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Old December 8th 04, 03:45 AM
Paul Christofanelli
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Sean wrote:

: Could any of you that have spent time at Steamboat and Vail shed some light
: on how the blues at each compare? I have heard that Steamboat blue trails
: would be green at most of the other slopes in CO. I'm taking the girlfriend
: to Vail in a couple of weeks and she is crossing the line between beginner
: and intermediate skiier- she had no problems with the blues at Steamboat,
: but if a
: Vail blue is a little tougher I'd like to line her up with a lesson on day
: one. (Neither of us have been to Vail)

: Also, for those that have ridden Vail - are the back bowls for the extreme
: boarders or could an intermediate level rider handle the terrain?

There's plenty of 'easy' blues at Vail, no doubt. Stick to the Lionshead
side and you should be fine, except you might have to take the cat track
near the bottom, skipping the last pitch. Game Creek bowl (up on that
same side of the mountain) also has lots of blue/green.

BTW, I don't think that Steamboat's blues are in general easier than other
blues at big CO resorts.

As far as back bowls go (I'm chuckling thinking of the comments you'll
probably get), they're not extreme at all. Just a basic black pitch in
general, but ungroomed, so they would definitely tend to be harder...but
since you're (apparently) on a board, ungroomed is probably not that big
of a step. There are blue ways into the back, over on the China Bowl
side, that are partly groomed at least. I think Blue sky bowl (other
side of the drainage) is a little steeper and it's steeper on the west
end of the complex.

If a 'couple weeks' means before Christmas, then you should have
lots of fun.

-Paul C.

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