Which passes to get for next year

meowshred

meowshred

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Yo utah! im going to college here next year and im trying to decide what passes to get! i know im getting 2 and im trying to decide between Park city, Canyons, and Brighton? any guidance on which is better or how to get a good deal on any would be appreciated!
 
Can't speak for Brighton, but I have a Canyons and PCMR pass and love it. Killer parks at PCMR, and fantastic big mountain and decent parks at Canyons.
 
right now im thinking canyons and brighton because both their parks look funner than a meth fiend on roller blades, but anyone wanna vouch for park city, im specifically wondering how fun the park is and how long it takes to lap it
 
I honestly find canyons terrain park way more fun than PCMR. More features more GOOD jumps and a faster chair ride. i dunno Im not a super rad park skier tho.
 
it sucks that even though PC blew it this year, now that they're putting in their high speed quad on three kings everyone will get a pass again there next year.

im pretty sure im goin brighton/ alta
 
Park City is a must IMO, they have the best park and a ton of homies alway ski there. Canyons is good too for park, but i'd get a PC pass first. For pow, its your choice really, brighton/alta/bird are all good choices, one perk about brighton is their park has been getting better over the years, ive heard some good things about their park. But, sadly, you almost need to get two passes no matter what.

I'm hoping for pc/canyons/alta/brighton midweek next year.
 
im thinking PC Brighton next year. As much as everyone bitches about PCs park, its still a really good park.
 
PC's park is better hands down, even tho we complain alot. Next year, 3 kings will be a high speed quad so you'll be able to take a lap in probably less than 5 minutes, its gonna be fucked up. Right now, a typical pick lap is already under 10 minutes, especially if you hot lap.

Another note about next year, they're gonna take out alot of trees/grade alot of the hilly areas and make them flatter, should be epic.
 
pc is gonna be a must next year for park skiers. high speed quad, bigger park, and they have a good park up early in the year. other than that ive done alta and canyons for my second pass. Alta is crazy, what people come to utah to ski. Canyons has been awesome too though. its so big that finding untracked pow its too easy, even days after the storm plus their park is fun.
 
well i know im getting a brighton pass so im really picking between PC and canyons and both sound too sick, its truly cruel there is no epic pass or anything of the sort in utah
 
if your going brighton id say it would be a safe bet goin with PC. you can always go to brighton when its snowing or after a dump. then you can still have fun in PCs park with the new lift n shit.

if your not that into park at all, i would say go with the canyons though. they defiantly have more good terrain to have fun with
 
Canyons park can have a little more fun factor, but really PC is a must if you're a park skier in my opinion. I think PC and Brighton would be the best combo of passes possible in Utah. PC's park (especially if they make the improvements they're claiming over the summer) is top notch. Brighton's park is lot's of fun too, and you can ski the best pow possible. Sure places like the bird or alta might have longer/better terrain, but as far as untouched deep ass pow turns per day Brighton can not be beat, takes some patience to explore though.

If you could only have 1 pass canyons has a great mix of park and pow, but their park isn't as consistent and they don't get as much snowfall as brighton. In my opinion hiking is pretty much a must at canyons to get comparable pow. Of course I would also recommend getting the gear and training you need to hit up the sidecountry at brighton.
 
i have the same dilemma, i'm going to the u next year and i need to decide on where i wanna get my passes. brighton is sick for park and pow. but i really wanna ride pow more than park. i think i'll get a snowbird or brighton pass, and then maybe a park city or canyons pass? the park city pass is so fuckin expensive though. does anyone know how much brighton or snowbird or canyons passes are?
 
Park City - $350 day $450 day/night

Snowbird - $499 chairs $629 Tram

Brighton - $449

Canyons - $399

Plus an additional $15 fee to join One Love or UFS.
 
Whats one love or UFS?

I'm going to the U next year also. Thinking of getting a brighton pass at least. I'm gonna get touring gear and find some people to ski sidecountry at Brighton.
 
I'm planning on taking one. I just dropped $200 on used Prophet 130's. I'm planning to get dukes or some other solid touring binding. I just need skins and a avy 1 class. Planning on doing short sidecountry. Should I get a brighton pass or not?
 
are those the prices through the U? cause im going to westmini next year and wondering if those prices are universal for college kids.

And im also thinkin PC and Brighton depending on the what the kids I meet are doin.
 
one thing about brighton is you really dont need a touring setup to ski the sidecountry there.. rock gardens are a 3 min traverse, hidden canyon is the same, pioneer is like a ten minute hike and thats where we go to build the booters.. unless youre gonna be goin wolverine or something you really dont NEED a touring setup. I had a brighton/canyons this year and Im considering going brighton/snowbird next year. i really didnt think canyons park was all that much better than brightons and i think brightons will only be getting better
 
A lot of resorts don't really have a college pass...it's really just a young adult pass for people between the ages of 18-24. I remember reading the price list for PC a couple of years ago and a college pass was like $500 and you had to prove that you where a full time student, and the young adult pass was $500 as well. never really understood that
 
Those pass deals posted above are if you buy passes through Utah Freeskier Society or One Love. you still have to be a student but you dont have to be at the U, just anywhere with at least 12 credits. Each one will probably have someone post on here in the fall the dates and times they will have tents set up at the U to go up to and register. they also have events like movie premiers in the fall were you can sign up as well.
 
it really is a fun resort and yes it has pretty good side/bc access, but i doubt you will know anyone that is going there. If you like skiing solo (which you obviously shouldnt since youre goin bc) then I wouldnt recommend solitude
 
Yep that's the problem.. Think I may do Brighton. Occasional park lap is enticing for sure.

