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Big Sky, Montana

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Phil-X-
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Hey guys,
Looking for uni ski and board club trips out west, UofI and Illinois State sold out of bus tickets so its not possible for me to really go with them anymore. Unless I flew to denver and got a ride to copper, which doesnt really seem possible.

While looking for Illinois states trip to park city I found Iowa states winter break trip to Big Sky. Ive never heard of it before but the trail map looks decently dope, anyone have experience there? how is it? snow conditions jan2-8th?


tl;dr anyone been to Big Sky?
Nov 7 2011 2:38PM
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Yung_Gnarley
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It's my favorite place to ski ever. It's so huge. Tons of variety of terrain.
Nov 7 2011 2:48PM
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45.
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Iowa State University's trip is also sold out. We have a current waiting list going. PM me ASAP if you want on. We have 7 people currently on the list.
Nov 7 2011 3:00PM
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Aenigma
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Big Sky's huge and really fun, but it's impossible to predict conditions for January. Sometimes it's awesome, sometimes it's really thin and icy. I'd recommend going if you can, it's worth a visit for sure.
Nov 7 2011 3:07PM
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RIP_leos_shack
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Big Sky is the shit. /thread
Nov 7 2011 3:19PM
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Chaunceyskis
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big sky is so fun
i ski big mountain in whitefish mt just 5 ish hours from bozeman and a bunch of my buddies go to college at Montana State and they all love Big sky.
might as well hit bridger bowl while you are there
Nov 7 2011 4:10PM
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Phil-X-
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I think i might have just found a couple spots at Illinois state, which is closer and would be a ton more convenient. Looks like i might be going to park city with them!
Nov 7 2011 5:59PM
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45.
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I live in the Quad Cities and can get you a ride if you need. We just purchased 15 additional spots. I think our trip is 2000+ college students for a week and a free Baby Bash concert.... if Suga Suga is your thing.
Nov 7 2011 6:03PM
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SteezoSaurus
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I live in Big Sky.
It is terrible. There is only like 100 vertical feet, and they get about 15 inches annually.
Definitely never any pow.


So in conclusion, dont come here. Montana sucks. Tell your friends.

Nov 7 2011 6:09PM
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Stan_Darsh
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this.
Nov 7 2011 6:30PM
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bibs_skibum
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exactly this. Hate big sky
Nov 7 2011 6:32PM
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Aenigma
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We also have a healthy population of entitled, pretentious "locals."

Bring all your friends, the skiing here is great!
Nov 7 2011 6:49PM
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homedinger
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you wouldn't believe how fun it is, it is so big and great! we went there last year on spring break for 5 days. For some reason everytime we would go to a different ski resort instead of our home resort it would be a powder day! So we stayed in a Condo on the moonlight basin side and went and skied there two of the three days. it was kinda windy but it was way fun but another place thats fun is moonlight basin even though both parks are awesome we liked it more cause it was more protected and it may have gotten more snow than Big Sky. But big sky is just super big and super fun with its huge terrain park and its medium sized one...though we don't know why they took out the half pipe. it was sick and fun
Nov 7 2011 7:03PM
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bibs_skibum
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zing!

Big sky's actually pretty rad. If you do end up coming shoot me a PM and i'll play tour-guide to you.

Also a word of advice for early january: Dont go where there arent any tracks. You'll end up knee deep in razor sharp shale. Your gear (and body) will thank you for avoiding these nasty patches, especially on the challenger lift
Nov 7 2011 7:39PM
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Inline.
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might as well? maybe base your whole trip off bridger.



nuff said
Nov 7 2011 7:42PM
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Otherside
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Big sky is awsome but nothing compares to whitefish
Nov 7 2011 9:18PM
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Daph
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Ugh, please no big sky v bridger bro arguments in this thread. Both rock.

But OP- Big Sky is awesome, lots of variety, laid back vibe, good snow and overall a great time. Plus I work up there so be sure to say herro!
Nov 7 2011 9:25PM
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Phil-X-
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Holy shit for real dude? PMing you
Nov 7 2011 9:35PM
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