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Do you go through the samething to get to your mountain?

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Valind
Posts: 4358 - Karma: 19
So i was just playing on the internet, got to thinking.  What happens when the weekend comes and people travel toy our mountain?  Man, our highways get jammed so bad, check out theese pics..this is I70 through Colorado.
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Jul 17 2008 11:59PM 0 0
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*DwC*
Posts: 1112 - Karma: 28
nope montnana has no one.....never seen the high way like that.......
Jul 18 2008 12:02AM 0 0
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Malcolm
Posts: 15908 - Karma: 8,732
thats scary shit
Jul 18 2008 12:03AM 0 0
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null_
Posts: 267 - Karma: 17
word. michigan has no lines or anything. its dope
Jul 18 2008 12:04AM 0 0
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jeremy.g
Posts: 4931 - Karma: 463
i love living i montana. its pretty low key. except lately ive seen like a million out of state license plates in town.
Jul 18 2008 12:06AM 0 0
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carbon.pulse
Posts: 3348 - Karma: 19
I go through this kinda stuff to get to my mountain.

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Jul 18 2008 12:10AM 0 0
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Holte
Posts: 10696 - Karma: 7,267
I go through a tunnel.
Jul 18 2008 12:12AM 0 0
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Skibumsmith
Posts: 5084 - Karma: 8,262
I see maybe 15 cars on the highway, and it's an hour drive.
Jul 18 2008 12:18AM 0 0
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heFF
Posts: 5786 - Karma: 4,433
rush hour through cleveland ohio errr day
Jul 18 2008 12:20AM 0 0
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Shadows
Posts: 8068 - Karma: 40
damn dude, i didnt know 70 was THAT bad. is that a normal weekend or holiday?
i can definitely see why they would want to put a tax on it. or a ski train from denver.
Jul 18 2008 12:20AM 0 0
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snowbladesforlife
Posts: 2033 - Karma: -4
They should really just blow up 70
Jul 18 2008 12:20AM 0 0
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Valind
Posts: 4358 - Karma: 19
its that bas on weekends, holidays and pow days.  during the week its just fine.  otherwise thats normal for a skier weekend, pow day or holiday.
Jul 18 2008 12:23AM 0 0
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Aring
Posts: 128 - Karma: 11
yea true but the skiing sucks
Jul 18 2008 12:23AM 0 0
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Caveman.
Posts: 9051 - Karma: 281
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Jul 18 2008 12:27AM 0 0
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asian_allen
Posts: 19776 - Karma: 3,872
LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, THAT IS UNITED STATES MASS TRANSIT AT ITS FINEST
Jul 18 2008 12:28AM 0 0
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i.ski.troll.
Posts: 4692 - Karma: 224
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but no the roads i take are basicly completly free of trafic to my hill
Jul 18 2008 12:33AM 0 0
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joelle+cowbell
Posts: 296 - Karma: 38
hahahahah yep, I-70 sucks some major arse.
Jul 18 2008 12:39AM 0 0
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Scott~
Posts: 2551 - Karma: 49
I almost got car-jacked on the road back from my mtn >
Jul 18 2008 12:46AM 0 0
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Eric_D
Posts: 1562 - Karma: 79
eaglecrest, juneau, alaska. outta my buds i live the furthest away and its about a 40 min drive. on a good day hittin all the lights right get there in half hour. other people are like 5 min away.
Jul 18 2008 12:58AM 0 0
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mackinnon
Posts: 5149 - Karma: 62
luckily i've never had a problem driving to loon, waterville, or sugarloaf..driving a standard in bumper to bumper sucks
Jul 18 2008 12:59AM 0 0
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DangerToes
Posts: 1042 - Karma: 33
dude, dont even start, ittl take you over 3 hours to get to the nearest mountain in washington if youre near the city on a weekend, traffic here is a joke, we're rated #3 in the nation for worst traffic, behind ny and boston. trust me, in washington its either live at the mountain with no nightlife and serious local weirdos or deal with the traffic. Id move to montana if i were looking to avoid traffic.
Jul 18 2008 1:01AM 0 0
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asian_allen
Posts: 19776 - Karma: 3,872
my hill is right in the middle of the city, so there is never traffic.  why? becuase it only takes everyone 5 minutes to get there.  there is no opporunity for traffic to develop.


