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paganmonkeyboy
climber
mars...it's near nevada...
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Topic Author's Original Post - Sep 12, 2008 - 09:39am PT
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ok - so i've come to the point where i can either quit my job and find another one, or keep it and move almost anywhere there is interweb and i can work my 8-10 hrs a day...it has to be real bandwidth since i do VoIP all the time, satelite won't cut it...
Benn trying to find somewhere with climbing and skiing close. and I mean like Right There - take a 2 hour lunch and get some turns in, skip out early and tag a few pitches...life is a lot shorter than it was a year ago and i sorta feel like i gotta get it now, know what i mean ?
at first the plan was durango - but its too far from sick skiing...
then it was park city - still a maybe, but utah is weird in general and i'm sorta done with it i think for a bit...
mammoth ?
montana ?
telluride ?
moab and just hike the lasalles for the winter ?
BC ?
if you could go anywhere for just the skiing and climbing and maybe stay a while - where might that be ?
chamonix comes to mind, but my french is pitiful...
it's either this or i'm quitting my job before it kills me...I'm not getting the trade off of the freedom for the stress, but I'm finally in a position to take advantage of it maybe...
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Sep 12, 2008 - 09:41am PT
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Follow the sushi!
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Scared Silly
Trad climber
UT
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Sep 12, 2008 - 10:00am PT
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What is the criteria? Within the US? I would probably look at Bend/Redmond as my first choice. Outside of the US I would head back to the Cote d'Azur.
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paganmonkeyboy
climber
mars...it's near nevada...
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 12, 2008 - 10:20am PT
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criteria of sorts :
30 min or less to ski lift/crag would be ideal, an hour to a big mountain...
outside of a metro area would be nice, but i don't want to move back to northern CO...
close enough to decent cardiac care is somewhat of a concern...
clean air - one of the main reasons i want out of utah is the air here...
and like i told marty when i was thinking about durango - i'd like to be somewhere remote enough that i can walk out on the deck, naked and waving my drink around, and start shooting things...
(not that i do that all the time, but when you are in the mood, well, nothing else is gonna do...)
i'd rather live cheap - there's no way in hell i could afford to live in whistler for instance...
tall order...that's why i'm asking the hive mind here...
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happiegrrrl
Trad climber
New York, NY
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Sep 12, 2008 - 10:23am PT
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If you like where you are now(sounds like that's a "not totally") - then get a new job and quit the killer, staying put
If you move - choose it and get settled and THEN get a new job and quit the killer one!
Personally....I think one should have two bases, but then, I don't ski(maybe someday...). For me - it would be Rosendale, NY(town just north of the Gunks) from mid April through October. Then somewhere near Joshua Tree from November through mid April.
I don't know why - I have never ever been anywhere near there, but I think Mammoth would be a wonderful year-round place to be. Just a feeling - but I am a woman and so intuition does count!
Good luck PMB!
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paganmonkeyboy
climber
mars...it's near nevada...
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 12, 2008 - 10:41am PT
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throw you a curve eKat - I also would like to be somewhere I can start playing out regularly and try to do something with making music...so closer to the crowd is better in some respects there...
i think any resort town would have enough bars to keep me busy for a season though...
boozeman and kalispell are on the list though, yeah...
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TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
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Sep 12, 2008 - 10:50am PT
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Bridger Bowl has expanded the resort this year, adding a lift damn near to the top of Slushman's(South boundary). 300+ acres added, or 1/3 larger in total IIRC
It's now a 2-5 minute boot pack/sidestep to the ridge(about 20 before), and they have opened the gates on the boundaries...basically lift accessed backcountry....w00t!!
Plus you're only an hour from year round climbing(Batholith)...
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AP
Trad climber
Calgary
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Sep 12, 2008 - 11:11am PT
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Canmore is a great place if you like a mix of rock, ice, alpine, skiing. Lots of good stuff to do within 1 hour of town. The drawbacks are the cost of living and the variable Canadian weather, but some people like an ice season that runs from Nov-April.
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Kartch
climber
belgrade, mt
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Sep 12, 2008 - 11:11am PT
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C'mon Utah air isn't bad. SLC, Weber, Provo/Orem air IS bad. But that's what you get when 90% of a states population lives in < 8% of its total area.
