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Angel Diva
Please don't take skiing out west off of your list of things to do someday because there are some ski areas that still have lifts with no safety bars. While there are a few lifts without bars left at destination resorts like those on Ikon or Epic, most of the lifts have safety bars and footrests. The scale of skiing in the Rockies is quite different, as is the opportunity to ski on snow without much possibility of rain from Jan thru April.OK, those pictures are totally freaking me out just looking at them. If this is what out west skiing is like I'm staying over here on the icecoast.
For comparison, consider that Killington has 1500 acres, of which 600 acres has snowmaking. Keystone has the same amount of snowmaking terrain, but about 3100 acres total. Squaw/Alpine has 6000 acres.