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Originally Posted by mefa30
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Originally Posted by Snowy Spartan
FYI, Just watch out for the CH police and don't speed on Ft. Union if you drive with any contraband or leave the HogSwallow after 10 pm.
same situation here, but only for a winter.
Not really looking to work. More ski and ski more.
What are the relaxed places to live close to LCC? / SLC
Spent two winters in B.C, really liked the loose 420ski bum mentality there. Will probably find it in UT as well?
Good advice.Quote:
Originally Posted by sicktird
Plenty of good info on the last page.Quote:
Originally Posted by the_teo
If you spend more time in the mountains and forest land than city, go Cottonwood Heights - Millcreek. Short commutes to the hills and cheap, safe housing. If you are the type of person to complain about the quality of Ethiopian food offerings, live closer to Sugar House or Downtown/Avenues. More property crime towards the city center and especially towards the 'center' of the valley, State St. Against that you have to be careful with commuting, the valley is no DC or LA but it offers up frustrating commutes if you don't plan it. Balance the recreation location preference with your work commute and get a short rental in case you fuck up.
I live a little under 2 miles from the Black Diamond HQ. There's a reason why they're based in Millcreek. Access to mountains, just about non-existent traffic inside the beltway (215), and if you need to get downtown or to the airport it's a whopping 15-20 minutes on average. Brutal shit.
There are so many action junkies in this valley it will never lack for available partners in biking, rock climbing, skiing, touring, snowshoeing, hiking, mountaineering, etc. If you have an internet connection and can interact with other people you will find a niche of like-minded crazies with ease.
^ really good advice on short-term rental. It's a quirky city to figure out how to live in, and your experience can be very different depending on where in the valley you end up. I'm the pinky-finger-extended-from-my-glass snob who complains about the restaurants, so I ended up moving downtown (700 E, 200 S) and totally love it. Far enough east to be safe, close enough to the major city center to have good bars and restaurants in walking distance. Still only ~35 mins to Alta or Solitude, and I got in plenty of dawn patrols this past season.
If I were looking to buy, it'd probably be Millcreek, for all the reasons Bromontana said. There's a pretty active group of mags in the SLC valley up for basically any outdoor-related activity with any work schedule, just post in the Wasatch stoke thread or message some people or whatnot.
What good does it do to lie, billy? Nobody likes a liar, billy.Quote:
Originally Posted by mbillie1
maybe you drive slow? I'm on 700, 35 mins door to door is a pretty reasonable estimate unless traffic is bad
edit: Google maps says 42 mins right now, in pretty peak traffic, to Alta
There is peak traffic to Alta right now? Who'd a thought?
I live 6 miles closer than you and it's about 30-35 minutes, speeding the whole way with no traffic.Quote:
Originally Posted by mbillie1
On a powder day? Yeah, there is a ton of traffic on snowy roads. It can take me an hour to get up then, sometimes it's 2-3 hours.
I wanna be nice and let the guy know realistic commute times.
Google says 37mins now from billies to Snowbeard. I used to have a condo in the same building. Because its on 700E, an 8 lane semi-divided road, the mileage isnt all that relevant.
I live 37 blocks closer and it still takes me 6 mins less (31mins) to Snowbeard, roads I use just aren't as good.
Kind of like Sandy, it can take 20 minutes just to sit through lights in Sandy going north or south in traffic. 700 east in the north end of the valley doesn't play games like that. 50mph on 700e, 75mph on 215, 50mph on 211. Bada bing.
The point on LCC red snake fuckfest is valid, a big reason why I avoid LCC resorts and touring on pow days.
If you expect these commute times on sunny saturdays after fresh snow make sure to bring some aspirin. Unless you're talking BCC, which is still tolerable.
He said Alta, you are plugging in Snowbird....whatever I don't want to split hairs anymore but in his words "pretty reasonable" is when my bullshit meter went off. You aren't going anywhere as fast as you say when you hit red lights on 700e, get stuck behind one slow guy going 30-40 up LCC, hit a speedtrap at China Wall, etc. etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bromontana
say 45 minutes with no snow, no traffic and call it good. 35 minutes is reasonable when the star align.
Fair enough, not a big emotional attachment here. The fact I live so much closer but face a very similar commute just reinforces a quirk of this valley. The right roads and yer money.
But yeah, I like to get up the hill about 10am or noon. Way late and properly stoned. Don't have any appetite to participate in the rat race. Not why I moved here.
How long to go from slc to alta?
Closer than any other major city + A quality hill. Minutiae all resides well below the main point of accessibility.
according to googles stupid maps website. I live 18.5 miles from Altas parking lot. I am in Sandy. I take wasatch blvd typically (googles preferred route as well). Google thinks it takes 49min door to door. Unless its a deep ass day, and I dont leave til after 8 (with 830 expected rd opening) it never takes me that long. I typically leave on a normal non pow average day at about 840. Arrive in atlas lot typically around 9:05-9:10. Time to boot up, walk in and maybe take a leak and hop on a lift. I will say one idiot going exactly the speed limit on Wasatch can cost me a few min overall some days, but still nowhere near 49min (avg day). Note to anyone travelling Wasatch from 1700E area on the regular. There are a couple traps on that road. I'd stick to no more than 5-7mph over.
