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Colorado Vail Resorts

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thewookiejesus
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Yo homies....So I'm attending Colorado State University in FOCO next year and I'm trying to get an idea of summit county skiing because I'm gonna be getting an epic pass. Could some people give a description of the mountains if that's possible? I know the mountains parks are all dope which I'm not worried about I'm just trying to figure out what the terrain is like. So far the most appealing resorts I've seen is Vail and Beaver Creek. Vail looks like it has some dope ass cliffs and sick pow days, and BC doesn't have the crowds and touristy resort feel like other resorts...So yeah anybody that's been to any of the epic Colorado resorts just give me and idea! Peace!
Apr 21 2017 1:33PM
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thewookiejesus
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PS I've skied Crested Butte and loved it because it was suuuuper steep and technical but their park was kinda whack tbh...
Apr 21 2017 1:34PM
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Park_Ranger
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Breck is a mix of Disneyland and Woodstock
Apr 21 2017 1:47PM
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Nikolaus
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vail and bc have terrible parks. vail is really only good on pow days. Breck has a great park but the rest of the mountain is pretty easy. not much big mountain opportunities. Same with keystone
Apr 21 2017 1:51PM
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Z-Juice
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Beaver Creek is probably the most touristy resort , followed closely by Vail. A-Basin is the least touristy, Keystone isn't too touristy either.

I think Vail has the best terrain all around, followed by A-Basin and Breck. I think Keystone is super boring outside the park. BC has literally one good pocket of terrain, the rest is groomers.

Breck and Key have the best parks. Vail's park is actually decent, although it doesn't open until mid January and is usually in pretty rough shape by mid March.
Apr 21 2017 4:34PM
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Park_Ranger
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Z-JuiceBeaver Creek is probably the most touristy resort , followed closely by Vail. A-Basin is the least touristy, Keystone isn't too touristy either.


Breck is the most touristy. Ask people who know nothing about winter sports to name a ski resort and they will say Breckenridge, Colorado!
Apr 21 2017 11:36PM
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Rum_Ham
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Abay has the most concentrated cliffs and technical lines and is the most hardcore of the epic mountains. Keystone is the best if you want to ski park. Vail is amazing on a powder day and has lots of cliffs as well, I feel like its a more touristy Abay. Breck is fun but a little flat. Beaver Creek is the most touristy but there are great tree runs.
Apr 22 2017 1:25AM
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mattytru
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Nikolausvail and bc have terrible parks. vail is really only good on pow days. Breck has a great park but the rest of the mountain is pretty easy. not much big mountain opportunities. Same with keystone


disagree with a lot of that. vails park is pretty sick, it's just that no one is ever there solely to ski park. also breck has some great terrain if you know where to go . agreed on keystone though, besides the outback bowl there's not that much great terrain
Apr 22 2017 4:58PM
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Nikolaus
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saracheezydisagree with a lot of that. vails park is pretty sick, it's just that no one is ever there solely to ski park. also breck has some great terrain if you know where to go . agreed on keystone though, besides the outback bowl there's not that much great terrain


relative to breck and key, vail has a pretty shitty park. relative to your average resort, it has a pretty good park. I have yet to find cliffs at breck but i havent explored the whole mountain
Apr 22 2017 5:12PM
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dan4060
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SponsoredByJesusYo homies....So I'm attending Colorado State University in FOCO next year and I'm trying to get an idea of summit county skiing because I'm gonna be getting an epic pass. Could some people give a description of the mountains if that's possible? I know the mountains parks are all dope which I'm not worried about I'm just trying to figure out what the terrain is like. So far the most appealing resorts I've seen is Vail and Beaver Creek. Vail looks like it has some dope ass cliffs and sick pow days, and BC doesn't have the crowds and touristy resort feel like other resorts...So yeah anybody that's been to any of the epic Colorado resorts just give me and idea! Peace!


