Dan, Monarch would be sweet, but that's about a $40 round trip each time for me. Basin lines haven't been that bad lately now that everyone has the cheap multi-mountain passes. I think I'll just stick with the basin pass and run the shit out of the wall and beaves when it snows...and get drunk in the parking lot when there's nothing but crust. If you get the Monarch pass, let me know when you're using your day at Silverton. Maybe we can carpool.
How have the Basin lift lines been recently. I haven't skiied there for four years or more and remember looong ass lines on everything but Pali for much of the year. Oh, sweet, sweet pali, nectar of the gods, how I miss you.
I went there tons last year, the only lines are early on in the season when other resorts haven't opened. I NEVER waited in a line once the season got rolling. They were pretty much non-existent, course i never ride on those cursed weekends. The parking lots can be full there and i still never waited, esp at Pali!!!
Speaking of Monarch, has anyone hit Mirkwood Basin? Looks like a killer hike out if you go back far.
Gotta love Monarch, mostly noob Texans, Oakies and Christian tour buses, leaving all that sweet, sweet, great divide powder in the trees untouched.
Oh, and has anyone heard when the A-basin expansion will come about?
Thank god they are not building a friggin resort there, but a lift on Montezuma would be niiice!
I second loveland. If you can ski weekdays, they have a weekday only pass for dirt cheap. Great terrain, closer than the other resorts, way better snow than summit county, with no lines, and free close-in parking. I've always wondered why people pass up loveland and drive the extra dist. to deal with the crowds and parking hassle of summit....
Copper=gapers and an intermediate mountain with speed patrol on every roller. 17 glades are only thing worth a damn.
You obviously ski a different Copper Mt than me. Copper has some very respectable steeps. And your earlier comment about being in the park shows why you're having these problems. Copper has darn good terrain and I hardly ever wait in lines there. Of course, I'm not going to the Eagle or Flyer lifts either. If you know how to avoid those and stay up high, Copper is darn good with some pretty steep terrain.
Not sure where your skiing then. I don't ride flyer or eagle. I said i made the mistake of going to the park, ONCE. I stay to the six-man, hell i don't even ride the shuttle buses from the parking lot, i walk over. I've ridden the mountain thru and thru, I've ridden the entire backside, i've ridden the cat, the onion roll, I've followed the boundaries down everyside and in between,i know where all the smoke shacks are, inbounds and out. The mountain aint steep.
Speaking of Monarch, has anyone hit Mirkwood Basin? Looks like a killer hike out if you go back far.
Gotta love Monarch, mostly noob Texans, Oakies and Christian tour buses, leaving all that sweet, sweet, great divide powder in the trees untouched.
Oh, and has anyone heard when the A-basin expansion will come about?
Thank god they are not building a friggin resort there, but a lift on Montezuma would be niiice!
I did Mirkwood a couple of times last year. The hike's a bitch. The terrain's good but it gets pretty crusty beween snows - not really worth the hike. If you can catch it after a big dump, it would definately be worth it. Occationally you can hitch a ride from a patrolman on a snowmobile but you've got to be lucky.
Copper has some very respectable steeps. And your earlier comment about being in the park shows why you're having these problems. Copper has darn good terrain and I hardly ever wait in lines there. Of course, I'm not going to the Eagle or Flyer lifts either. If you know how to avoid those and stay up high, Copper is darn good with some pretty steep terrain.
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