Do uncrowded powder resorts still exist in North America?

[eldereldo]

To answer the original question, as you describe it, no.

[El Chupacabra]

Yes.

Mt Bohemia, Michigan.

[boltonoutlaw]

With your $ GTFO of NA and move to Tashkent

[PB]

wait ... retired?? You may be able to ski powder now, but in a matter of 1-2 years you will discover that you've over-reached. Fuck the powder, go for the grooming.

[BFD]

I am at Wolf Creek. Last Wednesday and Thursday I skied untracked powder from 9 to 3 each day. never stood in a lift line, saw maybe a half dozen cars on the drive to the hill. Entire mountain is open and the tree skiing is in. Nobody climbing up my ass on the bootpack and knife ridge. Yea the terrain is what it is but I go home tired. I try to avoid Pagosa. Went over after touring on Friday. Did a few errands than soaked in the river. Had it to myself for awhile, pretty nice. I am old retired. I followed real estate in teton area and Bishop CA. thinking that is where I would end up. Made a few trips to Teton area looking at real estate, never felt the urge to buy. Spent a month back country skiing around Wolf Creek Pass. Time to leave I called up a realtor looked at a few houses wrote a check on the second one. SW Colorado is pretty nice. I will say last season Wolf Creek kind of sucked as it was the only place with snow for awhile. Saw people lining up to wait for Alberta lift to open. Thankfully this year everyone is getting snow and we are not seeing those type of crowds.

[connersw]

https://yellowstoneclub.com/

[The SnowShow]

Belleview/Mt Baker?

[TBS]

I hear this resort in WY has the goods. A little out of the way though
https://www.skibrokeback.com/

[byates1]

i think its in wamsutter^

[raisingarizona13]

Rutland, VT. Kidding.

Is anywhere not crowded anymore? 8 billion people in this world now. Stop having so many babies.

For real tho.

[raisingarizona13]

wait ... retired?? You may be able to ski powder now, but in a matter of 1-2 years you will discover that you've over-reached. Fuck the powder, go for the grooming.

Powder is WAY overrated these days. It just isn't fun anymore. Liftlines, traffic, paid for parking yada yada yada. Get after chalky midweek steeps and bump skiing for the win.

[Spats]

We plan to retire in a few years and spend winters out West and have been researching places to buy a 2nd home. Over the past 5 years, we've averaged 6-8 weeks a year out West and have hit pretty much every large resort on Ikon, Epic and a few indys.

We'd likely buy a couple snowmobiles or snowbikes so good areas for that would be beneficial. Here are a few places on our radar:

Plan B could be getting a place in a town like Park City or Silverthorne (or other) as a basecamp and then building out a Sprinter/Transit that we can use to chase the powder since it's not that far to UT, WY, ID, MT and CO. Thanks!

So you're going to move in, buy up housing previously occupied by locals as your "vacation home", drive up rents and housing prices, ski our powder out, and you want us to tell you about the few places that exist that haven't already been ruined by hordes of people exactly like you?

[MagnificentUnicorn]

https://yellowstoneclub.com/

This is actually the answer if you can afford it. My buddy the PNW Head rep does a demo there every year and he says no one skis. Good terrain and untracked powder all day


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[phatty]

So you're going to move in, buy up housing previously occupied by locals as your "vacation home", drive up rents and housing prices, ski our powder out, and you want us to tell you about the few places that exist that haven't already been ruined by hordes of people exactly like you?

Probably not. He's probably going to buy an overpriced home from another rich second home owner who already realized the mountain town dream wasn't as dreamy as they thought.

[fastfred]

Probably not. He's probably going to buy an overpriced home from another rich second home owner who already realized the mountain town dream wasn't as dreamy as they thought.

All day long

But if you do enough drugs drink alot and don't give a fuck you'll fit right in

Once you dislodge the stick from your ass it's a shit load better And you'll fit right in until then yer just another poser w a stick in your ass

[billyk]

Wamsutter Wyoming. The next big thing. You heard it here first.

Ha! Well, it’s certainly not crowded there.

[Red7]

Penticton has Apex which gets less than big white, but its part of the same weather pattern and when it dumps its the driest you will find anywhere and still nobody shows up. Shorter vertical but the fall line is immaculate and you can lap fresh turns (with an express lift) till the legs fall off. Youre close to rossland (and the aforementioned) as well.

Rocky Mountain Trench towns gets you Pano and kicking and kimberly and fernie.

Pretend that Pincher Creek doesn’t exist because I'm keeping that for myself.

If it ever gets off the ground, however, I'm moving to Valemount.

Thanks! And by Pincher you are referring to Castle? Heard really good things other than the wind!

[Relico]

Go for some sidecountry business on powder days.

[Toadman]

Uncrowded powder ski areas exist.

During the summer.

[Red7]

Driggs is on my radar as well. Tons of snow in the Tetons already. Didn't make it up to the ski area (too busy working) but really enjoyed the low key scene in town. Got a real person vibe from the area. Not all the glitz and glam I've seen in CO or other notable ski towns out West.

Bringing the truck and skis back in a few weeks.

Nice, I wish we had spent some time around there. One of my favorites in CO is Loveland as it's like going back 30 years. Who needs a "Village" or starbucks at the end of the day.

[Red7]

Schweitzer is where it’s at. Just voted top 10 resorts in the us. Beating out alta and others. Tons of fresh snow and no lift lines. Great terrain as well.


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Been hearing good things. Is the snow quality good?

[SkiLyft]

Been hearing good things. Is the snow quality good?

Probably gets the best snow at least in the INW. Great village that Alterra is thoughtfully expanding. Can’t go wrong really.


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[The AD]

Keep in mind you can live in Canada up to six months per year without a green card. Canada has less than 40 million people compared to 330 million in the U.S. You do the math.

[Red7]

I am at Wolf Creek. Last Wednesday and Thursday I skied untracked powder from 9 to 3 each day. never stood in a lift line, saw maybe a half dozen cars on the drive to the hill. Entire mountain is open and the tree skiing is in. Nobody climbing up my ass on the bootpack and knife ridge. Yea the terrain is what it is but I go home tired. I try to avoid Pagosa. Went over after touring on Friday. Did a few errands than soaked in the river. Had it to myself for awhile, pretty nice. I am old retired. I followed real estate in teton area and Bishop CA. thinking that is where I would end up. Made a few trips to Teton area looking at real estate, never felt the urge to buy. Spent a month back country skiing around Wolf Creek Pass. Time to leave I called up a realtor looked at a few houses wrote a check on the second one. SW Colorado is pretty nice. I will say last season Wolf Creek kind of sucked as it was the only place with snow for awhile. Saw people lining up to wait for Alberta lift to open. Thankfully this year everyone is getting snow and we are not seeing those type of crowds.

I grew up in S. Tahoe and then lived in Crowley for a couple years but Mammoth/Tahoe does not interest us at all. My son is 14 and I'm hoping to land in a place that's a time warp of how skiing used to be before Intrawest and the others came in.

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

"how skiing used to be" LOLOL