Im looking for a good western ski resort in CO. or near it

crested butte if you want tons of extreme terrain and an ok park. aspen is the best of both, that place rocks. and the front range (Breck, Copper, Keystone, A basin, Vail, Winterpark, Loveland) will give you a bunch of options pretty much right next to each other
 
epic pass, 5 mountains 57 miles from the beaver creek to arapahoe, going down in nov, living in a van to do it
 
Keystone and breck might edge out Beaver creek in park and Vail might edge out BC in pow not in terrain. BEAVER CREEK IS THE SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT
 
No are you serious? Stay front range. If park is your priority, go to Keystone, it has such a better vibe than Breck parkwise. If moguls are what you want, go to Mary Jane, the Winter Park side has an ok park. Powder = Vail/Arrogant assholes.
 
to clear things up i am not really interested in moguls. i created this forum for my bro who used to be a racer. he was to much of a puss to create it himself
 
A quick primer on some Colorado ski resorts.

A-Bay - Good steeps, average park, small mountain vibe

Breck: Crazy good park, Lake Chutes can be fun, swamped! Tourists are crazy thick there. Feast or famine on snow. Best pipe hands down.

Crested Butte: My employer for the last three years. Feast or famine also with snow. Crazy good terrain, some really really fun, rowdy lines. Average park. A bunch of the park crew has left, I wouldn't expect much of anything special. Killer backcountry though. Lake Irwin snowcat operation is worth checking out.

Keystone: Crazy good park, decent pipe and not much else. Trees can be good, depending on snow which can be very scarce.

Vail: Swamped. Above average park, decent pipe. Blue sky basin = mostly hype. Back bowls, can be good. East Vail backcountry, better know where you're going but can be really good.

Monarch: Quite a bit of snow and not much else. small mountain vibe, great to visit on the weekdays to have the mountain to yourself. Some terrain, almost all is hike to. Snowcat tour is also available.

Telluride: Above average park. Good snow, some very rowdy terrain, especially in the backcountry.

Aspen: Very good park, especially after X and Aspen open. Very good pipe. Snowmass has some rowdy terrain, as does Highlands. Gets decent snow, but everything around there is crazy expensive. If you want to ride there everyday, well...unless you have a lot of money start working there.

Echo: All park. Can be very fun.

Winter Park: half the mountain is basically moguls. Decent park, they build some bigger features. Decent pipe, I think they have a 22 footer. Can get a lot of snow, especially if Denver is going to get a lot of snow.

Copper: Above average park, lots of features and lines. Decent snow, but gets very busy. I don't know much about the terrain, I'm sure higher up they some ok terrain.

Wolf Creek: Place I grew up skiing. No park. No "real" terrain. Short steeps, that eventually run into cat tracks. Crazy amounts of snow. Locals mountain, I have the most fun skiing there but would understand why people don't like it. You're not ever going to get noticed skiing the Wolf.
 
Well Steamboat has the best snow for sure. Can't beat Champagne powder. Park is getting better an better every year, but still lacking a bit. Some nice (if you like) mogul runs. But if you want steeps, then go elsewhere. It's like Snowmass in most cases.
 
Summit County puts you in the middle of everything. As long as you're motivated, you can drive to get whatever you want. Decide what skiing you do and love the most, move to where that is plentiful - weekend trip it to get the goods elsewhere when you get the burn for something different.
 
haha i feel like it can be. none of that suburb of denver shit. and aspen has the sickest skiing. so much better than anything in summit county
 
the passes keep the yuppies and their priuses out on the heavy days

sidenote: look at an type the word prius a few times, what a weird word.

double sidenote: aspen doesn't have liquid lounge soooo
 
I love monarch, they set up a pretty sick K2 terrain park which is all natural features, the k2 team comes and does a photo shoot/edit on it every year. They also have their biggest terrain park "aftershock" and a small jib park.

All to accompany Mirkwood Basin and their super high rated snow cat tours.
 
Vail is just littered with boulders, so if it's a good powder day and you want to huck yourself, go there. Vail has a pretty good park with virtually no lift line on the lift that services the park so that's nice also. 5/5

Breck has a amazing park, but it is always extremely crowded, and there is no good terrain other than the park. The bowls suck, don't let anybody deceive you into thinking Breckinfridge is good for anything other than park. 2/5

Keystone has a great park + there is almost no lift line at A51 or Moctezuma (which service the park). If you want park go here for sure, but don't expect anything else; Keystone consistently gets the least snow out of all the I-70 resorts. 3/5

Snowmass, good park, good terrain, like Vail, but smaller. 4/5

Aspen, no park + average terrain = Shit mountain. 1/5

Beaver Creek, decent park, good terrain (lots of moguls). Long lift lines for the parks, but the Birds of Prey area is generally empty. 3/5
 
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