Abasin is my favorite resort of the ones in the area. Abasin has the best steeps from what I have seen. Most of the people I know who live in Denver spend their time there.
Apr 22 2017 7:31PM
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iambusyskiing
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Yeah Vail doesn't have free parking...
Beaver Creek is always overlooked because it's between bigger mountains
Like everyone else said, tourists go to Breck & Keystone but they also have the most notable parks
Abasin is the best. Get ready for spring beach days next season.

Try to stack all your classes on the same days so you're not just a weekend warrior. The weekend traffic gets insane especially when it's snowing. I lived in Summit and people couldn't even drive home from 2 miles away because of traffic.
Apr 23 2017 4:39AM
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iambusyskiing
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Wait did someone actually put that keystone wasn't touristy? hahahahhahahhaahaaaaaa
Apr 23 2017 4:41AM
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Crispy.
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SponsoredByJesusCrested Butte their park was kinda whack tbh...


lol
Apr 23 2017 7:48AM
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drumbumocdp
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Coming from FOCO, Keystone, Abasin and Breck are your best bets. Basin is so dope when there is good snow, a51 at keystone is the shit. Fuck Breck, dont go there
Apr 23 2017 8:43AM
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VailValleySkier
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In terms of park skiing I'd rank the Vail area mountains in this order:
Keystone
Breckenridge
Vail
Beaver Creek
Abasin

In terms of BC/SC terrain I'd rank them:
Abasin
Vail
Keystone
Beaverk Creek
Breckenridge
Apr 23 2017 10:48AM
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oxiclean
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While Breck has a good park, the mountain is pretty flat. IMO, Beaver Creak is still pretty dang touristy. Of all the Epic pass mountains A Basin has the least amount of tourists. When tourists think Colorado skiing they usually think Vail Resorts... like you. Epic pass is definitely not the best pass for the money in CO.
Apr 23 2017 10:41PM
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thewookiejesus
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oxicleanWhile Breck has a good park, the mountain is pretty flat. IMO, Beaver Creak is still pretty dang touristy. Of all the Epic pass mountains A Basin has the least amount of tourists. When tourists think Colorado skiing they usually think Vail Resorts... like you. Epic pass is definitely not the best pass for the money in CO.


If it isn't the best pass for your money what would you say is? I also have a ton of homies in Utah so I plan on staying with them during vacas so I'll be able to ski PC which will be nice
Apr 28 2017 5:01PM
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iambusyskiing
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SponsoredByJesusIf it isn't the best pass for your money what would you say is? I also have a ton of homies in Utah so I plan on staying with them during vacas so I'll be able to ski PC which will be nice


Honestly I thought the epic pass was a pretty good deal - I could ski at a lot of places in Colorado and Tahoe. Plus my work had medallions to copper and loveland so I didn't miss out on any of the nearby mountains. The only other multiple resort pass I can think of in Colorado is the Rocky Mountain one?
Apr 28 2017 5:28PM
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oxiclean
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SponsoredByJesusIf it isn't the best pass for your money what would you say is? I also have a ton of homies in Utah so I plan on staying with them during vacas so I'll be able to ski PC which will be nice


The Rocky Mountain Super Pass + is a good one. There's others too. But if you're finna go to PC a few times then Epic would be the move.
Apr 28 2017 10:54PM
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theabortionator
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I think bc is the best bc for vr in co.
Apr 28 2017 11:36PM
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Eggdog
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I went to Vail for spring break as my first trip out West. The mountain itself is huge and has a huge variety of stuff to ski. You can't really go wrong with Vail. And the village is pretty cool too, they have restaurants and ski shops n stuff. There weren't many lines but it was pretty busy.
Apr 29 2017 12:21AM
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theabortionator
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Z-JuiceBeaver Creek is probably the most touristy resort , BC has literally one good pocket of terrain, the rest is groomers.
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Lololol you crazy dawg

emrenYeah Vail doesn't have free parking...


I never got shut out parking at the park down the road. Never went on stupid holidays though. I dig that they have a shuttle too. Although having a parking pass there is always a bonus.
Apr 30 2017 1:57AM
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