MustangSVT
Lifer
We are thinking about about Switzerland .
where have you been that was really amazing?
and any info will help. thanx!
where have you been that was really amazing?
and any info will help. thanx!
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Me and my friend trying to plan a winter skiing trip :) need help
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TheCrackedJack
Senior member
I'd say Switzerland as well. Been there like 5 times but never went skiing, I was always there in the dead of summer. Probably a place like St. Moritz would be nice to try.
edit: look here - http://www.stmoritz.ch/engadine-ski-paradise-002-010100-en.htm
edit: look here - http://www.stmoritz.ch/engadine-ski-paradise-002-010100-en.htm
:thumbsup:
Val D'Isere
It's kind of a pain to get there though, plus compared to skiing in the US it's kind of expensive (mostly due to the exchange rate). I went there with a university group that was going, $600US for rental, tickets, lodging and transportation from Denmark for a week. Just paid for food and drinks.
Personally I am spoiled by Utah powder so it wasn't the greatest snow I've seen but I liked the long wide runs and the place is huge so you can ski for a week and not get bored. Skiing on the glacier was cool and the backcountry was pretty good. And the apres ski🙂 Drink and dance until 4am, hit the slopes at 9am while still nursing a hang-over. We frequented a bar that had 2 for 1 specials, that was just trouble.
If all you want to do is ski, I have to say Utah. You can't beat 30min from the airport to the lifts🙂
Yeah, personally I think they are a pain in the ass to get to, especially if you fly in. You have to change planes in Denver or rent a car (100 and 200miles each). Tickets are expensive, something like $70+ if I remember. I usually ski at Snowbird for almost half of that with my season pass. But the nightlife/restraunts are better.
Aspen Mountain is cool🙂 Can't say too much about the powder, I was unlucky and didn't get any powder while I was there. Snowmass has some nice wide open runs if you like that. Snow is pretty good at both was pretty good, packed older stuff, not Utah powder😛 but much better than the ice runs you find out East.
Vail has their back bowls:thumbsup: If you can catch it at a good time, I thought it was much more fun than skiing in Utah since it just seems to go on forever. I have heard that they can get nasty though especially in the spring.
Aspen Mountain is cool🙂 Can't say too much about the powder, I was unlucky and didn't get any powder while I was there. Snowmass has some nice wide open runs if you like that. Snow is pretty good at both was pretty good, packed older stuff, not Utah powder😛 but much better than the ice runs you find out East.
Vail has their back bowls:thumbsup: If you can catch it at a good time, I thought it was much more fun than skiing in Utah since it just seems to go on forever. I have heard that they can get nasty though especially in the spring.
MustangSVT
Lifer
hmmm...
if I narrow down it in US, where is the best place?
We are both going to snowboard and have about 10 years exp, but no extreme stuff yet 😉
if I narrow down it in US, where is the best place?
We are both going to snowboard and have about 10 years exp, but no extreme stuff yet 😉
MustangSVT
Lifer
which resort/mountain do you recommand?
we are planning a 1 week trip .
Park City, then you have choose between to go to Park City (good snow, good runs), Deer Valley (some good runs but kind of $$$), or The Canyons (haven't been there in about 10years since they changed management but they've expanded a lot) they are all about 15min by shuttle from each other. Plus there is stuff to do after skiing. You could go to Snowbird/Brighton/Solitude for a day too (about 1hr travel, I think there was a bus).
MustangSVT
Lifer
hehe I realized that 🙂
cavemanmoron
Lifer
SearchMaster
Diamond Member
Vail rocks.
Ok if you go to Utah, there is two ways to play the game.
1) Park City. This is probably your best bet, although probably the most pricey. Park City is a Ski/Snowboard dream town in the winter. The place is pretty expensive and I don't know how easy it would be to find a cheap hotel. However, you'll have the options of Skiing The Canyons resort, Park City resort, or possibly Deer Valley (stay away from Deer Valley, it's too expensive and far away from park city, not to mention you guys probably can't even go there anyway cause it's a ritzy ski place, no snowboard bums alowed). So if you go to Park City, you can't go wrong with skiing park city or the canyons, both excellent resorts, go with whatever is cheaper. This is the more "touristy" way of approaching a ski vacation. You only drive up to park city once (45 minutes from the SLC airport) and stay 5 minutes away from the mountain.
2) Stay at a cheap motel in South Salt Lake and hit pretty much whatever resort you want in one of the nearby canyons (Little Cottonwood or Big Cottonwood) I prefer Snowbird or Alta. However, Brighton is super popular with the snowboard crowd (I'm a skiier). Solitude is also good. If you do it this way, you'll end up staying at a hotel that's probably a half an hour from the airport, plus another half hour drive into the canyon every day you decide to go skiing. If you want you can find buses that will take you up to your resort of choice...I haven't done that since I was 14 so I can't really help you anymore than that. This is probably the cheaper route, but you also won't experience the cool factor of Park City.
Anyway go ahead and check out http://www.skiutah.com/ for more info if you want. In the end you can't go wrong with any resort. And if you've only snowboarded the east coast, any resort here will blow your mind.
1) Park City. This is probably your best bet, although probably the most pricey. Park City is a Ski/Snowboard dream town in the winter. The place is pretty expensive and I don't know how easy it would be to find a cheap hotel. However, you'll have the options of Skiing The Canyons resort, Park City resort, or possibly Deer Valley (stay away from Deer Valley, it's too expensive and far away from park city, not to mention you guys probably can't even go there anyway cause it's a ritzy ski place, no snowboard bums alowed). So if you go to Park City, you can't go wrong with skiing park city or the canyons, both excellent resorts, go with whatever is cheaper. This is the more "touristy" way of approaching a ski vacation. You only drive up to park city once (45 minutes from the SLC airport) and stay 5 minutes away from the mountain.
2) Stay at a cheap motel in South Salt Lake and hit pretty much whatever resort you want in one of the nearby canyons (Little Cottonwood or Big Cottonwood) I prefer Snowbird or Alta. However, Brighton is super popular with the snowboard crowd (I'm a skiier). Solitude is also good. If you do it this way, you'll end up staying at a hotel that's probably a half an hour from the airport, plus another half hour drive into the canyon every day you decide to go skiing. If you want you can find buses that will take you up to your resort of choice...I haven't done that since I was 14 so I can't really help you anymore than that. This is probably the cheaper route, but you also won't experience the cool factor of Park City.
Anyway go ahead and check out http://www.skiutah.com/ for more info if you want. In the end you can't go wrong with any resort. And if you've only snowboarded the east coast, any resort here will blow your mind.
pretty new to skiing/snowboarding, but I loved killington...only got out there for a midweek 2day'er last year, but the town is great....nothing but bars and ski shops...tons of fun on weekends i'm sure
the mountains are great, see above. did 2 full days of runs and only was on the same trail like once or twice when it crossed a new one i was doing.
the mountains are great, see above. did 2 full days of runs and only was on the same trail like once or twice when it crossed a new one i was doing.
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