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802Valley
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so after long debating i have decided to move to colorado but thing is i dont know where to go exactly,
i have a couple of places in mind; breck, aspen,snowmass, and copper. which do u think would be a better choice in terms of park and lots of pow skiing
Jul 29 2011 9:37AM
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skiingonskis
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breck and copper are right next to each other, as are aspen and snowmass.  get your research done
Jul 29 2011 9:45AM
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TechnoPotamus
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is money no concern to you or are you on some sort of budget?
Jul 29 2011 9:48AM
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802Valley
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^money isnt to much of a conern but im not loaded
Jul 29 2011 9:49AM
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802Valley
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i knew they were close to each other, i should have been more specific, which mountain to work at
Jul 29 2011 9:52AM
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Baskilla
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Summit county doesn't have the best pow/freeriding... If park and pow are equally as important than I would say aspen snowmass... If its 75 park and 25 pow than breck will be money.
Jul 29 2011 10:02AM
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C-Burg
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Try to get out of summit county. Crested Butte would be a good choice, also aspen, telluride or steamboat would be a good choice.
Jul 29 2011 10:08AM
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RIP_leos_shack
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Telluride!
Jul 29 2011 10:43AM
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Juice.Doctor
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Telluride is in the middle of nowhere.
Jul 29 2011 10:54AM
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NWPA
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this. or salida is a good place to live to work at monarch or durango for purgatory.
Jul 29 2011 10:54AM
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Static
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A place where the beer flows like wine. Where beautiful women instinctively flock like the salmon of Capistrano. I'm talking about a little place called ... Asspen.....
Jul 29 2011 10:57AM
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SSteezle
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this, i'd go aspen. Crested butte sucks don't go there
Jul 29 2011 10:58AM
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dmc12380
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Eldora, or better yet the Echo mountain area
Jul 29 2011 11:06AM
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Dustin.
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You need to be more specific man, you've given no information at all.

The best pow skiing is arguably at places like Silverton and Wolf Creek, the Butte after a good storm. The first two are out there far away from any big cities, so a really quiet lifestyle. Crested Butte is an awesome town, so even though it's out there you might not mind.

Summit County is only 2 hours from Denver and has some of the best park skiing in the world as well as good terrain to go play on when it dumps, but you get holiday and weekend crowds. Denver is an awesome city, so for me personally I would want to be within reasonable driving distance.

There are a lot of things to consider, living in Colorado involves a lot more than "which resort?" as they are all fairly unique in both lifestyle, culture, and terrain.
Jul 29 2011 11:33AM
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Flying~Squirrel
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then whichever mountain will hire you
Jul 29 2011 11:33AM
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stephengillboy
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i'd go with aspen area...probably better pow than summit and youre gonna make a shitload more money.(if you get the right job)...but if you live in summit or vail valley you'll get an epic pass which is the most legit pass ever...7 mountains on 1 pass

Jul 29 2011 11:56AM
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californiagrown
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lol...i can see youve really thought this one out.


here are my suggestions on where to winter:

1) wherever there are the fewest homeless people
2) summit county is pretty darn meh for anything but park
3) go to crested butte or telluride if you are dead set on colorado.
4) on fourth thought, just go to breck it would probly suit your needs
Jul 29 2011 12:10PM
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egg.
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breck.
Jul 29 2011 12:18PM
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LeadThug420
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lol

If you say so...

Jul 29 2011 12:59PM
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DaysToCome
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yeah definitely dont move to crested butte. the skiing sucks, its in an ugly place, the locals are the meanest people i've ever met, and theres not an interstate highway within like 80 miles or more (which let me tell you is the worst). stay out of the gunnison valley. place is ass
Jul 29 2011 3:04PM
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.RYAN66
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check out summit daily.com they have ads for rentals all over, it will give you a better idea of what you can get for your money in different areas. i would stay away from the butte and telluride they are pretty far out there, i am sure you will want to go to denver every now and then, summit is the best option for park, make sure you can hide on holidays shit gets crazy.
Jul 29 2011 3:33PM
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DERS.
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not really... but its way better than all the eastern slope mountains because there is never a lift line longer than 5 mins and the terrain is way better. but hey its somewhat remote location works out well because there are only like 5 days during the year when i get fed up with the amount of people on the mountain (christmas-new years)
Jul 29 2011 6:06PM
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NWPA
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exactly. dont come it sucks
Jul 29 2011 8:39PM
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stephengillboy
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i feel ya bro,   thats why i ski beav instead of  vail...avons a chill place
Jul 30 2011 5:20AM
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C-Burg
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You could try Glenwood/Basalt/Carbondale area. Close to Aspen and not a bad drive to Vail/Beaver Creek
Jul 30 2011 10:16AM
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PattyC
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I thought you were poor no?
Jul 30 2011 2:58PM
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kirbe
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this is not a bad idea, but you will have to drive. distances from glenwwod to hillz

