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Alta Vs. Snowbird

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JosephStalin
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What do you think?

Personally I prefer Snowbird
16 years ago
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EastCoastPride
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Alta is terrible. Go to Snowbird!!
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Dhane
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i think this thread would be a better fit in regionals maybe, i though i wish i had the oppurtunity to ski at one of those places
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yellav
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lol i cant wait for ski unit to see this thread
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.KYLE.
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i found alta rather entertaining when i was there 3 weeks ago... No snowboarders, and no park, what more could you want?
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emopoppins
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a park? snowboarders to keep it original?
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Alexander_Keith
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Snowbird for the Pow

Alta if you know how to get to Chad's gap from the bottom

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.KYLE.
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Parks are over rated, shredding pow is where its at.....

But i really dont mind snowboarders that much
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A.P.
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Buy the pass where you can ski both. problem solved!!
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An10a_Eng
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yes
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JosephStalin
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not a question of where to go. its a question of where you LIKE to go
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zackblain
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alta.... less crowded
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baethoven
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haha yess
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=Worf=
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neither i would prefer either brighton or solutude.  brighton on a normal day, solitude on a pow day
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skiminnesota
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my gripe about Alta is that everyone there is so fucking good. the pow was skied off way to fast.
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robtheslobonacob
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I like snowbird better but thats just because when i was there a few years ago they got like 60" in a week, sickest conditions of my life especially cuz i was probably barely 60" tall at the time...
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Gorilla.Steeze
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pow day => alta
non-pow day => alta
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Da_Chronic
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well nate if u havent been to alta you shouldnt be giving all the credit to snowbird
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JosephStalin
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why would i even consider giving my vote to Alta if they are so stubborn to open there mind for like 2 seconds to consider letting me go to their resort because i only have one plank on my feet instead of two?
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Da_Chronic
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well im just saying you dont know
1. terrain
2.snow
3.lifts
4.access

the reason they made the rule i think is because some skiers dont like snowboarders(stupid) and they loose buisnnes by letting in snowboarders. but dont judge alta just cause of one rule
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JosephStalin
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that ONE rule makes it very easy to compare it to Snowbird that will actually let me in.

why wouldn't I say I like snowbird better than a resort that discriminates my sport.

Example.
asking a black person if he likes a Burger King that won't even let him through the door or McDonalds that will serve him the same burgers. why would he prefer a fast food place he can actually eat?
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ElbridgeGerry
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Jacob you just got anally raped! Seriously man open your mind! Snowboarders have given a LOT to skiing and hate either way is ridiculous man.
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ski_ENDUB
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A lot of the good terrain in Alta wouldn't be very accessible for snowboarders. both resorts are insane though
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rhcp
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I'm gonna have to be honest and say I really enjoyed not having snowboarders at alta.
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Way*Mo
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Alta always gets twice as much snow as the bird, and its usaully more sunny. Everyone should go to Alta, most times your tracks fill every run.
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JosephStalin
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they are 1 mile apart, how does that work?
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Da_Chronic
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the mountains might be facing different directions, therefore more direct sunlight.
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Way*Mo
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It's the Alta magic. Don't try and explain it, just accept it and ski there if you can. Never go to snowbird.
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Way*Mo
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and the parking lots are actually two miles apart, but the ski hills are only a rope's width apart silly.
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skiminnesota
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....

for the record most of my friends snowboard. but it was cool to have a ski area like Alta..... such a hard core skiing atmosphere... no gaper snowboarders littering all the runs setting on their asses... heaven. likewise at the top of the lifts you dont have to weave your way through a maze of people to make it down the hill.... basically alta kicks ass and one day i will call it my home mtn.. (claim?:)
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rhcp
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exactly, its such a hardcore ski atmosphere and that's part of what makes it awesome.
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little_boo
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both have good terrain, fo sho
but alta has the culture.
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ryan.c
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first 30 minutes after a storm: snowbird

the rest of the day: alta


the day after: solitude

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powderdream
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Bad analogy - you were not born with a snowboard on your feet. Its more like playing frisbee golf at TPC Sawgrass.

I snowboard. I don't think the discrimination is cool. But if you own the place, it is perfectly within your rights to define your resort around whatever parameters you want.
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iggyskier
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which can be both good and bad.

there is a lot of "altaitude" that can occasionally be really unappealing there.

They are both great mountains and get great snow, so hard to really go wrong.


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yellav
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*old pretentious douche bags that view anyone under the age of 40 in no way fitting for their mountain
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eheath
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Snowboarders wouldnt want to go to alta, you have to traverse SO much when skiing there, snowboarders would get pissed off.
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IceCreamer
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wish i had a chance to go to one of them
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=Worf=
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again big cottonwood so much better then little cottonwood!!!!!!!!!!!!  less crowds better vibes
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tjski
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thats what i try to explain to all my snowboarder friends but they just say "Alta is gay".

Alta rules and so does Snowbird.... i dont know if i ca choose between them. I would say Alta has more gnarly terrain for sure. But Snowbird's lifts are faster.
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Ben.
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i personally prefer snowbird. its just easier to get to the good shit there i think.
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bobbyOcheese
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Alta closes earlier in the season because of an endangered species of mouse or something, snowbird's usually opened till late June and even sometimes the 4th of July.
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Sean...M
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I've been to snowbird but not alta. I like snowbird a lot, they're park is off way to the side and has a chair lift just for the park. Park is pretty chill too.
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SolMi
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all the sick spots are traverse in, snowboarders would hate it, and it would slow everybody down. the high traverse would be hell if there were snowboarders
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little_boo
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alta doesn't have as much money to keep the lifts running at the end of the season. its mostly passholders who ski then, so they don't make money, but instead lose it running the lifts.
but yea, snowbird is definitely open later in the season
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3ski6guy0
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exactly what i was thinking. boarding just the runs that dont require traversing might get old
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lineskier10
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alta has enough money and they would keep their lifts open longer but the ski resort itself is on national forest lands so it has to close earlier, snowbird is open later because snowbird owns all of its land
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tjski
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Not twice as much snow but they do get more annual snowfall than the bird....

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bovice29
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alta is better if u dont mind no park, and no dont mind hiking a little bit to get to untouched powder. if u go to alta go to cathrines area
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little_boo
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that absolutely makes sense, but the head lifties up there say otherwise, whether its the truth or not, i dont know.
just the info that was relayed to me by the lift management

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Scott2~
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Meh, alta I suppose, but as far as Utah as a whole I think I enjoyed skiing solitude more than anywhere else~
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