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Alyeska POLL

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Durtschi
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where is your favorite place to ski at alyeska?
Feb 24 2009 4:23PM
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aurora.
Posts: 1169 - Karma: 104
everywhere!
Mar 2 2009 2:08PM
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I-Ski-AK
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pow days, west line.

clear winter days, chair 1 area. picnic down past lo-lo's to brown shorts, to 6 again. dropping kitchen of course. and must sneak a bear claw run in.

sunny spring days, mix it up.

powder spring days, anywhere on the way to eagles.

Mar 2 2009 3:38PM
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grandpamoneyshot
Posts: 11 - Karma: 33
about 20 minutes past girdwood in turnagain
Mar 3 2009 11:50PM
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I-Ski-AK
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where is your favorite place tim?
Mar 4 2009 1:52PM
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Eric_D
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never been there. but eaglecrest ftw!
Mar 9 2009 3:28AM
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assface
Posts: 4319 - Karma: 2,031
maxs, i gotta ski with zach and other guys more so i figure out the little secret areas at aly
Mar 18 2009 8:43PM
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SkiAlyeska
Posts: 100 - Karma: 20
Alyeska happens to be the shit so its fun to ski anywhere! I love chilkoot even though its not always worth the hike, west line in the pow is the definition of heaven, and if you find new tracks in explosives, or bramuda triangle you can have quite the adventure!
Mar 25 2009 1:28AM
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garrett.
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1st run on a pow day is always the cliffs on south face
Mar 25 2009 9:07PM
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I-Ski-AK
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THANK YOU GOOD SIR!!!!!!! remember when i went large and hit some solid? heh.

Mar 26 2009 12:18AM
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AKlivin
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worrrrrrd my man.  i, however, have been there multiple times.  alyeska is fun when theres pow, but outside of that, its really quite plain and mellow.  growing up with eaglecrest and then visiting alyeska, there is a huge contrast between the two, mainly in that alyeska majorly lacks real terrain.. pillows, cliffs, gulleys, chutes, and especially trees... eaglecrest is lightyears better than alyeska in the real mountain sense.  plus, more crowds there, more kooks and scenes, way higher prices (over a G for a pass?  are you kidding?).. lets just say the pass price doesnt reflect what you actually get, at all.  but if i had to live there, id gladly pay it, just cause i love the snow regardless.

that being said.. its still enjoyable for sure.  and on a pow day, it would be epic, because theres more wide open mellow terrain, whereas eaglecrest has a million features everywhere, and sometimes thats all i want to do.  big wide open smooth turns forever.

anyway, to answer the actual question, my favorite spot at alyeska?  hard to say.  when theres pow, then under the tram in general i guess.  when theres no pow, then we usually do that run with the very few sidehits alyeska has to offer.  theres that one roughly under the mightymight chair or whatever it is, that scoops to the right.. everyone does it.  thats probably my favorite thing about alyeska.. which is unfortunate.
May 5 2009 5:17AM
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AKlivin
Posts: 42 - Karma: 13
oh, right.  and i realize a lot of the alyeska locals wont like that, but thats kinda how it is.  dont take it personally.  its also weird, ive come across very very few diehard alyeska locals who have even been to eaglecrest.  most people dont even know it exists.  definitely the best terrain from a chairlift in alaska, and definitely tops in the world, no joke.  well.... unless youre a park dood.  then its a different story.
May 5 2009 5:33AM
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assface
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^he speaks the truth
May 5 2009 8:07PM
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SoupCurry
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ahah sonnnn your just not clued in to the good shit obviously
May 21 2009 4:45AM
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AKlivin
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probably, but imagine if the "good shit" was right there, everywhere you rode, right off the chair in every direction.  thats eaglecrest.  and then the hiking/out of bounds stuff is even better.  so.........
May 21 2009 8:17AM
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CraigAK
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this man speaks the truth
May 28 2009 4:51PM
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AKlivin
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hi craig!


anyway.. alyeska shredders, dont get the idea that im trying to bash alyeska.  im only comparing, really.. and lets be honest, theyre pretty different in terms of the terrain.  that being said, its all wintery fun.  fun is key.  if youre having fun, then.... youre doing something right.
May 28 2009 7:42PM
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aurora.
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i like fun! and eaglecrest and alyeska are both FOONN!
May 28 2009 10:05PM
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AKlivin
Posts: 42 - Karma: 13
yes, but lets still make it clear that they are very different places.  certain people are going to like one or the other a lot more.

its like the styles of ak livin compared to the bear cubs.

but in the end... hey, youre in alaska!  so its all good.  except when we get super wet dumps and then it clears up and freezes.  worst ever.
May 29 2009 1:55AM
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akNoface
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Christmas chute onto chump change
Jun 13 2009 9:21PM
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colin_gordon
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i like to get a bahama mamma hot dog at the tesoro the best  with or withont chile its good every time
Jun 21 2009 4:23AM
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AKlivin
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i usually have mine with peru, or at least french guiana.  never been too into the chile sauce.

the cookies at the little restaurant there were good.  er.. bakery.  or whatever.