sunlight- 10min
aspen-45ish min
Beaver creek- 40 min
Vail- 50 min
Breck-2 hr
keystone/abay-2 hr

Jul 30 2011 3:09PM
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bfnradford
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1 hr? dont move here though, it sucks goat balls
Jul 30 2011 3:21PM
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.RYAN66
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You are crazy If you think it only an hour from Denver
Jul 30 2011 4:06PM
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bfnradford
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I must be crazy then
Jul 30 2011 4:09PM
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californiagrown
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if you leave at 2am on a tuesday in mid february and drive 90mph it is 1 hr...
Jul 30 2011 4:09PM
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bfnradford
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mapquest says 1 hr 12 minutes, id say if you go 70-75 its about an hr, maybe im wrong.
Jul 30 2011 4:18PM
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J.DUKE
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I consistently could get from Dillon to Denver in 1 hour 15 after 7pm any day.
Jul 30 2011 4:31PM
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brf726
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This, and I drive slow. You must be riding a scooter if it takes you 2 hours.

For all the hate on Summit County, it's really a great place to start. Breck is Breck, you get great parks, great crowds, and lots of texans. Keystone has a great park, and the rest of the mountain is flat. A-basin is a 30 min drive from breck and has some great steeps and trees and is rarely crowded until the other summit county resorts close. I lived there, I liked it, I'm going back. It's not where I'll spend the rest of my ski-bumming career (Jackson Hole is more my style) but it's definitely fun and there's something going on all the time.

Jul 30 2011 4:49PM
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C.Hermann
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breck or key. copper is also within a few miles of there
Jul 30 2011 4:55PM
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bfnradford
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pretty much sums it up, im moving to Jackson this fall, but ive got nothing against summit, its a super fun place to live, and i think A basin is the shit.
Jul 30 2011 4:56PM
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Piste.Off
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Everyone who thinks denver to summit is such a long and painful drive is an idiot. I make denver to summit in 1 hour 15 mid winter, saturday mornings leaving at 730 all season long. its not bad.
Jul 30 2011 5:00PM
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Turnup_swiperigh
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I would live in snowmass, you have 4 resorts to go to on one ticket, and plus your not far from summit
Jul 30 2011 5:48PM
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ryan.c
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you must drive 30mph because i get from fort collins to abasin in 1.5hrs and 2hrs to vail. i dont drive slow, but average 5-10 over in anything but dumping.


and id live in denver to be honest, that is if you're trying to ski a lot but also do a lot of everything else. if skiing is your main priority then live closer to the mountains. it'll have less people, but just as much beer/weed, and during vacations flocks of women. denver will just be tight at all times, no matter what you're trying to do


but just with the variety of terrain id go with the epic pass for $650. 5 CO mountains, 3 CA. jackson and utah are 6 hours away. and many more CO areas from 3-6 hours drive. you get a lot of different terrain with the epic pass. breck/keystone for park, abasin or vail for pow. abay and vail are basically totally opposites, but even on vail's closing day where lifts were limited it was a 10 min lift line at most. and you can't beat high speed chairs all over the mountain (although CO skiing is more expensive then some other states). the only problem ive had with busy crowds is the drive home, either leave before 2pm on weekends/holidays otherwise it could literally take 4 hours because all the mountains funnel back to denver the same way
Jul 30 2011 6:10PM
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skiminnesota
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o my god.


why on earth would he want to drive from Denver to the mtns every time he wants to go skiing? especially if he is moving to colorado FOR THE SKIING.

