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ummmmm53
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My family is heading out to Winter Park the day after Christmas however after checking the snow report daily for the past month I'm not getting very excited. From what I've seen Winter Park has greens and blues open and the rest of CO isn't a whole lot better. Do you guys have any suggestions of where we should head for the best snow? I'm coming from Illinois so no matter where we go it's going to be better than what we have here

Dec 20 2009 12:24PM
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Gnarshred
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Nah just have fun skiin some park int the  sun and if it snows hell yeah!
Dec 20 2009 4:47PM
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-PowAir-
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its december...this is pretty normal...some years we might be a week or two ahead or behind of where we're at now. CB has tons of snow, pretty much the whole mountain is open and the extremes should be opening soon...not sure how summit is coming along but generally they have more snow then we do.
Dec 20 2009 6:04PM
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ksnow
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I would suggest Copper, they are the only resort open (that I know of) with open bowls.
Dec 20 2009 7:35PM
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Gnarshred
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T-bar is open at breck. maybe 6 chair not sure...
Dec 20 2009 7:41PM
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jdilla
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Summit hasn't really been getting shit. Last snow we had was a few inches inbounds last week. SJ's been getting wayyy more snow lately. I heard WP was decent but by the time you get there, it'll probably be crud unless we get more snow which is unlikely. If I were you I'd try and find a way to summit and ski park, A51 and breck are pretty much 100% as far as park features go.
Dec 21 2009 2:00AM
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ksnow
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yep you're right went there today but man the snow was terrible... :(
Dec 21 2009 8:08PM
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Dustin.
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Wolf Creek is the only place with good snow right now in my opinion.  CB is okay.  I don't why everyone thinks Colorado has a powder day every other day.  We have legit parks for a reason, it doesn't dump a lot.
Dec 21 2009 8:13PM
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ksnow
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bet wolf creek gets amazing in jan/feb...
Dec 21 2009 8:50PM
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willy_baller
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this but summit has good parks and not alot of bc open if you want to call it that
Dec 21 2009 10:29PM
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ummmmm53
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Yea I understand that CO doesn't always get fantastic snow but I have been going to different CO ski areas for the past 10 years at this same time and we have never had to worry about snow this much. Thanks for the help though
Dec 22 2009 10:57AM
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-PowAir-
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seeing as how your from illinois you shouldnt be worried at all. you could always stay home and ski wilmot? hahahaha
Dec 22 2009 11:31AM
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ummmmm53
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Oh yea anything bigger than 500ft is better than Wilmot so I'm easily impressed haha
Dec 23 2009 12:49AM
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-PowAir-
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i hear ya man, i learned to ski at that mole hill.
Dec 23 2009 12:30PM
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