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Best Mountain in the U.S. for both powder and park?
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Which mountain has it all in the U.S.? A mix between some good powder, woods, cliffs and then a good park? Just wondering because I'm planning a trip out west next year and hope to ski some pow but also some park.
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go to Utah.
stay in Park City for that "on vacation" feel. ski at the canyons or PCMR.
if it snows make the hourish drive over to Alta/snowbird or Solitude/Brighton.
BOOM
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can't argue that. also snowbasin has a good mix of both, and not the crowds.
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no this is wrong go to whistler or tahoe. utah skiing sucks
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^^SNOWBASIN IS AMAZINGGGGG!!!!
Guarantee some UT kid is going to hate but Summit County/Copper/Vail. Only because you asked for park/pow and not steeps. Not always the MOST pow but if you want a mix it'd be a good bet.
Breck's season total is 395" so far this year.
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crested butte. sick terrain and their park just got a lot better.
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Your home mountain. Nowhere else will you get to know the park and sidecountry like a resort you spend all season at.
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whistler but thats in canada. start off with a sick pow day on seventh heaven then ride out to nintendo terrain park so much fun
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Snowbird had that in the beginning of February...... just saying
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SHUT THE F UP YOU ANNOYING UTAH KIDS ALWAYS CLAIMING YOUR TOTALS. I said NOT THE MOST POWDER. 395 isn't bad at all.
Sorry that was mean but I had to get it out. It's sooooo annoying. It's always a competition with you kids. I feel better now. Apologies.
Park City is at 330" for the season... just sayin.
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i really like this answer.
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I disagree. I've had one day this year at Vail that I would consider a "powder" day. Sure, Vail gets storms of 5-6", but I would hardly consider it a powder destination.
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who cares, yet another worthless thread where people will just opinion-bash. OFN
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squaw broke 500" a few days ago and Alpine has gotten over 600" this year..... just saying
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this. or Mammoth. I cant believe no one has said that yet
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ya mammoth has a killer park and the powder there is insane. Around christmas they got somwhere around 10-13 feet of snow
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Snowbird will break 500 in a week.
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Mammoth, end of discussion
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The best of everything all in one place would probably have to be Whistler/Blackcomb.
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This and mammoth, but i never been there. If you want too ski more then one moutain go to salt lake city. So if its a pow day go to the cottonwood. If theres no new snow go to pcmr, cayon or snowbasin.
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Summary (or just my opinion):
Best of everything - powder, terrain, and park - at one place: Whistler
Best of almost everything that requires a bit more effort to access: Mammoth
Best of everything but scattered at different resorts: SLC
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blue mountain pa. with a base of less then 30 inches....
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Our snow has 1/3 the moisture content just saying
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hey man dont make fun of my home mountain, they work really hard to make a friendly fun feel for all there racers, if you dont like it stay off the mountain. hahaha
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This...except pow is out of question on east coast.
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The Canyons in Park City, Utah has huge big mountain and powder. Much better that PCMR and the park isn't quite as good as PCMR but it's still killer and I think it's the best overall.
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www.ltpark.com
Lost Trail is sick.
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alpine has 300 more than that... gg
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either Mammoth or Whistler (even though its in Canada) for sure.
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Most of the snow in this recent storm has been far from sierra cement
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mammoth gets my vote. and pff 500 inches, here in mn we just hit the 90 mark
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Dry snow falls, accumulates, but quickly condenses into a fraction of the actual accumulation because it's density is so low.
I have seen pictures recently from Tahoe with snow up to the 2nd story of buildings.
Take from that what you will.
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lol thats what every person from tahoe says about every storm...
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I havent been to many places but Big sky in montana was decent. Big Couloir was fun
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I would take sierra snow over utah/co snow any day. In Cali, storms will be a bit warmer during the start, sticking to rocks and making a good base over previous snow conditions. This is why such crazy shit always goes down at squaw. You are able to ski off rocks, and stomp landings. Out in utah/co, there can be feet of fresh, but it is so light that you are still skiing icy moguls with fluff on top.
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for one single resort, mammoth or whistler. whistler's weather can be a bit fickle, but if your at the right place at the right time (sunny for park or open bowls then trees for stormy days) its the best skiing on this continent. mammoth gets epic storms that come in several day increments, but its really sunny most of the time. the powder there is super heavy though and could be difficult if its your first time in the west.
park city for park days but driving to the cottonwood canyon resorts on pow days is awesome too. salt lake is probably the best city for skiing.
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