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turtleman02
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Im going to Winter Park for 4 days over spring break and was wondering if its worth 20 bucks for a Dark Territory pass? If anyone knows how big the jumps are that'd be helpful. Also, are there any jumps close to 40 ft or bigger outside of Dark Territory?
Feb 15 2013 1:13AM
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turtleman02
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Feb 18 2013 7:00PM
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pghjibber
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Prob worth the 20 bucks since you'll be there for four days.

Jumps outside dark territory are more like 15 footers, nowhere near 40. I don't even think the dark territory jumps look much bigger than 40 themselves...
Feb 18 2013 7:33PM
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bleevus
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I was just there for a comp. They have like a fifteen foot, 20 foot, 33 foot jump line, then a line with probably a forty footer and a fifty five foot jump. It would be worth it for sure, especially if you had to drool over those jumps for four days. The public park doesnt have much to offer jump-wise.
Feb 18 2013 7:37PM
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turtleman02
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Thanks for the help although its not what I wanted to hear. I ski in Wisconsin and we have a 55 footer so it really won't be a difference as far as jumps go. I'm definitely going to buy the pass.
Feb 18 2013 8:00PM
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SFB
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Winter park kinda sucks and gets more crowded than the other resorts, have fun on taper mountain
Feb 18 2013 10:43PM
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turtleman02
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Any updates on the parks in general? Any creative setups?
Feb 18 2013 11:26PM
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.nasty
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compared to key, breck, or vail. hardly. especially with a dark territory pass, only a few uneducated gapers around in there
Feb 18 2013 11:31PM
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Heart
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I went to winter park a few years ago and it was tons of fun. It was my first year skiing so i wasnt going to be hitting the dark territory jumps, but they were looking pretty nice.
Feb 18 2013 11:38PM
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YUNG_milksteAk
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Worth it. Dark has fun jumps! Re railer has jumps that are like 15-20 to the knuckle but you can usually take them 35. But it's worth it to get the dark pass.
Feb 18 2013 11:54PM
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Piste.Off
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Winter Park has a lot more to offer than a mediocre park. Head to Mary Jane and explore the trees off of Trestle or Outhouse. Vasquez and Parsenn just opened up. Definitely lap Eagle Wind lift a few times as well.
Feb 19 2013 12:06AM
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turtleman02
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Thanks for the advice I plan on getting the pass and having some fun on the jumps, but I will definitely go on an "adventure" looking for anything fun I can find in and out of the trees.
Feb 19 2013 12:25AM
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turtleman02
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Bumpity
Feb 19 2013 6:08PM
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SFB
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stop bumping your own thread.
Feb 19 2013 6:15PM
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turtleman02
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Why? Everyone else does it or at least a lot of people do it that I see and I didn't get a single reply until I bumped it the first time. Is there another way to get it read after it falls off to the posts at the end?
Feb 19 2013 6:21PM
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PeterNorth
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this right here, any one whos says winter park sucks is a straight idiot. It has the most cliffs and the steepest terrain in the front range. who cares about park(none of you kids are gonna triple anyways so you might as well just have fun skiing)
Feb 19 2013 9:09PM
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turtleman02
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Any other suggestions for winter park?
Mar 3 2013 8:33PM
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turtleman02
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I'm going in 1 week how are the conditions currently?
Mar 14 2013 11:52PM
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I_liketobutter
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bingoooooo

i look at it this way. i can scare myself at winter park pretty easily. i can't really scare myself at all at copper, breck, and keystone. talking outside the park. its also got the smallest lift lines than the summit/eagle resorts everyday of the week.

definitely hit up eagle wind for a while, there's some really fun terrain over there.

if the cirque is open and there's fresh snow, hit up waterfall, you will not be disappointed.

haven't been back in a couple years so can't comment on the conditions but hope it dumps for u
Mar 15 2013 12:35AM
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