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Whats up NS!
My college (Illinois State University) has a pretty dope ski club that is offering a group trip out to Big Sky Montana this winter break Jan 8-13 2017. I was just wondering if anyone has ever gone on one of these "group discounted trips" Here is the link to the info page they have https://gw.echotours.com/Register/543-SocialTrip/SnowCrew . If anyone else is going from a different school or wherever drop a post! It would be sick to meet up on the slope and in the bars!
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Quinn
Yeah man, I'm in Purdue's ski club and I went on the trip last year to Keystone and I hit Breck and Vail too. You won't find a better price to head out west. I'm going on this year's trip too, but we're going to Crested Butte. It's pretty great there's always other colleges there and I think one night they have a concert and a bar where everyone can just mingle around, great stuff.
But I'm telling you right now Purdue's ski club is better simply because our club name is PUSSC
thats really early to go to big sky. With the super dry continental snowpack, theres a huge chance that it might not snow enough in the short amount of winter before your trip to have the whole mountain open. Hopefully whatever you do is fun. Don't bank on the park being good either. Theres no snowmaking so the park is a slow progression to "decent" starting about march. That being said, Big sky is a shitty place to ski park because there is so much killer big mountain stuff to shred. Hopefully it snows when you are out here for that time period
bibs_skibumthats really early to go to big sky. With the super dry continental snowpack, theres a huge chance that it might not snow enough in the short amount of winter before your trip to have the whole mountain open. Hopefully whatever you do is fun. Don't bank on the park being good either. Theres no snowmaking so the park is a slow progression to "decent" starting about march. That being said, Big sky is a shitty place to ski park because there is so much killer big mountain stuff to shred. Hopefully it snows when you are out here for that time period
Oh and watch out for rocks. Hella rocks at big sky year round, but they are especially nasty in january
bibs_skibumOh and watch out for rocks. Hella rocks at big sky year round, but they are especially nasty in january
Thanks for the heads up bibs_skibum! I appreciate it man, I'm just looking forward to ditching the Midwest ski "hills" for the first time! It appears to be a decent price for the trip as well, I'm sure all group rate packages like this are similar but I'm still pumped!
qgmc4Whats up NS!My college (Illinois State University) has a pretty dope ski club that is offering a group trip out to Big Sky Montana this winter break Jan 8-13 2017. I was just wondering if anyone has ever gone on one of these "group discounted trips" Here is the link to the info page they have https://gw.echotours.com/Register/543-SocialTrip/SnowCrew . If anyone else is going from a different school or wherever drop a post! It would be sick to meet up on the slope and in the bars!
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Quinn
Dude I'm going in that same trip I go to heartland
Bibs isn't wrong--early season can be hit or miss in Montana.
That said, you probably won't find better pricing than the group rates that they get from bringing the whole ski club at the same time. You won't have to drive yourself. There will be tons of people to hang and ski and hot tub with, whether the snow is epic or scarce. Seems like a pretty simple decision to me.
qgmc4Fuck yea! I'm pumped, let's forsure meet up. Anyone ever stayed at the big horn condos? I heard they are super nice, I'm just trying to figure out how close they are to the actual mountain.
they're literally right there, you can walk across the parking lot to the base area or take the janky little poma up and ski down. stumbling distance to scissorbills which is the best bar up top as well.