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Epic collective Roadtrip

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Epic-roadtrip
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I have just purchased an epic pass and a mountain collective pass for the 18/19 season.
I have insulated my van, purchased a propane heater, electric blanket and a -18c/0F sleeping bag and Im planning a winter roadtrip from whistler to colorado to salt lake city to lake tahoe and planning on hitting every resort the passes allow access to.

Resorts are;
CANADA
Whistler (epic), Revelstoke (collective) 2 days, Kicking horse 4 days, Lake louise (collective) 2 days
Banff Sunshine (collective) 2 days, Fernie 3 days
Northern USA
Big sky (collective) 2 days, Jackson hole (collective) 2 days
UTAH RESORTS
Snowbasin (collective) 2 days, Alta Ski Area (colletive) 2 days, Snowbird (collective) 2 days, Park city (epic)
COLORADO RESORTS
Aspen (collective) 2 days, Beaver creek (epic), Vail (epic), Arapahoe basin (epic), Keystone (epic), Breckenridge (epic), Crested butte (epic), Telluride 7 days (epic)
CALIFORNIA
Squaw Valley (collective) 2 days, Northstar (epic), Heavenly (epic), Kirkwood (epic), Mammoth (collective) 2 day

My question is which of the colorado resorts should i spend more time at and which ones should i spend the least time at? Ive ridden whistler, revelstoke, and kicking horse and am more of a freeride big mountain pow lover than a park rat. So far i have allocated 5 days to each resort.
Sep 14 2018 12:04AM
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TRVP_ANGEL
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abay butte vail
Sep 14 2018 12:36AM
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HypeBeast
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Make sure your propane heater is safe for indoors.

I'd ditch the electric blanket too. Fire risk and battery drain if using all night long. Just layer better.


Sweet idea tho. Def post here periodically and when done!
Sep 14 2018 9:33AM
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BigPurpleSkiSuit
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Are you going by yourself OP?
Sep 14 2018 9:37AM
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Epic-roadtrip
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TRVP_ANGELabay butte vail


Must do or must not do
Sep 14 2018 12:27PM
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TRVP_ANGEL
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Epic-roadtripMust do or must not do


do, you must
Sep 14 2018 1:26PM
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Epic-roadtrip
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IsitWinterYet17Make sure your propane heater is safe for indoors.

I'd ditch the electric blanket too. Fire risk and battery drain if using all night long. Just layer better.


Sweet idea tho. Def post here periodically and when done!



The propane heated is def not for indoor use, but will only be used in the mornings and at night when i cooking breakfast and dinner, with all the windows open to ventilate. The electric blanket will only be plugged in 20mins before i get into bed so it will be pre warmed, im not phased by battery drain as i have a second battery installed.
Sep 14 2018 10:16PM
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TheDoughAbides
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butte aspen and telluride...abay is cool too.
Sep 15 2018 2:59AM
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freestyler540
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Epic-roadtripThe propane heated is def not for indoor use, but will only be used in the mornings and at night when i cooking breakfast and dinner, with all the windows open to ventilate.


A propane heater is a very good idea, but get one for indoor use to avoid death by carbon monoxide. Nights get pretty fucking cold and vehicles are great iceboxes at night. Try couch surfing when possible, nights are a little less...lonely
Sep 15 2018 5:04PM
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skierman
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how much you want to bet this is a spoiled rich kid pretending to be a ski bum for a month?
Sep 15 2018 5:09PM
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Epic-roadtrip
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skiermanhow much you want to bet this is a spoiled rich kid pretending to be a ski bum for a month?



Actually a 26year old aussie whos visa is up in canada, and has to leave the country by the end of january, and decided to get the epic pass and get a travelers visa in the states so they could make the most of winter before they have to fly back to the land of shit snow.
Sep 16 2018 1:15AM
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skierman
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Epic-roadtripActually a 26year old aussie whos visa is up in canada, and has to leave the country by the end of january, and decided to get the epic pass and get a travelers visa in the states so they could make the most of winter before they have to fly back to the land of shit snow.


So a spoiled rich white boy from Australia.... wow, such difference, much enlightenment.
Sep 16 2018 1:29AM
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skierman
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I love it when I'm right, especially when its calling out fake, privileged assholes like this.
Sep 16 2018 1:31AM
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HypeBeast
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Whoa skierman is on a hate trip lately.
Sep 16 2018 2:27AM
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Chunderface
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skiermanI love it when I'm right, especially when its calling out fake, privileged assholes like this.


You sound like a huge pussy. Are you a huge pussy?.
Sep 16 2018 11:54AM
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clorox
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skiermanI love it when I'm right, especially when its calling out fake, privileged assholes like this.


IsitWinterYet17Whoa skierman is on a hate trip lately.


It's not even the real skiierman lol. Just some keyboard warrior that pats himself on the back everytime he EXPOSES someone. Tbh not even worth giving attention to. Privileged or not, OP is asking what the resorts are like, and he can spend his money on whatever the fuck he wants.
Sep 16 2018 1:48PM
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JoeF2661
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Unless you ski park I'd skip northstar and heavenly isnt worth the trouble also. Stick to squaw, k wood and mammoth.
Sep 16 2018 1:58PM
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Epic-roadtrip
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Im assuming i should avoid keystone and beaver creek. Can anyone comment?
Sep 16 2018 2:10PM
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TRVP_ANGEL
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Epic-roadtripIm assuming i should avoid keystone and beaver creek. Can anyone comment?


yes and yes. especially given the amount of tourists
Sep 16 2018 5:10PM
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Chunderface
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Epic-roadtripIm assuming i should avoid keystone and beaver creek. Can anyone comment?


I would skip Breck regardless, but definitely before I'd skip Keystone. In Aspen, stick to Highlands.
Sep 16 2018 9:52PM
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BigPurpleSkiSuit
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Let me know when you hit up the bird
Sep 16 2018 10:11PM
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Franklin.Freeski
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Hit Butte for sure, no doubt about it
Sep 17 2018 11:14AM
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Epic-roadtrip
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So far we are in whistler, the season is off to a slow start.
We are thinking of adding mt baker, stevens pass, and crystal in washington,
Big white, whitewater, and red mountain in BC, and whitefish and bridger bowl in montana to our travels, can anyone share any info on these resorts?
Dec 7 2018 2:21PM
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hi_vis360
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Epic-roadtripSo far we are in whistler, the season is off to a slow start.
We are thinking of adding mt baker, stevens pass, and crystal in washington,
Big white, whitewater, and red mountain in BC, and whitefish and bridger bowl in montana to our travels, can anyone share any info on these resorts?

whitewater is sick
Dec 7 2018 7:26PM
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Epic-roadtrip
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So we have finally entered the USA,
The best resorts in canada are kicking horse and revelstoke. Whistler has great terrain but the lift lines are huge, the pow is wet and heavy and everything is expensive there.
Jan 23 2019 8:22PM
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TimersMix
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I would love to see a map of the route you plan on taking
Feb 7 2019 6:53AM
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AndrewGravesSV
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sus ass
Mar 23 2021 11:31AM
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