NewEnglandSkier
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
So, I'm trying to decide where I want to go for my early March ski trip this year. Alta is among the contenders due to the ability to fly nonstop.
I've started to enjoy skiing ungroomed terrain more than in the past but I'm far from great at it and still retreat to the groomers when my brain gets fried when pushing myself to ski outside my comfort zone--so I still spend most of my time on groomers. I'm an intermediate skier (will ski most anything groomed and will ski low angle bumps. I still struggle in powder but have made some improvement).
My question/fear of Alta is everything I read about having to traverse. Do you have to traverse to reach the type of terrain I mention above??
Everything I read kind of makes it out to be a harrowing experience where people are nasty and aggressive. Believe me, I have no desire to get in anyone's way or hold people up. I guess what I'm really wondering is if 1. you need to traverse to access normal intermediate terrain and 2. if Alta is the type of place where I'm more likely than most to encounter aggressive personalities--or are those people mostly found trying to get to the advanced or extreme terrain?
I've never encountered this anywhere else but some of what I read in various sources makes me take pause. Just trying to decide if Alta would be a good choice or if I should go elsewhere. . .(loved Solitude and Park City--didn't like Deer Valley. Also love Steamboat and Killington).
Thanks!
I've started to enjoy skiing ungroomed terrain more than in the past but I'm far from great at it and still retreat to the groomers when my brain gets fried when pushing myself to ski outside my comfort zone--so I still spend most of my time on groomers. I'm an intermediate skier (will ski most anything groomed and will ski low angle bumps. I still struggle in powder but have made some improvement).
My question/fear of Alta is everything I read about having to traverse. Do you have to traverse to reach the type of terrain I mention above??
Everything I read kind of makes it out to be a harrowing experience where people are nasty and aggressive. Believe me, I have no desire to get in anyone's way or hold people up. I guess what I'm really wondering is if 1. you need to traverse to access normal intermediate terrain and 2. if Alta is the type of place where I'm more likely than most to encounter aggressive personalities--or are those people mostly found trying to get to the advanced or extreme terrain?
I've never encountered this anywhere else but some of what I read in various sources makes me take pause. Just trying to decide if Alta would be a good choice or if I should go elsewhere. . .(loved Solitude and Park City--didn't like Deer Valley. Also love Steamboat and Killington).
Thanks!