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Resort with the best mix of park and big mountain skiing

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Krokodile
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I am going out west next year and I've skied the east coast my entire life so I'm not familiar with any of the resorts - only with names.  I have never skied a bowl or cliffs and really want to but I love the park so which resort has the best of both worlds?
Apr 4 2011 12:13PM
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zahava
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Mammoth CA, Whistler BC, and then SLC area cus you have Park City/Canyons/Brighton for park and Alta/Snowbird/Solitude for pow and Snowbasin and Powder mountain are only like an hour away.
Apr 4 2011 12:17PM
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N.L.
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Apr 4 2011 12:21PM
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PON3
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^^^^ too bad breck has super short runs. but not a bad place though. never liked the trees in breck, but just a personal opinion. but peak 10 is pretty good.
Apr 4 2011 12:32PM
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Baskilla
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VAIL...
Apr 4 2011 12:39PM
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kingskier
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gonna have to go with whistler, just think about it

although europe is pretty good, espace killy has very good terrain and pretty good parks : swatch snow park and oakley val park
Apr 4 2011 12:44PM
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californiagrown
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you want whistler/blackcomb. has world class everything, no where else in the world comes close to their combination.

in the states, i would go with SLC. Get a PC and a Alta/snowbird pass and that would be the best combo in the states. After that, i would go with mammoth, then north shore of tahoe(northstar, and squaw/alpine).

Everything else is heavily lacking in one department.
Apr 4 2011 2:52PM
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Zoro
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dont go by me cause i havent really been everywhere out west but the best was definetly vail. northwoods baby!!

Apr 4 2011 3:50PM
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Nadia.
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Whistler.
Apr 4 2011 3:55PM
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DERS.
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telluride. except the park is pretty small. good features. just small... but the mountain is unreal
Apr 4 2011 4:03PM
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