OP i really liked Glenwood springs area. Sunlight is cool, Aspen is closeish, BC/Vail is closeish. But ive never actually "lived" anywhere in CO.

IMO though if you can afford a true ski town go for that. Aspen would be on the top of my personal list.
Jul 30 2011 6:45PM
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Inline.
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what language is that?
Jul 30 2011 7:12PM
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.RYAN66
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shut the fuck up
Jul 30 2011 7:30PM
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ryan.c
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because you can drive 1 hour and be in the mountains, but not live in a town with 50 people and nothing to do? and if you've never lived in CO, then why would you post?
Jul 30 2011 7:49PM
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FerrisBueller
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go to aspen/snowmass man youd be stoked to live here. the town setting is way better than breck imo and there are 4 mounitans to choose from no more than 15 mins away from eachother.
Jul 30 2011 7:50PM
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.RYAN66
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he is correct though. i hate driving from denver every time i want to go skiing which i why i am going to start my bumming career in the summit area. plus you have tourists who are funny when they get drunk on their $20 martini.
Jul 30 2011 7:52PM
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ryan.c
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well like I said in the first post, if skiing is the most important or only thing you want in CO, then live closer and bum it for the year. i did it in New Zealand and it was awesome. but if you move to CO and would consider staying permanently, then getting setup in frisco isnt going to get you far.


and you hate driving an hour from denver? are you serious? i guess it depends on where you come from, but on the east coast I drove 1.5hrs every day to mount snow which was a shorter drive than most kids. it was 4hrs to northern VT to get some good snow, that still wasnt that good compared to CO. at most a 2hour 15 min drive to some deep pow at vail is no problem for me, especially splitting it up half I25 and half I70 from foco. id have no problem driving and hour to the mtn from Denver.
Jul 30 2011 8:16PM
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skiminnesota
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it doesnt take a local to know that driving from denver to summit more than at most a couple days a week would suck. good god even going DEN to downtown sucks ass.

even more so because he is moving there for skiing. not to start a 9-5 career, or a family.
Jul 30 2011 8:19PM
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ryan.c
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I70 is the major highway between denver and SLC, so how does it suck? at the least it drops to 50mph through the tunnel, otherwise its mostly 65...stop being a whiney bitch, be glad you can ski regardless of the drive, and realize you're one of very few that hasnt had to drive atleast an hour to get to anything that resembles a mountain all your life, let alone 3 or 4 hours (or more).



and if you read my original post, I said if you're trying to get more than just skiing out of CO, then denver is a better option than frisco or dillon.
Jul 30 2011 8:45PM
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.RYAN66
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you are so dumb, coming back from keystone last weekend it took me 3 hours, because 2 trucks were screwing around one was doing 35 up the hill and one was doing 36 and he wasn't going to slow down so he decided to pass.

and from your other post where you quoted me, i drove 50 minutes to cbk 4-5 times a week, and let me tell you the drive to summit is much harder since you have to be alert pretty much the whole time, and it is much longer, closer to hour and half to hour 45. doing speed limits and depending on what time you leave it is hard to fly on 70 since there are so many grade changes, and a ton of traffic.


going to cbk there was very little traffic and i was doing 80 most of the time if not more.
Jul 30 2011 9:06PM
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ryan.c
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im dumb because one time you got stuck behind a crash, and that affects how long it takes you everytime? you my friend, are the dumb one.

the drive along I70 is the easiest drive I have ever had to do to/from any mountain. that includes UT, CO, NY, NH, VT, MA, and various places in NZ that are all worse than any canyon road in the US. its a major highway dude, with 2 lanes in each direction and a huge divider. sure with 2feet of snow on the ground it takes some concentration and careful driving, but from foco to keystone in the largest storm of the year last year, it only took an extra 45 minutes than the normal drive. in the same amount of snow on any other road where it's already only 50mph, and 1 lane each way, its much much worse.
Jul 30 2011 9:25PM
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.RYAN66
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you are dumb, because you obviously dint comprehend what i wrote.


I am done arguing with you, you are an incompetent fool, who has obviously only driven 70 once.
Jul 30 2011 9:28PM
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