For non-expert skiers, that is.
Reason I ask is I'll be at Frisco for 3 1/2 weeks. It's easy enough to do an overnighter to Crested Butte. And it's included in my MAX pass.
Everyone know about Crested Butte as the expert's paradise. The question is, what about the rest of us who aren't experts? Is it worth the 4 1/2 hr drive?
Some post mention Crested Butte has tons of terrain for experts (duh!), and sufficient terrain for beginner-lower intermediates but not so much for the intermediate/advance. If so...
I would classify myself as advance but not expert. More importantly, I don't feel like "pushing" myself.
The kind of terrain I like is where I can make lots of nicely linked turns without too much route finding and line hunting between cliffs. I will do bumps and trees but only when they're not super steep or super tight. And only when I have good view of a clear line without having to worry about being cliff out.
There're some terrain I "can ski" but don't particularly enjoy. I would get through them in the easiest route to get to the good snow or good terrain (for me). But I wouldn't seek them out just because it's there.
Really, I look for snow, not terrain.
To name some examples, I did a couple of the easy routes off Spanky's Ladder at Whistler. That's about the top end of what I enjoy in terms of steepness. It was wide open so easy to see my way out. Throw some rock bands in there, I wouldn't go there.
Reason I ask is I'll be at Frisco for 3 1/2 weeks. It's easy enough to do an overnighter to Crested Butte. And it's included in my MAX pass.
Everyone know about Crested Butte as the expert's paradise. The question is, what about the rest of us who aren't experts? Is it worth the 4 1/2 hr drive?
Some post mention Crested Butte has tons of terrain for experts (duh!), and sufficient terrain for beginner-lower intermediates but not so much for the intermediate/advance. If so...
I would classify myself as advance but not expert. More importantly, I don't feel like "pushing" myself.
The kind of terrain I like is where I can make lots of nicely linked turns without too much route finding and line hunting between cliffs. I will do bumps and trees but only when they're not super steep or super tight. And only when I have good view of a clear line without having to worry about being cliff out.
There're some terrain I "can ski" but don't particularly enjoy. I would get through them in the easiest route to get to the good snow or good terrain (for me). But I wouldn't seek them out just because it's there.
Really, I look for snow, not terrain.
To name some examples, I did a couple of the easy routes off Spanky's Ladder at Whistler. That's about the top end of what I enjoy in terms of steepness. It was wide open so easy to see my way out. Throw some rock bands in there, I wouldn't go there.