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ugliest/prettiest summer ski resorts

Started by heavenly_romer, Mar 27 2005 10:55 PM

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#1 heavenly_romer

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Posted 27 March 2005 - 10:55 PM

after riding up the Gondola at heavenly, I first realized how ugly the resort is during the summer. When you first come over the hill on the gondola, you see the run right under the tamarack chair, and it is completely lined up with dead lumber, as if they did not have anywhere to put them, so they just left all the trees in the run. It is beyond me why anyone would want to pay $20 to ride the gondola up and look at the garbage-filled runs.

Anyone have any imput for the best or worst looking summer resorts?

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Posted 28 March 2005 - 02:40 PM

I have been to Lake Louise in the summer, and it is as clean as a wistle.
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Posted 28 March 2005 - 03:46 PM

Right now, because the mountain has barely any snow, I'd have to nominate Grouse Mountain...It looks like a dump. Currently they are in Hybrid mode; some winter activities(skiing)and some summer activities(Grizzly Bear Habitat) are offered. During full summer operations, with green grass and all the snow melted. it looks pretty nice :thumbsup:

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Posted 28 March 2005 - 05:10 PM

Solitude is all right in the summer, I once went hiking up to the bottom of the Summit chair
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Posted 29 March 2005 - 06:00 AM

Beaver Creek is pretty clean and senic during the summer. Ajax (Aspen Mountain) has great views but the mountain is criscrossed with old mining roads and so isn't the prettiest.
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Posted 29 March 2005 - 06:33 AM

I've only been to Kirkwood and Squaw in the summer and neither were that great. Squaw has wildflowers in the beginner bowl so thats nice and kirkwood is just brown. Im guessing some grass grows early in the summer but later its all dead. The midwest resorts that turn all green and look like a golf course are pretty nice.
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Posted 29 March 2005 - 07:42 AM

Your right Tyler Solitude is really nice and in all honesty most of the Utah resorts and all of the Cottonwood Canyon resorts are very nice looking during the summer mounths.
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Posted 29 March 2005 - 07:54 AM

I have also been to Castle Mountain in the summer. I is ok at the bottom, but once u get up top were the Tamarack chair is, it is just rock's and hardley any grass.

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Posted 30 March 2005 - 08:33 AM

John, The mining roads add's to value to Ajax in the summer. (or @ i think it does).
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Posted 30 March 2005 - 01:19 PM

Here's how we look in the early summer...

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Posted 30 March 2005 - 01:21 PM

And in the fall...

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Posted 30 March 2005 - 01:23 PM

Looks really good :thumbsup:
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Posted 30 March 2005 - 01:27 PM

Breck looks fairly nice in the summer but like Ajax it is crossed with mining and access roads and at higher altitudes grass doesnt grow too well but wild strawberries are in abundance.
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Posted 30 March 2005 - 02:22 PM

Telluride is also really nice in the summer along with Crested Butte.

When I was at Ajax this past summer, I didn't really that many old mine roads and the ones I did see all had gravel and were still in use by Apsen Skiing Company.
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Posted 30 March 2005 - 04:49 PM

Guardsman Pass from Park City to Big Cottonwood Canyon (Solitude and Brighton), right when you get over the hump to look down towards Big Cottonwood Canyon is a really nice view. Wish I had a pic. Always amazes me that there are a couple houses up there. The first part, behind PCMR and DV, isn't much though. This road is closed in the winter, as it crosses over several DV runs
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Posted 30 March 2005 - 06:52 PM

my favorite in the summer is steamboat. although im biased

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there aren't too many ski areas ive been to that i would consider ugly in the summer. most are pretty good about picking up litter and controlling erosion and whatnot.

Like cameron suggested, Crested Butte is really quite special in the summer.
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Posted 01 April 2005 - 08:39 PM

poloxskier, on Mar 30 2005, 02:27 PM, said:

Breck looks fairly nice in the summer but like Ajax it is crossed with mining and access roads and at higher altitudes grass doesnt grow too well but wild strawberries are in abundance.
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Posted 02 April 2005 - 10:37 AM

From what I've seen from the Doppelmayr World Books, there are a few lifts over in Europe that have a glass fence/wall to protect them from wind. It's pretty cool looking since there are colored panes of glass in it.
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Posted 02 April 2005 - 11:01 AM

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Here is a picture of one Bud, it's the only one I could find at the moment. The one of the colored panes of glass I believe is in one of my other World Books which I don't have right now.

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Is this the type of setup you were looking for?
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Posted 04 April 2005 - 03:36 PM

You guys are off topic! :offtopic:

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