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Thread: Ikon Pass
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10-08-2020, 07:19 AM #4851
Anything less than $2400 would be welcome. That said, it's even better if I can save some coin. All I really need is a safe comfortable room, wifi/cell coverage, parking, and ease of access to the slopes.
I'm thinking something by myself but would be open to a group sort of thing if folks were mostly professional. I do like to let loose but I'll be working most weekday mornings starting at 0500-0600 so would need to actually get some sleep.
Thanks for the recommendations and ideas all.
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10-09-2020, 06:42 AM #4852Registered User
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I’d pick a ski town, with lots of ski in/out. I bet you could find something in that price range in Steamboat.
It’s not the radest hill, but it gets really good snow and it’s a good place to perfect your powder technique.
I work early and then catch first chair, everyday.
Mornings the best time to ski until late spring.
I still have to be available all day. I keep my I phone warm in an inside pocket and use the Apple Watch/Beats x. I can screen all my communication from my wrist and don’t have to take my phone out, till I get on the Gondi.
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10-09-2020, 07:33 AM #4853
hippie local pro tip bro
ifin yur gonna spend an hour or 2 in traffic or deal with lcc shutdown crowds
i15 n to inkom
more tater boxes in the daylodge than bodies in lift line
we had a great weekend skiing untracked pocetelly potatoes pow pows that storm cycle
sorry we missed you and the ikonic goon shows of bros that dont knows how to git out of the flows that ensued
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10-09-2020, 08:10 AM #4854
This is good advice the boat is a great place. I really like the mountain tree skiing is great the runs are long you can get a lot of skiing in quickly. If you get a place near the resort don’t have to worry about driving or parking.
Look into first tracks at Wildhorse Meadows there are some longer term rentals in there. We have our own gondola that drops us in the main village.
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10-09-2020, 08:20 AM #4855
I think Steamboat is the most overrated skiing in CO. Great with fresh snow, but snow surface preservation is terrible.......80% of the terrain faces S-W. If it's been sunny and warm the mountain doesn't hold up very well. To each their own. The town is great tho.
::ducks::
ETA: I'd pick Winter Park as an Ikonic home base.....very similar snowfall numbers and better skiing day in and day out, IMO. The terrain faces N-E. Berthoud Pass is just up the road and it's pretty easy to chase a handful of storms down Hwy 40 to Steamboat. However, the town is definitely not on par with the 'Boat.
Or Frisco, make Copper your home mountain, get some days at ABasin and chase some storms to Steamboat.
Or SLC and make Solitude your home mountain and use those days to AltaBird.Last edited by cmsummit; 10-09-2020 at 09:59 AM.
Old's Cool.
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10-09-2020, 08:21 AM #4856
I hadn't really considered Steamboat but that does sound like a decent option. Thanks for the suggestions. Would have to go from base to unlimited but that's not a huge deal.
I generally would prefer the Utah resorts just because I've been to Steamboat a number of times and only gotten a small taste of Utah, but the pain of going to/from home/work to skiing might make a mountainside place in a town like Steamboat a lot more enjoyable.
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10-09-2020, 10:08 AM #4857"fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
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10-09-2020, 10:25 AM #4858Rope->Dope
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Meh...I've always been a 'Boat homer. A+ trees, big dumps, excellent flow and playful terrain. The steeps are short, but sweet. When it's dry, it does sour fast.
WP - it's best for bump freaks and tele dudes. B+ trees, decent dumps, terrible flow. Terrain is more varied but there is usually a long cattrack and/or traverse involved. I hope you like Egress and Corona Way.
For a full winter of CO Ikon life, I'd rank them 1) Steamboat 2) Copper 3) Winter Park.
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10-09-2020, 10:40 AM #4859
Rotate Steamboat 180 degrees and my opinion is different. I just find that primarily South to West aspect a killer in terms of snow surface quality for day in and day out skiing. It's sorta like having a mountain that's only the back bowls at Vail (no BSB or front side). Obviously, the 'Boat is setup waaaaay better than Vail overall, which is catwalk heaven.
Chasing a big storm, tho? You betcha!
Admittedly, I place a big emphasis on snow surface quality, which is why I'm a bit of a Breck homer....love that smooth, velvet snow in the high alpine. Loveland gets it too.
Anyways, different strokes......Old's Cool.
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10-09-2020, 10:47 AM #4860Rope->Dope
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Yep - its a very fair critique. If you also care about big alpine terrain, you'll be disappointed.
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10-09-2020, 11:07 AM #4861
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10-09-2020, 01:51 PM #4862Registered User
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Yas! Winter Park is lit... the town is boring af tho.
SLC is good, more options, and plenty of food options. But damn that morning commute up the canyon is so demoralizing and stressful, especially on powder days. I've never been to a mountain with more any control safety closures than Alta, both the resort and the canyon road.
Also, SLC is the best if you plan on chasing as pretty much everything is a 5-8 hour drive in any direction.
Reno is great too, but I'd do Ikon and Epic to really make it worth it.
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10-09-2020, 01:55 PM #4863Registered User
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Alterra Mountain CEO on upcoming ski season: Sales are unbelievably strong.
interview with Rusty
https://finance.yahoo.com/video/alte....tsrc=fin-srch
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10-09-2020, 02:07 PM #4864
Ikon Pass
The aspect and elevation are killers. But those trees...both the south/SW facing aspen groves and the dark, cold, powder choked pine forests facing north are magical at SS.
Agree about the alpine though. I would miss it greatly if SS was the only mtn I could ski. There’s something so special about the alpine.
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10-09-2020, 02:37 PM #4865
All good advice in here. The Wasatch is great I lived there for 10 years skied a ton. Hard to beat Little Cottonwood.
Also spent 3 years living in Big Cottonwood in Silver Fork. Kept a boot pack in up to the honeycomb return and would skate down to the quad. You could look for rentals up there.
For Copper WP and Steamboat they are all different and have pluses and minuses. WP does have a ton of bumps but once you learn the trees there some really great lines that do not see a ton of traffic. I really like Copper also long runs on the Super Bee side.
Steamboat is hard to beat on a powder day though especially if you know where to go and it has some pretty amazing side country as well. I get the aspect issue in Steamboat and it does lack the steeps but overall experience is hard to beat plus it typically stays pretty cold in the winter so the snow holds. I find it less busy and the tourists don’t ski off the groomers.
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10-09-2020, 02:59 PM #4866Rope->Dope
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IKON: "Sales are unbelievably strong"
Epic: Number of passes sold up 18%
BC: Gear is "flying off the shelves"
Crazy how all of these are happening concurrently.
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10-09-2020, 03:11 PM #4867
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10-09-2020, 03:30 PM #4868
Interesting swag this year--tattoos, fridge magnet, in addition to the bumper sticker. What a lot of crap.
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10-09-2020, 04:35 PM #4869
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10-09-2020, 05:07 PM #4870
Funny. I think Winter Park is the most overrated resort in CO. The terrain is... ok. Steamboat, to me, skis like Winter Park with a bunch of subtle but substantive improvements that really add up. I can see how the aspect could be an issue, especially later in the season, though.
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10-09-2020, 08:01 PM #4871Galibier Designcrafting technology in service of music
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10-10-2020, 08:13 AM #4872Registered User
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Steamboat’s a nice town, further from Denver and closer to the restricted Ikons. They had a really good season last year with frequent dumps and cold temps.
Spending a winter in Olympic Valley would probably be the ultimate Ikon Base destination. But probably out of the OP’s budget.
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10-10-2020, 10:04 AM #4873
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10-11-2020, 12:12 AM #4874
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