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Park City or The Canyons?

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duffyearl
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I am going to be a freshman at the University of Utah next year and im from colorado so im used to parks like keystone and breck and i was wondering some peoples opinion on which pass i should buy? im progressive skier and having fun is more important than exposure.  thanks!
Jun 27 2011 2:02AM
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eheath
Posts: 61648 - Karma: 123,475
PC has the best features, period. Canyons might be more fun for some, but on paper, PC has bigger and better features.
Jun 27 2011 2:06AM
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MrPantyDropper
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alta
Jun 27 2011 2:20AM
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GayWolf420
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PC. This year could of been better. Its a hard one though. I like both. Both had really fun rail setups and jumps this year along with unbelievable pow days.
Jun 27 2011 2:22AM
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eheath
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Well, this or snowbird or brighton to ski pow. Park city area resorts don't compare to BCC/LCC. Now, if you only have money for one pass and wanna shred pow too, consider brighton, i know kids who had alta/bird/brighton passes before that only got canyons last year and they were disappointed.
Jun 27 2011 2:22AM
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Alex_G
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brighton/pc is probably the best combo you can get
Jun 27 2011 2:30AM
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.zobel.
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wow, much more quality first post than mine...
Jun 27 2011 2:40AM
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JWoods
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Hey bro you should hit me up, I'm going there in the fall too!
Jun 27 2011 3:10AM
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.RYAN66
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didnt they have kings crown shut down almost all year?
Jun 27 2011 8:44AM
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.ZT.
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ah over canyons or pc. brighton is small has a nice vibe a good park and is cheaper. alta is one word EPIC. might not be the same as breck or keystone but they are both sick.
Jun 27 2011 9:16AM
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eheath
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yeah, kings was only open a few times and it still has better features than the canyons.
Jun 27 2011 12:24PM
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nkmo.
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Pretty much this. I rode 60+ days last year an can only think of 3 or 4 epic park days at Canyons. Granted it dumped snow all winter, and there wasn't any real spring riding. But it was a still a fun park, and mountain. I will not be getting a pass to Canyons again this year, however, and that is due to the absolute inconvenience of the damn place. Yeah having a giant mountain is awemsome, and thins the crowds, butIt takes 3 lifts to make it to the park lift, and another 3-4 to get back to the Dream Peak area. I like skiing, not riding chairlifts.
Jun 27 2011 2:20PM
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Chlamydia
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Brighton
Jun 27 2011 7:25PM
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.squirrely.
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oh my god canyons sucks to get around. it takes you two hours to get to an area of the mountain and by the time you get there you have to head back for lunch or its the end of the day
Jun 27 2011 8:27PM
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dozerr
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i skied pc for 2 years, switched to canyons last season. had some fun days, but im back to pc next year. if that says anything
Jun 27 2011 10:23PM
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YewTard
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I live in PC and skied both all winter (thankfully for free since I was a resort employee). I'd take PCMR overall. Canyons has a few of my favorite tree lines I've ever skied, 9990 sidecountry is awesome, and their park is nice (go look up 'Boxzilla' on youtube), but it did kinda annoy me that I had to spend my first 30-45 minutes every day riding lifts up to the good stuff. PCMR has more parks, has the night option if you wanted to hit the park after class, and still has some good steeps/trees/bowls back in Jupiter.
Jun 28 2011 12:51AM
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BenjaminBanklin
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i did 30+ days at both resorts this winter and at brighton.  i liked canyons better then pcmr just because if you take the time to really learn the resort you can be shredding empty areas all day. I hate liftlines and march/april at the canyons was rediculous.  dumping snow everyday and noone around to ski it.  getting first tracks down some sidecountry at 3pm is crazy.   i would still pick if I could only have one pass to get brighton.  more snow, better terrain, okay to good/great park depending on the day. 
Jun 28 2011 12:48PM
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TWoods
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Last year, I would have said Canyons. People saying that it takes so long to get around must be skiing too slow, because besides the fact it sucks to ride the Cabriolet from the parking lot to the lodge, that's never even crossed my mind. The park USED to be awesome, with a more relaxed vibe than PC.

However, this year, they moved the park and did some other dumb shit, the park crew weren't up to snuff on keeping the park legit, it was pretty stupid. I'm glad it was such a good year for snow, I would have been pissed trying to ride park there all year.

PC was more consistently built well, people were mad at them for not switching stuff up and building a big park that was worth shit. Granted, the small jumps were as big as Canyon's big jumps. So they still win.

I would rather ride Canyons on a Pow day over PC, but in general if there's snow I'm going to be at Alta.
Jun 28 2011 12:55PM
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RockNRollNghtClb
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Be prepared for way worse jumps comapred to breck or key
Jun 28 2011 11:14PM
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GayWolf420
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Pretty ignorant statement right here. Don't listen to nay-sayers like this that compare every park to summit county parks.
Jun 29 2011 12:47AM
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RockNRollNghtClb
Posts: 2013 - Karma: 2,509
well he stated that he skis at breck and key and how is that ignorant at all its the fucking truth im just saying that the jumps are way better at breck and key
Jun 29 2011 1:05AM
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.ZT.
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i have skied summit county vail and steamboat and have also skied alta and brighton and PC. although i come from the east coast i still know that brighton and alta get dumped on and are better than PC for pow. i dont know the canyons but it sounds good in comparison to the colorado resorts because of its size.

also since you ski keystone and breck you know all about liftlines. to escape the lines ski brighton. just look it up and dont just look at PC and canyons.

i had to make this same decision this year and i chose alta and brighton and skied PC one weekend.

(ps if you are out west or especially in utah ski some pow we dont get that shit out east and trust me utah has some epic pow even in bounds so take advantage of it )

pm me if you have questions about alta and brighton
Jul 2 2011 9:33AM
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