I'm no math major but....

[highflyingpilot]

Those mountains seemed pretty flat, and I hadn't even been out to Tahoe, or WA yet at that time.

You really think the Ten Mile Range (where Breck is located) is pretty flat??

[emtnate]

Thanks Tye (I caught the sarcasm, so I figured I'd dabble in it myself a little)

...you're right Lake Michigan totally sucks. I hate the fact that I live here in the summer. Its terrible, 70-75 degree freshwater, the occasional surf day, and girls playing volleyball on the numerous public beaches all summer long are a total drag..

70-75 degree water in the end of July. It's always a chilly swim on Memorial Day.

Makes me miss my lifeguard days on Lake Erie. Not as nice as Lake Michigan, but it's warmer earlier in the summer and we had put-in-bay and good fresh perch.

[F.D.V.]

Wrong!

Correct answer was Republican math! Duh!

new math.

[BmillsSkier]

put-in-bay and good fresh perch.

Fresh Lake Erie Perch.... drooooooool.... so sweet.

But that's aside the point.

As mentioned above, please do yourself a favor and pass on Beaver Creek, I think you'll find Keystone much more to your liking. Besides, it's so damn overcrowded at B.C. as is.

[montanaskier]

nothing to see at the Beav.....move along.

[jce338]

beaver creek has icy groomers and slow lifts. stay away.

[pbourdon]

You really think the Ten Mile Range (where Breck is located) is pretty flat??

Flat is a relative term....
When compared to Michigan, no...

When compared to the north Cascades and the area around Baker...yeah.




and lets not forget about the Tetons


Its geology really, the rockies are older, flatter, more worn down (with a few exceptions). The Cascades and the Tetons are significantly younger and much more rugged.

[Lone Star]

beaver creek underreports snow totals about like Copper overreports. nuff said.

[Bcar]

Blurred nailed the answer on the vert, but this line shows your ignorance the best: A "bajillion other places" before Beaver Creek? Step out of MI and explore. On any given day I'd take that mountain over 75% of the mountains in the U.S.- Decent to great terrain, no crowds, good snow and a first class operation. Or just hang at home in Buttfuck, MI doing lift map math and going to Boyne on the weekends. You make the call.

Im with you, but live by him! ha ha ha, oh wait shit... I love the beave' (prob helps that I used to live 5 min away and know it well). there is a ton of great stuff out of the gates and some grrrreat runs not on the map. Stone Creek may only have shorter shots, but they're quality! 60+ft is still bigger than I'll go. Plus hiking baldy etc. opens up a lot more good turns. Its no Jackson, but not many are. A-basin is nice, but its been years since I hit it on a good snow day where the atomic wind didnt blow the walls dry.

I bet if you caught keystone on a 24" day you'd fall in love... I had a $hit snow day at Squaw, does that mean I think it totally $ucks??

Id ski beave over copper, esp on a sunday
Snow aside, Id hit the beave before wolfcreek, yes I've been there.
Silverton? hmmmm, Silverton...

dont knock MI too much, a lot of world class Mtn biking (yes, Ive ridden all over) and our fresh water oceans with all the watersports that come with that, not to mention thousands of inland lakes, I see more bikinis in an afternoon at my parents lake than I saw in 15yrs in CO...Doesnt change the fact that we plan to move back out west in 3-5 yrs!!

Im a prisoner in flat land but I've still got 15days in CO this season, was on track for 30 days out west until I got broken... 30 is not many compared to most of you, but its all the life support I can get, I mean afford…

Skiing in MI? Wait, there is skiing in MI?? ha ha ha, I only go to teach my nieces/nephews.

[Bcar]

beaver creek underreports snow totals about like Copper overreports. nuff said.

shhhhhh....

[emtnate]

Skiing in MI? Wait, there is skiing in MI?? ha ha ha, I only go to teach my nieces/nephews.

Maybe if less people had that attitude the ski hills would see the market in better skiers and stop grooming 100% of the slopes every night. More places are opening up tree lines, go ski them so they think it's worth it.

[Bcar]

Maybe if less people had that attitude the ski hills would see the market in better skiers and stop grooming 100% of the slopes every night. More places are opening up tree lines, go ski them so they think it's worth it.

It has nothing to do with the grooming

It has to do with:
1. 200-500' vert (A bit more in the UP, but why drive 8hrs when I can drive 11hrs and be in VT).
2. Nothing even close to steep (unless you skin for it or hit the UP)
3. Lack of snow, real snow that is.

When I can only make ~4 SG turns or maybe 8-10 GS turns and im at the bottom, its not really worth it

[Wildman]

What is the only resort in the United States to host a World Cup Ski Event?

hmmmm...

Beaver Creek is not good. Don't go there...

[techlogik]

Nothing wrong with Breck and a few others. You need to qualify what you are doing why there? If you are taking a family trip with the kids and average skiers..nothing wrong with those locations.

So stop the hate for some of these locations which are really nice for they type of skiing/riding some might be doing.

Of course, this is Teton..so only the hard core people are on here and maybe this doesn't apply.

Enjoy.

[bfr]

What is the only resort in the United States to host a World Cup Ski Event?

Ummm... Aspen? Park City? Copper Mountain? Mammoth? Breckenridge? Steamboat? Waterville Valley, NH? Lake Placid? Heavenly? Stratton? Sun Valley? Jackson Hole? Anchorage? Crystal Mountain, WA? Sugarloaf, ME? Sqauw Valley? Franconia?

Which one was it?

[Long duc dong]

Blurred nailed the answer on the vert, but this line shows your ignorance the best: A "bajillion other places" before Beaver Creek? Step out of MI and explore. On any given day I'd take that mountain over 75% of the mountains in the U.S.- Decent to great terrain, no crowds, good snow and a first class operation. Or just hang at home in Buttfuck, MI doing lift map math and going to Boyne on the weekends. You make the call.

Just because he lives in Michigan does not mean he does not have a right to say he prefers other mountains to Beaver Creek. There are a million other mountains I would rather ski than Beaver Creek. I've been there and it was nothing special. Beaver Creek is a long way below Mammoth/Squaw/Kirkwood/Sugar Bowl/Alpine......I would not leave the Sierra to ski Beaver, and if I were coming from Michigan there are many other places I would rather ski.

[Wildman]

Just because he lives in Michigan does not mean he does not have a right to say he prefers other mountains to Beaver Creek. There are a million other mountains I would rather ski than Beaver Creek. I've been there and it was nothing special. Beaver Creek is a long way below Mammoth/Squaw/Kirkwood/Sugar Bowl/Alpine......I would not leave the Sierra to ski Beaver, and if I were coming from Michigan there are many other places I would rather ski.

What a great idea...please go ski all those wonderful other places. Summit county is too crowded as it is!

The Bald Spot looks Nice

[bfr]

Give me beaver. I want beaver. I wish I was surrounded by beaver.

POOF!

I'm a dick.




Nevermind.

[hartzejr]

mmmmmmmmm Beaver

now sssshhhhhhhhh....

[grskier]

I think I may be making a Beaver cameo this weekend....

[skiski]

This thread is awesome. For the record, where you live is inferior to where I live.

[catfishjon]

No, I've ridden in CO. I rode Breck and Keystone and was really unimpressed. The snow conditions were marginal when I was there. Those mountains seemed pretty flat, ................... I also have Steamboat on my "to-hit list" as well... "

Steamboat is the flattest mt in colorado. i wasnt aware until i went there and and had to lap one small are where they have some steeps. most overrated mt in colorado for sure. good snow does not always = good skiing.