Jul 18 2008 1:04AM 0 0
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purplejumpsuit
Posts: 2207 - Karma: 154
shit thats intence, my mountain doesn't get like that at all, but sometimes its hard to find a parking spot?
Jul 18 2008 1:04AM 0 0
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coolhandluke
Posts: 4465 - Karma: 153
it doesn't count as car-jacking if they didn't have all 32 teeth.  just backwoods backdoor taxicab.
Jul 18 2008 1:05AM 0 0
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Grube
Posts: 962 - Karma: 13
nope its not like that at all, but i usually leave earlier then most people in portland do to beat the traffic. but sometimes on the way back depending if there is an accident or not it can look like that.
Jul 18 2008 1:05AM 0 0
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vincepru
Posts: 5474 - Karma: 17
not for mee :) i rock alpine neggy
Jul 18 2008 1:11AM 0 0
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Valind
Posts: 4358 - Karma: 19
in that traffic here in colorado, it takes you like 3 hours to get 60 miles.  People come from Denver to get to like four different mountains.  thats why there is so much traffic.
Jul 18 2008 1:18AM 0 0
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DangerToes
Posts: 1042 - Karma: 33
yea dude, im just saying, washington is not the solution, we've got 3 mountains (maybe 4) and the closest you can get is far. doesn't even matter. i feel for you though, sounds like colorados got it tough. maybe even tougher than us. our roads just suck.
Jul 18 2008 1:20AM 0 0
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Valind
Posts: 4358 - Karma: 19
its annoying huh? 
Jul 18 2008 1:30AM 0 0
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Skibumsmith
Posts: 5084 - Karma: 8,262
Washington is OK. I live 50 miles south of WA/BC border. ski at red mtn bc+no traffic=awesome
or fuck that and move to rossland where it's a 10 minute walk to the hill from town
Jul 18 2008 1:32AM 0 0
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Microcosm
Posts: 4763 - Karma: 140
always hear about I-70 on TGR.

anyway, it's only like that when it snows and all these random cars with Vermont plates can't make it up the hill and slide out and get stuck.. see that dude with Jersey plates going around you and getting first tracks? that's me.. bitches.
really though, you'd think they're used to that kind of weather? no..?
Jul 18 2008 1:46AM 0 0
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SKIDUBAIGUY
Posts: 3018 - Karma: 10
The traffics alway real bad here and i have a 70% chance of dieing on the roads here, so i could die on my way to ski dubai.
Jul 18 2008 2:21AM 0 0
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Piste.Off
Posts: 11586 - Karma: 1,861
i hat2 i70 sooo much, but its normally not that bad its only bad when 50 stupid fucks cant make it up floyd hill when its snowing
Jul 18 2008 2:30AM 0 0
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landonn
Posts: 2913 - Karma: 376
for me, i walk out the door, cross the street and a bridge and theres the chairlift!
Jul 18 2008 2:43AM 0 0
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Bigwoods
Posts: 3116 - Karma: 76
45 mins drive there with no to minimum traffic
But leaving at about 5ish on a sunday is never your best bet, your just asking for it.
Jul 18 2008 10:38AM 0 0
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Barefootin_Fiend
Posts: 7618 - Karma: 4,707
god i70 is sooo terrible....especially when they shut the fucker down for avvy clearing.  (i know they have to but it sucks to sit there for an hour)
Jul 18 2008 10:49AM 0 0
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PBraunstein
Posts: 1447 - Karma: 3,792
JEA!!!! JERSEY REPRESENT!!!....    when i got out to utah, i couldnt understand how people thought the nj drivers were bad, i mean i know were aggressive and can be a tad "road rageish" sometimes, but god, ive never seen a larger bunch of incompetent drivers in the world!!!  especially on snowy days going up the canyon....   

