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Thread: Overrated ski areas
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11-06-2019, 04:02 PM #101
I am astounded that no one has mentioned Whistler/Blackcomb.
pretty much rated number one every year by various publications, but really for skiing that only app lies if you live there and can ski any day. If you are a tourist there for your prebooked one week vacation, you are as likely to be rained on as enjoy new snow. It can snow 600cm one month then 50 the next. and if it does snow a ton overnight, the hill is swarmed by the locals and is pretty much tracked out in the first hour of any lift opening. the hordes from Vancouver make lift lines on the weekend horrendous. The total lack of visibility and shutdown of alpine lifts when it is snowing and blowing just aggravate the situation. I have had some of the most amazing days ever on that hill, but they are becoming fewer and farther between. Pretty much need to tour out of bounds, or head off on the sled somewhere now.
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11-06-2019, 04:14 PM #102
Overrated ski areas
Same here. But never had an amazing day there. Ok days, yes. After a handful of prebooked vacays there- never again. More shit days than ok. I understand if I were localized would probably feel differently. For now I’m exploring new BC CA spots. And like one better already.
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11-06-2019, 04:15 PM #103
^^^Kind of like me at Snowbasin
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11-06-2019, 04:40 PM #104
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11-06-2019, 05:24 PM #105
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11-06-2019, 05:58 PM #106Banned
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Anyone taking this thread seriously is overrated. Morons.
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11-06-2019, 06:01 PM #107
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11-06-2019, 06:26 PM #108Registered User
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11-06-2019, 07:51 PM #109
If you think the ridge is crowded go ski four pines or rock springs at JHole
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11-06-2019, 08:04 PM #110
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11-06-2019, 08:11 PM #111Registered User
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I worked a couple of races in Whis and spent about 6 weeks there, by the time they were over I couldn't wait to leave
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11-06-2019, 08:18 PM #112
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11-07-2019, 05:39 AM #113
I was’nt impressed with Killington.
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11-07-2019, 05:40 AM #114
^Don't make me snap, bro...
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11-07-2019, 05:59 AM #115
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11-07-2019, 06:46 AM #116
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11-07-2019, 08:33 AM #117"fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
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11-07-2019, 08:35 AM #118
You got a remember to check your records before you post, Greg. Deepsouthmafia has been a card-carrying, dues paying member of your fine organization for quite some time now.
https://forums.alpinezone.com/showth...DeepsouthmafiaLast edited by m2711c; 11-07-2019 at 09:03 AM.
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11-07-2019, 08:38 AM #119
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11-07-2019, 08:43 AM #120
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11-07-2019, 08:45 AM #121
Why am I seeing the AlpineZone post after it's been quoted? Some kind of gremlins in the system today?
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11-07-2019, 09:05 AM #122
Danno can see the future and he wasted his time on greg’s post instead of getting tomorrow’s lottery numbers.
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11-07-2019, 09:06 AM #123
Squaw on a powder day. Because their lift planning is so effecient and requires almost no traversing that it gets tracked out ten minutes after first chair unloads.
I much prefer skiing Squaw a day or two or three after the powder day, especially if it is mid winter and cold. No lines, shot ton of terrain. Sure, things bump up in spots. Big. But others stay plenty smooth.
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11-07-2019, 09:12 AM #124Registered User
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your computer
I know kids under ten that have more days in already for the 19-20 ski season than the average tgr poser
a ski area is only overrated when your blogging about it on your phone
never been to a crappy ski area
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11-07-2019, 09:12 AM #125
Oh, as for serious skiers and W/B, what the fuck is a serious skier? DH racer? I ski for fun. Always. It is never serious. And as a skier who likes fun, I visited W/B twice in my life, had fun and never had a hard time finding good snow somewhere on those two mountains. Maybe you serious skiers are just doing it wrong. Trying having fun instead. It is, well, fun.
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