Coolest mountain towns

[AquaSwing]

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Men's journal is by far one of the best magazines out there.

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Unfortunately I see them as the same magazine but it's been a few years since I actually opened one. The days of me reading magazines are mostly over.

[BK_]

I used to live in Crested Butte and loved it. We had to leave when the property values were plummeting due to the mountain's financial troubles. Have they worked things out since then?

My favorite mountain town at the moment is steamboat springs. It is larger than crested butte, but is not anywhere close to vail or aspen.

[mntbikr15]

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OMG. You must be a super trust fund baby from the East Coast. Don't worry. You will be able to find your tribe in crested Butte or Telluride or Vail or Jackson Hole or basically any town with a half way decent ski area. You will have so much fun rocking out to Phish while you drink kegs of super expensive micro brew and smoke mediocre weed.

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...but heres what I like about CB

-Laid back atmosphere with real character(town ordinance against franchises is in place)
-Lack of urban sprawl that is rapidly taking over most mountain towns
-Lack of snobby vibe/designer shops( ie aspen/vail/ etc


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Lack of a snobby vibe, lack of urban sprawl and ordinances against chain stores are mutually exclusive from both laid back vibe and towns with real character.

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Ummmmmm...ok

I dont have a trust fund
Im a totally self supporting 22 year old
I can count on my hands the number of times Ive smoked weed
I hate phish
I listen to mostly music that almost all of this forum would call "noise"
I seldom drink beer
Anyplace I move will be paid for by poker winnings

And I disagree about them being mutually exclusive.

CB not having any frachises=All unique shops/places to eat=All three of those things

Edit- I also didnt say that suggestions require all of those, mearly that they were things I happened to like about CB.

Perhaps I didnt word things well

[mntbikr15]

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OK now I'll be nice,

Bozeman - Doesn't fit your criteria for atmosphere. It does however have access to 3 great ski areas within one hour drive. Mountain biking is above average, not legendary. It's also big enough that you could have problems making friends if your not in college.

Sand Point. Awesome town. Doesn't quite fit your vibe requirements but getting closer.

Whitefish. I lived there and loved it. You will fit right in. Ray Zee will make jokes about you.

Fernie, BC is a good place.

You will love Jackson Hole.

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Thank you for the now helpful comments

[mntbikr15]

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i went to crested butted for a few weeks about 8 years ago. it was in the summer and i mountain biked a ton.

cb was still somewhat unknown at the time but it was starting to gain a tourist following esp in the winter. the locals were cool enough but you could tell they werent too happy about the influx of tourists. but then tourists=money so its a real stupid relationship.

anyway, i wonder how much it changed.

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My take on things(granted I was only there for 4 days) was that there were two general classes of people.

-The ski/bike bum types working service jobs, just getting by, and generally having a good time

-The people with serious money...HOWEVER my take on these people was that they were more laid back and less snobby about the bums. For example many of the best bike trails run through private land. There are signs all over the place reading something like "Private property, but feel free to use the trails, jsut close the gate"

So I could be way off, but everyone seemed to do just fine together

[mntbikr15]

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is this the thread where posters initially offer rude and sarcastic comments and then follow it up w/ helpful advice?

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Evidently

[mntbikr15]

Let me clarify a little more.

By things like "laid back" and "atmosphere" I meant things like the following

-slower pace of life(however all of west is like this compared to east coast)
-Bike racks all over town
-Free town shuttle to mountain

I am by no means a yuppie.....christ

[mntbikr15]

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I used to live in Crested Butte and loved it. We had to leave when the property values were plummeting due to the mountain's financial troubles. Have they worked things out since then?

My favorite mountain town at the moment is steamboat springs. It is larger than crested butte, but is not anywhere close to vail or aspen.

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Spent some time in Steamboat as well....didnt like it.

Kindy sprawly
Lousy riding

It IS reffered to by CO natives as "the poor mans aspen" or something like that

If I were going for someplace much bigger I think Durango is at the top of the list

[zenfurni]

Personally, I would say Copper, CO fits several of those characteristics. It's VERY small and quite laid back. Though there are some luxurious accomodations, there isn't the snobby "see-and-be-seen" crowd that populates Vail, Aspen, etc. The mountain is definitely better than adequate for skiing, too, with plenty of nice backcountry.

[Duke]

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That we have a travel forum?

No, its early and I rip that sidebar out with javascript, so I have no idea what forums are there anyhow

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