What’s the best CO spot for park and pow?

Biffbarf>cali dude coming to CO

>Not wanting a spot filled with gapers and tourists

I'm not trying to be a dick, but I'm suprised you california folk don't have a network of transplanfs you can ask this question to.

TRVP_ANGELAspen Snowmass, full of gapers/jerries but that's an advantage. Park's sick and when you want to take it to the pow side, nobody is there to compete with you. There's also plenty of off-hill activities for your gf to indulge in so you won't be the only one bored. Only downside is that the mtn is relatively flat so there's only a few spots with steep runs and cliff drops, just gotta explore.

**This post was edited on Jul 10th 2019 at 6:45:10pm

snomasterBeaver Creek & Vail
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jupiterhenryOK, this year I’m FINALLY gonna ski some Colorado shit. Tahoe has been my spot for over 15 years, and since it’s like 4 hours away from me, it’s hard for me to justify a ski trip out of state - but this season I gotta do it.

I’m looking to ski park, somewhere with good flow and lots of features, but also some good chances at backcountry fresh lines, if we get pow. And overall I’d prefer somewhere with a cool local vibe, not overrun with gapers and tourists and shit. That extends to the accommodations and local bars and shit too. I’m bringing my girl and she will prob ski like one day, she’s beginner-status. If there’s one area where we would have better chances of getting an affordable airbnb with a hot tub, that’s a huge factor. I’m not trying to ski all day and come home exhausted to a pissed off girlfriend.

I have pass days at Breck, Vail, Keystone, Beaver Creek, and Crested Butte.

What up CO?

theabortionatorI mean, a bunch of people from CO move to CA. Or is that what you were saying? CO is full of too many people who act like it's some hidden gem. Better yet are the people that have been there 2 months doing it.

People moving between CO and Utah etc.

BiffbarfThe scale isn't even close. Way more people come to CO from CA than vice versa. There's 1.5x the pop of CO in the bay area ALONE. I won't get into the whole CA pahlitiks whatnots, but CO's population boom in the last 10 years has taken away a lot of really neat things that were available to coloradoans over the years.

Don't get me wrong, the boom is nice and the economy is great, but people are hardwired to reminisce about the old days and change is hard.

I know it's happening everywhere. People need to stop poppin' out crotch goblins so awesome things don't get used up too quick.

Edit: the joke was how a decent chunk of people in/around summit are Californian, so I was insinuating he could just ask them if there was some sorta network

**This post was edited on Jul 11th 2019 at 1:47:16am

BiffbarfPeople forget how close summit/vail is to the denver area though. The front range fills, the whole state gets used. The population's damn near doubled in the past 20 years.

I'm not hating on moving.

I'll move for the same reasons Californians move here I am sure, and I'll likely be the dude the locals hate.

But you'll never really grasp the impacts of population growth if you never new what it was like before. Also, the pahlitiks coming from California changed the state for better or worse, in a way steady local population increase may not have.

Colorado was awesome. It still is, but slightly less. One day I'll move somewhere awesome, and unfortunately make it slightly less awesome just by being there.

BiffbarfI think the locals only vibe is kinda important, to an extent. Yes people take it too far. Yes, it is mostly from people who never had the experience of traveling or moving. But people enjoy their way of life and it is their way of digging their heels in to change. Does it work? Prolly not. But it may inform people who just arrived that they're not the only ones in the area who have an opinion on how things are ran

theabortionatorPeople move around, get over it. CO isn't exactly some unkept secret.

CO's nice and all, but it isn't some holy grail. Really just the "ermagerd weed" denver area peeps and people rolling in for growing city and jobs.

FlorescentBoneI agree. I don't really have too much of a problem with people who want to come here because it's a dope place. But I do hate how our lower income/homeless populations have skyrocketed because of weed. There are 20 states you can move to for legal weed now people! Go there instead

jupiterhenryOK, this year I’m FINALLY gonna ski some Colorado shit. Tahoe has been my spot for over 15 years, and since it’s like 4 hours away from me, it’s hard for me to justify a ski trip out of state - but this season I gotta do it.

I’m looking to ski park, somewhere with good flow and lots of features, but also some good chances at backcountry fresh lines, if we get pow. And overall I’d prefer somewhere with a cool local vibe, not overrun with gapers and tourists and shit. That extends to the accommodations and local bars and shit too. I’m bringing my girl and she will prob ski like one day, she’s beginner-status. If there’s one area where we would have better chances of getting an affordable airbnb with a hot tub, that’s a huge factor. I’m not trying to ski all day and come home exhausted to a pissed off girlfriend.

I have pass days at Breck, Vail, Keystone, Beaver Creek, and Crested Butte.

What up CO?

LivingDaLifeWhat time of year are you coming? That's going to make a big difference on conditions. Obviously you have an Epic pass of some sort, so sticking to those resorts will save you money. Keystone and Breck will have the best parks. Back country is sketch in CO unless you know what you're doing, I'd recommend staying out of it. Maybe go to A basin, they have lots of in bounds terrain that used to be back country and is plenty gnarly.

jupiterhenryYou called it, I'm trying out the epic local pass for tahoe and it gave me the extra 5 days in CO. But part of the reason I went for that pass was that this year I can finally afford to use those CO days. Anyways Keystone and Crested Butte are definitely emerging as winners both in my research and on this thread.

I haven't booked anything yet, but I was leaning toward mid-january, since prices will be relatively low for flights/lodging and the chances of good snow are pretty high, at least as far as I've heard.

jupiterhenryYou called it, I'm trying out the epic local pass for tahoe and it gave me the extra 5 days in CO. But part of the reason I went for that pass was that this year I can finally afford to use those CO days. Anyways Keystone and Crested Butte are definitely emerging as winners both in my research and on this thread.

I haven't booked anything yet, but I was leaning toward mid-january, since prices will be relatively low for flights/lodging and the chances of good snow are pretty high, at least as far as I've heard.

jupiterhenryHa ha that’s fair. But Boulder sends us a ton of hippies too.

Like I said tho, I’m used to Tahoe, which has as many tourists and gapers as you could ask for. I’m happy to share my handful of tips/tricks to avoid those if you come out this way too. But I don’t know shit about CO skiing except that people have been telling me to go for years and I finally have $ saved up. Any info is appreciated.

HaydenWrongoutside of the park the skiing sucks here save your money for Japan or AK/ end thread