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The Avenues Hostel in SLC

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Armanzoid
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I am planning on heading out to SLC in Feb, and I saw this hostel had cheap rooms and discounted lift tickets to all the hills in the canyon. I just wanted to know how this place is, if anyone has ever stayed there, and how easy is it to travel to the resorts via public transport. Also, does anyone know of a good place to rent a board in that area? My friend needs one for the trip.

This is the website for the place: http://www.saltlakehostel.com/
Dec 28 2010 1:54PM
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shocker611
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hmm dont know anything about the actual place but the area is pretty nice, and public trans kinda sucks up to the mountain from there because you have to make multiple changes before you actually make it to the ski bus, itd probably be an hour n a half trip on the busses.
Dec 28 2010 3:00PM
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skiierman
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hahaha have fun living with hippies and hipsters- especially with a community fridge.

and have fun trying to get to the mountain with the bus system from the aves.
Dec 28 2010 5:10PM
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Armanzoid
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Is there a private bus or something similar that takes you to cottonwood canyon? Like here in NYC they usually have a private bus setup that takes you from local shops direct to the hill.



And why the fuck do you even post anymore skiierman? You are just a negative fuck in every thread, must make you feel awesome to constantly seem like the most miserable person on NS.
Dec 28 2010 5:32PM
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Keyjibbs
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Ya getting up to BCC/LCC is going to be a bitch from the Avenues with UTA. It's definitely possible but it's going to take longer than you want. I'd suggest renting a car for a few days or something similar. I've never heard of any private buses going up the canyons either. Can't really speak on the hostel but I can't imagine it being the greatest or worst at those prices.
Dec 28 2010 5:38PM
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spaustin889
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its a hostel....think about it. I've stayed in a few before. Arent bad, but kinda sketch. I personally wouldnt stay in one unless I was with a group of people.
Dec 28 2010 6:22PM
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skiierman
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stop being a pussy you bitch. how about you do some more research instead of randomly asking people on a site? which do you think is more helpful? the utah transit authority site or an internet forum? use your brain. if this is the kind of research you're doing into traveling here, good luck because you're going to need it.
Dec 28 2010 6:26PM
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snowdon
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I live in the avenues a few blocks away from it. I don't know anything about the hostel, but I dont mind giving you guys a lift up to the canyons if the our time schedules coincide.
Dec 28 2010 6:28PM
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wasatch_rat
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if it pisses you off so much, why do you waste your time by clicking and commenting? this site is supposed to be a community of skiers. he could get a lot of info from other places, but he's asking for people's first hand experience and this is pretty much the best place to get it, if it weren't for shitty members like you.

that aside, public transit would take a really long time to get up to the mountains. i would recommend renting a car if theres any way you can afford it. idk about the hostel, but the avenues is a really chill part of slc with some great coffee shops.
Dec 28 2010 6:42PM
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wasatch_rat
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^ another reason people come to this site, for awesome help like this. + k
Dec 28 2010 6:43PM
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skiierman
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yeah and offering up rental cars is AWESOME advice.
Dec 28 2010 6:46PM
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wasatch_rat
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i gave advice, admittedly not the most helpful, but you just came to this thread to insult people. again, your only wasting your time, checking your threads just to see what pisses you off next. your pathetic
Dec 28 2010 6:57PM
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wasatch_rat
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*you're pathetic
Dec 28 2010 7:01PM
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Armanzoid
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Actually, it's not bad advice at all. I looked it up and it would only be $67 for 5 days, I was thinking that it would be way more expensive, and I'm glad he mentioned the public transport would be shit.

I'm asking people to tell me if the hostel is any good, and I know a lot of people on NS travel and know the cheapest places to stay in most ski towns. If asking a ski community for first hand info for a ski trip is wrong, then what the fuck is the point of a community in the first place? Wait, I know, it's for you to go on and piss on people for making legitimate conversation. The young kids and gangster kids don't ruin this site, its fucks like you who do. You were banned for a reason, you should have stayed banned.
Dec 28 2010 7:16PM
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shocker611
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yeah and if you cant get the extra money to get 4 wheel drive for the canyons, dont sweat it.. just drive to the bus stop at the base of the canyon and the ski bus will take you up. Its actually pretty nice and thats what i do since I dont have a AWD
Dec 28 2010 7:38PM
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skiierman
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haha slc a ski town? fuck off you moron. and no the people who ruin this site are pussies like you and 4chan.
Dec 28 2010 9:51PM
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mozzy
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My budget trip to SLC:

Take the bus or a taxi from the airport to the 500/600 S motels downtown. There are rental shops across the street, also offering discount tickets for Snowbird, etc. The public transportation buses that head up the canyons stop near the motels. Don't bother with a rental car. If you're with a friend, the motels are good value, and offer more privacy than a hostel.

