[ODDJOB UNO]

wow all these "world class" skiers on here and no mention of some very nice/quiet/limited lift line/limited crowd areas like:

telluride/purgatory/copper mtn/lake eldora/arapahoe/loveland/winterpark/crested butte/taos.



i used to ski for my college in colorado. giant slalom(collegiate downhill was outlawed the year before due to high rate of impacting trees). this was during the era of "spider sabich " hank kashiwa" " billy kidd". we actually trained with them , when the snow got slim and they came over to our training facilities at lake eldora. spider was running the "bud cup" before he met his demise at the hands of that beeeattch claudine longet.


what MOST of YOU are missing out on is the FACT that as prevailing winds and storms going west to east,after crossing from kalif, into utah, into colorado loose their moisture. ie. WET SNOW................hence colorados DRY SNOW or CHAMPAGNE POWDER as steamboat hypes.


i have skied all over the west and NOTHING BEATS COLORADO most years if weather is good. we would literally hop into van with our gear every weekend and hit another race hill. big small medium cheap crowded no crowds expensive ski areas. all paid for by the college. FUN TIMES!


the areas i listed are some of the most beautiful areas and very often no crowds aside from a holiday weekend.


all of them beat the hell out of squaw valley/heavenly/alta/park city/jackson/vail/aspen/ and all the so called "big name" areas.


if ya want entertainment..............pfft go to a bar or a concert where ya live.


ya want good skiing with max amounts of runs per day(you are there to ski right? or just look good in yer fashion show ensemble?) then look at some of these areas.


steamboat since its out of the way on a non holiday weekend, is insane SNORKEL POWDER..........literally. hit it on a monday tuesday after a good blow of snow, and you will think you had died and gone to heaven.


oh yeah back in the day my roommates and i were running 215-225cm ski's. non of this short poo "ballet ski's", with our bindings cranked so damn tight so we wouldnt loose them in the powder with leashes. yeah LEASHES! so in the event of a high speed in flight discombodulation FUBAR, we wouldnt loose a ski and have to come down on one ski. giant PITA and very spendy.


another place to look is new mexico, dry snow, hit it on a week day zero crowds and wonderful dry snow.

hit them in the spring, and get a tan as if you were sitting on the beach at maui.


and if yer a total ski freak like us................NIGHT SKIING! lake eldora. wow nothing like it.



heres the bottomline.............yer paying BIG AZZ BUCKS to STAND IN A LINE! how many runs do ya get? so take my advice and hit a "no name area" and get yer bucks worth and learn how to ski.