Vail how is it?

BiGaIr1440

BiGaIr1440

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Im leavin tomorrow for vail for a 5 day trip. hows the snow? park? backcountry? any good runs that stick out that i should know about ?

thanks guys

 
right now the snow pretty much sucks. there isn't a lot of it, but it is suppose to snow tommorow, the first time in like 2 weeks. the park there is pretty good, lots of cool rails and pretty good hits. i did a little back country there over break, and it was a little sketchy, and wasn't really worth it. There are lots of drop-able cliffs in china, sibera, and northwoods. also blue sky basin. we had many cliff drops to completely hard pack landings. if the light is flat and there is no sun it will royally suck ass because the snow is this icy shit that bounces you everywhere and sucks to land on. if the snow is corn though, you can drop some decent size cliffs, like 15 foot plus, and not get punished on the landing. runs wise, check out rasputains and red sqaure. those can be fun. also steep and deep (i think) and the trees below it. The easiest BC to get to where you can get back into the area is in blue sky. It is on the right side of the lift as you go up. you can't miss it. it is like a area with some drops and a few open areas that drop into some trees and back to one of the blue sky lifts. it is really easy to get to. just travel right off the main lift and ski to the boundry, duck the rope, and just follow the already cut out path, and just sort of skate through the trees. i would head into the east vail area right now, everything is pretty sketchy.

 
im probably goin this weekend...ugh its so damn expenive tho, but starting on april 7th they lower tickets to 49 instead of 67

 
check out jibij.com. this month's story is on vail and beaver creek.

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bob

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from the 7th to the 14th (closing day) you can buy the whole week for 100 bucks. As far as backcountry go to the top of vail pass and park and hike around for 20 min on the snowmobile tracks. There's tons and tons of hits that have been built throughout the season and plenty of snow. I haven't been there in a month but there was many sections up to my shoulders in it then.

Head injuries suck!
 
in the moring it like skiing in a friggin' coral reef. ALl the slush freezes from the day before. The snow is goin fast, not much coverage in some spots. U deff should have come like a month ago.

 
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