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Planning a trip from NZ

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LIL_WAT
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So my buddy and I are in the very early phases of planning a trip to somewhere in North America, for what will hopefully be an awesome full month of skiing. We've heard heaps about Whistler from friends etc. but also we are looking at  Breck and Keystone (we mainly ski park). So basically seeing as you guys are locals we'd like to know...

-How crowded does it get on a typical day in late January/early February. (ie are there crazy lift lines or anything ?)

-Wheres the cheapest place to stay for two 18 year-olds near Breck?

-Why would/wouldn't you recommend going to Summit County area versus other major resort areas ?

-What else should we be aware of with regards to skiing around this area before we go ?

I've checked some websites to investigate a few things, but since it's mostly  advertising with little feedback I thought Id ask NS. Cheers

Aug 30 2010 9:42PM
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Shadows
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i stopped reading fairly early in your thread. if you have the choice between here and whistler... get the fuck up to whistler.
Aug 30 2010 10:15PM
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LIL_WAT
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Thanks for the feedback. But cost is definitely a factor and it's cheaper for us to go here.

Aug 30 2010 10:43PM
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Queen_Selassie
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well if you ski park you will be so damn stoked when you get here. Keystone is where it's at for rails, and breck is where it's at for jumps, in my opinion. The only thing to avoid is the weekend crowds from denver and everywhere else. after dew tour and christmas break is over it's not as busy.

Aug 31 2010 12:28AM
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CBROOKS
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Avoid weekends. Keystone and Breck weekdays depending on conditions, key when its windy, breck when the conditions are optimal. Breck jumps the illest when its not blowing. coming party in boulder when its the weekend, saturday sunday are straight shit mobs. YEEEE
Aug 31 2010 1:26AM
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Rolfe
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stay in Frisco or silverthorne its a lot cheaper than breck also if you can order a summit pass you can get one for like 200 right now you could probably rent a house for a month that might be cheeper that a hotel also look at Utah
Aug 31 2010 6:16PM
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Muhammad
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Breck's main park is crowded as fuck.  That's the trade-off for 7 amazing jumps in one run.  Anyway, I would look into staying somewhere closer to Keystone; It's a lot less crowded in the park there (unless you want to hit the beginner line).
Sep 4 2010 11:38AM
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