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The Best Ski Area you have been too?

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Ali_Dibden
Posts: 1966 - Karma: 1,688
Just want to find everyones opinions in this, my personal favorite for me is Val D'Isere in France. Really big with a great park and BC.

What about you?
Dec 5 2012 6:45AM
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bdowning
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Been to Les Diableretes, but nothing comes close to Jackson Hole... a true skier's paradise.
Dec 6 2012 9:54AM
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Ali_Dibden
Posts: 1966 - Karma: 1,688
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Dec 6 2012 12:41PM
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dunkaroos
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Crystal Mountain when they got around 6 feet in 4 days. That was EPIC.

Sugarbush for awesome park laps, you can get sooo many laps in one day.

Brighton's real fun as well.
Dec 6 2012 1:15PM
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DrunkViking
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I think if I could only ski one place for the rest of my life it would be there. 600+ km of trails is just ridiculous.
Dec 6 2012 1:24PM
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Ali_Dibden
Posts: 1966 - Karma: 1,688
What kind of BC or parks do they have there? curious.
Dec 6 2012 3:38PM
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a_burger
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Probably Sunday River for all around, Cannon has some damn good trees though.
Dec 6 2012 3:45PM
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Dr.Dealgood
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Anyone that said Sunday River over Sugarloaf is just nuts. In my opinion.

Sunday River does not have more terrain. It is more spread out. Sugarloaf has more skiable acres than anywhere on the East Coast.

Sugarloaf has more glade skiing and hidden stashes (and ultra hidden stashes) anyone know what Bracket Basin was before it was Bracket Basin? than Sunday River.

Sugarloaf also has better bars.
Dec 6 2012 4:27PM
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Quak
Posts: 16 - Karma: 27
When I was last there they had 8 parks and 6 half pipes. The back country is sweet there as well, not the best around but still great.
Dec 6 2012 5:28PM
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250r
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la grave / les duex alpes if you were to count them as one resort. Its essentially just a lift to the backcountry on one mountain thats right up there with the stuff in cham, and then a fuckin dope park on the other. They arent really the same mountain or resort, but you can go from one to the other via cat track at the top.

whistlers not too shabby either, i cant really think of anywhere more well rounded and consistent as here.
Dec 6 2012 5:51PM
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dunkaroos
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Sugarloaf is definitely a lot more fun for tree skiing, like a lot lot more fun.
Dec 7 2012 12:44AM
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ILLinoisance
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Brighton for romping around and Keystone for park.
Dec 7 2012 2:28AM
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Laurent.
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Les Portes du Soleil, with more than 650 km of marked pistes and about 200 lifts in total, spread over 14 valleys and about 400 square miles (1036 square km).

On the border of the French/Swiss Alps, 8/12 resorts are French the other are Swiss.
And because of the elevation you can choose between trees or no trees.

Nine major snowparks, including a Stash. (There are more but those aren't too big.)

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This is not all the trails and lifts, they can't fit that in too one map:

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Dec 7 2012 2:58AM
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Stickity
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7 springs :(
Dec 7 2012 3:06AM
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Dr.Dickless
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are you fucking high?

get out of here OP
Dec 7 2012 3:24AM
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250r
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haha if that figure of 400 square miles is referring to actual skiable terrain, thats the same area as 31 whistler/blackcombs
Dec 7 2012 4:27AM
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FLBP
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I'd have to say Bridger is my favorite on a weekday, it gets tracked out quick but the terrain is amazing.
Lost Trail is super fun any day of the week, chill people and sick snow.
Dec 7 2012 5:36AM
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Ali_Dibden
Posts: 1966 - Karma: 1,688
I do enjoy Austria too, St. Anton is a really nice resort with pretty good snow conditions too, they just finished building a dope park setup last year.
Dec 7 2012 5:58AM
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Byron_tha_gr8
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never mind, just skied bridger
Dec 7 2012 7:31PM
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DrewEire
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St. Anton
Dec 7 2012 8:36PM
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Skieurdesarcs
Posts: 16 - Karma: 11
Val d'Isère, France. This is the closest one can get to paradise on Earth.
Dec 7 2012 10:50PM
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Skieurdesarcs
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The only thing with les Portes du Soleil is that it's not very high and rain can be an issue (not for Avoriaz but like resorts like Champery or Morzine).
Dec 7 2012 10:55PM
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skiRay
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west mtn, NY
Dec 7 2012 11:43PM
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schism
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With all things consider (Terrain, Snow, Village, Accommodation etc)

I would have to go with whistler, it literally has everything.
Dec 7 2012 11:52PM
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Laurent.
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But the resort to go to is pretty much Avoriaz, location, architecture, proximity to the parks, nightlife.
Dec 8 2012 6:15AM
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g.skiing
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Val t is probably the best i've been too.

I prefer going to solden or flachau cause its a lot less packed and its very big aswell
Dec 8 2012 8:30AM
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Ali_Dibden
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Dec 8 2012 1:54PM
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remster
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Surprised that no one has said Whitewater, BC. THE BEST café ever and sick terrain. Closely followed by Mt Olympus, Broken River and Revvy
Dec 8 2012 2:11PM
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FUUUCK
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Super fun terrain, phenomenal snow. and the slackcountry is second to none. The lodge is a fucking nightmare, but they're going to upgrade it soon. WH20 is in my top 3 with Whistler and Revy.
Dec 8 2012 7:57PM
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Ali_Dibden
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Dec 10 2012 6:08AM
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Stainr
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Whistler
Dec 10 2012 6:23AM
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McLS
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Verbier 80% pow
Dec 10 2012 7:48AM
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borealridah
Posts: 259 - Karma: 86
i love squaw but its almost impossible to ski on pow days with all of the people there. alpine meadows is where i love for everything
Dec 10 2012 9:39AM
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MANDER
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I only got to spend one day there but it was fucking amazing. The swiss side was socked in but I headed to the French side and it was sunny and amazing! Nothing like a steak and beer to refuel yourself at lunch.
Dec 10 2012 8:30PM
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mynilla
Posts: 554 - Karma: 58
crystal mtn wa, squaw, alta
Dec 10 2012 8:35PM
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PacificRimJob
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Squaw Valley/Alpine Meadows. Yeah, it's my home mountain, but rarely does a place truly compare...

Then again, I haven't been to Europe or Japan and i've only had sporadic days in Whistler (never a pow day), only hit up altabird and Jackson Hole 2 times each, and I've only been to Mammoth about 11 times, and 7 or so of those times were late season parklap days, once everywhere else is mostly closed.

I will say though, places like Stevens Pass and Crystal Mountain up in Wawa deserve some mad respect... same with the likes of Big Mountain and Big Sky in Montana. Bachelor is also crazy fun if it's a tuesday after it snows a bunch, and you just go Summit down to Rainbow all day long, shredding constant pow.
Dec 10 2012 8:59PM
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Spinoza
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Lake Louise probably
Dec 10 2012 9:21PM
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zascherl
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I love how reasonably priced the food is there.
Dec 10 2012 9:40PM
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PeppermillReno
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Serre Chevalier is the only one I have done in Europe and its a tad better than the North American ones I have done all the Tahoe/Utah/Co mountains and the northeast but nothing else.

Honestly I don't think anywhere I have been is better than Kirkwood which I ski a ton or even Rose if the Chutes are open. I can toss Vail in there with those 2. And if Alta/Bird was one resort I'd consider them an equal too but individually I'd take Kirkwood over each its better than Alta and I hate that fucking tram.

Squaw is too skiied out. Would be as good as anywhere mentioned above if it wasn't ruined by all the people. But it is.
Dec 10 2012 9:54PM
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