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Where to move....

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Evan.Frazee
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So i really wanna move so i can get more involved with the ski community and get outta the area im in now. I need some help figuring out where though. I would like somewhere with year round skiing (i know its not gunna be 12 months a year its like 10 or something you get the point), lots of cool shit to do around but not ridiculously far away, powder, and an area where its still kinda cheap.

I was thinking about areas like hood, whistler, etc but i need help from NSers who know these areas. Thank you and any help is much appriecated.
Jul 27 2009 12:37AM
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J-Dunn
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ah not Ohio man. The shit here SUCKS!
Jul 27 2009 12:40AM
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eheath
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The only two places you could ski 10 months is whistler or hood, mammoth you could do 8-9, utah/co you could do 6-7.
Jul 27 2009 12:41AM
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Shark.
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Bend OR.   its perfect.  good snow in the winter and hood is like a 2 hour drive in the summer. plus the people in bend are fucking awesome and super chill almost all the time.

look into it
Jul 27 2009 12:41AM
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Evan.Frazee
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Id like to be within a 30 min drive to the resort by the way.
Jul 27 2009 12:45AM
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R.Fahey
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Salt Lake City.
3 feet of pow followed by a bluebird day...
Everything you'd ever need to do it s 45 minute drive away... max.
Ski From Mid September to Mid June...
Sept - November is hiking, pre season rails.
November - April is ski area.
May - June/July is either Snowbird or hike to stuff/rails.

And it's a city, so there are things to do... and i'll be impressed if you can find anywhere else with housing as cheap as SLC.
Jul 27 2009 12:46AM
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Spacekroft
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ive visted here and its such a great place like most places in the north west i have to be dragged back onto the plane kicking and screaming because i never want to leave, bend is a great place summer and winter.
Jul 27 2009 12:47AM
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Evan.Frazee
Posts: 2285 - Karma: -33
sounds almost exactly what i want. it might sound dumbe but what resorts?
Jul 27 2009 12:49AM
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skihood
Posts: 903 - Karma: 154
hood river.
45 mins away from hood
all year round skiing. awesome pow days.
awesome summer skiing better then utah.
crazy tight people in hood river and hood
Jul 27 2009 1:01AM
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selkirks
Posts: 1978 - Karma: 59
Seriously?

Alta/Snowbird, Solitude, Brighton, Park City, The Canyons, Powder Mountain, Snowbasin, Deer Valley, etc., etc.
Jul 27 2009 1:03AM
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eheath
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Not to mention the solid population of college age students, always shit going on if youre tryin to go to bars or parties, as long as you know the right people.

I love utah, i don't think i'd want to live anywhere else at my age.
Jul 27 2009 1:05AM
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Evan.Frazee
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How far are the resorts from the city? What about the job market out there? And how about housing?

I know i could google all this but id rather hear first hand accounts. I never considered SLC but now im definitely thinking about it.
Jul 27 2009 1:15AM
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Sir_SkrillALot
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what about boulder?
Jul 27 2009 1:34AM
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Sir_SkrillALot
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From what I know (dont live in SLC), the resorts are anywhere from 20min to 1 hour (well most at least) away depending on what resort, how fast you drive, and traffic. The job market is one of the better ones in the country and housing is relatively cheap for a city.
Jul 27 2009 1:36AM
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G-G-Ginger
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I Live in Utah next to all of the major resorts, PC Bird, And brighton. I coudlnt love it anymore.
Jul 27 2009 1:52AM
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BC.
Posts: 1551 - Karma: 86
just go to SLC, theres a good amount of JC's and universities there, good nightlife, cheap housing, cool people, best powder, great park, good driving options honestly theres only one thing to not like.....

eheath lives there
Jul 27 2009 2:02AM
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zagfan5
Posts: 2608 - Karma: 144
this.

hood river is a sick ass town. super chill and tons of things to do
Jul 27 2009 2:17AM
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yellav
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i heard eheath lives in salt lake you should move there
Jul 27 2009 2:20AM
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Balto
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way to expensive, be cheaper to live in portland which is also 45 min from hood
Jul 27 2009 2:35AM
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sconniestyle
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housing is easy to find and inexpensive, all things considered. i live in a single apt right downtown for less than half of what it would cost in a city like milwaukee or madison.

the job market is down, like anywhere, but not as bad as the rest of the country. if you are serious, get out here early to beat the oct rush of people with the same idea.

i love it here. i spend 4-5 days in the mountains a week in the summer, and i ski every chance i get in the winter.

the city is fun, don't believe the hate on the lds church. the outdoors opportunities are nearly unmatched in options and accessability, the weather is simply incredible almost everyday.

this is the place (sorry, i haven't been able to stop making pioneer day jokes)

Jul 27 2009 6:59PM
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SoupCurry
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dont move to Alaska, it sucks....make sure and tell your friends
Jul 27 2009 8:07PM
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skihood
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haha nooo

hood river cheaper. portland 1hour 30 min away from hood.
Jul 30 2009 3:20PM
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troublemaker3
Posts: 1954 - Karma: 225
the one thing about Salt Lake is that the only road leading to all the resorts gets shut down almost every storm so you are either trapped in or trapped out of the skiing when it happens
Jul 30 2009 6:26PM
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sconniestyle
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WRONG. don't say things like that unless you know what you are talking about.

