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00Snowball
Posts: 163 - Karma: 10
So, I am probably gonna go to CU, but of course, one of the big reasons I wanna choose a school by is the skiing near it... So, where would one go?
I luv winter park w/ all of the bumps and stuff, but I would think that would be a long drive.
Feb 6 2005 9:41PM
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3ski6guy0
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eldora is 30 mins. or you can drive 1.5 hours to summit county.
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Feb 6 2005 10:26PM
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Logchucker
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I really don't recomend El Dora

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Feb 7 2005 2:36AM
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00Snowball
Posts: 163 - Karma: 10
Exactly, I kinda heard its bad. Maybe I will make my own park.
Feb 7 2005 12:21PM
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whip
Posts: 132 - Karma: 11
Ski Wasted State and earn adegree in your spare time. Hell it only took me 13 years.

i.e. Western state College Gunnison, CO
Feb 7 2005 2:01PM
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skihillraod
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^ Im on 6 at csu and on my 2nd car I gotta move.
Feb 7 2005 9:41PM
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A_T_K
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^^where i will be engaging in...studying during the upcoming fall semester
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Feb 7 2005 11:28PM
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mintcrue
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Vail, Beaver Creek, Breck, Keystone, Abasin, Copper, Winter park are all within 2 hours of CU
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Feb 8 2005 12:19PM
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saucerboy84
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for $350 you can get a pass to vail, beav, abasin, keystone and breck.
Feb 9 2005 6:29PM
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Mike.Records
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If you are interested in building ur own park there is this place called caribou about the same distance from boulder as eldo. Its just some place where a lot of people have set up rails and built jumps over the course of the winter. It is convenient because u can pretty much drive within 100 yards of all the jumps and such. It doesnt make up for a season pass, but its cool if u dont have a whole day. I wood definitly recomend getting a pass to eldo if u are going to CU though just cause it is close and u can take the bus there. It is small but not as everyone makes out. Especially since it doesnt really seem to snow anywhere in norhtern colorado anymore. I think if u are a CU student u can get like a $99 dollar eldo pass.
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Feb 9 2005 7:28PM
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babel121
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Every weekend CU has busses that go up to Breck/Keystone. If you join the Herd (like $15 a semester) you can get free seats on them. about a 2 hr ride3 give or take.
Like others said El Dora is closest, you can hop some public bus there, (you get a free bus pass while you're a student). Of the bigger resorts I believe Winter Park is the closest, then after that all the Summit County ones are about the same.
Feb 9 2005 7:47PM
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00Snowball
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Cool cool, but does el dora have a park?
Feb 10 2005 12:22AM
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lpskibum
Posts: 121 - Karma: 10
Let me tell you about El Dora's park.... the jumps are shaped terribly with big boots and little tables ( =death ) and their rails, in the 'bone yard', are weak as hell and placed terribly. Half pipe = shit. dont bother
Feb 10 2005 11:56AM
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Mike.Records
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Im not even sure if eldo is ever going to have a pipe again. They decided to blow snow on muleshoe again rather than making a pipe, so im not sure about next year.
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Feb 10 2005 1:23PM
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powderwake18
Posts: 194 - Karma: 10
dont even bother with eldora, shitty as hell, but its better than nothing. i skid there once a week on ur schools ski team last year, havent gone since. everything else is 2-3 hours away up 70
Feb 14 2005 11:54PM
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beep
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2-3 hours? you guys must drive like pussies. loveland is the closest 'major' resort. you can get to copper in an hour and ten.
Feb 15 2005 10:57AM
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CHRISm
Posts: 291 - Karma: 10
beep's right, it's not that far, especially on weekdays w/o traffic. sometimes (like 2 weeks ago) eldora gets pounded when summit and winterpark get nothing
Feb 16 2005 12:46AM
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SkierJulie
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i ski winter park all the time... 1 hr 15 mins from boulder once u get used to driving the berthoud pass area.
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Feb 16 2005 1:07AM
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Intergalactic
Posts: 1858 - Karma: 47
eldorko sux
they have like for jumps, biggest is like 10, like 5 rails, no pipe and it blows
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Feb 16 2005 10:11PM
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