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If you could only ski one mountain the rest of your life...

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SteezyYeeter
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Title says it all. My experience is limited to Vt, NH, and a couple areas in Co, so no surprises from me, it's MRG.
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GayWolf420
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Gad II at Snowbird or Jupiter Chair at PC. Never ever had a bad day at either places.
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freestyler540
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I found whitewater. No need for anything else
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wyobro
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snomasterI don't get A Basin. I live in summit county and don't get it. I mean it's alright but they get the least snow around, it's windy af, the vert is short, their parks are lol and the access is meh... I do enjoy the rockpile and pond skim days and have fun any time I'm on skis I just think it's a far cry from a top destination. Leave it to the i70 crowd! Bogus is probably better on many fronts.
I like the Mammoth answer.
But Jackson Hole is my truth.

hate to say it but JH is it for me
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SlushSeason
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I love gad 2, but the cowards never open tiger tail!
CoolChillGuy420Gad II at Snowbird or Jupiter Chair at PC. Never ever had a bad day at either places.
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Wrist
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snomasterI don't get A Basin. I live in summit county and don't get it.

I also live in Summit, but I do get A-Basin. They "report" the least amount of snow, but a 3" day at A-Basin beats a 7" day at Breck. The in-bounds terrain is also pretty unmatched compared to anywhere else around. Their park game has completely fallen off though.
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skiP.E.I.
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STEEZUS_CHRI5Twhat do you like about Mammoth? I've always wanted to go


Everything eheath said. The tree skiing there is great. It has as good a park as you can find anywhere. There are groomed and ungroomed runs of every pitch and also big mountain sections. The weather is almost always good, Like it's either puking snow or sunny.
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skiP.E.I.
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freestyler540I found whitewater. No need for anything else


Whitewater is my choice too.
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bandagedbrando
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elm.I thought red mountain was incredible, but I haven’t skied a lot of places people have mentioned


Red is definitely my pick. The terrain, the vibes... love it
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michael_bc
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freeballerHave you skied Lech in Austria? If so, how does Laax compare in terms of terrain and snow quality?


I have a couple of times, yes. I love the whole St. Anton area. Such a great place to ski - probably my favorite place in Austria.

Terrain and snow quality are similar (Lech and Laax are only a few valleys apart). Crowds can be bigger in Lech/St. Anton.
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SmokedGouda
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Hate to say it but over the past few years, the resort on i70 getting the most snow has been vail lol
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SmokedGouda
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For me itd have to be aspen since theres so much to do across all four mountains although it would be nice to have more lift accessed bowls like vail if im not feeling the hike to highland bowl. So maybe fuse the two together and you get whistler blackcomb but maybe a few thousand feet higher. Not to mention whistlers high terrain looks epic. Whistler seems to be getting warmer and warmer like crazy. But someone else could argue that resorts such as kirkwood or squaw(palisades) would fit the bill too. Too many decisions. Maybe even telluride or CB. Ok time to stop haha.
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maaattt
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Kirkwood and i live in Carson Valley in this perfect world
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BradFiAusNzCoCa
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You’re into them 2 packs a day grannies huh
maaatttKirkwood and i live in Carson Valley in this perfect world
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GayWolf420
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SlushSeasonI love gad 2, but the cowards never open tiger tail!

Its difficult terrain to mitigate as some patrollers there have told me. So that's maybe why. People who shouldn't be skiing there end up there.
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snomaster
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SmokedGoudaHate to say it but over the past few years, the resort on i70 getting the most snow has been vail lol

or beaver creek. and this isn't a fluke. that's just how it is. but do you see wolf creek???
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SmokedGouda
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snomasteror beaver creek. and this isn't a fluke. that's just how it is. but do you see wolf creek???


Wolf creek's snowfall can vary by a lot from season to season. Most good seasons it grabs about 390 plus inches of snow, but it can also get really bad years too. Its not even the snowiest point in Colorado though. Even though Vail and the Beav seem to consistently get a lot as well as Aspen, the snowiest point of the state on average is a snotel site just north of Steamboat which can average more than 425 inches of snow or even more as the site can see 50 plus inches of water equivalent when the rest of the state sees 20-30 inches of snow water equivalent in the snowpack...Nerd alert over lmao.
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snomaster
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SmokedGoudaWolf creek's snowfall can vary by a lot from season to season. Most good seasons it grabs about 390 plus inches of snow, but it can also get really bad years too. Its not even the snowiest point in Colorado though. Even though Vail and the Beav seem to consistently get a lot as well as Aspen, the snowiest point of the state on average is a snotel site just north of Steamboat which can average more than 425 inches of snow or even more as the site can see 50 plus inches of water equivalent when the rest of the state sees 20-30 inches of snow water equivalent in the snowpack...Nerd alert over lmao.

