DrGreeNThumB420

alright im about to buy a season pass to either Loveland or A-Basin?? never been to either so any advice? i was more into loveland until i saw Abasin has a deal to go to breck or keystone 5 times and vail once...but thats 50$ more then loveland.....helppppp

shredbetties

I guess it's a bit of a toss-up. They are both really fun mountains, though because it's on the 5 mountain pass a-basin tends to get more crowded. Loveland is way less crowded early season, but a-basin is open about a month longer in the spring.

Is this going to be your only pass? These are both pretty small resorts, and you might get bored, but I guess it'll depend on how many days you ride. Loveland is maybe 500 acres bigger, so i guess it gets you a bit more terrain for your $, though you may be wishing you had those 5 days at breck halfway through the season... or even the 5 mountain or wp/copper pass. When I was living in denver I usually got an a-basin or loveland pass along with another pass (usualy the rocky mountain super pass).

One thing with a-basin: you can buy a pass in mid-april at a-basin that's good for the rest of the season (half of april, may, and june) as well as all of the next season - so you could always hold off on the a-basin pass until then, because that gets you plenty of days to get your $ worth.

DrGreeNThumB420

hmmm yeah im also buyin season pass at echo 109$ ......i dont see myself gettin sick of loveland or abasin even if i rode them everyday lol i use to ride a mountain in MA that only had like 20 trails went there every night n loved it

shredbetties

yeah, but it's a bit different when you have huge resorts all over and everyone you know has the rocky mountain superpass or 5 mountain pass...

DrGreeNThumB420

well i dont know anyone in CO ^^ so i dont care what everyone has.....just wondering where people would pick if it was between Loveland or Abasin?

shredbetties

ok, i kinda meant if you moved you'd get to know people... sorry...

either one would be fine... and if you get a-basin, $50 for 5 days at breck is insanely cheap, so i'd get it. you never know, you might make some friends or something.

DrGreeNThumB420

my only friend im conserned bout is my board

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm i wanna get loveland pass but breck 5 times would be nice

killclimbz

I am not a big fan of Breck. Though I do know they added some better quality terrain with the addition of horshoe bowl. They also do have a crazy smoke shack on the mountain. It looks like a mountain lodge. A couple of stories tall and such. I think it survived the ski patrol take down of a few. Bad press will do that.
So anyway, I would go with Loveland between the two. Slight more spread out and a lot less crowded. Less crowded on weekends by far, and less crowded mid week. It's less of a drive too.

DrGreeNThumB420

yea i like i may be pickin loveland ......loveland pass comes with 4 free days at monarch mountain ...nice resort also?

killclimbz

Monarch is pretty nice and super uncrowded. I haven't been there since they opened the Mirkwood Basin stuff, but it looks super nice from across the highway. Lot's of small cliffs and chutes,plus some good looking trees. Worth a visit or two for sure. You can stay in Salida for around $40 a night and it's a 15 minute drive from there to Monarch Ski area.