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    Great Deer Valley Deal NOW

    Apologies in advance to admin et al if this is outside the rules of this establishment.... We had paid for 4 nights at Deer Valley?s Fawngrove Condos in Snow Park Village, a 2 bedroom w. Hot Tub and daily maid service... Sadly my wife?s father died hours ago and we have to cancel our trip...
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    Great Deer Valley Deal NOW

    Apologies in advance to admin et al if this is outside the rules of this establishment.... We had paid for 4 nights at Deer Valley?s Fawngrove Condos in Snow Park Village, a 2 bedroom w. Hot Tub and daily maid service... Sadly my wife?s father died hours ago and we have to cancel our trip...
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    A quick thanks for the Alta/Bird advice

    just wanted to post a quick thanks to the Marcs and Tony and Jeff for all the great advice. we had a great 4 days and skied most everything you guys recommended with the exception of the Catherine?s Area. Hit Alta on Friday (Yellow Trail, East Greeley, Ballroom, etc, 7.5 hours of skiing that...
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    Alta/Bird Advice

    Damn! Bare knees and filthy snow with rocks. The lady's must eat that up with a spoon!
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    Alta/Bird Advice

    Thanks for your time and advice, and this I promise: I will clog no traverses nor gates. (after all, it really doesn't sound that different from the folks who don't step all the way into the subway car at rush hour)
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    Alta/Bird Advice

    looks great... will try and do it the afternoon of our first day...
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    Alta/Bird Advice

    Can't get Topozone to work. Bummer. Don't think it's your link, it doesn't seem to want to show me anything! Will keep trying... Thanks
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    Alta/Bird Advice

    also, is there an Emoticon to indicate someone who doesn't know how to use emoticons? :roll: :-({|=
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    Alta/Bird Advice

    javascript:emoticon(':shock:')Wow. Can't wait to try it all, it sounds wonderful! Just so I'm oriented properly...javascript:emoticon(':roll:') Starting from the brilliant assumptions that: the West Rustler lines face west (best saved for end of day) and east greeley faces east (best for...
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    Alta/Bird Advice

    Ok use Utahans My wife and I will be staying at the Cliff lodge for 4 days of skiing across the MLK weekend. Have had 1 day at Alta and a few at Snowbird in the past... Hoping to spend more time at Alta than at Snowbird this time around... We are Blue/Black skiers looking to work our way off...
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    Boot fitter Recommendation in SLC

    Will be out Skiing Alta/Snowbird for a long weekend mid January and would like to find a boot guru who can help me with some issues. Don't really trust any of the folks I've found at home (NYC) Recently, a guy I was refered to while in Big Sky asked while working on my boot "why the orthotics...
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    Worth it? PILE ON! PNW

    1st, What's TGW? I've taken my crew on more than a few ski vacations... With younger kids, I'm not convinced Ski in Ski out is always worth it... Sometimes the access trail isn't the easiest for a little kid, sometimes there's lots of flats, which means skate and tow (and fall), sometimes the...
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    Worth it? PILE ON! PNW

    So we have 2 families 5 kids from ages 4-8, the adults are strong intermediates to expert skiers. The timing of the trip is tied to the kids vacation so we are talking mid decemeber - xmas. Intend to back out of our Utah plans, the question is: Which PNW area would be best for us given the...
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