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Thread: 2007 summit dates and place

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    Red Lodge

    a) is in the middle of nowhere
    2) suffers massive ass raping drought
    iii) is hardly closer to the midwest than the front range.
    IV) is super isolated

    If there is a Summit in MT (it is looking like 2008 is its next best shot), it probably won't be there.

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    I agree with your take on Red Lodge, I only brought it up based on price and it's location to the Bearthooth Mtns for backcountry. Heck Red Lodge is less expensive than Minnesota ski areas, and ours really suck.

    If Montana made the list Bozeman would be the better choice. Closer to the big resorts, a reasonable shot to Jackson, and still reasonable priced lodging. It's only drawback is it's a bit far from a major airport. Not a big deal for me but the folks on the east coast would have trouble.

    It's been years since I was in Colorado, so that would be cool for me. I only brought up Montana because there were so many posts regarding price.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mnflyfish
    I agree with your take on Red Lodge, I only brought it up based on price and it's location to the Bearthooth Mtns for backcountry. Heck Red Lodge is less expensive than Minnesota ski areas, and ours really suck.

    If Montana made the list Bozeman would be the better choice. Closer to the big resorts, a reasonable shot to Jackson, and still reasonable priced lodging. It's only drawback is it's a bit far from a major airport. Not a big deal for me but the folks on the east coast would have trouble.

    It's been years since I was in Colorado, so that would be cool for me. I only brought up Montana because there were so many posts regarding price.

    Good Luck,
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    Bozeman is about a ten minute drive from a major airport. Granted, its not an international hub or anything, but you can get flights from denver, or SLC. Seems major enough to me.
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    not that my opinion is wanted or needed...as someone else said, MT hasen't even had a Mini yet. Let's organize our state first before we invite the masses here.

    Bozeman would be the obvious choice with Big Sky/Moonlight close by and ample BC to be had for all. And if we wait long enough maybe Bridger will have some new chairs.

    Major hubs for the Gallitan Airport are SLC, DIA, Minneapolis, Seatle, Boise and even a few from LAX now. Everybody else will be having layovers.

    My vote for MT is 08'

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    Quote Originally Posted by leroy jenkins
    Bozeman is about a ten minute drive from a major airport. Granted, its not an international hub or anything, but you can get flights from denver, or SLC. Seems major enough to me.
    I was thinking about Billings because there are a lot of folks from the east coast, I'm not sure about flights into Bozeman. You're right though there are non-stops from Minneapolis so it would be a no-brainer for a Summit. I'm there in 2008.

    Good Luck,
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    i vote Banff. Great nightlife, 2 of Canadas best resorts, easy access to backcountry

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    Quote Originally Posted by yetipolice
    Doesn't Aspen do some super cheap unit card, like 4 tickets for $99 or something? I know some of my friends bought it at the Denver Expo. Not sure if it's already been mentioned, but definitely a good deal.
    You have to be there in person to purchase the pass.

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    Quote Originally Posted by funkendrenchman
    You have to be there in person to purchase the pass.
    True, but if all the CO peeps motivated to buy a classic pass, and then also chipped in say $40 per to a pool to help defray pass prices, and everyone else bought a 4 of 5 multi-day pass, our average per day per person price could clock in around...

    $37.5*25+$60*30 = ~$50 USD per person per day average assuming:

    25 Classic Pass holders
    30 NON
    $70/day average price on a multi-day full price ticket
    $110 Classic Pass (is that right?)
    $40 subsidy

    The higher the ratio of Classic Pass to NON, the lower the average ticket price/ required subsidy would be.

    Anyway, forget the details - these are not insurmountable problems. Someone always knows someone who know someone who can help out, so long as we plan far enough in advance. The real questions are WHERE and WHEN. After that it's up to the organizer to do as best s/he can do to keep cost in check, and you do what you can do!

    So go vote in the poll if you haven't!
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    Hell, we could rent a bus from Denver and drive everyone up and around CO to save on car costs. That'd be baddass.
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    That would be kick ass.

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    Or better yet, a couple of Short Busses.
    Yatzhee!