big cottonwood canyon is home to brighton and solitude. that road is generally cleared by the time anyone is up and trying to get up the canyon even after the biggest dumps.

little cottonwood canyon is home to alta and snowbird. that road is frequently closed a bit longer in the morning because it is the most avalanche prone road in NA that is open 12 mths a year. however, if you have the patience to wait it out an extra hour or two you usually get up there. and it is good. very rarely does it happen where you are stuck up canyon all night, they are good about getting windows you can get down in. and if you are stuck up there, i don't see a problem.

parleys is the way to park city, where deer valley, canyons, and pcmr are. that is usually open however high winds can make it a bit trecherous. you are more likely to get a closure from an accident than from the snow.

i15 takes you up to ogden, where you enter the canyon to get to powmo and snowabasin. i15 is always open.

the only road that you ever have to wait for is in lcc, and that usually opens up pdq all things considered.

Jul 30 2009 6:59PM
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R.Fahey
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Yeah.... i hate to be redundant, and i'm sure the person above me covered it all, but your'e super, super wrong.

The only road i've ever seen closed is the road up to Alta/Bird.  Little Cottonwood just because of slides... because it snows so damn much and the terrain is so steep.  Sorry for having too much snow and steep mountains.

You might be confused with Colorado... where I-70, legit the only road to the mountains that i'm aware of, get's closed or turns into a shit show when it snows. 
Jul 31 2009 2:21AM
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BoardSideDown
Posts: 547 - Karma: 254
Hood for sure! get a fusion then a summer pass. skiing all day everyday
Jul 31 2009 2:38AM
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selkirks
Posts: 1978 - Karma: 59
Yeah I-70 is a nightmare. The sick thing about SLC is that when/if the LCC Highway is closed, usually the BCC Highway is still open and you can get to Brighton/Solitude. The same LCC snow w/ half the crowds.

Am I the only one that thinks it would be a cool experience to be stuck in an Interlodge?
Jul 31 2009 3:16AM
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troublemaker3
Posts: 1954 - Karma: 225

*sarcasm

Jul 31 2009 2:53PM
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jennyboots
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if i were you i'd split my time, do the winter season up at baker then head down to hood for late spring/early summer. but honestly i think it would be way more beneficial for your progression to work half the year, save up and then not work during the winter and go up everyday.
Jul 31 2009 3:01PM
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casual
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Sarcasm in what sense? As in you're mocking CO....?

Otherwise, it sounds like you were talking out of your ass, and just got called on it.

Maybe I'm wrong in this case, but I've noticed a lot of kids saying something ridiculous and then claiming "sarcasm!" lately...unfortunately, it appears that mostly these kids don't what the word means.
Jul 31 2009 3:20PM
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sconniestyle
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i agree.

you said that

1. all the resorts in utah are on one road.

2. that road is always closed.

sarcasm isn't speaking in falsititudes. you got busted for talking out your farthole about something you don't know about and then tried to save e-face by claiming sarcasm.

it was almost like you were sarcastically claiming sarcasm, which if it was on purpose would have been cool, like that song about irony where none of the examples are ironic (or is that the greater irony? oh alanis, how your crpytic lyrics vex me)

for those you who are confused, see below for a handy chart.

nothing is more fun than cleaning a toilet with a toothbrush (that's sarcasm)

warthogs are members of the bird family (that's not sarcasm, that is just plain stupidity)

Jul 31 2009 3:55PM
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Dustin.
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Boulder = Denver

Except Boulder is the suburb where all the people not from Colorado live.  Fun to visit, I wouldn't want to live there though.
Jul 31 2009 5:22PM
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fillup
Posts: 4904 - Karma: 568
My family dreams of interlodge. But the best situation would be staying at a lodge in LCC and then have an avalanche close the roads leaving you with fresh pow and no people.
Jul 31 2009 5:36PM
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PAuL_Hellar
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move to whistler it is nasty
Jul 31 2009 5:51PM
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casual
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my thoughts ehzackly.
Jul 31 2009 8:51PM
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troublemaker3
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you know the things people in utah post in forums about utah, to keep people out

example.   the mormans are wierd, utah is brown, the snow sucks, it takes forever to get to a resort, resorts are crowded, no bars, etc.

i just elaborated to much for anyone to catch on i suppose.

so instead of trying to P3WN my NOOb ass with blatently obvious facts about salt lake, just ignore my post, i wont mind

Jul 31 2009 9:02PM
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casual
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That actually makes sense......kind of.

I understand you trying to protect your good ole' UT from invaders who have come to steal your pow, that definitely makes sense.

Buuuuut, that was definitely not sarcasm—facetiousness, maybe?—so to me it came across as an attempt to save face, naaah mean? And for the record, there was no pwning intended bud.
Jul 31 2009 10:00PM
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DBeck
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shut up pns may not be a mountain but judging from videos and pictures your park is nuts and it never looks icy, always soft, which kinda sucks but nice for trying tricks all the time. and you have water ramps.
Jul 31 2009 10:06PM
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