Coolest mountain towns

[rhar]

Jasper, Alberta, Canada...love it

[Thanir]

Truckee, Ca (near Lake Tahoe, along I-80)

We used to be a great mtn town, but with all the money here they are trying to turn into Vail.

We do have:

-great skiing/snowboarding
-tons of mtn biking trails
-good rock climbing
-Pacific Crest Trail
-lots of lakes for boating/fishing
-great weed

[mntbikr15]

Spent some time at Alpine Meadows last winter(didnt see truckee) and had sorta ruled that area out due to the packed nature of things.

However youre the second to mention truckee to me, so Ill have to check it out

[mntbikr15]

Bump for night crowd

[Bukem_]

I lived in Crested Butte for a year. I actually lived up towards the mountain, would have preferred to have lived in town but its really hard to find a place there, especially if you don't know anybody. It's a great town lots of fun friendly people. Everybody in town rides one of these:


They are worth a decent amount, at least in crested butte but there is no need to lock one up which really makes for a pleasant place to live. You really don't need a car since the bus is free and very convenient. The locals have a ton of influence on the town, which is why you won't find any chains there. The mountain has some of the best steep skiing in the US, just too bad it doesn't snow more often. Also to do laps on the best/toughest part of the mountain involves taking 3 lifts and maybe some hiking.

Year after that I lived in Alpine Meadows. Great neighborhood, kinda tucked away. Doesn't have a town, but is 15 minutes either way to both Tahoe City and Truckee. Truckee has a nice historic downtown area, kinda touristy though. I hate the rest of the town since its basically a highway pitstop. Worst thing about Truckee is that its basically only construction workers and 2nd home owners since nobody else can afford to live there. Or rednecks that live in the more run down parts. Tahoe City is ok, not laid out very well, but more young people there.
I skied at Squaw. Tons of steep terrain, quads everywhere so you can get in tons of laps, and it dumps there. I think the year I lived there we got 600 inches. It snows even more at Alpine, we had 35 ft snow banks at my house. Really nothing like being at Squaw on a powder day. Everybody lines up at kt-22, and if you aren't one of the first ones in line you just watch as ripper after ripper stomps 40 ft airs till all the landings are bombed out. Its actually a pretty sick show.

I live right outside of Truckee now, kinda thinking of moving either to reno or closer to Tahoe but still undecided.

[sledghammer]

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Truckee, Ca (near Lake Tahoe, along I-80)

We used to be a great mtn town, but with all the money here they are trying to turn into Vail.

We do have:

-great skiing/snowboarding
-tons of mtn biking trails
-good rock climbing
-Pacific Crest Trail
-lots of lakes for boating/fishing
-great weed

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Right near truckee is Downieville, which is far more oriented toward mountain biking. It's got a pretty good vibe, especially if you ride bikes.

[Bukem_]

I wouldn't say Downieville is right by Truckee. Its hour and a half with good weather, would take forever in the snow though. Nice small town, but pretty isolated. And there is tons of good mountain biking around truckee/tahoe.

[MiloMinderbinder]

Taos NM

[RJT]

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Hmm, since you put it so kindly.... wasnt aware we had that.

Furthermore I meant 2p2 in general.

Feel free to move



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Yeah, you can post in the travel forum (actually, I never noticed that one either). Then when you move to your destined town you can post all about your travels from your home town.

This may or may not be the right forum, but the travel forum has nothing to do with what you are asking.

[tagtastic]

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-Mountain environment
-Laid back atmosphere with real character

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