Snowmass 3.27

[rfarren]

Skied snowmass. Did the hanging wall, cirque and all that. Plenty of snow. I think Aspen highlands is a far better mountain as well as Ajax. The bottom two thirds of Snowmass should be called flatmass. I like the Aspen mountains as they have a lot fewer people than Summit County and Vail, and things get skied off slower with less competition. The same thing goes for Alta/Snowbird, I can't imagine rolling in at 9:30 there and not worrying about getting the good lines. The mountains at Aspen are pretty laid back in comparison

 

[Tony Crocker]

I agree with nearly all of the above. For a large destination, Aspen/Snowmass is one of the most crowd free. But most of Snowmass is flat and you have to ski quite a bit of that to get back to the interesting stuff. That can be a virtue on a powder day, sort of like Solitude.

Looks like you did well with snow, as I have on 2 of my 3 trips there. But the stats say Vail has a big snowfall edge over Summit County and Aspen/Snowmass. At any rate this has been a huge snow year for the I-70 ski areas, one of the reasons I'm going there for my next destination trip.

 

[SoCal Rider]

Skied snowmass. Did the hanging wall, cirque and all that. Plenty of snow. I think Aspen highlands is a far better mountain as well as Ajax. The bottom two thirds of Snowmass should be called flatmass.

Now why ya wanna upset egieszl?

 

[egieszl]

I'm not going to get upset. If you prefer Highlands or AJAX then be my guest. One less person to compete with for first tracks. I like Highlands a lot and AJAX is pretty good, but Mt. Baldy sucks.