in vermont.
nuff said
Jul 18 2008 10:52PM
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Edward.
Posts: 9366 - Karma: 445

no this is what i go through.
-pack up my friend's car when he comes and picks me up at around 8am
-30 minutes of crazy new york city driving on the deserted highways of jersey
-arrive at mtn creek

Jul 18 2008 10:57PM
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Style+eeze
Posts: 6901 - Karma: 551
a short 45 minute drive to snocompton!
a 4 hour drive to Whistler and Hood!
rep the 206 (seattle)



Jul 18 2008 11:26PM
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spliff.Life
Posts: 7847 - Karma: 1,549
i take off my pants
Jul 19 2008 1:13AM
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Steazel
Posts: 553 - Karma: 16

I'm actually happy now that i live 5 minutes away from a little resort called Roundtop rather than driving a fricken hour through traffic to get there, so to answer your question, no. Tehee. 

Jul 19 2008 2:41AM
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drewishish
Posts: 3710 - Karma: 23
i dunno how long you've lived in montana.... but thats how it gets more into the summer and shit. travelers are crazy!
Jul 19 2008 6:40AM
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sugarloaf
Posts: 7866 - Karma: 299
ha growing up south of boston, to go north to the mountains my family and I always had to drive through boston. some friday nights it would take hours...HOURS...to get through the city. it wasn't at all out of the ordinary for a 3.5 hour trip to take 6+.

but now, i go to school just outside burlington and it's a quick 45min to the mountain. never any traffic. the real challange is waking up early to get a whole day in
Jul 19 2008 7:09AM
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RtC.
Posts: 1156 - Karma: 28
This past season I would open my door, ski down to the lifts, ski all day, then ski back to my door for some down time. Europe is the shit for this.

Next season, I'm going to be in Breck... So I guess I have a little bit of I70/Co traffic to deal with, but at least i'll be living at the bottom of the hill.

COski, when will I need to use the I70? I hope not to frequently.
Jul 19 2008 7:11AM
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bhill2.0
Posts: 6573 - Karma: 197
Poor you. Thats is every day traffic for me.

Now imagine the traffic like that when they close down 495 at random times and put it to 1 lane.
Shits fucked
Jul 19 2008 8:28AM
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SkierX
Posts: 16253 - Karma: 538
Don't you dare talk about Killer Bridge like that!!!!

God that place blows.

No traffic though!
Jul 19 2008 8:39AM
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KSdesign
Posts: 687 - Karma: 175
im a true weekend warrior
i drive roughly 285 miles (5 hours) every friday night in the winter so i can ski sat and sun, and alot of the time im one of those suckers sittin traffic.... but iz totally worth it
Jul 19 2008 9:32AM
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spiegel
Posts: 945 - Karma: 7
i just moved to denver and I never realized traffic was a big issue on that highway. :(

thanks for shitting on my move to denver asshole.
Jul 19 2008 2:47PM
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Alex_G
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Getting to Tahoe, and getting stuck on I-80 on a big weekend is no fun.
Jul 19 2008 2:53PM
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Valind
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Well if you leave your home on a sat morning at like 530am you will be fine...hahahahahaha otherise, welcome to Colorado skir traffic....enjoy...
Jul 19 2008 3:00PM
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ILoveOhio
Posts: 1793 - Karma: 253
Jea!  What do you rock.  The suit in your profile pictures?  I've only seen you there a few times.
Jul 19 2008 3:04PM
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East.
Posts: 2314 - Karma: 128
Aren't there any alternative routes? I haven't been out to CO, but it seems like there should be some less boring sideroads that be a little more interesting than sitting in shitloads of traffic.
Jul 19 2008 3:09PM
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Dhane
Posts: 3866 - Karma: 1,722
its all backroads to my hill, then yu get lines that long at the lift
Jul 19 2008 4:09PM
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DANETRON
Posts: 6671 - Karma: 137
holy fuck

the worst we have is maybe a line of trraffic like an eight of a mile long even on christmas and pres week
Jul 19 2008 5:33PM
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skiEER
Posts: 4089 - Karma: 79
nope there is not even a highway that big in VT
Jul 19 2008 5:50PM
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BigMeech621
Posts: 1257 - Karma: 16
No because i live in Green Bay, Wisconsin and my mountain is only 150 feet vertical.
Jul 19 2008 6:03PM
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SEABURN
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HWY 2 WA

go east!

