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[Lift Kid]

I might go to Montana too! Strangely, plane tickets to WY are cheaper than to MO from Minneapolis.

[Snoqualmie guy]

My new resort for next year will be Mission Ridge. Has anyone else been there? What's the terrain like?

[Peter]

I hiked there last summer to take photos of the Liberator Express being built. The terrain seemed really nice, and I have wanted to go back to ski. It is mostly an intermediate's mountain, but there is some steep inbounds backcountry type terrain. Take your camera if you go, I have not seen many pictures of the completed Liberator Express.

[hyak.net]

Jackson and Grand Targee are very close and would make a good 1-2 combo vacation. I spent 3 days at Grand Targee in the summer and it seemed like a pretty cool place. Jackson is a fun town as well, and the slopes look great.

[lastchair_44]

Skier, on Jul 2 2007, 01:26 PM, said:

Big Sky has a mountain like that one except you can actually ski off it

Wha?! You can ski ours too!

[Peter]

The one in the picture? Okay, it is skiable, but I am pretty sure that is not in the resort.

[poloxskier]

lastchair_44, on Jul 4 2007, 01:52 PM, said:

Wha?! You can ski ours too!

Yep it just depends on your skiing ability.

[Carl]

Skier, on Jul 4 2007, 03:56 PM, said:

The one in the picture? Okay, it is skiable, but I am pretty sure that is not in the resort.

The image I posted was taken by JH's Official Photog and he was standing on the main run from the summit; Rendezvous Bowl.
The peak in the background is called "Cody Peak", however it's real name is Four Shadows Mountain. It is very skiable! Just not for
the "faint of heart". I took some friends on a little tour over there this past season. Our route is shown on this image:



Jackson Hole has an incredible variety of terrain. Here's a "spring" image, taken from the top of the Bridger Gondola.


Of course, my opinion is biased, since I've been skiing there since the first season of the Tram and worked there for 25 years.



Carl

[Caliboarder]

you might want to try panorama, its not crowded, there is 4000 ft of vert and you might get lucky with a powder day. The snow can be hard and icy if it hasnt snowed in a while.

Big mountain could be your best bet if you dont mind cold

This post has been edited by Caliboarder: 06 July 2007 - 11:15 AM

[Emax]

I'm making a 1-week trip to Mexico's Baja to see an old friend about a new project.
There will be no further reports on this visit.

[Allan]

jdubu, on Jun 11 2007, 11:25 PM, said:

Red sounds fun and deep :) but is it a little small for 1 week of snowboarding???
Also isn't there almost not nightlife?, it would be nice to party a little- otherwise red sounds great!

I have friends that come back every couple years for the entire season - so it's gotta be big enough for a week! There's not a lot of night life, but there's a few good bars (one is more like a nightclub). I normally start at the bar at the hill and see what the night brings.

[Caliboarder]

you might want to look into winter park too

[k2skier]

JustJeepIt, on Jun 13 2007, 01:30 PM, said:

Steamboat Springs, Colorado- A hidden jewel of a valley ski area with excellent skiing and great hospitality with TONS of lodging available, you can not go wrong! It is one of my favorite places to go, winter and summer!

I heard the name Flatboat before, it's true. Only a small amount of good steep terain, Steamboat has a lot of upper blues. Even the Campagne powder couldn't get me back there again. I'm glad I went, I just need a little more pitch, now maybe to go to Howlsen (sp?) Hill...

2 words-POWDER MOUNTAIN, for the skiing and skiing only, no crowds and Ogden is cheap, short drive.
Aspen Highlands is incredible, but it's not cheap or you drive from Carbondale.
Crested Butte? it wasn't bad 8 years ago.
Sun Valley is a must for all someday, good lift system. The rich snobs don't ski much anyway.
I want to hit Red soon too, it's plenty big enough for a week.

[skier2]

Steamboat isn't really that flat.

[poloxskier]

skier2, on Jul 20 2007, 11:02 AM, said:

Steamboat isn't really that flat.

Like alot of places you just have to know where to ski it to get the steeps. You can get lost in flat cat tracks but if you know where to ski or even look at the map you find more than enough steeps at the boat.

The best way to ski the Aspen valley on a budget is find a place down the valley with a bus stop at the property or near by, you may spend 15-30 min on the bus in the morning and afternoon but you save alot of money, and you dont have to worry about parking or having a DD for apres ski.

This post has been edited by poloxskier: 20 July 2007 - 05:21 PM

[liftmech]

Caliboarder, on Jul 17 2007, 08:52 PM, said:

you might want to look into winter park too

As long as you're not there on a weekend, that is.