Where do I want to move next season?

I'd say Tahoe for sure. Work at Alpine/Squaw (basically the same mountain now, but idk how that works out with employment n such). There are a few super nice restaurants up at Squaw and a few down around the lake and Truckee where you can make bank serving.

Truckee is probably the best place for you to live cause it's close, plus it's cheaper to live and there are more young ski bum types living there than down on the lake.

Terrain-wise both of those mountains are incredible. I skied a season at Alpine, two at Big Sky and one at Bridger and Alpine kicks the shit out of both of them in terms of gnarly big mountain stuff and park wise. Bridger's got gnarly terrain, but Alpine's got a lot more of it and it's more accessible and it doesn't go to shit when there's no fresh snow. You're almost spoiled in Tahoe cause if it's not snowing it's sunny and soft and perfect for just mobbin around even if you're not hitting the park. And there's definitely tons of opportunity for scaring yourself shitless.

I haven't skied the PNW but overall Tahoe's got UT, CO, and MT beat. SLC is a real close second cause their snow is easily the best I"ve ever skied, the city is way cheaper, and there's a huge college scene full of young people that Tahoe doesn't quite have (though you may not be looking for that). But yeah, Tahoe's an awesome place, can't recommend it enough.
 
Mammoth is actually in a lot of big mountain shots and what not. Just usually the back side of the mountain or the sherwins and so forth.

We've got Glen Plake, Nate Wallace, Chris Benchetler, It's where all the Powder mag people come on the weekends. We also have some of the greatest relief in the country outside of Rainier. Mt. Tom is 7000 ft of vertical and there are a few more near by that are similar. If you want stable steeps, Mammoth is crazy. Just watch some of the Nimbus stuff... There is a lot of Mammoth stuff in there. Not saying Mammoth is the best choice for you, just saying that there is plenty going on. And the season is pretty rediculous. I hiked and skied 3 feet/1300 vertical on Oct 4th. I'll be skiing till July 4th... We are paying $1000 a month for our 900sqft apartment which includes all of our utilities (just 2 of us) and are walking distance to the Gondola. Jobs here are stupidly easy to get cause all the H2B visas are no more. The Mountain is having trouble filling positions and upping pay and what not because of it. No car is needed cause the shuttle system runs every 10 - 20 minutes from 6:30 or so in the morning till 1: 40 at night. Food is normal priced but I've never seen cheaper happy hours anywhere else. Tonight is $5 for a mickey's tall boy and a burger and fries. Tuesdays are taco tuesdays and a few places have $1 tacos. Wednesdays is half a pound of wings and a beer for $5. and so forth.

But alas, as I said earlier, Mammoth isn't the only place I would live, but I would only live at one of those other places if I was offered a swanky enough job that it made sense for me to live there.

Some Mammoth video's of the scarier terrain, this first one is where I once sprained my neck and got my worst concussion yet.

So the last video is the adventure I hope to have this year. Skiing 7000k of vertical....

Side note: the girl that bought your on3p's is my roommate.
 
Revelstoke, Whistler, Nelson, Rossland, Golden. Are the best hills in the Canadian West for powder and lines. Unlimitied amount of backcountry and ridiculous amounts of snow. All with ski town vibes.
 
my husband and i had your same debate about 2 or 3 years ago... we moved out to south lake tahoe from the midwest back in 06 and we were on the "3 to 5 year" plan... ride for a while and move... once year 5 rolled around we started the debate.. where to next.. and basically we were on the same page as you... big backcountry riders (sno mo) sooooo the avalanche danger in Utah is a no go... Pacific NW seemed pretty cool but Baker was too isolated (no jobs).. bachelor is OK but not enough scary stuff... (great may pass though)... colorado too cold and only bout 300" average... and the list goes on... AK is cool but our families would kill us :) ...

tahoe 300 days of sun 450" average.. trees, cliffs, deep ass pow, great avalanche conditions...and lots of parks to play in... (plus you can commute to Reno if you cant find a resort job)

sold... switched my job.. moved to truckee... bought a house... 3 sno mos.. hell yeah! we will be taking lots of trips but I dont think we are moving anytime soon!

if you can handle a little sierra cement and some bay area gapers on the weekends... MOVE HERE you wont regret it!
 
I would in a heartbeat! I just dont know about getting a job up there as an American.

Anyone have experience with that sort of thing?
 
If you would be willing to move north of the boarder, then you're options would seriously go up. From the places I've skied up there, I can offer a few tips.

My recommendations for that option would be:

Lake Louise

Kicking Horse

Revelstoke

Places to avoid with your standards would be:

Fernie (overrated and a screwy lift system)

Red Mountain (good snow, but not exactly a pot for big lines)

Sunshine Mountain (It's awesome for sunny days, but it gets wind-fucked quite often)

For all it's worth though, I'd choose the Europe option.
 
honestly whistler forsure. skiing culture, jobs avalible, amazing resort even better backcountry always some sort of skiing event best place out there in my opinion
 
don't go anywhere near crested butte or southwestern colorado. its flat, there are tons of people, and no one likes to have a good time
 
I think you should really reconsider the anti Colorado/Utah thing. Especially, because this is definitely Boulder. I get the not wanting a crowd, but you can get away from it pretty easily when you want. Also crowds and culture go hand in. But based on what you say you want, I would go with Whistler Blackcomb.
 
i am also wondering the same thing.

getting my accounting degree in may and seriously looking to move to SLC and get a real job and then ski the rest of the time.
 
My votes go for Tahoe or Aspen mostly cuz those are the two ski areas I would want to live in for the best mix of fun and terrain and hippies.
 
Just Skied Revelstoke for my second time yesterday, definitely a good spot to check out. Towns got about 10k people everyone seemed very friendly, had to stop to change a headlight and had like 4 people come and offer help in like 45mins. The skiing needs more snow but so does everywhere in Canada, still managed to find a sick pow line wind affected but awesome untouched with a couple nice wind lips to send. Their are tons a chutes and cliffs everywhere plus unlimited tree skiing everywhere. Each run was pretty much completely to ourselves as well. Trees needed more snow for sure they were more of an obstacle course but with snow their would be stuff to jump off of everywhere. Plus for a Canadian resort it gets really good snow. I've heard really good things about Whitewater and Red mountain. O yea Revelstoke has the most vertical in North America 5620feet of straight fall line. Even the groomers would be epic on pow days.
 
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