Dec 28 2010 9:54PM
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Armanzoid
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Yeah, I am going with a friend, that is why I think the rental car thing might work out. What do you mean by 500/600 S motels, is that a road or something?
Dec 28 2010 11:18PM
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GreenStezz
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Yes it is......................
Dec 28 2010 11:23PM
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snowdon
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Salt Lake's roads are a grid system, based on where the temple is. So most of the roads in the valley are called "3300 South" or "500 East," etc. The aves are slightly different, they're alphabetical.
Dec 29 2010 1:14AM
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Armanzoid
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Just looking at a map, I see what you mean now. I should have guessed that the Mormons would make such a pragmatic and emotionless road system based entirely in numbers.

And finally, good places to get fucked up at?



Dec 29 2010 12:02PM
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shocker611
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hahaha its actually pretty DAMN nice.. once you get it its the best way to do it
Dec 29 2010 12:12PM
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123ski
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For those of you that have not "heard" of private shuttles going up and down the canyons, you should probably use your eyes next time instead of your ears, and you will end up "seeing" them almost every day.


As far as hostels go, I am always sketch to live in a spot like that, some people don't feel the same way as I do, but seems more like a hassle than fun to me. If they do indeed provide free lift tickets to ski resorts then it sounds like a bargain, if not, then I would advise booking a hotel at a ski resort. If you do it right it will be about as much as a lift ticker per night, but you will get a free lift ticket (sometimes 2) for every night you stay. With that you can either ski at the resort, or sell your day ticket and go somewhere else. For example, Snowbird does an early week special that is $99 a night including a lift ticket, A day pass there is $74, so you really get to stay there for $25 a night. Then if you wanted to you could go down to the parking lot in the morning, sell your day pass for $65, head next door to Alta and buy a day pass for $69, or take the ski bus down the canyon and up Big Cottonwood Canyon and ski at Brighton or Solitude.
Dec 29 2010 12:43PM
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omsun1212
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I was about to suggets Canyon Transport. If you have a group of 3 or more (I think) they will make a stop at one of the cheap places in SLC to buy real beer not the 3/2 beer you get everywhere else.
Dec 29 2010 12:53PM
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skiierman
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the only places to buy real beer are called liquor stores and no none of them are cheap. canyon transport is also expensive.
Dec 29 2010 12:58PM
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Armanzoid
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3/2 beer? Is that like some sort of less strong beer? I was thinking of just bringing a bunch of booze with me because I hear it is such a hassle to drink in SLC. I totally forget how awesome it is to live in a city with little to no liquor control laws.


And 123ski, thanks for the awesome suggestion.


Dec 29 2010 6:47PM
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shocker611
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if you dont live at altitude and wont be used to it, then the 3.2 beer will get you just as fucked up as your regular beer back home. Plus like said before you cant get full proof in liquor stores and bars. I really wouldnt worry bout the beer at all and you can get all the liquor you could want from the liquor stores. It is a bit more expensive though, so if it isnt too much of a pain it wouldnt be a bad idea to just bring it with you
Dec 29 2010 6:52PM
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Armanzoid
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I always thought getting more drunk at altitude was just a myth.
Dec 29 2010 6:56PM
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shocker611
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nope it sure isnt! while it isnt very major, higher altitude means more oxygen in blood which means thinner blood which means higher blood alcohol concentrations faster.. while it isnt very much, neither is the difference between the beer
Dec 29 2010 7:08PM
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STAUSS
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daaamn son, droppin mormon jokes, hatin on the grid and the booze... sounds like you dont wanna come to slc at all... our liquor laws are the same as a lot of states, besides the difference in beer at gas stations being 3.2 and the altitude will compensate. 
anyways, i've been to the aves hostel and it was fine if you're into that sort of thing, your average ass hippy bums smokin butts inside, dirty bunks, and rotten service.  Long way from the highway, your looking at a much longer drive to the canyons than you usually would have staying in a different part of salt lake. 
I'd go with 123skis idea if i was you. 
for future reference hit up the utah regionals form, it's pretty active and can be real helpful.
Dec 29 2010 7:22PM
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gr4
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3.2% by weight, which is 4.0% by volume. a typical cheap lager is usually 4.2% by volume so its not a big deal. strong beer and liquor at the state liquor stores. they close at 10 and arent open on sundays. drinking here isnt really a hassle at all.
Dec 29 2010 7:36PM
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Armanzoid
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Everywhere else I stayed at a hostel wasn't that bad, its a shame. I was thinking of going with what he said anyway, it sounds easier. And I am a New Yorker, by definition I have to bust balls of all things not from the most awesome place in the world. And I don't hate on the grid system, you ever drive in Boston during the dead of winter? Enough to kill a man.
Dec 29 2010 11:03PM
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shocker611
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haha once you feel the pow you may change youre opinion of the "most awesome place in the world" :)
Dec 30 2010 12:21PM
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snowdon
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Negative. I believed that too the first time I went out there, then I got really sick and felt like an asshole.
Dec 30 2010 12:28PM
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shocker611
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haha RAPED
Dec 30 2010 12:56PM
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snowdon
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^Ha pretty much. Eh well, I was 18 and dumb. We've all been there a time or two..
Dec 30 2010 7:24PM
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shocker611
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haha yeah a couple times
Dec 31 2010 1:23AM
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