dont buy cherry pepsi from the tesoro, though.  someone will put a mentos in it while youre driving down turnagain in your rented jeep patriot (terrible vehicle, by the way... nothing beats an OG cherokee), and you wont be able to get the window open in time.
Jun 22 2009 4:47PM
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gerard1
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either way, eagle crest looks pretty dope. something new to try.
Aug 25 2009 1:36AM
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loganimlach
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i love the alyeska park. by far the sickest part of the mountain.
Aug 27 2009 11:03AM
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Thatdp
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Gear jamer under midway chair 1 with fresh

the gulies under bicies bump

chilkoot jump on pow days

maxes face while its fresh some sick hits if you look for em

Sep 3 2009 8:00PM
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AKlivin
Posts: 42 - Karma: 13
again, i sincerely mean no hate on alyeska, but thats my whole point... you have to know specific spots scattered around the mountain, and at eaglecrest and in juneau, you just go up there and its in every single spot you look.

look at it like this.  you go to alyeska, you kinda have to know specifically where to go to find the good typical alaska terrain, which i described before.  and then in juneau, you would have to know specifically where to go to AVOID that kind of terrain.  just trying to paint the picture.

i really dont know how to get into this subject without making it seem like im bashing alyeska.  theyre just observations, not hate.  gonna have to trust me on that one.
Sep 4 2009 12:58AM
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AKskier-95
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Yeah I know, I love 10 foot tables too.
Sep 5 2009 3:48PM
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loganimlach
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you're a clown man, people are just naming off their favorite runs. just because shmeaglecrest doesn't have run names doesn't mean you need to get your panties in a bunch.
Sep 18 2009 8:38PM
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itwasajoke
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well said good sir.
Sep 18 2009 9:02PM
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AKlivin
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that assumes i was bothered or upset, and i was not.  getting upset about something like this would be a waste of time for everyone.

eaglecrest does have run names, so i dont understand that comment.
Sep 18 2009 11:03PM
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AKlivin
Posts: 42 - Karma: 13
i think im going to resign from this discussion, as im not helping anything.. so...........

farewell?
Sep 18 2009 11:13PM
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Thatdp
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finaly it was about time you stopped hating on alyeska man
Sep 19 2009 2:10AM
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AKlivin
Posts: 42 - Karma: 13
exactly.  thats part of why im going to stop, but not the main reason.  it doesnt matter how many times i say im not "hating" on it (and its true, im not), people will never stop choosing to look at it that way.
Sep 19 2009 4:15AM
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loganimlach
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hate. hate. and more hate.
Sep 21 2009 7:26PM
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AKlivin
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because you choose to see it that way... which is understandable and normal.  but is it hate?  if one place has certain different attributes in comparison to another, is stating those things equal to "hate?"  no, and thats all im saying.
Sep 22 2009 6:16AM
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loganimlach
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hahahaha "eaglecrest is lightyears better than alyeska" is in no way shape or form simply "comparing attributes" jackass. youre the one who said it, back it up if thats how you feel instead of just cowering down like a little bitch.
Sep 22 2009 10:01AM
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AKlivin
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yeesh, internet aggression.

everyone is free to compare for themselves.  the experience will speak for its self...
Sep 22 2009 10:46AM
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loganimlach
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then let it speak for itself, not post your feelings about it all over a forum. dude you have contradicted yourself like 5 times this thread. clown.
Sep 22 2009 9:20PM
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AKlivin
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will do.

by the way, who said i was a dude?
Sep 22 2009 9:31PM
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aurora.
Posts: 1169 - Karma: 104
women don't have computers in the kitchen, therefore by process of elemination you are either a male or hermaphriditic.
Sep 23 2009 12:21AM
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loganimlach
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precisely.
Sep 23 2009 12:23AM
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I-Ski-AK
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headwall, max's face...new years, christmas, west line, north face in general, Monies, Lo-Lo's anywhere with snow to slide on...shit.
and eaglecrest lover dude...we all find our home mtn glorious...untill we go to canada and ski Revelstoke for a week. Then hit up Kicking Horse....yeah, they beat Eaglecrest and Alyeska terrain wise.

fyi lake louise sucks ball sack.
Sep 28 2009 5:46PM
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dooner
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Kicking Horse is absolutely RIDICULOUS.... I want to spend some more time there.
Sep 28 2009 6:18PM
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StReEtPIRATES
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lolos, the whole chair 1 area, the horseshoe hit can be fun,and chump change
Oct 10 2009 9:23PM
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I-Ski-AK
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Oh I know! It is amazing, I'd love to spend a season there. Some may put it in the top 5 places to ski one day, because I would recommend it to everyone.
I liked the entire scene at Revelstoke a little more though.
Oct 16 2009 4:48PM
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mdurtschi
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take the maxs traverse all the way across to the far side it is sweet and head wall is awesome
Oct 19 2009 12:15AM
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frampton
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this is where i like to ride at alyeska on a pow day. too many of these spots to name.
Oct 20 2009 3:21AM
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Durtschi
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I like tanaka lift cat track launch
Oct 30 2009 3:23AM
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itwasajoke
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pointing it down in zoot suits after races and launching like a majestic bird of epic proportions
Oct 30 2009 5:11AM
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aurora.
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i miss the mighty mite days of feeling super badass when launching off that. soooo much fun.
Oct 30 2009 10:14AM
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Bo.s
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for pow north face or high traverse or if i'm not feeling lazy i'll head over to max's 

all mountain with alright snow just hitting little jumps starting on silver tip

and chillen on the park on 7

the rails there are pretty dope

Dec 1 2009 3:33AM
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