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Silverton vs. Wolf creek vs. Jackson hole vs. Crested butte vs. Taos
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I'm planning a ski trip for next year. If you could go to silverton, wolf creek, Jackson hole, crested butte, or Taos, where would you go and why?
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Silverton or Jackson as long as you have some BC experience and gear.
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definitely not Taos or Crested Butte - they don't get enough snow.
Wolf Creek isn't that gnarly, but it gets a good amount of pow.
Silverton is so damn far away from anything. It's remote unless you can fly into Durango or Telluride.
I'd say Jackson Hole - tons of snow, and lots of steeps.
Or put Squaw Valley, Snowmass or Whistler on your list.
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Just got back from skiing Silverton today actually. Its an awesome place, not really sure if its the kind of place you would want to ski for a week. The ski area is literally in the middle of nowhere. I say you should go to Telluride. Plenty of gnarly, awesome shit there, plus Silverton is a little over an hour away, so you can ski there for a day or too. The San Juans/SW Colorado are very underrated, its awesome down here.
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you are asking a rediculous question...i assume you are aware that those are all world class resorts...with that being said go to whatever resort has the best base and if possible chase the storms
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need to clarify that wolf creek is not by any means world class
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Crested butte, just because epic name is epic
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as a wolf creek/silverton fanatic, i 100% agree with this.
squaws the best mountain in the world.
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yeah don't come to CB, it sucks here. It's flat, horrible terrain, the people suck, and we never get snow /sarcasm
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just had the best pow day of the year at silver ton today, but wolf creeks pretty sick, so is crested butte and telluride. i would say either silverton or crested butte for sure
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crested butte is awesome. i went there spring break this year in one of their worst years ever and it was still great. Taos gets the best snow on the planet. i would say jackson early season and the rest late season. Jackson hole's mostly eastern exposure can cause spring conditions as early as February. also there is a lot of el nino speculation now if that happens wolf creek and taos will have double the snow of the others(beside silverton). sort of biased being i live in nm and ski taos a lot. and yes all of them have great terrain
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