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skierman_jack
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I moved out to CSU to go to school after being a life long east coaster. After skiing Copper, WP, Breck, and keystone I’ve found myself being a regular user of the slopes at Eldora. It’s funny because I’m realizing there’s a lot of people who are not on board with Eldora so lemme make my case

who am I: I am a park rat college student who is just lookin for a sick park and a good vibe. And Eldora delivers. The energy there is so on point being a small rad little ski area. Nothing is fancy, the parking is dicey and icy, and most of the lifts are painfully slow. And that’s what I love about it. It’s all about the skiing really. And the Woodward instillation there obviously makes sick parks. Am I going to Eldora after a 16 inch sky falling? No. But when I’m looking to have a good time for an afternoon and maybe learn a trick or two I honestly wouldn’t be anywhere else.

feel free to debate me
Jan 20 2022 1:59AM
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SendyMcSendyface
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skierman_jackI moved out to CSU to go to school after being a life long east coaster. After skiing Copper, WP, Breck, and keystone I’ve found myself being a regular user of the slopes at Eldora. It’s funny because I’m realizing there’s a lot of people who are not on board with Eldora so lemme make my case

who am I: I am a park rat college student who is just lookin for a sick park and a good vibe. And Eldora delivers. The energy there is so on point being a small rad little ski area. Nothing is fancy, the parking is dicey and icy, and most of the lifts are painfully slow. And that’s what I love about it. It’s all about the skiing really. And the Woodward instillation there obviously makes sick parks. Am I going to Eldora after a 16 inch sky falling? No. But when I’m looking to have a good time for an afternoon and maybe learn a trick or two I honestly wouldn’t be anywhere else.

feel free to debate me


I'm not, small local ski areas are the best. Even if they don't have the deepest snow, or the gnarliest terrain, the vibe at them is unbeatable, and that makes all the difference. It's what skiing is really about.
Jan 20 2022 2:27AM
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ericforman
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I’ve said this a million times. Eldora is good for beginners and it’s good for people who are actually good skiers and want to become better skiers. Do you enjoy some selection of rails, jumps, high angle carves, and torpedoing moguls? Do you like parking at the base, driving through a non traffic filled canyon, and small mountain vibes? If so eldora is great.

Most people who *think* they are good skiers are not actually so there’s nothing fun at eldora. If you want to backseat noodle down “a sick chute bro” in nice conditions for an ego boost then yea it’s not gonna be fun.
Jan 20 2022 8:49AM
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JayBadge
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Eldora is fun, some good gully tree skiing, park is actually pretty fun and usually not too crowded. I’ll be there Monday if anyones around
Jan 20 2022 9:03AM
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Young_patty
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“You gotta go to Eldora, me and the boys load up in my buddy Jeremy’s Bimmer and get there from Boulder in about 5 minutes. You ever been to Boulder bro? It’s fucking sick dude. We mack on chicks all over town with and then we head up to Eldora and mack on chicks there too. Ever heard the chainsmokers bro? They’re the sickest band ever, and they love Boulder.

Is your prude wife not into macking on chicks? Well you’re in luck, since Eldora has the steepest, deepest, raddest, sickest terrain found anywhere in this fucking galaxy you can ditch your lame wife in a tree well and go mack on chicks until she swims her way out of there. Or doesn’t, know what I’m sayin?

Either way playboy hit me up when you come to Mecca and I’ll set you up with some fire K ya dig? You’ll be macking all day with that fat sack of K”
Jan 20 2022 9:08AM
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Craw_Daddy
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Eldora was my go-to a couple seasons ago specifically because there was never any traffic getting there. I think that's why the vibes are so good, or at least why I'm always in a good mood when I get there. The grind of I70 every weekend will wear on you.
Jan 20 2022 9:39AM
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KCoCM
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“You gotta go to Bopper, me and the boys load up in my buddy NateDawgs Volvo and get there from LeadVegas in about 5 minutes. You ever been to LeadVegas bro? It’s fucking sick dude. We mack on chicks all over town with and then we head up to Bopper and mack on chicks there too. Ever heard the chainsmokers bro? They’re the sickest band ever, and they love LeadVegas.

Is your prude wife not into macking on chicks? Well you’re in luck, since Bopper has the steepest, deepest, raddest, sickest terrain found anywhere in this fucking galaxy you can ditch your lame wife in Frisco and go mack on chicks at Mulligans until she hitchhikes her way out of there. Or doesn’t, know what I’m sayin?