Move to Parowan. It would be the perfect spot.
Although, I understand Ron waves his lizard around openly down the road a bit. So his area may be more secluded?
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the Fet
Knackered climber
A bivy sack in the secret campground
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Sep 12, 2008 - 11:45am PT
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It's always a compromise.
The suggestion upthread of living in two places may make sense.
I suppose the easiest way to narrow it down is good ski areas: Deep snow, good terrain. That leaves Tahoe, Mammoth, Little Cottonwood, Jackson/Targhee, Whistler (but then you gotta learn to speak Canadian, eh)
Park City ski areas terrain isn't great IMO. Same with Bachelor.
Baker good snow, terrain?
Powder mountain " "
The canyons
Wolf Creek?
Bridger?
Big sky?
Taos, middle of nowhere (good and bad), hike to best terrain.
Then where is the climbing? Eastside of Sierra ++
How expensive are houses? Ogden ++
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JLP
Social climber
The internet
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Sep 12, 2008 - 11:47am PT
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With unlimited income, in the lower 48, I'd move to Mammoth. If you like BC skiing w/o constant fear of avis, some resort skiing, super stable weather, tiny commute with bouldering, cragging and sport to big wall and alpine options you can grow into for a long time, not too hot in summer, not too cold in winter - it's pretty much the only place I've seen with all of these things. The only thing the place is missing is cube/lab dweller tech jobs, like mine, so I'm stuck here in the #2 spot - Boulder. There's more community here, though. Life isn't bad.
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valygrl
climber
Boulder, CO
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Sep 12, 2008 - 12:02pm PT
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Sounds just like me a year and half ago, but with an emphasis on road biking, less on skiing.
Here's my list:
Boulder (Nederland for skiing), Truckee/Reno, Mammoth/Bishop, Tucson, Flagstaff
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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Sep 12, 2008 - 12:04pm PT
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I'd vote for Bend/Redmond. Climate is very similar to SLC. Skiing is not as good, but then, short of Canadian heli-skiing, what is?
Good climbing close by, some nice restaurants, and housing prices not too high.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Sep 12, 2008 - 12:34pm PT
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If I could, I would definetly check out Chamonix. To quote someone that lives there, Italy 15 minutes away; Switzerland 20 minutes...the melting pot of the ski and climbing world. Say, learn some French and give it a whirl...sounds like a whole lot of fun to me !
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Crimpergirl
Social climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Sep 12, 2008 - 12:41pm PT
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My thoughts (and limited experience) say move to Boulder. But you don't want to come back to (Northern) Colorado? Curious as to why.
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Sep 12, 2008 - 01:12pm PT
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Chile.
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paganmonkeyboy
climber
mars...it's near nevada...
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 12, 2008 - 01:20pm PT
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because the world is a big place and i've lived there already crimpie - that's all...i;d like to see more of it...
(that and it's full of ghosts...but i can deal with ghosts ;-) )
chile would rock
so would canmore
money is an object though...location isn't, money is...
i'm debating giving my cat to a friend and moving into my van, get a broadband card...might work for a month or two...
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Crimpergirl
Social climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Sep 12, 2008 - 01:22pm PT
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Thanks PMB. Just curious. Agreed there is a lot to see out there. I hope you find a place you *love*!!
Maybe the cat can travel with you too. Pente loves traveling, but I think it may not suit other Peske-kitties. :)
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Bullwinkle
Boulder climber
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Sep 12, 2008 - 01:35pm PT
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Argentina, El Chalten. . .
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Capt.
climber
some eastside hovel
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Sep 12, 2008 - 01:44pm PT
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Thank god no one mentioned Bishop ;) Montana?? Too many californians.I was born and raised in the Bozone.Had to move to Bishop about ten years ago to get back to a small town.Blinny-Stone Hill?Hows the climbing there in the winter?Been there a couple times and it was fun but I'm bettin' the 'milks/Gorge/etc are better in winter time.Plus we have backcountry skiin' a half hour out of town,then on yer way home you can put on your shorts and have a killer buttermilks sesh.Tell me how to beat that?
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