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Headed to Utah tomorrow, area suggestions

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ski_ENDUB
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Headed to utah tomorrow which I am extremely stoked about. I'm going to be skiing Alta thurs-sun but I'm looking for any area recommendations for wednesday. I was thinking about going to Solitude, I've been to snowbird too, which would be a good option. Pretty open to suggestions, and I don't care about the park situations since I'm leaving my park skis at home.
Dec 13 2010 9:09PM
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PJS.
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chads gap?
Dec 13 2010 9:10PM
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skiierman
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deer valley, duh.
Dec 13 2010 9:23PM
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Banane.
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Solitude ! One of my favorite mountain in Utah
Dec 13 2010 9:34PM
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Mr.Turtle
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how do you get there?
Dec 13 2010 9:36PM
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HermioneGranger
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From the bottom of Alta?
Dec 13 2010 9:39PM
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ski_ENDUB
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I'm not even going to attempt to get to chads gap, the passage is to dangerous with MFM and MDP and goblins and shit
Dec 13 2010 10:08PM
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ski_ENDUB
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Any other areas, right now I'm kinda leaning toward solitude.
Dec 14 2010 2:59AM
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Candy
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Even though sarcasm is coming up on my meter,

When all the pow is gone everywhere else in Utah, Deer Valley still has plenty of fresh days after a storm, cause all the skiers there are rich old men who don't like skiing the fun stuff. And they have some decent terrain too. So at least keep it in mind.
Dec 14 2010 3:03AM
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jimmer
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i'd check out PC wednesday if you wanna ski park
Dec 14 2010 3:11AM
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Planet_Captain
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Snowbird of Brighton. Simple as that, they will both get the brunt of this next storm coming through tonight and they are calling for 8-16 inches. Plus, brighton has $20 tickets on Wednesday, Dec 15th if you bring in a grocery bag of canned foods to donate.
Dec 14 2010 11:58AM
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bigsoxfan
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brighton is super legit, plenty of fun terrain. all high speed lifts too which is a big plus, i personally like it better than solitude

Dec 14 2010 12:14PM
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Daydreaming
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Whatever you do don't go to Alta on wednesday.
Dec 14 2010 12:15PM
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treebeard
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best day of my season so far was at deer
Dec 14 2010 1:29PM
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GayWolf420
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Almost all of my laps up in jupiter were fuckin solid. Face shots almost every turn. It gets tracked out fucking easily though. Your best bet on a pow day up there is to get up there early. Thats if you are only subjected to just the PC area.
Dec 14 2010 1:42PM
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ski_ENDUB
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Well thank you good sir, Brighton just moved to the top of my list. can't beat a $20 lift ticket
Dec 14 2010 6:25PM
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powpowpowpow
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Solitude has some crazy terrain, and like the name implies, you will find lots of SOLITUDE which is nice.  Really can't go wrong with any of them.
Dec 14 2010 7:23PM
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kristie
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Brighton has amazing BC access, so even if it hasn't snowed in a few days, you'll be able to find stashes. 
Dec 14 2010 7:46PM
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nkmo.
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I highly reccomend NOT riding Brighton on Wednesday. $20 tix are not worth the complete shitshow it will be up there. Ride solitude instead. There will be 1/10th the people and you'll get fresh tracks all day.
Dec 14 2010 7:50PM
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Chlamydia
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i second that. i have been there the last two $20 Wednesday and it was fucked. i cant imagine how packed it will be after the storm that is moving through tonight.
Dec 14 2010 8:18PM
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skiminnesota
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solitude is amazing.

my gripe, honeycomb canyon is a bitch to ski because of all the slow speed lifts youve got to take to lap it.

/ sounding like a spoiled bitch :)


although DV was suggested as a joke. IMO its not that bad because like everyone has said, the only people that ski there are 50+ year old men that dont ski off the groomed.
Dec 14 2010 8:38PM
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GayWolf420
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Its all about PC. You gotta know where to go to find the pow.
Dec 14 2010 10:02PM
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factory81
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i am most interested in finding PC pow.............

the competition in the LCC/BCC is insane.
Dec 14 2010 10:07PM
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GayWolf420
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Last weekend was so fun. I hiked jupiter peak and got some fresh turns in. Super fun. But its not great when its not a pow day.
Dec 14 2010 10:08PM
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factory81
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yeah i've seen PC in all of its glory during a shitty day.

Been to DV during a dumping day, not necessarily a lot of hills there with vert unless you hike Empire?

Canyons is too big to even grasp. But I know that the pow is all up in there.......

Hey how easy is it to access the western slope in Honeycomb Canyon, the slope that faces the east........

I remember last year there was tons of untracked snow on the face that faced eastern, and if I were able to make it all the way around the bend I could have had face shots all day
Dec 14 2010 10:17PM
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zach801
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i suggest you go to brighton, great skiing and some of the best park ever<3 i have been going there for years and never get bored of it

Dec 14 2010 10:19PM
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macat22
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The canyons
Dec 14 2010 10:21PM
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