Either way playboy hit me up when you come to Bopper and I’ll set you up with some fire edibles ya dig? You’ll be macking all day with that fat sack of edibles”
Jan 20 2022 11:14AM
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Lazylightning
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Eldora's treeskiing is actually really really good. Placer and gully glades are excellent when they fill in, same with salto. West ridge actually has a few smaller hits towards the bottom on the skiers right side, and if you stay skiers left through the tree chutes/moose glades (stay near the boundary) there is a decent sized cliff over there. Weekday lines are also basically nonexistent, my only gripe is that it is fucking windy there and being at a lower elevation it melts out real fast, granted both of those things don't really pertain to the park at all so it depends on what type of skier you are. That all being said, I spent more time at Eldora than anywhere else the past two seasons and its vibe is good

edit: go through the top placer glades entrance and stay left til you get to the fence with another gate, go through that and stay skiers right along that fence and thank me later

**This post was edited on Jan 20th 2022 at 11:25:39am
Jan 20 2022 11:23AM
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Professor-Modelo
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See you there g
JayBadgeEldora is fun, some good gully tree skiing, park is actually pretty fun and usually not too crowded. I’ll be there Monday if anyones around
Jan 20 2022 11:26AM
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muffMan.
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I love Eldora I’m from Denver originally and would go there most times.

im in Bozeman now and don’t get me wrong, the terrain is fuckin nuts here. But I wish there was a small resort that just focused on park here, maybe in Hyalite somewhere
Jan 20 2022 11:32AM
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goatmaster
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I ski Eldora a fair amount early and late season because it is so close. It is great. The park goes through phases though. It is really good, then strange. Eldora just builds weird stuff sometimes. Just put in some jumps and tubes, stop turning around waterfalls so they step up. I saw like one person successfully hit that thing for the month it was there. But this year in general the park has been much better. I see an upwards trend with the Eldora park which is exciting. I believe that in a few years the park will be amazing, all the time. The mountain safety people need to chill though. They threaten to pull my pass multiple times a day. I got in trouble for boot skiing on a Tuesday on an open run. How is that not allowed? Supposedly I am "on their list" now. Over all I am lucky to have a little resort so close and I still love skiing there, these are just things that they have to work on.
Jan 20 2022 11:34AM
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ericforman
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The mountain safety stuff is because multiple people die there every year in collisions with other people or hitting trees.
goatmasterI ski Eldora a fair amount early and late season because it is so close. It is great. The park goes through phases though. It is really good, then strange. Eldora just builds weird stuff sometimes. Just put in some jumps and tubes, stop turning around waterfalls so they step up. I saw like one person successfully hit that thing for the month it was there. But this year in general the park has been much better. I see an upwards trend with the Eldora park which is exciting. I believe that in a few years the park will be amazing, all the time. The mountain safety people need to chill though. They threaten to pull my pass multiple times a day. I got in trouble for boot skiing on a Tuesday on an open run. How is that not allowed? Supposedly I am "on their list" now. Over all I am lucky to have a little resort so close and I still love skiing there, these are just things that they have to work on.
Jan 20 2022 11:56AM
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Chunderface
Posts: 2357 - Karma: 9,009
East coast transplant moves to CO loves Eldora.

LOL
Jan 20 2022 2:22PM
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Young_patty
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Coleg55maybe in Hyalite somewhere

Ding ding, there’s usually boosters and rails built up there by now
Jan 20 2022 2:29PM
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Chrischi69
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How i feel about elm creek
Jan 20 2022 3:29PM
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nCrow
Posts: 661 - Karma: 1,810
Love hitting Eldora! Some legitimately great terrain for a small resort. Gotten more days there than any other resort the last 2 seasons, getting laps in before class can't be beaten it's still so surreal to me.
Jan 20 2022 7:56PM
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christianwearsch
Posts: 168 - Karma: 1,106
ericformanMost people who *think* they are good skiers are not actually so there’s nothing fun at eldora. If you want to backseat noodle down “a sick chute bro” in nice conditions for an ego boost then yea it’s not gonna be fun.

this. there is good skiing at literally any resort in colorado. people who say they don’t like certain resorts because the skiing sucks are the same people who brag about being able to ski blacks. If you have to tell me you can ski a black, then I definitely don’t want to ski with you.
Jan 20 2022 8:31PM
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Dilldoes
Posts: 761 - Karma: 5,842
Eldora/Nederland are the shit.
Jan 21 2022 3:20PM
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OldManAtABasin
Posts: 255 - Karma: 2,187
Eldora is a blast.

Welcome to Fort Collins’s

**This post was edited on Jan 21st 2022 at 4:47:38pm
Jan 21 2022 4:47PM
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holytoast
Posts: 681 - Karma: 291
Yeah eldora, got a season pass this year, works well for working most days in Boulder
Jan 21 2022 6:59PM
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