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tg wrote: I would add Red Mountain, Big White, and Fernie in BC, Tamarack (new resort) in Idaho, and Peak Snowcats in Idaho as well ($225) for day trip if I remember correctly. I have also heard good things about Schweitzer and Silver Mountains in Idaho as well as far as being smaller and more "local". That would be a nice loop. If you want extreme backcountry skiing then try Silverton in Colorado. Only one chair but all ungroomed 100% expert only terrain. |
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foot2foot wrote:
"Dave M" wrote in message There are some great smaller (ie less well known and much less crowded) ski areas in western Montana that are more than worth the stop if you are traveling that way anyhoo. I think that Foot2foot skied them all and could offer some suggestions. If not, I could give you the lowdown on a few. Big Mtn is nice but often crowded when I have been there. Take a stop at Schweitzer in North ID, maybe then head to MT maybe Great divide for some altitude before Big Mtn. Discovery. Whatever you do don't miss the backside of Discovery. Hopefully they'll have enough to go by that time, one would think so. There's a little place I'm trying to think of, way northeast Montana, it's powder heaven, although not huge or really steep, it's wide open and only going on weekends. It's a ski club hill. *If*, they've been dumped, it would make a good stop. Libby Montana or something. Quite the characters, they are. They used to have the world's longest Tbar, now it's chair city. That is probably Turner Mountain: http://www.skiturner.com/ I like the loop, staying in Rossland to ski at Red Mountain and Whitewater and then one night in Sandpoint to ski Schweitzer and back to Spokane. From Sandpoint it would be easy to drive to ski Big Mountain and/or Fernie. Dave in Spokane |
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Here's a trip we've been doing the last couple of years. Start In Jackson Hoe,
then over the pass to Targhee. From there we head north and hit Big Sky and Bridger. Then its off to wherever the pow is. From a base in Bozeman we can day trip to Discovery, Lost Trail, Showdown, Great Divide, or of course continue at Bridger or Big Sky. Also this year Moonlight Basin will be worth skiing since they added a new lift that doubled their area. The trick with these smaller areas is to hit them after they've been closed for a couple of days and the snow has been falling. For example, Lost Trail opens on Thursday after being closed since Sunday. If you wanted , you could ski about 7 areas in 10 days which is what we usually do. BTW Bridger opens tomorrow with all their lifts open and Big Sky is 50% open. Big storm expected Saturday night. Stu foot2foot wrote: "Dave M" wrote in message There are some great smaller (ie less well known and much less crowded) ski areas in western Montana that are more than worth the stop if you are traveling that way anyhoo. I think that Foot2foot skied them all and could offer some suggestions. If not, I could give you the lowdown on a few. Big Mtn is nice but often crowded when I have been there. Take a stop at Schweitzer in North ID, maybe then head to MT maybe Great divide for some altitude before Big Mtn. Discovery. Whatever you do don't miss the backside of Discovery. Hopefully they'll have enough to go by that time, one would think so. |
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Dave_in_Spokane wrote:
(snip) I like the loop, staying in Rossland to ski at Red Mountain and Whitewater and then one night in Sandpoint to ski Schweitzer and back to Spokane. From Sandpoint it would be easy to drive to ski Big Mountain and/or Fernie. Dave in Spokane Red hasn't been getting much snow yet but maybe out of this storm that is (supposed to be) coming through tonight into tomorrow. Schweitzer might even open gasp after the weekend. It is too bad that the OP cna't/won't/doesn't want to leave the US to try the hills of our friends to the north. Oh well, more for me. Dave M. Also is Spokane but not "Dave in Spokane" |
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tg wrote:
"Dmitry" wrote in message newsrMrd.432690$wV.46106@attbi_s54... I'm doing my homework for a ski/snowboard road trip sometime in the end of Dec or first week of Jan. We'll be heading east out of Seattle (WY, MO, ID, CO, UT). We have about a week, maybe a little more. Basically, I'd like to solicit some suggestions for mountains worth visiting, and maybe also general sites/places that are "must see" this time of the year. So far, Silver and Jackson Hole are on my "must go" list. We have a strong preference for less mainstream mountains with more locals on them and less tourist crowds. Also advanced terrain and quality of snow are of great interest. We'll have only one or two people who are intermediate level, everyone else advanced. I would add Red Mountain, Big White, and Fernie in BC, Tamarack (new resort) in Idaho, and Peak Snowcats in Idaho as well ($225) for day trip if I remember correctly. I have also heard good things about Schweitzer and Silver Mountains in Idaho as well as far as being smaller and more "local". That would be a nice loop. Sounds like fun. Silver is not worth it IMHO. The runs are shorter, more cat tracks to get anywhere less "interesting" terrain. Great if you have kids but then so is Mt. Spokane. The best part of Silver Mt. is the summer music series -- it is almost enough to make the gondola ride worth it sometimes. Dave M. |
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Dave M wrote:
Red hasn't been getting much snow yet but maybe out of this storm that is (supposed to be) coming through tonight into tomorrow. Schweitzer might even open gasp after the weekend. It is too bad that the OP cna't/won't/doesn't want to leave the US to try the hills of our friends to the north. Oh well, more for me. Dave M. Also is Spokane but not "Dave in Spokane" I see that Lookout and Silver Mtn. and already open and 49 will be open on Sunday, but none of them have much snow. So much for the big storm dropping 8-14 inches in town today! I probably jinxed it by getting gas for the snowblower, adding air to its tires and starting it yesterday. Oh well, maybe I'll just go to the EWU football game today and go skin up Mt. Spokane on Sunday for a few turns. Dave in Spokane Go Eagles |
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Dave_in_Spokane wrote:
Dave M wrote: Red hasn't been getting much snow yet but maybe out of this storm that is (supposed to be) coming through tonight into tomorrow. Schweitzer might even open gasp after the weekend. It is too bad that the OP cna't/won't/doesn't want to leave the US to try the hills of our friends to the north. Oh well, more for me. Dave M. Also is Spokane but not "Dave in Spokane" I see that Lookout and Silver Mtn. and already open and 49 will be open on Sunday, but none of them have much snow. So much for the big storm dropping 8-14 inches in town today! I probably jinxed it by getting gas for the snowblower, adding air to its tires and starting it yesterday. Oh well, maybe I'll just go to the EWU football game today and go skin up Mt. Spokane on Sunday for a few turns. Dave in Spokane Go Eagles Even tho a loyal EWU employee, I won't make it to the game. Exciting stuff tho. I don't know what the heck jinxed it but I was disappointed this am. Now they are projecting a possible rain-only event in town. That will melt even the little whiteness that we still have up here on the South Hill. Schweitzer is only claiming 2" and snowing with still only 7" at the base -- but the snow report updating there has been pathetic thus far. Some of my students went up to Lookout and said that it was terrible with the 8" at the base. Maybe better now tho. They claim 12" at the bottom which is still not worth the trip, especially since the new glades are still not open to check out. Nothing new reported at Red Mtn which is surprising and hard to believe if it really snowed so hard in Republic yesterday. Oh well, I guess I had better go finish the tile in the bathroom in between compulsive weather and snow report checking. It is really hard to do tile while wearing skis. Dave M |
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