December Sking in United States?

noc · #1 11-13-2007, 12:33 PM

Where is a good place to ski that wouldn't be super expensive. I'm thinking i want to go the week before christmas. Is this a bad idea? I was also thinking Vail, CO.

Does anyone have a better recommendation?

Note: I plan to actually snowboard. And have never done either before. But believe it will come naturally.

Das Budrick · #2 11-13-2007, 07:09 PM

Vail is good, Tahoe is good. what's that place they go in Dumb and Dumber?

Yeti · #3 11-13-2007, 07:38 PM

Lloyd: What the hell are we doing here, Harry? We gotta get out of this town!
Harry: Oh yeah, and go where? Where are we gonna go?
Lloyd: I'll tell you where. Someplace warm. A place where the beer flows like wine. Where beautiful women instinctively flock like the salmon of Capistrano. I'm talking about a little place called Aspen.

Das Budrick · #4 11-13-2007, 07:58 PM

yesssss
Aspen is nice too

mr.bum · #5 11-15-2007, 10:06 AM

Crested Butte. it small town with by far the best terrain in CO.

toutatis70 · #6 11-16-2007, 08:39 PM

Tahoe probably less expensive.

Ray Zee · #7 11-17-2007, 12:12 AM

most ski areas have very little snow the week before x-mass

straightflush · #8 11-25-2007, 10:45 PM

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Crested Butte. it small town with by far the best terrain in CO.

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If I'm not mistaken the best terrain at Crested Butte usually either isn't open or isn't any good in December.

oddjob · #9 11-27-2007, 02:46 PM

not many places in colorado will be great in december. i've only been to crested butte during tgiving, and they usually only have a couple runs open.

never been to aspen. there's a small chance their main mountain doesn't allow snowboarding still.

vail is good, but not very cheap. i love to ride copper. less resorty feeling. more a local mountain. and you can eat lunch there without breaking the bank.

used to love winterpark, but haven't been in like 7-8 years. also less resortey feeling.

breckenridge sucks for boarders. too many flats and cat tracks.

keystone is fun, but i always get lost there, as there are like 3 peaks, and last run (when i'm done boarding i'm done boarding) is sometimes 3-4 more runs trying to get back to the main base. dont' know if you'll have this problem in december though.