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hdiddy
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I'd say Heavenly. Clydesdad skis there. 
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Sugarloafer
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| robrox wrote: | | SkaredShtles wrote: | | Keystone. Hands down the best. Gapers EVERYWHERE. Most resorts you can avoid them with a little judicious thought. Not Keystone. |
I take it you have never been to Mt Snow or Stratton. Don't even get me started about Killington!
Those places are in range for Boston and New York City...
I have a lot of sympathy for the mountain staff at all those ski hills, every day is a real workout..... |
You could add Loon and Okemo to that list.
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SkaredShtles
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| ghostofcarl wrote: | | Look in the mirror? Many resorts have double blacks that are 30 degrees. |
Hey - there's a resort in Michigan that proudly proclaims triple-blacks.  |
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Rick Cronk
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Joisey's Mountain Creek. The buses start rolling in not long after first chair. Upon emptying, they return to their various suburbs, malls, and bus stops, pack em in fender to fender and return once again to unload on the slopes.
Lots of buses... all .... day...long. Gapers, lots of them, hordes of them! You want em? You can have as many as you'd like.
I just can't imagine another ski area with a crowd like it.
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keithermadness
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| SkaredShtles wrote: | | ghostofcarl wrote: | | Look in the mirror? Many resorts have double blacks that are 30 degrees. |
Hey - there's a resort in Michigan that proudly proclaims triple-blacks. |
How would you know that?
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hdiddy
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Speaking of Gapers... the GSA thread on TGR is pretty friggin funny.
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ghostofcarl
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| keithermadness wrote: | | SkaredShtles wrote: | | ghostofcarl wrote: | | Look in the mirror? Many resorts have double blacks that are 30 degrees. |
Hey - there's a resort in Michigan that proudly proclaims triple-blacks. |
How would you know that?
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It's been mentioned here before? They and Cragieburn, NZ |
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robrox
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| Sugarloafer wrote: | | robrox wrote: | | SkaredShtles wrote: | | Keystone. Hands down the best. Gapers EVERYWHERE. Most resorts you can avoid them with a little judicious thought. Not Keystone. |
I take it you have never been to Mt Snow or Stratton. Don't even get me started about Killington!
Those places are in range for Boston and New York City...
I have a lot of sympathy for the mountain staff at all those ski hills, every day is a real workout..... |
You could add Loon and Okemo to that list. |
An oversight, thanks
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SoulMan
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| Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 5:32 pm Post subject: Re: Help! Where can I find the most Gapers? |
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| Baaahb wrote: | <<excerpt>>
Fortunately, there is an easy remedy. All I need to do is spend a few days at one of the resorts with real gapers -- and LOTS of them -- so I can better comprehend y'all's comments (yup, yup) on this free-heal forum.
So where should I go for this remeducation? What resort is guaranteed to have the most gapers per lift? With a capital G? |
Whistler. Lots of 'mupheres and one-week-a-year skiers who go places on the slopes where they shouldn't, block the access to lift lines with their buds while checking their iPhones, try to close the window on the Gondola while fully dressed for a day on the slopes, take up the WHOLE cat track making fear turns, and...of course, my favorite addressed in the opening of this most important thread--ringing my bell with that dang safety bar as soon as they get on the lift.
At least they have money so they dress nice.
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SkaredShtles
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| keithermadness wrote: | <snip>
How would you know that?
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Morbid curiosity?  |
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keithermadness
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| SkaredShtles wrote: | | keithermadness wrote: | <snip>
How would you know that?
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Morbid curiosity? |
Good thing, you had me worried for a moment.
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steven hatcher
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Wow, reality check.
So, Baaahb, I always figured you were a gaper and proud of it. Kinda waving the gaper flag like you owned it kinda thing. Now you're telling me you don't know what one is? I feel I've lost touch with you.
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dirtnerd
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I'm surprised no one has hit on Gaper central:
Southern California.
Big bear / arrowhead / etc.
what's more hollywood than, well you know... |
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bergbryce
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| Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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| B wrote: | Next year at Kirkwood?
(I sure hope not.) |
This past week at Vailwood. I've heard it's already happened. |
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MattB
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Monarch over spring break is a good place and time to find them. But only one lift has the bar, the Pioneer low speed quad.
And Skared, which Mi resort has the triple black? I need to get over there and ski it so I can sew the patch to my waterproof shell. (assuming they sell the triple black patch there - surely they must!).
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