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    busses?
    hmm
    I realy thought a traveling magion junkshow across the state startiin ing Denver and ending up downsouth wouuld be the waym, but again i am only in for 3-4 days prolly on the western/Southern end.. (although a day @ Mary Jane would be fun, and Abasin, and well, shit.)

    As long as you keep me out of ASpen ( 3 strike rule)
    there are hostels and cheap hotels and I dont know i think this can be done, cayent it?
    how long would a bus to CB take?
    I mean we cant leave out CB......
    i dunno
    dates anyone?

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    Let's settle the WHERE first, then we can do the WHEN based on that WHERE for the best conditions and lowest cost?

    Or should be settle the WHEN first, then choose the WHERE based on the when?

    Geez, this stuff is tough.
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    Well, it looks like CO is going to win the poll and it better because it's our time!

    So we just need to decide on a location in CO. The when part I think can come later. I'm think sometime in late March.

    Either way, it's going to be hard to hit all the good resorts in CO since they are all spread out. I love the bus idea, but will the idea work? I would say if we just pick and area and stick with it, we will have a great time.

    Aspen Area Mountains
    Telluride / Silverton
    Vail / Summit County

    CB would be a great mountain to stay at, but it is just so isolated from other resorts.

    We need to make a pro and cons list of each "area"
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    What about later? We can sometimes get killer conditions in March and April; the backcountry is slightly safer (which isn't saying much, unfortunately); and ticket prices do come down eventually. We should look and see when the "late season" begins at many places. Spring break is both a pain and a convenience - on the one hand, places get mobbed during break, meaning more crowds, more tracks, less snow. On the other hand, a lot of people that might want to come might only be able to come during their spring break. Plus, it gets mobbed with lots of people, and therefore parties are raging!

    So, I wonder if a later-than-usual summit might make sense. Like, last week of March kind of thing. Or, dare I say it, first week of April? Silverton goes into their late season sometime in April, ticket prices drop somewhere around there, rooms empty out, things would be much cheaper. And we'd have a pretty good chance of either late season storms or sunny skies and corn...

    Hmmm....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Yossarian
    places get mobbed during break, meaning more crowds, more tracks, less snow. On the other hand, a lot of people that might want to come might only be able to come during their spring break.
    Two things, one, a lot of the spring break crowd seems to party more than they ski, and two, I definitly fall into the category that could only attend if it was during my spring break (March 12-16), but that is just my preference, for selfish reasons.

    Oh, and the bus/short busses idea is fucking genious.
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    I love the last week of March/first week of April idea. Cheap and killer conditions.

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    Early April is a great idea,prices go down crowds ease and oonly, well people like us, know about it.
    Alot of "group pricing" goes into effect April 1 aswell from my 2 horrrid years of group ski shows from Austin to Chi town I know this
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    Quote Originally Posted by SheRa
    I love the last week of March/first week of April idea. Cheap and killer conditions.
    This would guarantee a no show by the NoHills. We have to visit MIL in FL for Spring BReak
    It's 5 o'clock somewhere.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Woodsy
    I think if we doi run through the Raoring Fork Valley avoid the x-games and
    I think X games would be a perfect time to swing thru Aspen. If you haven't been, it's an amazing event. Ticket sales are low, tons of FREE top notch entertainment, tons of FREE swag. Powder magazines, along with half the industry, have FREE parties. Even the under age maggots could enjoy because as long as you have your booze in a cup, the cops leave you alone.
    Only down side is town fills up, so you need a reservation.

    April is also a good time. Just be aware that Highlands usually closes that first weekend and you have to do at least a day there.

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    X-games = floorspace only. So if you're cool with that, then it's a great time to be there. Plus the bus system there is top notch, so staying in carbondale or even glenwood springs is easily doable.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shredhead
    April is also a good time. Just be aware that Highlands usually closes that first weekend and you have to do at least a day there.
    closing day at highlands is usally a righteous party too
    that would be a PLUS

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    This year Highlands closed on the 7th/8th and it was a sweet party. Even got new snow the night before for a powder day closing.
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    I like the idea of a "late season" summit. I may be however at Big Sky the first week in April.


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