pawlo

West Coast here...and it's snowing up in Tahoe!
Great forum! The best one I found so far.

mpdsnowman

Mt. Hood does sound like a good place actually. I would go there. Isnt Baker around there too if we wanted to go for a short ride??

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cifex

I vote Colorado

killclimbz

Not entirely sure, but Baker is 3 hours from Seattle, from Hood I am guessing at least 5 hrs. Right around the corner actually...

mpdsnowman

As far as distance via Denver. Whats it like to get to say Vail or Breck??? Steamboat is a good 2 hrs away right?? Wp an hour???

Trying to get a bearing on actual travel distances...

What other airports are in Colorado...real airports

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killclimbz

Breck, Copper, Keystone, Winterpark, A-Basin, are roughtly 70-90 minutes. Vail is about 2hours. Steamboat is 3-3 1/2 hours.

Colorado Springs is the only other Major Airport after DIA. Colorado Springs would put you about 2 1/2 hours from the above mentioned Summit County spots, 3 to Vail area resorts. 5 to Steamboat. Monarch is about 2 1/2 hours from Colorado Springs. Wolf Creek is hard to say because I've never traveled to it from the springs. My guess is 3-4 hours. The Walsenberg route through Alamosa might make it a 3 hr drive. As mentioned Durango does have flights but it sounds like you have to fly to DIA first then connect.

Salt Lake City, an hour to Ogden/Eden area. 45 minutes Park City, 15 minutes to a place in Salt Lake that could be used as a staging ground for assaults on the cottonwoods.

Aspen does have daily direct flights. Whew boy that looks like a scary landing and take off for that matter. Aspen is amazing but it's also $$$. Same thing goes with the close to DIA Colorado resorts. I do not have hook ups like I did last year. So tickets would most likely be in that $60-$80 a day range on average.

killclimbz

Baker would be killer btw. I forget which town it is Bellingham maybe? It's just down the rode from Baker. It's not as susceptible to rain as other Washington area resorts, but it still does get rained on from time to time. It also gets absolutely puked on if the weather pattern is good. Rain is a possibility when you are talking coastal areas. Lower elevations allow that to happen a few times a season. Baker is most definitely not a "resort" which is kewl. It is also a snowboarders mountain for sure.

mpdsnowman

So really when it gets narrowed down to airports...

Colorado = DIA driving distances between 1 and 4 hours(conditions applied)

Utah = SLC driving distances 1 to 2 hours (conditions applied)

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killclimbz

Also about Seattle, I forgot to mention. Seems that flights to that area are cheap. It's pretty easy to get a round trip ticket to Seattle from Denver for under $150. Not sure about east coasters, but I would imagine it's a pretty good deal too. Lift tix are cheaper there, and it's not a far drive for Wolfy to hit that stuff.

Snowolf

Yeah, Baker is east of Bellingham and about 3 hours from Seattle. Flights in anout of Portland are also cheap if a Hood meet comes up. I would really like to see us get something going for a July meet here. That is the real novelty of Mt. Hood is being able to shred in the summer and all of the other activities nearby that time of year.

What about Jackson Hole Wyoming? it is huge, has everything for all levels of riders, has world class accomodations and has an airline serviced airport right there within 10 minutes of the slopes....any thoughts????

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