Hello! I'm planning our first trip out west for my 11 y/o son and I. We're from Boston, so he's only ever skied in the East. I've only been skiing in CO once when I was a kid.
I have an Ikon pass & have narrowed it down to Jackson Hole, Alta/Snowbird, or Winter Park. If we do Alta/Snowbird we would go December 12th-18th & stay at Alta but ski both and probably more of snowbird. If we did Jackson Hole or Winter Park I'd likely book late January/early February. I'd like to avoid holidays/high volume days, so would probably aim to ski M-F.
My biggest concerns are:
For alta/snowbird - is 12/12-12/18 too early in the season to really enjoy the skiing, will we be able to ski between the two mountains then?
For Jackson Hole - I'm wondering if the terrain will be too advanced for us to really be able to fully enjoy it? We're both intermediate to advanced skiers, but definitely not expert. We ski mostly blues and blacks, but I'm also wondering how that will translate out west vs what we're used to skiing on.
The draw for Jackson is the views/location, but really I think we'd get more out of the snowbird skiing from talking with friends. Winter park is where I went when I was a kid, so I think it would be fun, but the other two hold more appeal to me. I'd love to do it all, unfortunately the budget only goes so far.
Thanks for any advise!
I have an Ikon pass & have narrowed it down to Jackson Hole, Alta/Snowbird, or Winter Park. If we do Alta/Snowbird we would go December 12th-18th & stay at Alta but ski both and probably more of snowbird. If we did Jackson Hole or Winter Park I'd likely book late January/early February. I'd like to avoid holidays/high volume days, so would probably aim to ski M-F.
My biggest concerns are:
For alta/snowbird - is 12/12-12/18 too early in the season to really enjoy the skiing, will we be able to ski between the two mountains then?
For Jackson Hole - I'm wondering if the terrain will be too advanced for us to really be able to fully enjoy it? We're both intermediate to advanced skiers, but definitely not expert. We ski mostly blues and blacks, but I'm also wondering how that will translate out west vs what we're used to skiing on.
The draw for Jackson is the views/location, but really I think we'd get more out of the snowbird skiing from talking with friends. Winter park is where I went when I was a kid, so I think it would be fun, but the other two hold more appeal to me. I'd love to do it all, unfortunately the budget only goes so far.
Thanks for any advise!