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Best skiing state..?

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ScubaSteve1234
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which one is your favorite and why?
Jul 27 2011 10:11PM
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AJizzle
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Lol I thought the same thing, oh and california is pretty hard to beat
Jul 28 2011 2:36AM
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MikeWeinerONE
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euphoric ... the state of mind I get in while skiing, is the one I wish everyone lived in.
Jul 28 2011 3:02AM
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the.nile
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maine for sure. not for super parks or awesome bc, but we have the most badass skiers anywhere. all we get is ice and rain and there will always be some diehards at the mountain tearin it up in the rain. maine ftw
Jul 28 2011 11:57AM
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selkirks
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Idaho is the soul of skiing.
Jul 28 2011 12:02PM
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AGOF
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Oregon. Skiing year round. No biggie
Jul 28 2011 12:47PM
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dan4060
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Because California, Montana, Utah, and Washington have better mountains.  The only place in Colorado I would travel to is Silverton.  Crested Butte is great, but it does not get enough snow.  A-Basin is cool, but I would not travel there.  Aspen Highlands is cool, but not worth me going.   Please don't mention Breckendridge or Vail.

Colorado is one of the best places to be a skier and have a real job, because you can live in Denver/Boulder and be 2 hours from good skiing.  It is simliar to Washington/Seattle in that way.  I would rather ski Crystal/Alpental/Stevens Pass/Mt. Baker than any of the areas within a couple of hours of Denver.  I would never ski bum in Colorado though, Tahoe/Mammoth/Snowbird all get more snow, and have better terrain.  When Crested Butte gets 418 inches and Powder proclaims it a record year.....

If you like steep terrain and lots of sticky snow, go to California or Washington.  If you like steep terrain and TONS of light snow, got to Utah.

Jul 28 2011 1:38PM
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sconnyFC
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Yeah, what the last guy said...to a T.
Jul 28 2011 1:51PM
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burntahoegreen
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CAlifornia, its got all the good skiing already mentioned, the hottest girls, The best and cheapest chronic, and some of the best beaches anywhere. whats CO got over that.
Jul 28 2011 1:52PM
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Stickity
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bullshit
he went to 7 springs and lived outside pittsburgh in pennsylvania
Jul 28 2011 1:54PM
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TheUngroomed
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Nebraska cuz the snow is so phresh!
Jul 28 2011 2:00PM
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thebeesknees
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Connecticut...is that even a question?
Jul 28 2011 2:02PM
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snomaster
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Who said you need a resort to go skiing? Your answer was fine, i like it.
The only thing that CA and MT have on my favorite, is legal pot. CO and UT get sun fucked too often. I'm moving my life back to WY within the week. CAN"T WAIT!!!
Jul 28 2011 2:05PM
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crunkiest
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ya only if ur in reno tho but still the best
Jul 28 2011 2:06PM
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Crehm
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Michigan is def best of the midwest have skied some legit powder in Backcountry who else gets 200+ inches of snow without mountains to stack up the storms??
Jul 28 2011 2:20PM
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KevinK.
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Oregon.
You can ski year round and its where ive skied all my live so i dont really know about any other places lol
Jul 28 2011 2:23PM
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GratefulShred
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Holdin it down for Utah on this one. However i've never skiied any of the PNW, which i hear is life changing. So who knows.
Jul 28 2011 3:49PM
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Balto
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it only rains here, it fucking sucks
Jul 28 2011 3:51PM
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Ducky.
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Washington or Utah
Jul 28 2011 4:24PM
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Nufity
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You can count all of the mountains here on one hand....Illinois is the SHIT!!!!!! cept for villa and four lakes. CHESTNUT REPRESENT!!!!!11
Jul 28 2011 4:26PM
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Logey.
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utah- alta/snowbird, park city
Jul 28 2011 6:00PM
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Inline.
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this should be enough to know MT is the best
Jul 28 2011 6:01PM
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homestar
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Montana.  One year it snowed a foot overnight in August in Glacier Park.  I'm an hour away from skiing year round.
Jul 28 2011 6:12PM
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[~_~]
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Alaska for pow, Utah for park. Everything else is POOP.
Jul 28 2011 6:12PM
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muFFn
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The answer is simple: Colorado

