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Hippy ski town?

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Jthon74
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wanna get a six month somewhere for the season and would rather live in a more relaxed enviroment than a ritzy upscale area. any ideas preferably in cali or utah
Sep 16 2010 3:18AM
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starsky_hucks
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red lodge mt

dunno about hippy, but definetly relaaaaxed..  bowls with ski patrol on the way up

..ok skiing

Sep 16 2010 3:34AM
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jimmer
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california - i guess you could try the truckee area? not really hippy or ritzy. same goes for mammoth lakes. both are cool places with great skiing, not sure if they are "hippy" though.
Sep 16 2010 3:38AM
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shiftyparty
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nelson, BC- main mountain there is whitewater and is also near to red mt
Sep 16 2010 4:25AM
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bananas
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yay me
Sep 16 2010 9:01AM
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lanny94
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was going to say this
Sep 16 2010 9:59AM
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ALaw
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Ashland Oregon. Way too many damn hippys and our skiing is decent
Sep 16 2010 10:09AM
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mer-man
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ya word up, my buddy and his girlfriend went down to bc for the summer they said the scene is unreal down there supper chill and everyone is supper friendly
Sep 16 2010 10:14AM
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hokkanee
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Government camp. Everybody is super laid back and nice
Sep 16 2010 10:50AM
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loganimlach
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girdwood, alaska. biggest concentration of granolas and hippies on earth. /thread
Sep 16 2010 11:12AM
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rudager
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Nelson for sure.

Very relaxed town, sweet downtown area, sweet parties, sweet hill gets a sweet upgrade. As stated, Red is an hour drive away. Such a fun hill there too.

I like it, but I wouldn't move there. just my opinion.

Nelson for sure though.
Sep 16 2010 11:21AM
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Dhane
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stratton, vermont. everyone up here is just basically starving for money and super non-stuck up. plus the park is awesome.

/sarcasm
Sep 16 2010 11:25AM
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meeesh
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My only experience here involved a firework battle and burning mattresses & road signs... errrrr. Maybe its different in the winter?
Sep 16 2010 11:43AM
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Jthon74
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nice, thanks for all the feedback, im thinkin about kings beach tahoe. my friends brother lives there and hes tryin to get out there for a few years to go to sierra nevada college. seems pretty legit up their .
Sep 17 2010 1:16AM
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jason...
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this, the most hippy town around. I would love to live there.
Sep 17 2010 1:21AM
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Jwalk
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I read the title and immediately thought Nelson. Checkout Rossland too for better skiing.
Sep 17 2010 1:23AM
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Shadows
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colorado is tryin so hard to keep the cowboy/bum theme going its ridiculous. to the point where its a joke.
i would say nelson. or somewhere in montana if you have to stay in the US. that place is reeaaal.
Sep 17 2010 1:34AM
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timC
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girdwood alaska. Hippie Galore and Alyeska gets over 600 inches of snow annually.
Sep 17 2010 1:37AM
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Avifarer
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Nelson for sure. They just got a new chairlift too
Sep 17 2010 1:40AM
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zagfan5
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this. i live here. it is wonderful.
Sep 17 2010 1:40AM
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lalalalaura
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yeah nelson!! i just moved here and as far as hippy... well, i work for an organic tea company, and my roommate is in a marching travelling percussion band.....

you look into shasta? back in the day that place might have been more awesome, its pretty touristy now though
Sep 17 2010 1:47AM
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PowSkierCO
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1. Move to a town called Georgetown Colorado and work at Loveland ski area. Chillest place I have ever skied.

2. Keystone CO is very chill also. Chill to work and to live. Way layed back.

3. Jackson WY, I love that place. They have a place where you can go eat and its BYOB. AWESOME.

4. Pretty much anywhere in Summit County Colorado.

I know those are not Cali or UT but just figured I would give you that. UT is pretty strange. Too many mormons.
Sep 17 2010 2:16AM
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jimmer
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the idea that the mormons here are fun patrol and zoom around looking to banish all who partake in illicit activities is retarded. i've had a blast here, along with everyone i know who's lived here.
Sep 17 2010 2:36AM
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617freeskier
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I have been living in steamboat springs colorado for just over a year now. There are a ton of hippies here but not so many of the locals my age are hippies. mostly the college kids from colorado mountain college alpine campus (where i go to school). also there is a great medical marijuana community if your into that.
Sep 17 2010 3:17AM
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smuggs
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check www.alta.com


