Ski season 2023-24

[jdhorn92 1552]

Heading to Breckenridge Week between Christmas and New Years. Wife wants to try CO after many years in Park City and DV.  Any hacks for a first timer to Breck?  We’ve skied all over CO, just never Breckenridge 
 

We’re staying in a condo off lowest 4 O’clock run.  
 

Dinner reservations so far at Hearthstone and Blue River Bistro. 

[LonghornJones 837]

17 minutes ago, jdhorn92 said:

 Any hacks for a first timer?  

Wear a rubber, dude.

[LonghornJones 837]

Also, there's a thread on this in Hobbies. FYI

[wild_turkey 3172]

Also, there's a thread on this in Hobbies. FYI

Which is a terrible place for it.

[Upgrayedd 5816]

1 hour ago, wild_turkey said:

Which is a terrible place for it.

Why?  

[wild_turkey 3172]

Why?  

It’s an activity that is heavily intertwined with travel. At least half of the discussion on skiing is actually discussion about which places are nice to visit, how to get there, where to stay, where to eat, etc.

The skiing thread was on the Food and Travel board up until a few years ago and still belongs here.

[texasdago 7575]

2 hours ago, wild_turkey said:

It’s an activity that is heavily intertwined with travel. At least half of the discussion on skiing is actually discussion about which places are nice to visit, how to get there, where to stay, where to eat, etc.

The skiing thread was on the Food and Travel board up until a few years ago and still belongs here.

Agreed... we had it here and then someone kept moving it to hobbies.  Jump over there - thread is more active.

[wild_turkey 3172]

Agreed... we had it here and then someone kept moving it to hobbies.  Jump over there - thread is more active.

We should have immamac move it back here. Or don’t, whatever, but it makes more sense in Travel than in Hobbies.

[Gladeite 375]

Best place in town is probably Rootstalk.   Relish is very good.  Ember is very good for shareable plates.  The new Carlin for seafood is pretty good and their downstairs Tavern is great for bar food/drinks.  

Casual for us is Sancho's for tacos, Canteen for burgers, Tin Plate for pizza.  

We do happy hours at Aurum, Hearthstone and Twist. 

For breakfast, we rotate between Columbine Cafe and Blue Moose.

 

[TexasHooch 5122]

Any recs on park/all Mountain skis?  My boy is racing, but also wants a versatile pair that will work in the park and on groomers.  We're in the Midwest, so not having backcountry or deep powder skis is fine. 

Right now we're leaning towards the Armada ARV 88.

Bonus question: Do I need to get the kid a second pair of boots too?  He loves his race boots, but I'm not sure it'll be comfortable on rec skis.  

Edited November 17, 2023 by TexasHooch

[Pokoloco 1281]

Skiing is cold and dangerous. 

[TexasHooch 5122]

Luckily hockey is in the rear view, so it's either that or ice fishing 3-4 days a week.  Given the two, I'd rather sit in the Chalet.

[jdhorn92 1552]

22 hours ago, LonghornJones said:

Also, there's a thread on this in Hobbies. FYI

Thanks Ill take it over to Hobbies. Thought it was weird not to find anything ski trip related on Travel

 

@immamac feel free to move this over to Hobbies, my bad.

[Carl Spackler 3488]

On 11/17/2023 at 10:31 AM, Pokoloco said:

Skiing is cold and dangerous. 

It was that way for some people at Tahoe Palisades f/k/a Squaw Valley today, unfortunately.  RIP to the poor person who died in the 'lanche.  KT-22 is no joke.  

https://www.yahoo.com/news/searches-under-way-following-avalanche-193736273.html

[crash_davis 23114]

18 hours ago, Carl Spackler said:

It was that way for some people at Tahoe Palisades f/k/a Squaw Valley today, unfortunately.  RIP to the poor person who died in the 'lanche.  KT-22 is no joke.  

https://www.yahoo.com/news/searches-under-way-following-avalanche-193736273.html

 

[crash_davis 23114]

 

[TexasHooch 5122]

My kid has his first  race of the year this weekend.  These are the highs.

[texasdago 7575]

Be sure to wrap your ski poles with insulating foam and get one gallon of water per day, per family member, per ski race.

 

[wackawacka 179]

ski season in full swing here.

Edited January 21 by wackawacka

[blacklab 11941]

thread in hobbies