I’ve done far more skiing in the Western US than the East, but everyone knows the stereotypes. The East is not as steep and icy. The West has more challenging terrain and gets powder. The beauty of these stereotypes is they are true. Living in Beaver Creek currently, the snow conditions are relatively mediocre. But the funny thing is, I have siblings in town who have never skied out west before, so they have no idea. They are just stoked to be cruising the Vail Valley on their Beaver Creek ski rentals. The fact of the matter is, regardless of the conditions here, the skiing pretty much always trumps east coast skiing. And then you see the trickle down effect, where they see a higher level of skiing and feel the need to purchase new gear at the Beaver Creek ski shops.
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