I love skiing with groups but it's difficult to find like minded people who have the same schedule, get up early, ect ect. lately all I have been doing is solo shreddin. Single lining it, taking runs with a couple random groups, it's a lot of fun and lately have been lovin it. Anyone on here who shreds at solitude?

I saw wolverine cirque mentioned in a post earlier in this thread that was mentioned along with ntohjypm. is there gnar terrain accessible from brighton gates? For someone willing to put in the work?
 
yessir, the main chute on wolverine is pretty gnarly and intense, and there are some damn good cliffs over there.. also if you hike up pioneer and traverse towards wolverine there is a peak there (dont know name) that also has super gnarly lines with some big cliffs, backside of milly is pretty sick and obviously the rock gardens have some nice cliffs.
 
Brightons Millie gate and solis highway to heaven gate allow pretty similiar acess to tlp/wolverine. Solitudes fantasy gate is a pretty intense booter that allows quick acess to silver/days fork. Unlike Brighton, Solitude doesn't have open boundries so when the gates are closed you no go. Solitude used to be bomber about opening terrain/gates on dump days, last few seasons not so much. IMO solis inbounds terrain is much better than Brightons. Soli does have a lot of pass options in that you can buy certain days of the week instead of a full pass.

You do want a touring rig bootpacking sucks and is going to severly limit the terrain you can access and likelyhood of finding good experienced partners. Avvy 1 is a good start but in reality you can learn a lot of that on your own or from a good experienced partner.

 
yeah inbounds skiing at brighton is not what anyone goes there for. some of the trees can be a blast in bounds and the western bowl is pretty sick on a deep day, but the side country is really what does it. Also i must say that its probably not a good idea to encourage people to "learn on their own". i would not have known 95% of what i learned in my avy classes from just skiing with the kids i do or on my own
 
Every one is different never took avvy 1 but, I'm pretty sure if you were to read and understand Trempers book there isn't anything in avvy 1 that isn't in the book. The bird, soli and canyons all have beacon parks enough time @ any of them and you should be able to become proficiant with yours.

Basically there isn't a substitute for experience, avvy 1 is a good experience as is avvy2 but it's not like those hours are a real substitute for days weeks months or years of experience. 3/4 of the people I tour with have never taken an avvy course but I'd take them or someone who has seasons of experience than over someone w/ 20 hours of avvy 1 instruction. My point was to many people think avvy 1 is more than what it is It's a good start and introduction. Personally I'd rather tour with someone who has spent that time on beacon practice or first aid/cpr skills, because I'll be making the terrain, route and snow safety descisions, A good experienced partner can teach you these skills as well as how to locate instabilities in the snowpack through pit tests ,skicuts, testslopes etc but if the shit hit's the fan the skills that matter are rescue and 1st aid and if you spend enough time in the bc chances are sooner or later the proverbial shit will hit the fan in some form.

As for not needing a touring rig to ski the slackcountry. put yourself in this scenario it's a 2' dump day You're on top claytons or pio you ski first down to a safe spot youre partner gets caught in a slide or treewelled 1/2 way down obviously you are going to call dispatch, which should be programed into your phone but do you really think you'll be able to booter back up a steep snow covered slope and be able intitate a self rescue in nearly the time as someone with skins. Might as well ski down hidden ride gdub and say some prayers on your way up.

Judging from some of the retarded shit you post here I'm pretty sure you dig more booters than pits and you are a prime example of avvy 1 giving you just enough knowledge to be dangerous. Which is fine and Tuscarora is the name of that peak

 
Oh and experience doesn't always mean making good conservative decsions. Plenty of experienced people make poor decisions with varying degrees of consquences myself included.

The main chute in Wolverine is called Grannies and the don't name gnar after grandmama

 
get angry man! all i was saying is that i dont know too many people that i ski bc with that really take the time out to discuss the different types of snow. a lot of times we will do our tests for instability, take a look at the snow, and go for it. I just know that I learned a lot from the class and noone that I ski with would have been able to provide that level of education. If youre skiing with someone that REALLY knows their shit, and will take an hour at a snow pit to explain every different kind of crystal, then yeah that experience is good. The main problem is a lot of times when people are going through tests they are simply trying to go through a sort of "checklist" looking for instability and arent taking the time to explain to you what all they are looking for.
 
^ appreciate both of yours advice. i definitely see what he is saying, nothing to do with anger just saying his side and it is something i agree with. especially because if i spend my money on touring gear plus my time on academic studies for my major i wont have time for avy classes.

and through people i have bumped into while doing slackcountry at the bird, including some high ups in the levitation project, they said essentially the same things as the other guy.

what i've found, its ok to skip steps in some things in life, i'll run red lights on bikes all the time while commuting, and its shown me that while learning things through observing someone, they tend to forget to mention why they are doing what they are doing. thats the key, learn and ask why you are doing, not just what to do.

what book should i read?

and would brighton be alright with you going out of bounds at night at your own discretion, if you had avy gear and 1400 lumen lights?

sorry one more question, so solitude doesn't open their bc gates that often in recent years? that would definitely impact my decision.
 
Just so everyone knows, you dont have to join a club to buy a discounted pass. You can avoid paying the 15 by talking to other reps. I should be selling next season, and a bunch of other people should be popping up on here, tgr, ksl etc just in case you dont want to join the club
 
you could get away with brighton real easy, theyre pretty chill bout everything. My only problem with the avy thing is that youre not only endangering yourself, but anyone below you as well, so just think about that. I do dumb shit all the time but ill never do it if it puts anyone elses life in jeopardy.
 
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