VAIL SUCKS

[ShadowXVX]

Then you suck at finding good terrain. Plenty of the good terrain is jerry free. Also holds snow in good sections weeks after storms sometimes. I get wanting to hate vail, but saying that beaver creek has no good terrain is just dumb imo.

Idk plenty of other "core" mtns you can go to that sound cooler to talk about I guess.

I didn't find any good terrain, but I was there in spring when a lot of the stuff was melted out so maybe there's good stuff that wasn't skiable/open. Either way, it doesn't compare to good resorts like Snowbird, Jackson, Bridger, Squaw, etc.

 

[theabortionator]

I didn't find any good terrain, but I was there in spring when a lot of the stuff was melted out so maybe there's good stuff that wasn't skiable/open. Either way, it doesn't compare to good resorts like Snowbird, Jackson, Bridger, Squaw, etc.

True, there is some good stuff in stone creek and all over grouse. Actually a pretty good mountain for bumps for people who are into that too. Most of the crowds stick to the mellow groomers up in the corner. A lot of trees barely get hit compared to other resorts. Some of the resorts you listed have some major crowd issues. But I agree the terrain is better there.

Idk if you're ever there again it's worth giving another shot to.

 

[PeppermillReno]

Beaver Creek is great. Can’t think of anywhere with better groomers and there’s fun bumps and trees.

 

[SkiBum.]

I didn't find any good terrain, but I was there in spring when a lot of the stuff was melted out so maybe there's good stuff that wasn't skiable/open. Either way, it doesn't compare to good resorts like Snowbird, Jackson, Bridger, Squaw, etc.

I wish I was this badass.

 

[CaptainObvious.]

Then you suck at finding good terrain. Plenty of the good terrain is jerry free. Also holds snow in good sections weeks after storms sometimes. I get wanting to hate vail, but saying that beaver creek has no good terrain is just dumb imo.

Idk plenty of other "core" mtns you can go to that sound cooler to talk about I guess.

Frankly saying any of those resorts have "no good terrain" makes him look like a dumbass. Unless he's not experienced enough to explore the whole mountain and he's sticking to the lower half.

 

[ShadowXVX]

True, there is some good stuff in stone creek and all over grouse. Actually a pretty good mountain for bumps for people who are into that too. Most of the crowds stick to the mellow groomers up in the corner. A lot of trees barely get hit compared to other resorts. Some of the resorts you listed have some major crowd issues. But I agree the terrain is better there.

Idk if you're ever there again it's worth giving another shot to.

Eh, you might be right, but I don't really care for bumps and trees, and the areas I ski at Snowbird stay pretty empty even on weekends and pow days. The lift lines do get long on pow days of course, not sure if Beaver Creek is any better in that regard. Not saying you're wrong, I only skied Beaver Creek one day, but I didn't see any terrain that really stuck out to me.

Frankly

saying any of those resorts have "no good terrain" makes him look like a

dumbass. Unless he's not experienced enough to explore the whole

mountain and he's sticking to the lower half.

Show me something good then. The only good thing I saw at Vail is that cliff

band under that lift, but that's not unique or special and it's very

limited. A ski resort shouldn't be considered to have good terrain just

because it has one little textbook cliff band that you can find at a

hundred other ski resorts. I didn't see anything good at all at Beaver

Creek or Keystone (but again, I only skied Beaver Creek one day when a lot

was melted out). The Lake Chutes at Breckenridge are admittedly very

good.

 

[paige.]

As long as Vail keeps selling me a sub-$300 Military Epic pass I'll be happy. Paying $2000 for a Whistler season's pass was painful, especially when you didn't know if you were going to have a bad snow year or get injured mid-way through.

Plus they got rid of the dumb "build a massive water park" idea, and are focused back on the skiing so that's nice. Whistler's previous owners seemed mostly concerned with selling condos, so we just swapped one big business overlord for another.