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  1. #1
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    The Monarch Season Pass

    now gets you this: http://www.skimonarch.com/season_pass_benefits.asp

    Just when I thought I had the season pass situation all figured out for my wife and I, they go and throw in 3 free days at CB, 1 free day of unguided at Silverton, and half price tickets all season at Alta.
    Old's Cool.

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    hmmm...are there blackout dates or any restrictions?

    Spending Xmas in CB with fam, always hit Alta a few times...
    This might just be worth doing, however crazy it seems...

    Interesting...
    Thrutchworthy Production Services

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    Hell, plus three days a Pajorito. I never skied there, but I had a rippin bud that grew up there. RIP Henry.

    His dad worked on the bomb.

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    WOW! Thats a GREAT deal. If I lived a little further south I'd be all over that.

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    I live within 12 miles of Monarch & was gonna pick up the Colo pass instead. Those beni's do almost make it tempting though. If they up a couple more days at CB & S-ton I'd do it.
    That place gets sooo boring in under 4 hours it kills me.

    Disclaimer: Course I seem to have some kind of bad Ju-Ju there for some reason.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FrankZappa
    I live within 12 miles of Monarch & was gonna pick up the Colo pass instead. Those beni's do almost make it tempting though. If they up a couple more days at CB & S-ton I'd do it.
    That place gets sooo boring in under 4 hours it kills me.

    Disclaimer: Course I seem to have some kind of bad Ju-Ju there for some reason.
    I think the fact that you live that close and aren't getting a pass pretty much sums it up. The rub is the place gets some damn big dumps every year but there just isn't enough terrain to do anything with it. I really want to like the place but it's just way to small and the terrain is frustratingly mellow.
    "Do the interns get Glocks ? "

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    ^^^ Better turf for BC - OK-ish shuttle stuff off the West side too.

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    WHATEVER! You guys are afraid to ski gunbarrel!
    "It is not the result that counts! It is not the result but the spirit! Not what - but how. Not what has been attained - but at what price.
    - A. Solzhenitsyn

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    Quote Originally Posted by lemon boy
    WHATEVER! You guys are afraid to ski gunbarrel!
    Damnit! I knew someone would find out. I'm so ashamed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lemon boy
    WHATEVER! You guys are afraid to ski gunbarrel!

    Classic !

    "Do the interns get Glocks ? "

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    Quote Originally Posted by FrankZappa
    I live within 12 miles of Monarch & was gonna pick up the Colo pass instead. Those beni's do almost make it tempting though. If they up a couple more days at CB & S-ton I'd do it.
    That place gets sooo boring in under 4 hours it kills me.

    Disclaimer: Course I seem to have some kind of bad Ju-Ju there for some reason.
    really? The season pass at Monarch is $279 and 3 days at CB and 1 at Silverton is gonna run you around $250. seems like a no brainer if you only live 12 miles away. Besides, the Merkwood area offers up some decent terrain and you can ski powder all day by yourself.
    Old's Cool.

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    Very tempting! But, If I'm going to Monarch then I'm hitting pass. CM, we should hit a tour down there sometime.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fortysix&2
    Very tempting! But, If I'm going to Monarch then I'm hitting pass. CM, we should hit a tour down there sometime.
    I'm down and count in my brother who lives in Salida.
    Old's Cool.

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    . Now you guys got me re-thinkin' everything. Even tho I kick myself every time I pay to go to Monarch.

    OK. So CB's best deal is a Xcard 4 pak for $149 = $37 / day
    and Silverton "off" season is $49
    The amount of gas & time I'll spend going the 90 miles to Summit/Eagle cities 15 times =2,700 miles <90 gal. = $270 + 45 hrs>
    plus havin' to go to front range to get $379 Colo. pass this weekend.

    Boils down to:
    CB compared at $37 x 3 = $111 (Not at all bad)
    S-ton $49 (Gonna happen anyway)
    Leaves $110 at Monarch --> need 6 days to get it to $20 or under (Meh)
    Total miles to do all this = under 900 <30 gal = $90 + 15 hrs>
    and plenty of BC days left over.
    + Time & gas saved = enough to go to Alta a couple times for the $26 tickets. (Yum)
    and maybe I'll have some left for the Summit too.

    The fuel / time thing is taking it's toll these days.
    and you guys let me know when you're around too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FrankZappa
    . Now you guys got me re-thinkin' everything. Even tho I kick myself every time I pay to go to Monarch.

    OK. So CB's best deal is a Xcard 4 pak for $149 = $37 / day
    and Silverton "off" season is $49
    The amount of gas & time I'll spend going the 90 miles to Summit/Eagle cities 15 times =2,700 miles <90 gal. = $270 + 45 hrs>
    plus havin' to go to front range to get $379 Colo. pass this weekend.

    Boils down to:
    CB compared at $37 x 3 = $111 (Not at all bad)
    S-ton $49 (Gonna happen anyway)
    Leaves $110 at Monarch --> need 6 days to get it to $20 or under (Meh)
    Total miles to do all this = under 900 <30 gal = $90 + 15 hrs>
    and plenty of BC days left over.
    + Time & gas saved = enough to go to Alta a couple times for the $26 tickets. (Yum)
    and maybe I'll have some left for the Summit too.

    The fuel / time thing is taking it's toll these days.
    and you guys let me know when you're around too.
    That's quite a formula there.

    The Monarch pass has me re-thinking what my wife and I are going to do for the season as well. Decisions. I'm def. getting the CO pass, but for the two of us to be able to ski together on the weekends, I'm not so sure what we're doing. I'd much rather not have to wait in lift lines down at Monarch on the weekends, but it's 15 miles to Breck and 70 to Monarch. But those benefits are pretty nice.

    fyi- the pass office at Breck is open Sat & Sun this weekend from 9-5, so you don't have to drive to the front range to get the CO pass.
    Old's Cool.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FrankZappa
    OK. So CB's best deal is a Xcard 4 pak for $149 = $37 / day
    and Silverton "off" season is $49
    The amount of gas & time I'll spend going the 90 miles to Summit/Eagle cities 15 times =2,700 miles <90 gal. = $270 + 45 hrs>
    plus havin' to go to front range to get $379 Colo. pass this weekend.

    Boils down to:
    CB compared at $37 x 3 = $111 (Not at all bad)
    S-ton $49 (Gonna happen anyway)
    Leaves $110 at Monarch --> need 6 days to get it to $20 or under (Meh)
    Total miles to do all this = under 900 <30 gal = $90 + 15 hrs>
    and plenty of BC days left over.
    + Time & gas saved = enough to go to Alta a couple times for the $26 tickets. (Yum)
    and maybe I'll have some left for the Summit too.
    Holy shit my calculator just exploded.

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    Quote Originally Posted by iceman
    Holy shit my calculator just exploded.
    Seein's how you're from "greedyoldbastardland", I thought you of all people would understand this.

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    I'm greedy, not cheap.

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    And besides, I'm really from Sillybastardland, but I'm incognito until Basom comes back.

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    Well, I'm poor lately, so I guess that makes me cheap.

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