2005 Summit Location

**grrrr** · 03-12-2004, 02:37 PM

The floor is open for nominations.

**Woodsy** · 03-12-2004, 03:02 PM

COlorado as a nominee?!?

Day 1 wolf creek day 2 Telluride Day 3 Crested butte Day 4 Steamboat day5 Aspen Highlands day 6 Snowmass Day 7 Beaver creek day 8 a basin Day 9 car repair....

too spread out, summits work cuz tey are consolodaedish SLC, Tahoe, etc Suggest: Summit County or Aspen.

My nominees are Jackson/Targhee ( gotta get me there somehow)

Or ASpen area ( 3 sick resorts 1 insane park endless BC options)

**TheDingleberry** · 03-12-2004, 03:06 PM

Jackson. There should be no question.

**shamrockpow** · 03-12-2004, 03:06 PM

I agree w/Woodsy's comments. For those reasons SLC/Tahoe are always gonna be the best sites for the most maggots (not to mention having the most locals), but I'd vote for a Jackson/Targhee+ option next year and maybe keep permanent minis in the other locations...

**AntiSoCalSkier** · 03-12-2004, 03:07 PM

I'd like to nominate Ohio as the destination for the 2005 Summit.

**grrrr** · 03-12-2004, 03:11 PM

I was hoping someone would be more specific on their suggestions - I planned to update the poll based on that. After posting I now find that only moderators can update, so...

Ignore this thread.

I will go back to my cubicle now.

**Brett's Anus** · 03-12-2004, 03:12 PM

Brett and I would like to nominate E.Vail for its radness and sickety sick terrain!

**Buzzworthy** · 03-12-2004, 03:56 PM

Originally posted by shamrockpow
I agree w/Woodsy's comments. For those reasons SLC/Tahoe are always gonna be the best sites for the most maggots (not to mention having the most locals), but I'd vote for a Jackson/Targhee+ option next year and maybe keep permanent minis in the other locations...

Well, since we just had the 2nd annual Utah Mini and the year before it was the first Summit , the UTAH MINI 2005 will happen again. Same place, around the same time, different mountains??

I voted for Jackson/Targhee option!!

**snorkeldeep** · 03-12-2004, 03:58 PM

is there a plan for south america or hood meetup this summer?

**jdabasin** · 03-12-2004, 03:59 PM

1) Whistler-Blackcomb can be sickety-sick. And the party scene doesn't suck......

2) otherwise, Da Hole seems like a logical one.

3) What about Big Sky? is there a town we can ransack nearby?

**Buzzworthy** · 03-12-2004, 04:02 PM

Originally posted by snorkeldeep
is there a plan for south america or hood meetup this summer?

Im sure there will be, but considering the SUMMIT is happening as we are typing away, this info will rear its pretty head.

I plan on being at Hood this summer with my wife for the July Hood summit. I hope you all join us.

South America is out of my league. I got a wife that wants to go on a cruise at some point. If we got to SA sometime, it won't be a ski thing.

**Mountainman** · 03-12-2004, 04:07 PM

Originally posted by jdabasin

3) What about Big Sky? is there a town we can ransack nearby?

Stay in Bozeman, hit up bridger then too.

**Vinman** · 03-12-2004, 04:16 PM

For me it is not so much where as when. If I stay in my same job and so far it looks that way, I have a very small window of opportunity to be able to make a summit. For example I could not make this years because break wa the week before the summit.

**SponsoredByDuctTape** · 03-12-2004, 04:19 PM

I don't know about Whistler, Jackson, or Colorado for the main Summit. The current Summit is going on for two weeks, and one of the reasons it works is because of all the different resorts. One resort for two weeks, even if it is sicko terrain, would get monotonous. Like others said, Utah and Tahoe are perfect for the big Summit because of their accessibility and diversity of terrain.

I'm all for keeping the Summit in either Tahoe or Utah until someone comes up with a more ideal situation. I think we should just have a bunch of Minis other places, i.e. a Jackson Mini, a PNW Mini, a Colorado Mini, maybe a Canadaian Rockies mini...

**Buster Highmen** · 03-12-2004, 04:20 PM

Choice 1: SW CO: Telluride-Silverton-Taos.

'Cause that's where I'll likely be about this time next year.

Choice 2: Puget Sound

'Cause that it's easier to get there from here.

**Buster Highmen** · 03-12-2004, 04:22 PM

Yes, please continue to ignore the fact that there are 4 great ski areas with 4 hours of each other in the PNW: Crustal, Alpental, Stevens, Baker. Oh yeah, don't forget White Pass.

**meatdrink9** · 03-12-2004, 04:28 PM

Originally posted by Buster Highmen
Yes, please continue to ignore the fact that there are 4 great ski areas with 4 hours of each other in the PNW: Crustal, Alpental, Stevens, Baker. Oh yeah, don't forget White Pass.

That's one of my top 2 choices with a few days to slip up to Whistler as well.

**FreakofSnow** · 03-12-2004, 04:29 PM

Bozeman > Bridger and Big Sky with side trips to various other podunk and resorts

Redlodge
Discovery
Showdown
Lost Trail

**Skidawg** · 03-12-2004, 04:30 PM

Milwaukee - definately Milwaukee.

**Buster Highmen** · 03-12-2004, 04:33 PM

As long as we're diverging inharmonically, I'd put one in for the MT tour, one I've done many times:
Montana Snow Bowl, Lost Trail, Discovery, Bridger Bowl, Moonlight.

Well, OK, I used to hit pig sty and I've never been to Moonlight, but I'd like to check it out.

I forget what the longest time between these were (Disco to Bozemania?) ... about 2 1/2 hours?

**grrrr** · 03-12-2004, 04:34 PM

PNW - There is also Mission.

Up to the North we have Whistler and a whole bunch of little areas that either rock or suck. Add the backcountry, which doesn't suck...

That said, I would still be strong on a Jackson thing as I haven't been there yet.

Down sides: Little maggot presence to pave the way, prepare the locals and arrange parties, etc; and as noted fewer resorts to invade. Jackson/Targhee/Big Sky/Moonlight/Backcountry is certainly doable, and there are MT maggs too.

**shamrockpow** · 03-12-2004, 04:35 PM

Nobody's ignoring the PNW Buster, the fact just is that Utah has a lot more mountain's than that within an hour of the airport and pretty much the same story in Tahoe. Also, most people would want to go to both the WA areas and Whistler if the summit were a similar length to the last couple of years. Not that it takes you out of the running. I love the PNW, but Crystal to Whistler is what? 7 hours? More? Not exactly the same as skiing Squaw by day and partying in South Lake by night. A lot of the people fly into the summit from far away and don't want to/can't spend so much of their time driving around...

**Mountainman** · 03-12-2004, 04:37 PM

Originally posted by FreakofSnow
Bozeman > Bridger and Big Sky with side trips to various other podunk and resorts

Redlodge
Discovery
Showdown
Lost Trail

tons of BC stuff everywhere too

**FreakofSnow** · 03-12-2004, 04:38 PM

Originally posted by grrrr

Down sides: Little maggot presence to pave the way, prepare the locals and arrange parties, etc; and as noted fewer resorts to invade. Jackson/Targhee/Big Sky/Moonlight/Backcountry is certainly doable, and there are MT maggs too.

upsides:
fewer people
best blower snow around
tons of backcountry
did i say fewer people?