the webcam at the hwy at my mtn.
http://images.wsdot.wa.gov/us2/stevens/sumteast.jpg
Jul 19 2008 6:21PM
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skiRay
Posts: 7558 - Karma: 926
to get to the mountain for me:

wake up
get dressed
drive 15 min to whiteface
put boots on
get skis out of locker
ride gondola and ski approach --> mtn. run

everyday

its nice
Jul 19 2008 6:28PM
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Piste.Off
Posts: 11586 - Karma: 1,860
leave for the mountains early, head home late. unless theres a crash on 70 then youre fucked
Jul 19 2008 6:58PM
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urbanjib
Posts: 1801 - Karma: 255
well i live in GA now, so it takes a plane ride or a 4-5 hour drive,  That is if theres no traffic~
Jul 19 2008 7:15PM
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kylemiller
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i take interstate but nothing like that.
Jul 19 2008 9:33PM
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wintersway
Posts: 5115 - Karma: 128
for me, the highway isnt the direct route to the mountain... well for the beginning half hour it is... but no it doesnt get blocked up like that at all
Jul 20 2008 12:10AM
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kenevil
Posts: 1309 - Karma: 31
my mountain is a 15 min drive from my doorstep
Jul 20 2008 12:11AM
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icon1234
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40-50 min drive max, usually around 30, and have  made it in 20 once.
Jul 20 2008 12:19AM
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martin.
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to my mountain in NY it takes an hour max, and there is no traffic whatsoever. But thats because we take the back roads, and that not a lot of people go to the mountain (plattekill).

VT-going to sugarbush i've never hit traffic. Trip takes 3 1/2-4 hours

come to think of it I've never hit traffic skiing

NY-1
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Jul 20 2008 12:42AM
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Ghost82nd
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i dont know if i just have incredible luck or what but I never hit that kind of traffic goin up 70.
i left at 8 most mornings and got up there by 945ish its not too bad.  most of days i went were on weekdays though so that could have contributed.  just dont go up during rush hour like 6-7 and youll be fine.
Jul 20 2008 8:43PM
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ben_southworth
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the closest real city to my town is at least 4 hours away, so we dont get anything near like that
that looks horrible
i might cry on a powder day if i was stuck in that
Jul 21 2008 12:31AM
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[MEGAMO]
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those pics are retarded, look how sunny it is, that is all the texans and gapers going up at 9 in the morning, if you leave early for first chair, you rarely hit traffic. coming back on a sunday afternoon however, that is not uncommon
Jul 21 2008 12:33AM
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onearmwanderer
Posts: 1153 - Karma: 31
maybe im reading this wrong... but that statement sounds kinda contradictory
Jul 21 2008 1:01AM
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BMskier
Posts: 3363 - Karma: 365
I-89 in NH sucks for traffic hardcore... hahahha
Jul 21 2008 9:52AM
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PBraunstein
Posts: 1448 - Karma: 3,804
O RLY?
Jul 21 2008 10:39AM
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sack
Posts: 4881 - Karma: 147
no, everyone at my mountain is poor, so you just see lines of hitchhikers along the road to the mountain
Jul 21 2008 11:05AM
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readiculous
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Word, most ridiculous stoplight in Washington. Did you notice the "tired of sitting in traffic? call this number (xxx) xxx-xxxx" signs are gone?
Jul 21 2008 11:37AM
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Ben.
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i think that maybe, perhaps, THAT WAS THE POINT
Jul 21 2008 12:46PM
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grown-ninja
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dc trafic worst by far drivin threw on 95 and just every where
Aug 16 2008 1:21AM
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