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Unless she's driving a Schwinn, I don't see how anyone is going to drive through 420 miles of mountains on fitty dollah.Quote:
Originally posted by Ubersheist
That would be about $100 in gas RT if you split it two ways. Travelocity gave a quote of $343 RT w/ a stop at SLC. Orbitz said $627 w/ stops in SLC and Denver. Something to think about...
'splain?
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Originally posted by Max Gosey
And on a previous note: I'll bring my down for the -50 degree windchill. :D Can't wait to ski some storm days.
And I'll make sure to bring a t-shirt and doo rag for the melting days :rolleyes: .
And I'll bring my shoes and glasses, so I have them.
You can't.Quote:
Originally posted by Buster Highmen
You're dating clowns in Jackson Hole?
Quite timeless, those clowns.
So a viking, a clown, and a ninja walk into a ba...........
Assumed info: Approx. 1650 miles RT, a vehicle w/ approx. 20 mpg, 2 passengers who aren't leeches, and approx. $2.30 per gallon.Quote:
Originally posted by EPSkis
Unless she's driving a Schwinn, I don't see how anyone is going to drive through 420 miles of mountains on fitty dollah.
'splain?
1650 miles / 20 mpg = 82.5 gallons of gas
82.5 gal. x $2.30 per gallon = $189.75 spent on gas
Round up to $200 for twinkies, big gulps, vibrating sheep panties, etc.
$200 between 2 people = $100 per person.
Admittedly, I'm being optimistic with the gas prices. However, this will be during Feb., which is when gas prices are typically lower. I didn't miss anything, did I?
Oh, yeah... a stop in Reno at the blackjack tables or the Bunny Ranch will cost you an extra $300. Either place you're screwed.
So very, very sorry for the bad pun..... :rolleyes:
This is sounding like something I really want to do and I'm beginning to ruminate on it in earnest.
Question about lodging: can anyone recommend any cheap hotels in the area and what would said hotels run? Or is it all fancy-schmancy super-expensive hotels (in which case...do they get mad if you sleep under the tables in the lodges?). Is there any thought of renting a house or condo and squeeezing a bunch of us in?
Just wondering how many convenience stores I'll have to rob...er, I mean how many fewer shopping trips to VS I will have to make this summer.
;)
Sprite
BWA!! Nice, Uber. I'm going to resist the drive due to the temptation and aftermath affect from which stopping at the bunny ranch would have on me. :rolleyes: ;)Quote:
Originally posted by Ubersheist
Assumed info: Approx. 1650 miles RT, a vehicle w/ approx. 20 mpg, 2 passengers who aren't leeches, and approx. $2.30 per gallon.
1650 miles / 20 mpg = 82.5 gallons of gas
82.5 gal. x $2.30 per gallon = $189.75 spent on gas
Round up to $200 for twinkies, big gulps, vibrating sheep panties, etc.
$200 between 2 people = $100 per person.
Admittedly, I'm being optimistic with the gas prices. However, this will be during Feb., which is when gas prices are typically lower. I didn't miss anything, did I?
Oh, yeah... a stop in Reno at the blackjack tables or the Bunny Ranch will cost you an extra $300. Either place you're screwed.
So very, very sorry for the bad pun..... :rolleyes:
Easy solution...Quote:
Originally posted by snowsprite
Just wondering how many convenience stores I'll have to rob...er, I mean how many fewer shopping trips to VS I will have to make this summer.
More trips to VS, charge for pictures... :D
Uber, I did the drive this past winter. It sucks. It might suck less if you're not doing it solo, but it still sucks.
The drive is weather depending. I've done it in 13 hours (Oakland to Teton Village) with a partner... piece of cake. With a storm across I-80 (Tahoe or the vast wasteland that is Nevada) or in Idaho approaching WY... not so much fun.Quote:
Originally posted by Telenater
Uber, I did the drive this past winter. It sucks. It might suck less if you're not doing it solo, but it still sucks.
I'll be there for a big chunk of January with my fiance... which is why I was hoping for a January Summit. However, with the summit being in Feb... if I can get more time off work... I'll be down for another roady from the Bay Area.