Wolf Creek




Annual Snowfall
430 Natural Inches




but I've had good times around buff pass too! I get hokkaido vibes from that area. the snow, the trees, and strawberry hot springs...

I have yet to ski wolf creek actually. and I really should. of course I want to stay at pagosa springs, and include a backcountry day or two.

I alluded to jackson hole being my mountain for the rest of my life... but Happone One should really be my answer.
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SmokedGouda
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snomasterWolf Creek




Annual Snowfall
430 Natural Inches




but I've had good times around buff pass too! I get hokkaido vibes from that area. the snow, the trees, and strawberry hot springs...

I have yet to ski wolf creek actually. and I really should. of course I want to stay at pagosa springs, and include a backcountry day or two.

I alluded to jackson hole being my mountain for the rest of my life... but Happone One should really be my answer.


Yeah I said 390 for wolf creek because its actually been awhile since the last time they actually hit 430 inches of snow but averages are weird and yeah, Buff pass can get deep!!!
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Farmville420
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The answer is somewhere with a long season, Abay or Killington or whatever Cascade/Sierra mountain has a comprable season. I'm taking killy tho cuz their parks are sick
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Slowbro
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Out of everywhere I've skied Fernie or Rusutsu. Maybe Whistler if they let me into Momentum for free.
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BallClapper
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Only really skied Stevens Pass but would like visit ferni, red, and Alta.
2 years ago
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deadhead420
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r00kieGut answer is A Basin but the big downfall is Colorado and the Denver/i70 ski bro thing that I don’t really care for. Honestly I’m pretty content with Bogus right now. It’s affordable, has tons of terrain and spreads out crowds, when the snow is good it’s got some pretty great terrain, and the vibes generally check out and has a homely feel.

this answer did not age well with abasin just getting bought up by alterra
2 years ago
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Someguy9
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Winter park
they have a little bit of everything, their park isn’t anything crazy special but they build big stuff every year and it’s pretty solid. We also have a long season and despite it being an alterra owned resort, on days where the ikon crowd isn’t there it has a much more local vibe than pretty much all of the other big resorts I’ve been to. Only downside is it can get really packed when it snows with instagram skiers and the laps for the cirque are like 3 hours each
2 years ago
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ScootSkiLyfe
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michael_bcI made this choice for myself and bought a house in Laax. This is where I will ski for the rest of my life.

It has great tree skiing, high alpine, and even a glacier. The area is crazy stretched out. Runs are super long with huge vertical drops. There are plenty of back-country options. It stays good in summer with world-class mountain biking, plenty of lakes to swim in, great food, etc.

I have skied in France, Italy, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Colorado, Utah, California, Washington, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, British Columbia, Alberta, New Zealand, Argentina, Japan, etc. There are great places everywhere, each in their own way. For me, very few places have come close to the breadth of Laax.

If I had to pick a place in North America I'd probably choose Kicking Horse or Revelstoke. Mammoth is pretty sick too, as well as Alta.


Great answer but have you ever been to Powder Ridge?
2 years ago
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Farmville420
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Someguy9Winter park
they have a little bit of everything, their park isn’t anything crazy special but they build big stuff every year and it’s pretty solid. We also have a long season and despite it being an alterra owned resort, on days where the ikon crowd isn’t there it has a much more local vibe than pretty much all of the other big resorts I’ve been to. Only downside is it can get really packed when it snows with instagram skiers and the laps for the cirque are like 3 hours each

Winter park has one of the best terrain parks in the country IMO
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Someguy9
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Farmville420Winter park has one of the best terrain parks in the country IMO


Ya fs they jus don’t dig their rails in enough sometimes and this year they’ve been really slow opening railyard. The park also kinda has like no flow sometimes
2 years ago
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Bananaredbull
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fabbeObertauern if they get the park back


I was there during new year, it was all icy (like everywhere in the alps then), but then like 15 cm of snow fell. Mannn it was sooo nice, especially that area where you ski from the top of seekareckbahn to grunwaldkopfbahn. Obertauern has pretty cool terrain, but why did they remove the park? Feels like they are focusing on beginners for some reason.
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PeppermillReno
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Red needs at least 1 fast lift its Canada and cold AF. You ski bell to bell there and aren't that tired bc of the slow lifts and can't ski it all either since it takes so long to get to different parts of the mountain. Don't get the Whitewater love unless you are counting all the slack terrain. The stuff you can ski off lifts is good but just beat to shit quickly not a quiet resort funky layout.

No crowds Whistler is going to be damn hard to beat with how sick the village is for partying and easy access to a big airport no need to rent a car.

Engelberg or Verbier for the Alps.
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