oh yea, noone move to SLC... takes almost 5 hours to get to any of the major 7 resorts on any given day... and by that i mean no more the 45 minutes during the worst day.
Jul 18 2008 11:09AM 0 0
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TheJerz
Posts: 549 - Karma: 68
To get to Stratton its a 20 minute drive, 15 if the roads are good.  I remember my trip out to CO and it was like that and i hated the shit out of I-70
Jul 18 2008 11:09AM 0 0
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MtHoodMeadows
Posts: 106 - Karma: 10
In peak season, it can take 2 hours to get the 10 miles from Meadows to Government Camp. 
Jul 18 2008 11:11AM 0 0
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Valind
Posts: 4358 - Karma: 19
Yea, the any clearing sucks, last year theyh would close the tunnel before they were even close to ready.  Thay almost ran out of explosives to blow it.
Jul 18 2008 11:14AM 0 0
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afrocentric
Posts: 707 - Karma: 29
1.5 hour drive up the good ol' sea-to-sky highway on my way up to Whis.
Jul 18 2008 11:19AM 0 0
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Capurnicus
Posts: 9947 - Karma: 1,884
Its not too bad. 93 and 91 get a little conjested during peak times of the season, as does rt. 100 up in WIlmington area...but it's really not bad at all.
Jul 18 2008 11:20AM 0 0
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PBRasap
Posts: 1079 - Karma: 326
i live 7 mins away. and im lucky if i pass maybe 3 or 4 other cars on the road.
Jul 18 2008 11:24AM 0 0
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Valind
Posts: 4358 - Karma: 19
I would love that!  You are lucky
Jul 18 2008 11:25AM 0 0
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Maximumsushi
Posts: 7820 - Karma: 3,208
Last season, I just walked or caught the free bus right outside my apartment. It took about 15 minutes to walk to the gondola.

You guys are suckers.
Jul 18 2008 11:30AM 0 0
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RudyGarmisch
Posts: 25254 - Karma: 11,916
When night skiing isnt open, everyone rushes for the cars at 4:00. Takes an hour to get up there, 2-3 coming down, stop and go on a two lane mountain highway, because of some stupid fuckheads genius idea to put a timed light in at Sultan. Fuck US 2.
Jul 18 2008 11:36AM 0 0
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Ryanvdonk
Posts: 12801 - Karma: 1,826
of course there's no traffic going to a little east coast bunny hill...
Jul 18 2008 11:46AM 0 0
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Justin.B
Posts: 2257 - Karma: 721
lol people have trouble finding ours in the middle of no where.
Jul 18 2008 11:54AM 0 0
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..jack
Posts: 424 - Karma: 897
What are you guys really complaining about? I'd give my left testicle to be able to drive to a ski resort most weekends! I know traffic can be annoying but you should be really grateful that you can just hop in  a car and get there. For me to get to a close resort i have to get on a bus, then a plane, then fork out some money for a taxi, ski for a week or two and come home.

So if anyone is willing to trade there current traffic-ridden nightmare of reality for a testicle PM me.



P.S I'm joking about the testicle bit

P.P.S But if you seriously want to trade get in contact.
Jul 18 2008 11:56AM 0 0
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fragglemuffin
Posts: 3312 - Karma: 438
ive got two hills around me....both suck pretty bad, but theres never any traffic..one i take the interstate to, and there are never any cars so i tap on the cruise control and go around 80 all the way there...the other hill is only like 20 min from my house, but i have to drive through the boonies to get there...skiing sucks in NY.
Jul 18 2008 11:57AM 0 0
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Karcher
Posts: 3788 - Karma: 1,930
yah theres nothing like that in idaho
Jul 18 2008 12:35PM 0 0
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