I have a solution. It would only require 2 stops & several layers:
http://www.affordaplane.com/Copy%20of%20000_0003.jpg
I priced airfare, and the cheapest I could find from Sea-Tac to Jackson was in the 300-dollar range...SEA to SLC, then SLC to Jackson. So, at that rate, it'd be cheaper for me to drive (i'd probably cost me about 150 bucks in gas, round-trip, and I'm looking at an...oh...12-to-13-hour trip). Also, a week is a little long for me to be sleeping in ze car, so I'd be down for a little brotel or hostel action. Or Micah Black could just let me surf his couch, but I'm guessing that one's unlikely :D
So, Seattle folk, I'd be willing to carpool/convoy it with those interested. I have snowtires and chains, so this shouldn't be a problem (having already made it over Teton Pass once in a buddies 1975 chevy full-size 2WD, complete with me drunk to bits and pissing out the open door, because we couldn't stop for me to pee lest we lose our momentum up the hill. It looked dicey!). I'd probably drive to Bozeman, crash for the night at a buddy's, and then make the 3-4hr drive down to Jackson.
Note to self - get credit card. I've made it this far (I'm 24) without one, but it seems now is the time. I'm gonna need a grand for this trip at least, and no way could I save that amount of money up without it being touched somehow.
Is that an invite? I dunno... I've heard stories about ya! ;)Quote:
Originally posted by Telenater
It might suck less if you're not doing it solo,
The drive sounds awefully similar in length and even topography to my old drive of western CO out to LA (when I was living in CO and had to drive out to LA for family BS stuff). I always had to do it alone and in one shot. No problems, except once when I got hit with a snowstorm in Utah. It made it an hour or so longer. I had a partner a couple of times, and it went by like nothing. I'm not afeared.
http://www.affordaplane.com/Copy%20of%20000_0003.jpg
screw that. Fly this:
http://www.boeing.com/companyoffices.../c17/c1723.jpg
if Dick Cheney gets re-elected as VP, I could just fly on the Dick Cheney limo-hauling shuttle to Jackson. I'd just have to get to DC first. But then again, the re-election's about as likely as me crashing at Micah Black's.
Yeah, but how far will it go on $100?Quote:
I did it a couple times to SF after living in JH. It was between 13 and 16 hours and tended to average about 15.
Sprite, condo's are fairly reasonable right at the base. Basically the 3 cheapish choices are a condo at the base and pile it high with maggots, Hotel X, or a condo in the Aspens which is about 6 miles from the village. Cheap, decent, but not nearly as convenient.
I'm definitely thinking about a 4 or 5 day weekend visit out there.
It is very similar to the CO - LA drive, except I would say the Nevado I80 portion of this is worse. Weather is typically worse in the winter and it can be very windy. Very desolet too.
heh, it can probably idle on the ground for about 15 minutes...Quote:
Originally posted by EPSkis
Yeah, but how far will it go on $100?
This is what brownmonkey and bad_roo did during the Tahoe Summit. It was killer! Roo's crowd was awefully cool and a fun to be around. They were gonna have a good time no matter what. It also didn't hurt that the place the rented ruled. I've never played so much Galaga as I did there.Quote:
Originally posted by comish
I did it a couple times to SF after living in JH. It was between 13 and 16 hours and tended to average about 15.
Sprite, condo's are fairly reasonable right at the base. Basically the 3 cheapish choices are a condo at the base and pile it high with maggots,
That is true. There's definitely more mountain passes to cross on I-80, a bit more opportunity for nasty weather, although the Northern Nevada weather isn't as wet as Utah. It's a pretty nifty drive. Just don't do Hwy 50. Bad things happen on that road.Quote:
It is very similar to the CO - LA drive, except I would say the Nevado I80 portion of this is worse. Weather is typically worse in the winter and it can be very windy. Very desolet too.
FUCK! All this travelling talk is giving me hard-core wanderlust. Where can I go this weekend??? Oh, yeah, my car is busted.:mad:
Editted: 'cause me Engrish not too good.
For those not in the know.....
Is their another place to fly into that's cheaper?
Idaho Fallls is still pricey and Jackson is and arm and a leg.
Any Utards ever take the shuttle service from SLC? The flight to SLC is cheap and the shuttle not too bad.
Seems pretty cheap $102 versus renting a car.
Driving probably not an option given the 18 hrs in the car and giving up two days for travel.
edit: Just found an article saying that Southwest is going to cut prices up to 65% after August 16th. With any luck flights might be cheaper a little later in the summer.
Depending on # 's of people and how long you are going for a rental car isn't too bad. The times just never worked for me on the shuttle.
