I absolutely love Colorado and North Carolina's Ski Resorts and Ski Areas.
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Best State for Skiing
Started by Ah! Hawk-, Oct 30 2006 01:46 PM
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Posted 17 January 2007 - 02:11 PM
Well I've only skied in four states so far so I don't have a whole lot of experience to judge by. However I'd go with Utah. Its the best out of where I've skied and I hear from others its the best they've skied. Utah has great slopes plus the snow to go with it both in quality and quanity.
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Posted 20 January 2007 - 12:44 PM
BC is the best state/province in North America, we have the most snow, the most vertical and the most terrain! BEAT THAT!
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Posted 20 January 2007 - 07:08 PM
Right now I am pretty confident that the PNW has the most snow of all ski areas in the world. Well over 100" of packed snow at all the resorts. But there have been years here in WA and BC that have been horrible. It all depends on the weather.
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Posted 21 January 2007 - 04:17 PM
Yep, many of the Cascade resorts get what is known as Cascade Cement. It's good for the early season when trying to build a base, but it sucks to ski in when a major storm roles in.
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Posted 25 January 2007 - 05:27 AM
I don't know about that- I've had some of the best days skiing during those major storms. I think Gore-Tex was invented to make skiing in the Northwest more enjoyable 
Thanks to skiing Cascade Concrete, I've been able to blow right through the fluff up here in Colorado even when long-time locals complain that it's 'heavy'.
Thanks to skiing Cascade Concrete, I've been able to blow right through the fluff up here in Colorado even when long-time locals complain that it's 'heavy'.
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Posted 25 January 2007 - 06:17 PM
liftmech, on Jan 25 2007, 06:27 AM, said:
I don't know about that- I've had some of the best days skiing during those major storms. I think Gore-Tex was invented to make skiing in the Northwest more enjoyable Thanks to skiing Cascade Concrete, I've been able to blow right through the fluff up here in Colorado even when long-time locals complain that it's 'heavy'.
Thanks to skiing Cascade Concrete, I've been able to blow right through the fluff up here in Colorado even when long-time locals complain that it's 'heavy'.I know what you mean. Coming from Squaw Valley to Colorado, comments were often made of my ability to ski the "crud" well. My comment was "That's not crud, that's just snow that's been skiied before."
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Posted 25 January 2007 - 08:37 PM
Lift Dinosaur, on Jan 25 2007, 07:17 PM, said:
I know what you mean. Coming from Squaw Valley to Colorado, comments were often made of my ability to ski the "crud" well. My comment was "That's not crud, that's just snow that's been skiied before."
No - it's crud.
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Posted 28 January 2007 - 07:11 PM
True, Cypress snow is called "West Coast Cement" but it gets lots of base so then when there is some really good snow, theres lots more underneath.
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Posted 11 April 2007 - 09:18 AM
Callao, on Feb 2 2007, 06:01 PM, said:
I guess that would be good for covering the rocks. I tell you, Brian Head could use some good heavy paste to cover everything else. All the light stuff just gets blown away.
I had to go with my home state Oregon, and I was the ONLY one so far
I have skied in 11 states and provinces at 32 different areas.
The first time I ventured off the West coast, From Mamoth to Wistler, I went to SunValley. On my first run with what they call a BIG powder dump (10") I almost fell on my back! No friction in real powder snow! I was hooked to ski the Rockies from then on. After a couple more trips and 3 base shots, I still like the heavy snow for it's better coverage and longer season for a place to call home. But that 6% Utah powder is REAL addictive
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Posted 11 April 2007 - 09:24 AM
Why not any eastern places? Vermont and uhh.... New York and did I say Vermont? (Ok, you got me, better skiing in the west)
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Posted 16 April 2007 - 02:57 PM
Stowemass, on Apr 11 2007, 12:24 PM, said:
Why not any eastern places? Vermont and uhh.... New York and did I say Vermont? (Ok, you got me, better skiing in the west)
Better in the west? Only if you like the soft fluffy stuff. Give that good old Eastern powder any day, at least it's consistent. Hard yes, you only have to learn how to use your edges.
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