I need advice for winter trip

Burrito

Burrito

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Here are my options:

1. Winter camp at Windells - approx $1300 with airfare

Dec 17-21 From what I understand the first and last days of their camp are travel days, so no skiing. Is $1300 worth it for three days on the snow?

2. Buy a college pass - $500-1000 depending on destination and airfare, probably another $200 for lodging

Probably Tahoe. Cheapest option. Narrowed down to Heavenly or Northstar. Been to Northstar; fun but small. How is Heavenly?

Possibly Utah (Park City or The Canyons) or Alta/Snowbird if I could unload my college pass after a week (second or third week in Dec, early season.) Do you think someone would be willing to buy it for a couple hundred?

3. Go on my college ski trip - approx $500 including lodging and bus

Kind of soured on this experience because we go the second week in December, so snow is hit or miss. Last year we went to Telluride who had one of the worst early seasons ever.

Any and all advice welcome.
 
hey man... Andy Hall went to windells summer camp and was not stoked... he said he had a better time at PFC. i dont really comprehend the second option. and i say if the third was lame last time... then it will prolly be again.
 
Thanks Al. To clarify, the second option is buying a season pass at the college/sudent rate. I figured that if I can use that for a week and then sell it to someone that it would be more worth it than buying your typical week-long, vacation pass.
 
whoa whoa whoa wait up You'd unload an AltaBird pass around the 15th of December for a couple hundred? Like $300? or $500?

you should be able to sell that shit no problem.
 
It would be either by the 15th or the 22nd, depending on the week I go. I would be ecstatic to get rid of it for $500. Any takers?
 
hey jeff... i skied at heavenly for like 4 hours once... it was fun and not far from reno. The only thing is that it was spring and the snow got super heavy at the end... it seemed like a cool place.

i wasnt really aware that you could just "unload" a ski pass like that... but sounds like best option.

Unless when you go with college ski club u get better pass deals... and im sure thats better partying too.
 
I've have been thinking about mine to and here's my two cents, the most cost affective and still good skiing is summit county. You can hit Copper, Keystone, Breck, all within like 20 mins of staying in Dillion or Frisco. Copper is only 5 mins and you can take a bus. If you want to you could also drive to Vail for a day, Its like 1 1/2 hours away.
 
Jeff, i'd try Mammoth. Flights into Reno are super cheap (if you look around) and Mammoth used to have that 99$ college student pass thing. I dunno if that was for certain schools, etc. but if you do some research, that might be the best.

And if not, i'd say go with you ski club. I'm sure Aspen will be legit by December, and $500 is a steal. Go for it.

Buying a 800$ or so ski pass then selling it is sorta sketchy...... if you want the SLC option then just fly out, stay in a motel 8 or whatever, and buy a 4 day pass to Snowbird, and a few individual lift tickets to places like Alta or Brighton, or even Solitude.
 
collage trip has the higest potenshal of you getting layed. need i say more, sex and skiing my two favourite things
 
I'd go on the college trip and save some money. If you decide to go to tahoe, northstar is pretty awesome. or head over to kirkwood for some deep pow and some nice inbounds runs.
 
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