I have driven the SLC-JH route a bunch because the flight was always too pricey for me. I have mentioned it before, but typically route is fly to SLC, Ski alta (with patroller buddy), drive JH that afternoon (about 4-5 hrs), then repeat the whole process again when finished. This is the cheapest, most flexible way to do it.
Flights to JH do get cancelled as well. I did the drive last year and my dad flew, but he got screwed with weather cancelling his flight costing him a day of skiing. the drive was a bit hairy through the canyon that night, but still better than missing the next day of 7inches fresh and being the first 2 down the N Hoback!!! Damn I love that mtn! If the snow is good = best in N.AM.
Thanks Comish, that's definitely something to consider!! Hopefully us Tahoe maggots can book a few rows on a plane flight and plan exact dates together. It would be cheaper to fly to SLC, and get a bunch of people to one car..., etc. We'll figure it out.Quote:
Originally posted by comish
Flights to JH do get cancelled as well. I did the drive last year and my dad flew, but he got screwed with weather cancelling his flight costing him a day of skiing. the drive was a bit hairy through the canyon that night, but still better than missing the next day of 7inches fresh and being the first 2 down the N Hoback!!!
Jetter - it sounds like you have your work cut out for you. Don't you mean "brothel" action?? ;)Quote:
Originally posted by Jetter
so I'd be down for a little brotel or hostel action.
Nater - you and Uber really need to get it together. Doing it solo just isn't that rewarding! ;)
Uber...if the conditions are right, I'm thinking about making one MASSIVE road trip around the time of the summit. Something like this:Quote:
Originally posted by Ubersheist
FUCK! All this travelling talk is giving me hard-core wanderlust. Where can I go this weekend??? Oh, yeah, my car is busted.:mad:
Editted: 'cause me Engrish not too good.
SF-TAHOE-SLC-JH-BC (Golden, Kicking Horse, Whistler) and back to SF via WA (Baker?), & OR (Hood?). Conditions will dictate where most time is spent. If the conditions aren't right, I won't do it. It'll be fly by night. I'm thinkin' about taking 2 weeks. You and any other mag is welcome to roll along for any part of the journey.
By the way, did you ever get to use the Northstar pass?
Tell me about it.Quote:
Originally posted by divegirl
Nater - you and Uber really need to get it together. Doing it solo just isn't that rewarding! ;)
I'm certainly willing to do the drive if it isn't solo (and If I'm going to JH).
It's looking like I'm going to have play the choose 2 out of 3 game for next winter (Choices are: JH, Whistler, and Silverton). JH is the only one of the three I've been to before.
Sprite, the Hostel X is the absolute perfect skier's location from what I understand. Basic, cheap, and 100 yards from the freaking tram! All for a measely 55 bucks a night!
I'm worried it will book up too fast. Tell me, friends, are these fears justified? I don't want to dick anyone over by getting the last room or something...:( Is it likely?
Pumped for this! Finally a summit that I'll be able to make, a 4 hour drive down from Bozeman. Gonna have to start working on my contacts down there for a couch to surf. If worst comes to worst (and it aint that bad), got an Uncle in Driggs :D.
Yes. All the rooms are taken. You might want to rethink the trip.Quote:
Originally posted by Max Gosey
I'm worried it will book up too fast. Tell me, friends, are these fears justified? I don't want to dick anyone over by getting the last room or something...:( Is it likely?
All this talk of JH gives me a big woody.
I only have a hazy recall of my only trip ever to JH. It was with about 500 other party animals from my university on a package tour.
After surviving three hours of extremely nervous tension while the bus in front of us got the full bag search at the border (had to slap down the hand of my riduculously naive friend as he was about to ask the customs agent a question regarding the consequences associated with carrying illegal substances!! :eek: ), we arrived during a real dry spell with crap snow for days 1 and 2.
NewYears day we got whacked with a huge storm that kept dumping until we left. Main things I remember from that trip are: the hangovers, the beauty of the area and mountain, the skiing that was absolutely unreal after the beeyatch got powed up, and finishing pub crawl night at some country joint in town with real saddles at the bar that kicked ass. Yeehaw!! Oh yeah, the neon glowstick bowties me and my buddy wore to the New Year's party that drew babes to us like a bug zapper draws bugs. (this was allowed then, it was still the 80's)
I'm so feeling this place calling me back and looking forward to hooking up with the maggot crew for the first time. I'm going to make this happen!!:D Likely driving from Vancouver for an eight or nine day excursion. Will aim for any storms that are in my way and try to hit another cool place on the way (Red anyone?)