You have every type of skiing in one state.
Jul 28 2011 6:13PM
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[~_~]
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Way too flat to be considered good BC.
Jul 28 2011 6:15PM
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I.B
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Different regions are for different things. There is no best state.
Jul 28 2011 6:24PM
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I.B
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Different regions are for different things. There is no best state.
Jul 28 2011 6:24PM
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ScubaSteve1234
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true that
Jul 28 2011 10:53PM
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zagfan5
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you make me lol that you COMPLETELY left out the best places to ski in BC(except whistler)
Jul 28 2011 11:02PM
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Balzberg
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This thread's making me realize that, and there's no considerations being made about places to ski in other places either. What about Japan, the Alps, New Zealand, and a large number of other places? That being said, there is a ton of great skiing in North America too.
Jul 29 2011 12:52PM
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LeadThug420
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I've only skiied in colorado so I may be wrong on this, but isn't the difference that makes Colorado skiing desirable that Colorado gets lighter, dryer snow than other regions?

Jul 29 2011 12:57PM
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BIGben*
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BC
Jul 29 2011 12:57PM
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array.
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Jul 29 2011 12:59PM
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Download-My-Apps
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BC is nowhere near Alaska, and grouse/ seymour aren't exactly worth moving here for..... But the interior is ballin and mad deep snow in northern bc
Jul 29 2011 1:02PM
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LeadThug420
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Based on the filming locations for attack of la nina,  I'd have to say BC is the best state/province for skiing.
Jul 29 2011 1:02PM
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californiagrown
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no. utah, wyoming, and montana consistently get the same quality. Colorado has the 2 best parks in the world(breck, Key), and some gnarly, but bony terrain in crested butte, silverton, telluride.

It is cold as balls, and gets less snow than every other state out west.
Jul 29 2011 1:16PM
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.Hugo.
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No state beats Minnesota for urban
Jul 29 2011 1:20PM
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californiagrown
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but urban isnt skiing.
Jul 29 2011 1:21PM
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.Hugo.
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You are on your skis while doing it so yes it is... and there is no way I can say skiing a hill with 300ft of vertical is the best skiing
Jul 29 2011 1:25PM
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Utard
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Definitely NOT Utah. Utah sucks. Utah has such shitty parks, flat mountains, no urban at all, and on top of it all we barely get any snow. Definitely go to Colorado. Stay out of Utah, it sucks.
Jul 29 2011 1:30PM
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Funnel
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California is awesome for skiing. Best is debatable. However, when it comes to living in a state 365 days a year and skiing, California is hands down the best state. It's impossible to run out of things to do and see in California.
Jul 29 2011 1:31PM
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Nufity
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North Dakota duh
Jul 29 2011 1:35PM
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beater_bob
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agreed.  every winter i regret moving to utah.  all of my friends from the hamptons and nantucket agree that colorado has much better skiing 
Jul 29 2011 2:09PM
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.Hugo.
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There once was a man from Nantucket
Whose dick was so long he could suck it.
And he said with a grin
As he wiped off his chin,
"If my ear were a cunt, I would fuck it."
Jul 29 2011 2:13PM
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Petersaurusrex
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Ya'll can gtfo with this west coast shit... PA is obviously where to go
Jul 29 2011 2:17PM
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washparkdub
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If you're like me, and don't have an overwhelming desire to ski sierra cement, or drink 3.2 beer.
Then Colorado is the state to ski.
Jul 29 2011 2:36PM
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californiagrown
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yay for 5 inch "pow days"!!
Jul 29 2011 2:37PM
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.Hugo.
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Hey, I'd kill for a 5 inch pow day
Jul 29 2011 2:39PM
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.ZT.
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naw boston is sicker urban. east coast represent!!!!!!!!
Jul 29 2011 2:44PM
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.Hugo.
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Ya right. MN, Land of 10,000 dub kinks
Jul 29 2011 2:45PM
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