they offer live in positions that are more than fair if you look. not sure if alta is a "hippy ski town" but maybe.
Sep 17 2010 3:24AM
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Rosbif
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I really liked living in Winter Park, very chilled scene, lots of smoke shacks on the Mary Jane side, lots of old school skibum bump skiers and a decent park too. Think it may be getting a bit more corporate though, not been for a few years.
Sep 17 2010 3:34AM
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=FLO=
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Crested Butte is absolutely the chillest ski town in Colorado.  We do not try super hard to stay core unlike places like Telluride.  CB is a very chill/local friendly town that has not been blown up with development like most Colorado ski towns.  Some of the best terrain and easy backcountry access in the world too. 
Sep 17 2010 11:59AM
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B-Phelps
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Durango is pretty hippy. 2 hours from telluride. One and a half from wolf creek. 20 min from purgatory. Little over an hour from silverton. And there's a shit ton of back country in southern CO.
Sep 17 2010 12:06PM
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spkillah.
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CBMR sucks
Sep 17 2010 12:38PM
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Alex_G
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just start telemarking and whatever ski town you are in will be a hippy ski town
Sep 17 2010 1:28PM
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pomme-de-terre
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live in utah and ski brighton.
Sep 17 2010 1:32PM
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.nasty
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why aren't more people saying telluride? is no one aware one of their congressman is a dirty stinkin hippy?

chillest town I have ever been to, way more than any of the ones listed above.
Sep 17 2010 1:33PM
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Jthon74
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anyone  know anything about the north lake tahoe area. seems like thats where im gonna end up. dont know of many ppl saying bad things but i dont really know much about it
Sep 17 2010 1:55PM
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.SimonB.
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this
Sep 17 2010 2:29PM
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iwasinthepool
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Breckenridge. Put your name on craigslist and find a place cheap. Free transportation. Get a job at the mountain and get an epic pass.

...weed's legal. /thread
Sep 17 2010 4:37PM
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derpina
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Breck is really chill. Super nice people, anywhere in Summit County. You could live in Breck's employee housing... it's actually pretty nice. And if you work for Vail Resorts you get a free pass like he said ^.
Sep 17 2010 6:31PM
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Jahseph.
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Ashland is definitely a hippy town, but I would NEVER choose it for my home mountain.

A lot of the locals are tools, and tried to fight a bunch of my buddies after a rail jam.

Gov camp is soo much cooler, last time i stayed in govy, I got smoked out by my hotel clerk, and most the locals seem chill as hell.
Sep 17 2010 7:07PM
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hollygrove
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i've lived in nelson my whole life, and i don't really want to leave.
Sep 17 2010 7:20PM
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jimmer
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i love tahoe dude. again, i wouldn't really call it "hippy," but it's definitely a great place. lots of cool locals, great skiing (squaw, alpine, homewood, sugar bowl, northstar, boreal)

some areas are a bit ritzy, but it's great. tahoe is a blast in the summer too. where exactly in north tahoe would you be staying? truckee?
Sep 17 2010 7:33PM
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nekBeard
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good ol' missoula montana
Sep 17 2010 7:53PM
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Jthon74
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kings beach. going to sierra nevada college next fall
Sep 18 2010 1:49AM
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brosicle
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reading the comments in this is awesome when you ski nelson(whitewater).

Definetly go for it.
Sep 18 2010 1:53AM
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DERS.
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telluirde for sure..
not mountain village but the town of telluride still feels like the hippy/mining town it used to be. and you are also next to some of the best terrain in colorado.. telluride is where its at for sure
Sep 18 2010 1:58AM
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calypso_
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this
Sep 18 2010 2:03AM
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S.C
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boulder /thread
Sep 18 2010 2:10AM
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SurfaceHoar
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Sep 20 2010 10:27PM
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shocker611
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i second this
Sep 20 2010 10:42PM
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.catierob
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i was a lifty there and its probably one of the most laid back work atmosphere out there. as for a town, not much except the peruvian lodge or goldminers daughter for bars, but everyone knows each other so its pretty fun,alot of the guys who i worked with went down to the tram club at the cliff lodge. sadly, i was 18 so, i was stuck in the buckhorn and awaited the taunts when they got back lol
Sep 20 2010 11:04PM
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jsg
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Neltron for sure
Sep 20 2010 11:39PM
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Karma_Police
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Whoever said summit county is wrong.

Telluride doesn't have a single chain store, I think the butt is the same way.

Ski grand targahee or jackson. I would recommend Montana but the locals are to pretentious about their snow.
Sep 21 2010 1:36AM
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Gstrong
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nelson..
Sep 21 2010 2:13AM
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