Yabahoobs wrote:
1. During that weekend, EVERYTHING is crowded, not just Brighton. And
VERY crowded. Snowbird too. I've brought a few easterners who lived
on blacks out there, who nearly **** their pants when they step out the
Tram on top of Snowbird. I would consider going elsewhere for your
first time. Sometimes The Bird's blues get bumped up too, turning them
from east coast black into a "Holy Crap".

Well, if the blues are "holy crap" and the blacks are "time to clean
the lift chair," I guess there are always the greens. Seriously, in
an extremely large resort, the average difficulty level doesn't concern
me that much, since one can almost always find suitable terrain
somewhere. That was our experience at Lake Louise and Sunshine. I have
no illusions about "conquering the mountain" or anything like that --
just want to find some good snow. Last year, my workplace organized a
ski/ride day at the local resort. It was the same weekend as the X
Games. Great idea, right? Yes, except it *rained* that day. That's one
of the reasons we're going to Utah.

2. The bus from the valley floor up to the four resorts takes A WHILE.

If it's 1 to 1.25 hours, we could live with that, since I figure it
would take at least 45 min. to drive there ourselves. If it's 2 to 3
hours, that's a real problem.

And again...during that time will be absolutely JAM PACKED.

The Monday holiday in the middle of Feb. makes that weekend an
extremely convenient time for ski/snowboard trips. Unfortunately, that
applies to us too.

Joe Ramirez