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Keeping the Ms.' out of the spa at El Monte Segrado was the biggest challenge to my wallet :-) . We did have a chance to make it down to the San Francisco de Asis Church, quite a nifty place, along with visiting the one at Taos Pueblo. Didn't happen to eat at the Mexican place down there...

Awhile back I posted about going to Utah versus Tahoe for President's Day week. Well, we ultimately decided to do neither once we looked at how the trips were going to pan out cost wise and given the likely snow conditions. Decided on driving up to Taos for the week with a stop at Santa Fe for...

A ski would work well too! :-)

Tony, Was more curious than anything. We want to do a long trip up that way including winter touring Yellowstone and Grand Teton, thus the interest. At this point, I'm definitely more inclined to just try to go for it next January or early February assuming they don't have another year like...

Question for the experts, with Jackson now at 5 to 6 foot base, is it worth skiing? Or still better to wait for another year? Just curious.

Glad to see the gnome is having the same dilemma I am. I don't plan on booking till around Feb 3, so maybe I'll wait for his decision. :-) Thanks for the advice everyone. I'm leaning towards SLC, but need to convince the wife. I figure avoiding Park City for the primary weekend is probably...

Curious to get opinions on this one. I'll be doing a full week of skiing for President's Day, driving from AZ to my destination. I've played with the idea of Telluride or Taos, but figure those would be better saved for a 4 or 5 day weekend (since they're both a good bit closer than SLC or...

Sunrise is still shut as of tomorrow (1/26/2010) with no power, claiming they have 6 to 9 feet of snow untouched. I only was able to make it out of Phoenix to Albuquerque for a long weekend by detouring through Deming, NM via I10 (all roads north and east of Phoenix were still closed as of...

Tons of snow and no way to get to it. Snowbowl reports 57 to 82 inches in the last 7 days with 24-40 inches yesterday alone and is closed down. Sunrise same thing. Every major road out of the Phoenix metro area to the north and east is closed due to snow or landslides (or a combination...

Part of me is thinking that way, but if we're just looking for a part-day fix since focus of the trip isn't skiing, we may still just check out Sandia to ride the aerial tram and ski a few hours. It looks like the sort of place that may be worth visiting once, plus from what I've heard, Santa...

Thanks for the clarification; I actually knew the part about the bars. I always see this brought up in ski publications and what not, and it seems like it's really just a non-issue.

All I can say is that Colorado has beer above 3.5% ABV \:D/ .

Just to chime in, from Flagstaff, AZ NWS: I actually pulled the plug on going up to Flagstaff this weekend to do a day at Snowbowl and a day of nordic since surfaces seem to have taken a beating up there this week with temperatures up in the 40s. I'll be out in New Mexico next weekend if...

All the more reason that Wolf Creek at $52 a ticket is an amazing deal...

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James, The worst part of it is that the sign is no bull. We skied there after a wet 6 inches or so with it warming above freezing and we literally got covered in that crap raining down from us on the lift. Thus, not only did Wolf Creek cost $7 less to ski at that Greek Peak, but we did not...

Schubwa, I'd consider Bachelor. We'll be going to Vegas for a personal obligation April 10 though and then need to head to LA April 17, so it seems like a perfect idea to just try to take the week off and hit Mammoth with a detour in between. I've actually heard good things about flying...

This was the way we were getting the last two years of so we were in Ithaca. Unless conditions looked absolutely awesome, it just wasn't worth the activation energy (and the gas and lift tickets quite frankly) to get out and go for epic day trips with 2 to 3 hour drives each way. Now, quite...

To follow up to some of the discussion here after my report. Moving to Phoenix had more to do with where I could get a job as a doctoral RCG in a specialized engineering field; not planning my life around skiing :-) . I almost landed a position in SLC which would have been a dream come true...

Days one and two of the 2009/2010 season for my wife and I after taking all of 2008/2009 off while I wrapped up my degree and relocated from New York to Arizona. For the record, also the first two days of western skiing either of us have ever done! Drive up from Mesa, AZ got pretty hair...