Fair enough. I probably should have said "it normally takes me 35 minutes door to door when I go ski" which more often than not is a trailhead not all the way up at Alta/Solitude, and is normally either very early in the morning on a weekday when there is no traffic whatsoever or non-peak traffic times (10am or something) on the weekend. Like Bromontana I assiduously avoid the rat race.Quote:
Originally Posted by muted
^^^today in LA on the 405. We were going 3-4 miles an hour for 30 minutes. Basically a parking lot. So you utards have nothing on this
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We ski Alta 100+ days per year, 13 miles door to door, takes 20 minutes on a normal day. Travel time on a powder day is not so much travel time but sitting in line waiting for the road to open. Of course if the UPD would uniformly enforce the the 4 X 4 / chains requirement things would go better. (frustrating to pass a Prius stuck half way up the canyon) Yes, LCC can be a PIA during the holidays and weekend powder days. Honestly, last season I would say we had the red snake about four or five days. On powder days it is far worse in the morning with everyone trying to get first turns. Often by early afternoon plenty of folks have left for the day. Yes, LCC can be a a tough slog down but in the final analysis I spend 20 minutes driving home 95% of the time. Hopefully next season I have to spend more time in the snarl which means more POW days.
We must live really close ha.... 14 miles from me according to googlez.....i never clocked it myself....cant be far off.Quote:
Originally Posted by bigdude2468
We have nothing on LA traffic, true. But I've seen traffic backed up 6 miles from the mouth of LLC, and that's another 10 miles to Alta from there. We've had a few days in a row this season where it has taken 2-3 hours to get down from Alta, to the base of LLC. So "3-4 miles an hour for 30 minutes" is pretty fast comparably. Only LA peeps come here and think "At least it's not LA!!!".Quote:
Originally Posted by whyturn
I am psyched to hear they are charging for parking this season, I hope it helps.
i figure by skiing the bigger better canyon
i ski at least 8 hours a season that the lemmins spend conga lining
thats 20 days i could have spent sitting in line instead of skiing
I can walk to Del Taco on 1300 East, open 24 hrs. Love walking through the drive up after hours.Quote:
Originally Posted by Skidog
It is not going to help, bus service sucks. Lets see what the details are
Getting closer to the big move Look forward to putting faces to names and some MTB and pow
we are close. I am at 1300E and 11400S roughly.Quote:
Originally Posted by bigdude2468
So I am here in SLC for 48 hours on sight see, interview and hopefully lock down rental. If your around send a PM.
Not sure what you're looking for in terms of rental but I've got a pretty big basement that I'm about to list. I think we are about 10 miles from the bottom of LCC, pretty close to the mouth of the canyon. You can't walk to del taco but you could walk over to dibs house so bonus points for that.
Classic. Looking for stand alone home with yard 2000 sq ft 4 bed
But always wanted to meet dibs
We are closer 1000E and 11400S roughly. I can see Alta High from my house.Quote:
Originally Posted by Skidog
WhyTurn good luck on the hunt !
Found one in Layton. At snowbasin Now.
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30 minutes from house. Ring winter on
Sweet! Check out Antelope Island, it's rad (I think at least) to run / trail run / bike / etc
youre welcome to join our crew for neil young lawn seats tonight out at usanna
preparty 4:20 at the crib
pmed ya digits
BLUF: who wouldn't want to live within 45 minutes of 11,000' mountains with 500" of snow?
I'll weigh in. At time this thread was started, wife and I were on our way to UT. Settled in about 15 February and never looked back. We live in Sugarhouse, which might be about as awesome as I can imagine. Access to Sugarhouse center means brewery, pizza, movie theater and the beloved Deseret Bookstore (oops). Not very Mormony around here. Super good access to Wasatch and Park City. We're torn about whether to stay here or buy a house in Sandy, Cottonwood Heights, etc. Want a newer, bigger house. That's not easy in the Sugarhouse Neigbhorhood. BUt the prevalence of heretics is very compelling.
There are LOTS of normal people here. And lots of apostates who are looking to become normal.
For context, we thought about moving to Seattle. A visit in July affirmed our decision. SLC was the better option due to weather, traffic and access to the fun stuff for which we moved in the first place.
Moved into Layton house last night. It's so quiet here vs our old place in LA. Still working on best solution for bugs by back door. Should be an hour from cottonwoods and basin/pow mow. Looking forward to the winter and local days. Down the street from sils and a smiths. Also a temple on corner but there just people too.
house for sale on our cul de sac (sandy). always looking for like minded neighbors ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Skirotica
We're shopping. What's the street?Quote:
Originally Posted by criscam
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Originally Posted by Skirotica
Did you end up with a job in SLC? Are you going to get a Basin pass? Let me know if you want to get a MTB ride in before winter starts.Quote:
Originally Posted by whyturn
When it's not bug season.Quote:
Originally Posted by mbillie1
+1, took half the ride home to get the flies out of my car. The buffalo were relaxed, but the bugs are light torture in the physical sense.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dantheman
Seriously, those flies will straight-up murder you.
But the buffalo are so cool
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