Utah locals! Impromptu Utah ski area preference check.

**ColdSmoke** · 01-11-2006, 04:24 PM

I know that feelings about any particular ski area change all the time, but I'm curious about how the locals would force rank the 14 Utah ski areas (I'm mostly curious about which will be the top and bottom spots). I did not put Elk Meadows on the list because it has been out of business for at least two seasons and didn't open again this year. We have to take off Nordic Valley since no one in this forum can honestly pick that one anyway. Oops. I see that there can only be 10 choices in a poll. We have to take off two more to even have the poll. I don't believe anyone will argue with taking off Brianhead and Sundance becuase locals already know where those two places would rank in any poll that could be run.

So.....out of the 10 ski areas worthy of a vote, which is your ski area of choice in Utah?

(The poll is set to display who votes so please keep it to local opinion for purposes of this poll)

**MacDaddy** · 01-11-2006, 04:33 PM

I mostly Ski Solitude but hands down ALTA is special, not to mention pretty HARDCOREMOFO!

**Buzzworthy** · 01-11-2006, 04:46 PM

1. Basin
2. Solitude
3. Whatever I am in the mood for

Pass at Beaver based on local to my house.

From my experiences at each mountain, here is my ranking (based on mostly snowboarding, as I just got skiing again part of last year)

1. Snowbasin
2. Solitude
3. Brighton
4. Powmow
5. Alta
6. Snowbird
7. Canyons
8. Beaver

Never been to DV, PCMR, Sundance, Brian Head, ......

**powstash** · 01-11-2006, 05:03 PM

none of the above?

**Below Zero** · 01-11-2006, 05:05 PM

Utah Locals? What the fuck kind of poll is this. This is discrimination and I think ColdSmoke should be banned on those grounds!

**Buzzworthy** · 01-11-2006, 05:11 PM

Originally Posted by Below Zero

Utah Locals? What the fuck kind of poll is this. This is discrimination and I think ColdSmoke should be banned on those grounds!

He is a lot bigger than you J.

Plus he is not a local, he is from Canadia for craps sake

**ColdSmoke** · 01-11-2006, 06:23 PM

Originally Posted by Buzzworthy

Plus he is not a local, he is from Canadia for craps sake

Hey hoser. I've been here more than ten years now. I thought I was a local, eh?

**AstroPax** · 01-11-2006, 06:35 PM

Originally Posted by ColdSmoke

I don't believe anyone will argue with taking off Brianhead and Sundance becuase locals already know where those two places would rank in any poll that could be run.

Personally, I would have included Sundance in lieu of The Canyons and/or Brighton.

-Astro

**MOHSHSIHd** · 01-11-2006, 06:47 PM

**Shredgar** · 01-11-2006, 07:55 PM

What? No choice for the terrain between the ski areas?

The best & longest shots are in the backcountry.

For me:

Snowbasin - Untracked all season in John Paul, The Pope, No Name, FTG, Hell Canyon & Strawberry before the new lifts went in. It's still pretty darn good.
Powmow - Still untracked laps all season.
Alta - Still deepest, still cheapest.
Snowbird
Solitude

Hard for me to pay to ski anywhere else.

**tomw_n** · 01-11-2006, 09:52 PM

Brighton rocks. Millicent on a powder day is quiet and full of high-class skiers and riders. I haven't seen hucks of the quantity, consistency and quality in any other resort ever.

The base facilities are passable, the terrain is excellent, the vert is good for Utah, the people are friendly, the tickets / SP are (is) cheap (Shredgar - Brighton 44, Alta 49?), and Wolverine is right on the doorstep. Love this place.

1. Brighton
2. Pow Mow
3. toss up between the Bird and Tude

**ptavv** · 01-11-2006, 10:01 PM

There's a 0% chance Alta will not win this poll.

**iceman** · 01-11-2006, 10:13 PM

I see Stumpy is still trying to throw people off the Alta train.

**basinbeater** · 01-11-2006, 10:44 PM

I voted Alta, but I got a pass at Snowbasin this winter. The conditions are always good at Alta, except the holidays or vacation time, ugh.

**Dugar_92** · 01-11-2006, 11:06 PM

I like the Jeremy Ranch Golf Course.

**Woodsy** · 01-12-2006, 01:06 PM

got reminded whyI love Alta so much.
and on a saturday even.

**Buzzworthy** · 01-12-2006, 01:20 PM

Originally Posted by ColdSmoke

Hey hoser. I've been here more than ten years now. I thought I was a local, eh?

Just messin Smoke, you know I am not serious.

**shit sandwich** · 01-12-2006, 02:32 PM

You forgot to put Sundance on there

Alta, Sundance, and Snowbird.

**schindlerpiste** · 01-12-2006, 03:24 PM

Alta
Snowbird
The Canyons
Snowbasin
Solitude

**Lumpy** · 01-12-2006, 03:55 PM

Pow Mow...luv for old school everything. The "soul" is unmeasurable. However the amount of human waste accumulated in the non-working toilets is measurable in metric tons every year.