This past winter I did this drive with a friend and it sucked, it really really sucked. You cross 8 mountain passes and if it is windy and snowy the roads can blow.Quote:
Originally posted by Telenater
Easy solution...
More trips to VS, charge for pictures... :D
Uber, I did the drive this past winter. It sucks. It might suck less if you're not doing it solo, but it still sucks.
If you guys are looking to club together and bag a sweet house, try here...
http://www.vrbo.com/vacation-rentals/usa/wyoming#4821
http://images3.vrbo.com/vrbo/images/37507a.jpg
The Flophouse II?
Actually I think this one,Quote:
Originally posted by bad_roo
If you guys are looking to club together and bag a sweet house, try here...
http://www.vrbo.com/vacation-rentals/usa/wyoming#4821
http://images3.vrbo.com/vrbo/images/37507a.jpg
The Flophouse II?
http://images3.vrbo.com/vrbo/images/25648a.jpg
Flophouse II - A
or this one,
http://images3.vrbo.com/vrbo/images/27177a.jpg
Flophouse II - B
might work better given their location (#37507 looks to be at least 20 miles from JHMR), but I love the view from the other one.
(Pencil me in for 1 or possibly 2 spots on the TH-SU at the end of the Summit, regardless of where the Flophouse II will be located.)
I like the flophouse idea! I wish I had stayed at the Roo flophouse for the Tahoe Summit.
Sprite
Right. I'm in. ;)Quote:
Originally posted by Max Gosey
Allright. I'm not going, then.
No. I came into town for job interviews and ended up having one just about every day I was there. I thought I was going to have enough time to head up there, but I ended up just getting interview after interview. I believe the pass was only good on the weekdays, so I gave it to some guy at a shop who said he could use it. Thanks again, though!Quote:
Originally posted by FollowMe
By the way, did you ever get to use the Northstar pass?
Don't know if I could do the road trip thing. That's an aweful lot of time/money, and I'm not sure I'll have either then. I'll have to get back to you when the time gets closer to said dates.
A big trip. I don't know if I have commit to that kind of time, but I'd love to get a big posse of SF/Kookwood folks out in JHole.Quote:
Originally posted by FollowMe
Uber...if the conditions are right, I'm thinking about making one MASSIVE road trip around the time of the summit. Something like this:
SF-TAHOE-SLC-JH-BC (Golden, Kicking Horse, Whistler) and back to SF via WA (Baker?), & OR (Hood?). Conditions will dictate where most time is spent. If the conditions aren't right, I won't do it. It'll be fly by night. I'm thinkin' about taking 2 weeks. You and any other mag is welcome to roll along for any part of the journey.
By the way, did you ever get to use the Northstar pass?
So...did I miss it in the 4 pages of posts or are the Feb. dates gonna be it.?Quote:
Originally posted by teledave
Waiting for frozenwater to confirm, he's the man on this one. Everyone else is just pissing in the wind.
But those ARE the dates I wanna see! :D
We don't know yet, either. You didn't miss a thing. We're all just bullshitting with each other until frozenwater tells us the actual, final dates.Quote:
Originally posted by irul&ublo
So...did I miss it in the 4 pages of posts or are the Feb. dates gonna be it.?
Ok, then! Back to it!
Yeah, I like that LCC is directly between Tahoe and JH, it really makes the road trip attractive if the proper systems roll in. :DQuote:
Originally posted by Greydon Clark
A big trip. I don't know if I have commit to that kind of time, but I'd love to get a big posse of SF/Kookwood folks out in JHole.
From the official Jackson Hole Summit thread:
Quote:
Originally posted by frozenwater
Well, I have a home in the greater jackson hole area (read victor idaho) and am traveling a stishload trying to wrap up the last bit of business I had in SLC. Living with my brother when I am in SLC.
Give me another week guys and I will be settled and in my new job and able to devout some time into getting a date set.
--I will check in here very sporadically as my brother has no internet connection and I am no longer at a desk much at all....
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Why put it on hold when you can bump it?
^
bizzump, cuz I'm bored and thinking of being in Jackson this Feb.
One more time!
Bump
Cause I can't be the only one who's behind on this info.
Quote:
Originally Posted by bagtagley
Yeh, It seems like there are way too many JH Summit threads. I'm working on a new official thread that has all the lodging/events/ticket info and links. I should be able to have it up later this week.
BTW official dates are Feb 4-14.
-sherpa