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zepscratch
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I'm going there this year and was wondering what the best places to go would be. I dont really care about parks, I will be doing mostly bowls/ steeps/ backcountry, stuff like that.
Nov 14 2005 9:31PM
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skoganskier101
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silverton
Nov 14 2005 10:15PM
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troublemakerCO
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vail, crested butte, silverton, telluride, aspen highlands, snomass for terrain.

steamboat, monarch, wolf creek for that colorado fluff.

winterpark/jane, a-basin, copper if u want to stay closer to denver.
Nov 14 2005 10:32PM
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cjb1776
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Crested Butte has the best inbounds and backcountry
Nov 14 2005 10:34PM
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nychka
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^yeah crested butte has really good stuff i hear, but i think telluride is pretty awesome too
Nov 14 2005 10:36PM
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cjb1776
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Crested Butte is easier to get to and Telluride has a lot of rich ass stuck up people, Crested Butte used to be where hippies avoided the draft (accorind to my dad) and it is laid back and all about skiing
Nov 14 2005 10:52PM
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hiphopopotamus
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cressted bute , vail , telluide , and i must say wlof creek
Nov 14 2005 11:20PM
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troublemakerCO
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please, telluride was supporting the hippie/ski bum crowd long b4 crested butte. that doesnt change the fact that they're both killer mtns.

terrain=crested butte
snow + a little easier terrain=telluride
Nov 14 2005 11:23PM
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Kevo
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Hmm...there is a lot of good stuff out here-

-For Bowls go to Vail, they have the best Bowls by far, and Blue sky Basin is awesome
-For Steeps go to Crested Butte
-Check out A Basin just because it is so much fun. (good steeps on the upper east wall if they have it open)
-I highly doubt you ski any real backcountry. You could ski loveland pass on the way back from summit county to DIA.
Nov 15 2005 3:57AM
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Coalescent
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i hear crested is pretty good...if i went there i would go there...plus i get discounts because of my season pass
Nov 15 2005 8:12AM
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HSFCpro
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umm no way dude highlands bowl is way fuckin sicker than anything vail has

But yeah dude go to aspen snowmass or crestedbutte or telluride. those are the real core colorado ski areas fuck vails corperate ass.
Nov 15 2005 10:55AM
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hoodratz47
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a-baisn is sick.. really laid back and you usaly dont have to pull your pass out of you ass every time you get on the chair
Nov 15 2005 11:00AM
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m1garand
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go to utah
Nov 15 2005 11:24AM
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Kevo
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Sadly, I have never skied Highlands Bowl. However, I do know that you have to hike it, so you don't get as much bowl skiing if you go to Aspen. So Aspen has Highlands Bowl... Vail has Game Creek Bowl, Sun Up Bowl, Sun Down Bowl, Teacup Bowl, China Bowl, Siberia Bowl, Inner Mongolia Bowl, and Outer Mongolia Bowl. Just 7 more than Aspen.
Nov 16 2005 1:34AM
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thatoneguyattyrol
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vail pass if you have access to a sled.
Nov 16 2005 2:09AM
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thatoneguyattyrol
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east vail.....but thats all secret stuff youll never find it.
Nov 16 2005 2:09AM
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1080_grinder
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snomass and vail
Nov 16 2005 11:23AM
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Carter23
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Crested Butte hands down. i have skiied at just about every area in colorado and all over for that matter, and nothing, absolutley nothing compares. And i truly do ski EVERYWHERE. In terms of best lift serviced steeps and crazy terrain you wont beat it anywhere, why else would morrison and other big mountain ledgends ski here every day that they is not traveling and filming??
Nov 16 2005 2:18PM
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troublemakerCO
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the only bad thing about the butte is that the snowfall is pretty meager. but other than that, the terrain is indeed some of the best.
Nov 16 2005 2:25PM
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zepscratch
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ive been there twice, want to try something else
Nov 16 2005 4:11PM
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waynewong
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vail back bowls = flat and boring
Nov 16 2005 4:12PM
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thatoneguyattyrol
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thank you. This man said it right there, I was so disappointed in what I found in co last season.....

Vails back bowls are beautiful, and a great experience for the tourists. Not much to ski though
Nov 16 2005 4:13PM
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troublemakerCO
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not if you know where to look....
Nov 16 2005 4:47PM
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thatoneguyattyrol
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yea yea i know......ther is some cliffs to huck.

Its still flat.
Nov 16 2005 5:07PM
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salamander
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go to Utah then u got everything covered
Nov 16 2005 5:08PM
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saucerboy84
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just stay out of summit co...id say the butte or telluride also.
Nov 16 2005 5:13PM
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m1garand
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omfg i can spend days in vail's bowls and be hucking cliffs all over the place. but yea crested butte has some pretty awesome shit.
Nov 16 2005 9:15PM
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Lukey1080
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what about telluride? i might be staying at durango and then skiing there and maybe taos. Any suggestions?
Nov 16 2005 9:19PM
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Elife
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silverton is tight like virgin
Nov 16 2005 9:49PM
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