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Originally posted by MrSquirrel Whistler has a major major problem which we learned when we got there 2 years ago. It is too low. The peak is only at 6500 feet and the base is around 1000. Most places in the rockies start around 5000-7000 feet. The reason this is an issue is when you get a sudden warm spell right aroudn freezing, as we did. It rained pretty much all week giving us nothing to ski on the lower 2/3rds of the mountain and a lot of heavy wet powder up top. My roomate went up one morning by himself and it was pouring rain at the peak. This was the second week of January too, not late season or anything. Whistler village was pretty cool though. I need to get in shape and get back into skiing. I was a pretty damn good skiier when I was 7, but moving away from mountains meant I did not ski for close to 15 years. MrS

yeah, true about whistler but skiing in the rain makes you a better skier, just ski for a few years on the east coast through ice, rain, sleet, and slush I love the rockies resorts as well. Vail, Aspen, Crested Butte, Snowmass, Deer Valley, Purg, Jackson Hole, Steamboat, etc... so many great places to get down in a hurry

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Originally posted by Redeye yeah, I've done the backcountry at Jackson and whistler/blackcombe...Whistler is quite possibly the best mountain on earth, but for overall quality I love Vail, its just some of the best views while skiing ever

Ahhhh, skiing!!!!

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Originally posted by Redeye yeah, true about whistler but skiing in the rain makes you a better skier, just ski for a few years on the east coast through ice, rain, sleet, and slush I love the rockies resorts as well. Vail, Aspen, Crested Butte, Snowmass, Deer Valley, Purg, Jackson Hole, Steamboat, etc... so many great places to get down in a hurry

You want "quality" skiing, try how my old roomate learned to ski. In Illinois, where the hilltop is at 640 feet above sea level and you START at the TOP.

It is almost always ice too.

God I hate skiing in the midwest....the only remotely decent places are in northern Michigan but you need to go in a year/time when they have a good natural snowfall.

MrS (needs to move out west baaaaaad)

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skiing is amazing, i went to steamboat the past two years. my friend has a condo there and we always have so much fun. i probably won't get to ski this year, which makes me sad i've never cared much for powder, i'm all about speed so i like the race down the groomers.

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Originally posted by MrSquirrel You want "quality" skiing, try how my old roomate learned to ski. In Illinois, where the hilltop is at 640 feet above sea level and you START at the TOP. It is almost always ice too. God I hate skiing in the midwest....the only remotely decent places are in northern Michigan but you need to go in a year/time when they have a good natural snowfall. MrS (needs to move out west baaaaaad)

There is a place in PA where you start at the top of the mountain. Its called Jack Frost, not a bad place for the Poconos, but def. can't hold a candle to Vail...Nothing beats skiing out west. When I was on the slalom team at my college they took us to Crested Butte for a weekend and They had just had 1 of those monster snow storms that weekend. The powder was chin high

OMG, I totally forgot about Moguls...Although I used to love moguls I cant much anymore with my knees, but there is nothing better than going down "International" at Vail busting through an unplowed mogul field for 20 minutes while the green trail people cut across

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Originally posted by Redeye OMG, I totally forgot about Moguls...Although I used to love moguls I cant much anymore with my knees, but there is nothing better than going down "International" at Vail busting through an unplowed mogul field for 20 minutes while the green trail people cut across

hush now, that's me! i don't like moguls, they slow me down.

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Originally posted by daffodil skiing is amazing, i went to steamboat the past two years. my friend has a condo there and we always have so much fun. i probably won't get to ski this year, which makes me sad i've never cared much for powder, i'm all about speed so i like the race down the groomers.

I'm a speedster as well Freshly waxed 195's and only 145lbs of skier gets you going faaaaaasssssstt!

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Originally posted by daffodil hush now, that's me! i don't like moguls, they slow me down.

are you the girl I hit in the face with my ski at vail when I was going over a mogul and some girl was coming across git-along gang???



I like speed as well, but nothing like speed and catching some air

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Originally posted by Redeye There is a place in PA where you start at the top of the mountain. Its called Jack Frost, not a bad place for the Poconos, but def. can't hold a candle to Vail...Nothing beats skiing out west. When I was on the slalom team at my college they took us to Crested Butte for a weekend and They had just had 1 of those monster snow storms that weekend. The powder was chin high

Sounds cool.

First time I had really skiied since March of 1985 (I went once in michigan in like 1991 but I don;t count that as real) was in January of 1998....went out to visit a college friend at his parents over break in Denver. We went to Winter Park on the first monday of school for the kiddies.....we got 9 inches of fresh powder overnight and another 3 during the day. They didn;t even take the cats out to groom the mountain. God it was a great time. That one day of skiing was better/more fun than I have had in years.

On the skiing note....if anyone is a GS skiier and is interested I have a pair of K2 Patriot g5's (2000 year) that have only been used 3 times that I am willing to sell for less than I paid for them. They are 174cm, have Solomon bindings....are super nice but way too agressive for me. I am nowhere near that skilled a skiier (the sales kid sold me them saying they were intermediate/advanced level skis...they are adv/expert skis, though I can handle myself on ice with them lol)

MrS

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Originally posted by Redeye There is a place in PA where you start at the top of the mountain. Its called Jack Frost, not a bad place for the Poconos, but def. can't hold a candle to Vail...Nothing beats skiing out west. When I was on the slalom team at my college they took us to Crested Butte for a weekend and They had just had 1 of those monster snow storms that weekend. The powder was chin high

We should have a TA meetup at Seven Springs. LOL.