What is the most overrated ski resort? - Page 3 - Snowboarding Forum

kctahoe · 01-21-2013, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by hktrdr

Heavenly.

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Was thinking the same thing.

WasatchMan · 01-21-2013, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by hktrdr

Heavenly.

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Everyone I've talked to - and everything I've read says Heavenly sucks.

Especially in the Tahoe area, I don't know anyone that would recommend Heavenly out of the others.

redlude97 · 01-22-2013, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Clayton Bigsby

I was going to place BAKER on the list, but I just couldn't do it. If it weren't for BAKER, snowboarding would not be what it is today, but I do have to agree on only a couple issues, first the drive and second how fast the powder gets tracked up.

Another place I want to call out is Stevens Pass, it's not the snow or terrain, it's the damn crowds, the cost and the worst operated ski resort I have ever been to. Late openings everyday, parking lot attendants are clueless and you are guaranteed that every year the price of everything is going up $2

Sorry but on a powder day, out of the major PNW resorts, where CAN you go on a weekend that doesn't:
1. Have epic lines
2. Doesn't get tracked out immediately
3. Fill up on parking
4. Hasn't increased prices significantly every year

Other than possibly baker, none are any better.
Crystal, Alpental, Summit, Meadows....same shit different place. Not saying Stevens is better than all the rest but seems weird to call them out. Other than the epic 3 ft+ day where they didn't get the lifts going because of the massive amounts of burial, they regularly start running lifts by 8:30.

RVM · 01-22-2013, 04:09 PM

I have mostly ridden in the Tahoe area, and in my opinion the most overrated resort there is either Northstar or Sugar Bowl. I'm biased about Sugar Bowl though - got hurt there a couple of times when I was still learning.

RVM · 01-22-2013, 04:11 PM

I never rode at Heavenly because everyone I know (including a lot of skiers) hates it.

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Originally Posted by WasatchMan

Everyone I've talked to - and everything I've read says Heavenly sucks.

Especially in the Tahoe area, I don't know anyone that would recommend Heavenly out of the others.

snowklinger · 01-22-2013, 04:23 PM

Keystone.

They have a great park but the rest of the mountain...meh underwhelming.

HeroForADay · 01-22-2013, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by poutanen

I would say Sunshine is over-hyped, but I'm sure 10 people will come on and tell me I just don't know where the good parts are! Here's my problem with it.

- Closest BIG mountain to Calgary means you gotta get there early or you're parking on the road, and it's a LONG road.

- Before you can even get onto the hill, you've got to take a 20 minute gondola ride to get to the bottom. People say they like Sunshine because it's closer than Lake Louise, but by the time you park, walk, and get to the bottom of the hill it's probably about the same.

- Lots and lots of flats, boring flats. It's built in a valley, really cool views but by design it's more flat than I like to ride. Could be a fun mountain for some, not for me.

Agreed, agreed, agreed.

Sunshine is probably the most over hyped resort around here. If you're a skier it's doable with all of the flats, but damn... if you get onto a green run, even as a mistake as you traverse across the runs, you're screwed as a boarder. So. much. flat. Not even small sections of flat space, but hundreds of meters of terrain with no slope.

And yes, it gets STUPID busy there on weekends, or any holiday/long weekend. I tried super hard to stay away over the Xmas/New years break for the little kids, but I got suckered into going, and was it ever a disaster. Lift lines were crazy, parking was a nightmare, and the snow was so tracked out it brought a tear to my eye. Going out of bounds is an option if you're comfortable with that... but the resort itself was crazy with how many people take the shorter drive.

Then again, I like to be anti-social and have a bunch of space to myself so I can ride uninterrupted and without having to dodge children doing slow winding turns across the whole run.

**killclimbz** · 01-22-2013, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by wrathfuldeity

calling out baker

its small, slow lifts, over rated snow, no night life, no service from the lifties, tons of local dirtbags...that track out goods within minutes, usually very poor visibility and bad flat light, has 4 cross traffic areas, narrow cat tracks, long drive, lots of places and ways to die...avy, treewells, headers, cliffs...often 1 or 2 inbound fatalities per year.

Hook, line, sinker...

That isn't even fair fishing Wrath...

Nice work.

blunted_nose · 01-22-2013, 05:52 PM

Meh, i like sunshine. If your not a slow ass you don't get stuck there. I never do... Castle is the place to be on pow days, sunshine for the rest. I got only week days...

Fernie is sick as well and revelstoke.

LL isnt that good, kicking horse isnt that good, nakiska and norqway arent that good and cop just blows.

Backcountry · 01-22-2013, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by NoOtherOptions

You are fucking with me right? The city was founded in 1870.

Yeah exactly, "Park" has not one thing to do with a snowboard park. And if it was a joke, haha.

01-22-2013, 04:09 PM	#24 (permalink)
RVM Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Central California Posts: 515	I have mostly ridden in the Tahoe area, and in my opinion the most overrated resort there is either Northstar or Sugar Bowl. I'm biased about Sugar Bowl though - got hurt there a couple of times when I was still learning. __________________ There is no substitution for human competition. Last edited by RVM; 01-22-2013 at 04:13 PM.

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snowklinger Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: fuck boulder Posts: 2,903	Keystone. They have a great park but the rest of the mountain...meh underwhelming. __________________ is it late october yet?

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01-22-2013, 05:52 PM	#29 (permalink)
blunted_nose Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 877	Meh, i like sunshine. If your not a slow ass you don't get stuck there. I never do... Castle is the place to be on pow days, sunshine for the rest. I got only week days... Fernie is sick as well and revelstoke. LL isnt that good, kicking horse isnt that good, nakiska and norqway arent that good and cop just blows.