wrathfuldeity

Baker is not a resort, its a fairly smallish primative ski area...no lodging...just day use...lifts open from 9 to 330...the closest lodging is in Glacier about 17 miles down the hill. If Baker becomes the destination, I can help with info, some logistics and inbounds tours. Bham is about a 70 minute drive to the hill; lift tickets are $44/day; vacation rental house would be the easier than a motel in Bham but still about 20-30 minute drive up the hill and prob less expensive if splitting amoung abunch of peeps interms of transport, food and lodging; there is no to little night life but for your own making and even in Bham it is relatively poor. However weather and snow conditions are hard to predict and highly variable...it can be epically bad...downpour raining, really flat light, pea soup fog, hard glassy cascade concrete and really heavy wet mashed chowder...cold bluebird deep pow days (18+ inches and <22 degrees F) are relatively rare. For flights, Vancouver BC is closer than SeaTac but you have the boarder to deal with.

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killclimbz

Hell Wolf Creek just gets nailed. They are usually 100% open by November. Mid-Feb to early March is a good time, but I am not opposed to January either. Up to the masses on the dates. Same thing goes for other places that might be chosen.

b_to_the_c

crested butte is also kind on the road less traveled by tourists as well and might even have a bit more night life than the area around wolf creek.

killclimbz

Yeah, CB is good, lift tix are expensive, but I may have a way to cheapen that. The spot would be about 15-20 minutes outside of CB, but it has a bar and restaurant, and all you have to do is stumble across the parking lot to get home.

mpdsnowman

Colorado:
Wolf Creek
Crested Butte
Steamboat
Winter Park/Mary Jane
Vail
ABasin
Breckenridge

Utah:
Powder Mountain/snowbasin
Brighton
Solitude
Park City

Wyoming:
Jackson Hole

Oregon:
Mt. Hood

Washington
Baker???not sure on that.

Im sure I missed some

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Mr. Right

Pagosa Springs is nothing but a bunch of boozers though, maybe I just know because I lived there but it is a great drinking village with a mountain problem and a lot of pool tables to boot. And if we are going to include the mainstream CO resorts then Loveland should definitely be in the vote, especially if we are looking at an affordable area.

What's more important to everyone, travel convenience or cost/crowd factor?

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killclimbz

Added a couple in there. In Colorado Vail and the Beaver are right by each other. A-Basin, Breck, also has Copper, Keystone, and Loveland right there too. All of them could be stand alone resorts on their own. Sounds great but I would rather go somewhere else.

In Utah, Snowbird is plenty close to Brighton/Solitude. All part of the cottonwoods. Alta, well if I'm in Salt Lake I'll do a splitboard assault on Alta for sure.

killclimbz

I am actually with Mr Right on the low key ski area thing. Places like Wolf Creek and Powder Mountain are special. Off the hook party scene and all is not going to be there, but the snow and terrain is. Prices are way less expensive. For half the cost of a Jackson trip you can hit Wolf Creek or Eden areas. Then again that is up to the masses. If you want the full on "World Class Resort" deal than choose one of the others. Also if that is the case, Aspen should be on the table too. That spot is the definition of World Class, from the mountains to the nightlife. It's crazy.

mpdsnowman

I agree on the low key scene.

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berg

+1 more for low key.