Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 Apollo 5/13/85; site apollo.uucp Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!apollo!rees From: rees@apollo.uucp (Jim Rees) Newsgroups: net.rec.ski Subject: Re: Places To Ski--Washington Message-ID: <2a1381bb.1de6@apollo.uucp> Date: Mon, 11-Nov-85 14:39:06 EST Article-I.D.: apollo.2a1381bb.1de6 Posted: Mon Nov 11 14:39:06 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Nov-85 07:15:31 EST References: <1251@vax1.fluke.UUCP> Organization: Apollo Computer, Chelmsford, Mass. Lines: 19 I think this is a great idea, reviewing your local slopes for those of us who might want to ski there some time. Would someone please like to do Colorado next? I'm going there over Thanksgiving, to Steamboat. Did I make the right choice? My only comment is that Stevens is much nicer than Snoqualmie. We used to drive all the way to Stevens rather than go to Snoqualmie, which is much closer to Seattle. Crystal is still my personal favorite, but it's pretty remote from Seattle by Northwest standards. Something I would like to see in a ski area review is an estimate of how far the slopes are from 1) lodging and 2) a town big enough to have a movie theatre and some restaurants. One reason you could never consider Washington for a ski vacation is that none of the areas have lodging or towns anywhere nearby. The one time I went away for a ski trip was to Big Mountain in Montana. Very nice, and accessible by train (a big consideration for me), but there isn't any way to get into town from the lodging at the slopes.