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Old 11-12-2005, 12:15 AM   #1
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i usually goto colorado-------but this year i wanna go some place different
which coast has better snowboarding runs and parks
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Old 11-12-2005, 12:17 PM   #2
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goto Whistler!
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Old 11-12-2005, 12:51 PM   #3
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The West is overall better. Hwoever West Viriginia isnt bad for the East Coast.
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Whistler is probably the North American Snow Sports Mecca.

There's lots of good places in the Cascades, and this year we have great snow. And every place is open already. Shit, 3 of them are within an hour of my house.
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Old 11-12-2005, 01:07 PM   #5
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Whistler is also a pretty decent summer Mountain Bike mecca, as well... win-win all around.

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Old 11-12-2005, 01:10 PM   #6
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Whistler is also a pretty decent summer Mountain Bike mecca, as well... win-win all around.
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I always love a good mountain bike hill. Never been too far from home for it though. Whistler sounds like a good time.
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Old 11-12-2005, 01:24 PM   #7
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Not only is it a good time, but, get this - they consider the summer "off-season" so the rates are cheaper and it's not badly crowded!

Silly people!
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Not only is it a good time, but, get this - they consider the summer "off-season" so the rates are cheaper and it's not badly crowded!

Silly people!*
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Good thing more people aren't into mountain biking then, eh? I'll have to get there someday.
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Old 11-21-2005, 01:16 PM   #9
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It goes like this west coast snow, east coast ice. Its gonna be better snow in the Rockies, and yes whistler is the shit, but I would also suggest park city Utah. Its very convenient (25 min out side salt lake) and it has some of the best powder in the world, pulse it has several different mountains and resorts in the area to chose from. Not to mention they just dumped a bunch of money in to the area not to long ago due to the Olympics.
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I'm from Vancouver...

Whistler is awesome...but we also have our "local mountains" which run you about half the cost of a Whistler lift ticket.
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Never been to Whistler, but my favorite slopes are in Lake Tahoe and Mammoth Mountain where fresh powder is never hard to find!
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Old 11-26-2005, 08:52 PM   #12
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Whistler-Blackcomb gets my vote. People often forget that there are infact 2 mountians at the same location. Plus, Whistler has some of the best nightlife I have seen, ski resort or not.
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And to think that I get employee rates at the Hilton resort in Whistler Village...
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And to think that I get employee rates at the Hilton resort in Whistler Village... * *
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West coast, hands down. Lake Tahoe

Okay, honestly I've never been snowboarding on the east coast but from everyone I've talked to the mountains out west are far superior than the small mountains of the east coast. Lake Tahoe could keep you snowboarding for weeks without ever hitting the same slope, there's so many resorts there you'll shit yourself. And Tahoe's a cool atmosphere. But other than Tahoe itself, its a ways to any big cities near it, Reno sucks and Sacramento's a few hours south.
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