Best ski town to Spend a Winter?

Drew_ski.

Drew_ski.

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Hey guys i am currently doing a research project for my English class. I'm trying to answer the question of where the best place to live and ski for a winter would be. It would be awesome if you guys could help me with my research by answering this quick survey.

If you were to live in one of these places for a winter where would you go?

1)Tahoe

2)Utah (Park city or just salt lake

3)Summit County

4)Mammoth

5)Whistler

Which criteria best explains the reason why you chose that place?

1)Cost of Living

2) Transportation Needed

3)Jobs Available

4) Terrain Parks

5)Mountain Terrain

6) Snowfall

Just comment you answers please.

Thanks for you help and +K for everyone that answers!
 
summit terrain parks.

or maybe it's because i've lived in co for half a year and never realized how awesome a place it is, i've always wanted to go back
 
Once i graduate highschool i want to spend a winter in apsen. It seems like the chillest town imaginable.
 
I've never been but from what friends have told me Whistler is defiantly the go.

Park

Snowfall

Mountain Terrain

Jobs

If i do another season overseas i think Whistler will probably be my first preference.
 
Mammoth for the terrain parks, natural terrain, annual snowfall and the town is fucking awesome. They also have a very long season( November-Mid June)
 
Mammoth for the terrain parks, natural terrain, annual snowfall and the town is fucking awesome. They also have a very long season( November-Mid June)
 
utah

snow

cheap living relative to those other places

good vibe in salt lake

ease of access

bc terrain
 
If you think about it whistler and Mammoth are out because they are MOUNTAINS.

People constantly try and compare mammoth to Tahoe or Utah.

Dude, I don't compare Keystone to Utah or Telluride to the Cascades do I? People who haven't ridden all of these places love to chime in about how they spent 3 days at "Key" or "breck".

IMO the only two places on there that I would ever ride regularly is Utah and Tahoe (which I do). Mammoth and Whistler are mountains, and While whistler has excellent terrain and BC access the cost of everything is pretty damn high, and you'd have to deal with coming from the US and work permits and shit.

I grew up riding summit county. Don't get me wrong I'm glad I learned to ski there but the comment of "it's the east coast of the west" couldn't ring more true. Everyone rants and raves about breck and keystone but they're crowded as all hell during the weekend and holidays, they don't get that much snow, gapers are EVERYWHERE and while the park(s) are the best in the country their features get bomb holed out pretty quick unless you're hitting i-70 (I'm not good enough to).

I've only been to mammoth for a few days and loved it but my favorite thing about riding Tahoe regularly is the ability to switch mountains at anytime. Completely different crowd and COMPLETELY different terrain from Mountain to mountain in the Tahoe area. Last year my home Kirkwood barely broke 300" but the previous year we had almost 800 so take that for what it's worth.

Honestly Utah is a LOT like Tahoe in the sense that people go their to ski. It has more terrain in the sense of a LOT more mountains than any of the above and the different resorts all get more snow than any of the other places.

Honestly it comes down to if you're a pow hound then utah or tahoe for sure. If you're willing to settle for half the amount of snow, long lines but the best PARK in the US then summit county. Mammoth and whistler are great Mountains but really expensive and again they are single mountains.

Buses run everywhere around Tahoe and I'm sure you can find buses available in Utah as well.

Also there are no girls in Summit county and there are lots in South Lake. Can't comment on the girl situation in Utah as I only go there to ski.

Sorry for sounding pretentious. Just a bunch of 10 word answers here.

 
No thanks alot man! It helps so much to have quotes from people with first hand expirience with living in these areas.
 
Out of all those I'd say Whistler because I'm Canadian and wouldn't want to always have to worry about visas and shit. Whistler for great BC terrain and a sick mountain but there are definitely better spots in Canada for cheaper living lighter snow and way less busy and still tons of BC terrain.
 
because it is 1 mountain. what he said is 100% right, who wants to ski the same mountain every day?

That is the biggest perk about he summit/eagle area in CO is that you can get one pass to a bunch of great mountains. People complain about summit all the damn time but if you know where to go and when it really isnt that bad. If you do move to summit never ever ski breck on a holiday weekend, especially mlk and presidents day.

 
mammoth if your trying to stay in the U.S it's super mellow with the whole small town feel and the terrain is great, from chair 22 laps on powder days to the terrain parks
 
So should I count Breck as 3 different mountains since it has peak 9-7? Have you heard of Peak to Peak?

Same mountain IMO. Listen you'll be happy at ALL of these places. As much as I bash on summit I fucking love that place.

I'm just trying to offer my 2 cents. If you're coming from the mid-west or the east coast you'll be stoked anywhere you land. I've just been fortunate enough to ski a lot of different places.

 
"population of approximately 9,965, plus a larger but rotating

"transient" population of workers, typically younger people from beyond

BC, notably from Australia and Europe."

Hahaha Fuckin Aussis are EVERYWHERE.
 
Im looking at colleges soon, and U of U seems alright.

How is the lady situation? Are they really all mormons?

Cuz I cant be having that.
 
WB is also almost twice as big as breck and keystone put together though...

ive been to both, summits got better parks for sure, but whistlers really not that far behind. But when you look at terrain, backcountry, and snow fall you cant even compare the two. Haha id honestly rather ski sugarloaf in maine on a pow day then breck with pow.
 
never been to breck but from my understanding it is about a fourth the size of whistler blackcomb. i have heard of peak to peak i lived there the past season.

my point is whistler and blackcomb could easily be considered two separate mountains. so much terrain and two very good parks
 
They only thing separating the two mountains is a big 'ol valley. Like the person before said about Breck and their 'peaks', it's the same thing. If you're in Whistler..you're skiing Whistler/Blackcomb. It's one large resort. This is true for many ski towns. Blackcomb was named later on when Whistler expanded their terrain. It's a marketing ploy (ie: Peak to Peak Gondola).
 
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