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What Ski Hill is Open the longest?

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ski0
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I am done school for the year, and I want to make a road trip out to the mountains with a buddy. I am wondering what mountain will stay open the longest into the spring/summer, without ever closing. I am not gonna be in any summer camp or anything, so I will need a public access mountain.

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May 2 2011 12:38PM
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californiagrown
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TIMBERLINE, WHISTLER, MAMMOTH...IN THAT ORDER.
May 2 2011 12:40PM
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PJS.
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mammoth? hood? (timberline/meadows)
May 2 2011 12:40PM
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californiagrown
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OH, AND MAMMOTH WILL HAVE THE BEST CONDITIONS UP UNTIL LATE JUNE.
May 2 2011 12:41PM
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Heinzler
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mammoth is open till july 4th. hood and whistler are open until sometime in august. arapahoe basin is open till early june i believe.
May 2 2011 12:41PM
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Jakx~
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Bachelor's open till the end of may. But into summer the summer go with ^
May 2 2011 12:44PM
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californiagrown
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bachelor is open into late july...but the US race team uses it. someone should go snake the shit outta their course
May 2 2011 12:45PM
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GayWolf420
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You guys haven't mentioned snowbird? Madness....
May 2 2011 12:50PM
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doGelyst
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perhaps add in how much it costs per day at each mountain as well.....haha

May 2 2011 12:58PM
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1337
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for the east, probably sugarloaf. We're still skiin, baby!
May 2 2011 1:05PM
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Downtofilm
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Whistler is
May 2 2011 1:23PM
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Downtofilm
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Open until may 29th and the re opens the 24th for glacier skiing, mammoth as everyone said is open till July 4th
May 2 2011 1:24PM
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stupendous-man
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Timberline is open year round and has a public park that is pretty good. no need to go to windells or mhssc if you just want to ski some park
May 2 2011 1:47PM
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BASEDaL
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crystal mountain Washington is open till june 12th
May 2 2011 1:57PM
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skiingpimp
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"I am done school for the year"
I think you need to go back to school.
May 2 2011 2:03PM
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little_boo
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711 inches YTD snowfall...

Gonna be open into summertime fo sho!
May 2 2011 2:12PM
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RIP_leos_shack
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A-Basin has the longest season for an area without a glacier.  Generally mid October to mid-late June.
May 2 2011 2:21PM
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californiagrown
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mammoth...
May 2 2011 2:24PM
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Style+eeze
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Hood. Nothing like taking a drive down from seattle where I live for the weekend in like august
May 2 2011 2:34PM
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pink_squid
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mamoth only closes for like a month. plus its FUCKEN MAMMOTH
May 2 2011 2:59PM
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Caveman.
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Meadows is pretty much shut down now.


I would also like to mention Beartooth Pass on the MT/WY border. rlissc.com Hands down the best June terrain and a small but decent park.
May 2 2011 3:02PM
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heFF
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I actually believe it's the hortsmans glacier on BLACKCOMB not whistler...zinggggg

and snowbird should be open till july 4th this year with record snow fall..june 22 last year
May 2 2011 3:18PM
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Willard
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Are they opening the rope tow again this year?I would still probably go to hood instead but just curious.
May 2 2011 3:39PM
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Caveman.
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Yep, 2 poma lifts.. it's opening for sure. We might try and do a demo out there this June. Nothing's finalized but we've been talking about it. Also there is some sort of Freeride comp in mid May.
May 2 2011 4:50PM
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A.Eberhard
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SAINT SAUVER !
May 2 2011 4:53PM
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JuliusJ
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no it isnt... definitely closes at the end of may. almost guarantee they're at hood, not bachelor.
May 2 2011 5:03PM
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ski0
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thanks guys!

im thinking about goin up to whis for a couple weeks, and i will buy a couple lifts passes and also do lots of skinning and hking on whister moutain which is closed. I will then road trip down to the US to hit up places like abay and mammoth for the early summer , and then mayb back to whis for summer shredding and downhill biking.

this wil be an expensive trip, but i worked my ass off all winter for this!!!

does my plan sound good? anyone have a better idea??
May 2 2011 5:08PM
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Z-Juice
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that plan sounds ideal
May 2 2011 7:35PM
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_Jesus_
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Timberline is open until september 2nd and then re-opens in earlier October for winter.

Whistler is open until sometime in august.
May 2 2011 7:39PM
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wynnyk
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i don't think so...
May 2 2011 7:40PM
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derpina
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ABay opened months before Mammoth and will only be closing a month before.
May 2 2011 7:44PM
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_Jesus_
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ah yes, your right...just checked...closes july 24th
May 2 2011 8:04PM
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skier_boy26
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Timberline isn't on a glacier.

Blackcomb, however, is summer glacier skiing.
May 2 2011 8:39PM
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Caveman.
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I thought the top of Palmer was the Palmer Glacier while everything else was considered a permanent snow field?
May 2 2011 9:09PM
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skier_boy26
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Nah you're right. There is some glacier ice underneath the lanes. It is small as hell, but it is there.
May 2 2011 9:17PM
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gabe_cohen
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go to mammoth in june/july and then head up to Mt. Hood in July/august
May 2 2011 9:19PM
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Jakx~
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I know what I'm doing this weekend:)

May 10 2011 7:20PM
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Vino
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YEAH YEAH YEAH SKIING ON SALT LAST WEEKEND WAS EFFING GREAT
May 10 2011 7:22PM
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assface
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alyeska is open till beginning of june. not that impressive though
May 10 2011 7:42PM
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Imma_Freeskier
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whistler!! you wont be dissapointed
May 10 2011 10:15PM
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pelle_munch
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Abasin!!! or atleast its the one that is open longest that doesn't have a glacier. October 25- July 4th this year!
May 10 2011 11:22PM
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eheath
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i think you're thinking of timberline, mammoth is closed for like 3-5 months depending on snow, hood only closes for mid september to mid october.
May 10 2011 11:24PM
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Funnel
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Months? Adding an s makes it plural, I think you meant "month". Plus, if you're going to drop money on Summer skiing, you might as well do it at the better mountain. Mammoth's park blows the fuck out of A Basin's (yes, even in the Spring/Summer) and you're still able to get about 3,000 feet of vert in July.
May 10 2011 11:36PM
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JIB_WALRUS
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Mt astroturf stays open pretty long usually till like late september
May 10 2011 11:50PM
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alvy.
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your forgetting crystal mountain in washington.

actually, your not missing out much here anyways, the park doesnt have jumps.............*sigh*
May 10 2011 11:54PM
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derpina
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1. Whatever.
2. Never told anyone to go to A-Bay.
3. Don't care.
4. Thanks for the slap back rant though.
May 10 2011 11:55PM
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pelle_munch
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CO represent


although i bet mammoth is awesome as fuck, abay has such a chill vibe tucked away in the mountains, so much fun in the spring summer with everbody just shredding and having fun.
May 11 2011 12:02AM
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Funnel
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1. Fair enough
2. Just as I never said you did
3. Great
4. Anytime
May 11 2011 12:03AM
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derpina
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Amen, man. I love the small mountain local feel. Everyone can go flock to Mammy or Govy for all I care.
May 11 2011 12:27AM
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c4t_l0ver
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yeee boy, stoked! your first time in whis
May 11 2011 1:17AM
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zagfan5
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and thats really only for lift maintenance purposes.

even tho the snow is shitty, they could in theory set up a rail garden and push snow for a 3 jumpline fairly easily if they used all the snow up there in august and september, and normally by october theyre already getting snow on the palmer again. so technically they could stay open all year, but smartly they dont.
May 11 2011 1:19AM
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