Vail/Beaver Creek vs Aspen/Snowmass

Mama.

Mama.

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Just moved to Glenwood Springs. Cant decide where to ski. Obviously we are closer to Aspen, but the pass price is nuts. And an epic pass is way more versatile. Talk to me about this.
 
I'd get an epic if I were you. For one, a lazy google map check confirms what I thought, you're pretty much only 10 minutes further away from Vail than you are Aspen. And, not for nothing, if you make Vail you're go to mountain, you'll always kind of be against traffic, which on the I-70 corridor is huge. In the am, you'll head east while the rest of the front range and Denver head west, and vice versa in the afternoons.

The epic pass is by far the better value against what Aspen has to offer. Hell, you can pretty much on a whim decide if you feel like skiing Vail or BC. When I moved to Summit and had the epic pass a few years, we would wake up at 6 or so, check the snow reports and webcams or opensnow and just make the call on that alone. It's pretty cool to have that kind of variety, and keeps things fresh.

I love Glenwood Springs, it's a really beautiful place, but just out of curiosity why did you guys move there specifically? Was it a job? I just ask because if you were moving somewhere to ski primarily, it seems a little far.
 
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I'd get an epic if I were you. For one, a lazy google map check confirms what I thought, you're pretty much only 10 minutes further away from Vail than you are Aspen. And, not for nothing, if you make Vail you're go to mountain, you'll always kind of be against traffic, which on the I-70 corridor is huge. In the am, you'll head east while the rest of the front range and Denver head west, and vice versa in the afternoons.

The epic pass is by far the better value against what Aspen has to offer. Hell, you can pretty much on a whim decide if you feel like skiing Vail or BC. When I moved to Summit and had the epic pass a few years, we would wake up at 6 or so, check the snow reports and webcams or opensnow and just make the call on that alone. It's pretty cool to have that kind of variety, and keeps things fresh.

I love Glenwood Springs, it's a really beautiful place, but just out of curiosity why did you guys move there specifically? Was it a job? I just ask because if you were moving somewhere to ski primarily, it seems a little far.
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Everything you said is how we are leaning. I have a girlfriend who lives and works in Aspen that thinks we are absolutely insane to live in the Roaring Fork and ski Vail. "Everyone is going to think you are nuts". Wellllll, so what? She's convinced that its a HUUUUUUGE mistake to not ski Aspen, but with the amount of people we know that ski Epic resorts, and the variety, and the price.... I just dont know.

We're here because Doug (Gandalf) is going to CMC for New Media, which is only offered at the Spring Valley Campus in Glenwood. We wanted to be closer to the mountains and better skiing, and to get out of WA for a while. After he's done with school (2 yrs), we can move wherever. Might stay here, might move closer to a ski area, might go back to WA? Who knows.

I'd like to ski Aspen. I'd also like to ski everywhere else. I also like saving money.
 
The Epic Pass really is the most versatile option. It's the Wal-Mart of the passes. You can bitch about evil, bloodsucking corporations, but when push comes to shove you can get a pint of ice cream, condoms, handgun ammo, and a new Lego set in one go.
 
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