r/vail • u/wesinatl • 2d ago

How’s vail?

How is Vail for a 23 yo male that wants to ski bum for the season? Been working at a dude ranch all summer as a fly guide and wants something fun to do for winter time. Also looking at Sun Valley, Driggs (Grand Targhee) and open to other ideas.

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u/MakersTeleMark 2d ago

It's a dude ranch. You'll fit right in.

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u/allthatittakes 2d ago

Housing is the hardest part, but that’s true to any ski resort. I’d say apply to all of them and see what sticks.

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u/_Thoughtleader 1d ago

Sun valley will be way doper

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u/wesinatl 22h ago

Tell me more. The mountain doesn’t look all that great

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u/_Thoughtleader 8h ago

I ski’d vail for 10+ years and it’s still my favorite.

Just got my eyes open to sun valley. You gotta realize that you can do runs that go more than 2k vert top to bottom and why wouldn’t you 🤙🏼🤙🏼.

Stacking 30k vert at vail is a dope day. Stacking 45k at sun valley is even sicker. More skiing and less traffic. They do make a lot of snow. But it’s only cuz they can cuz they have a huge infrastructure in place.

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u/wesinatl 7h ago

I just got tuned in to cost of their pass. It’s not so cool. Thanks for the info.

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u/vailrider29 2d ago

Send it

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u/keskuhsai 1d ago

Driggs will be the cheapest of the three pretty handily. Have you looked at Crested Butte or the SLC resorts?

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u/wesinatl 1d ago

No slc, no hard look at CB. Potentially have living space in Vail and Driggs. Maybe even Sun Valley.

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u/Few-Refrigerator8761 9h ago

They treat their employees like shit from what ive heard, they charge $1800 for a full day ski lesson while paying their instructors next to nothing. Meanwhile Aspen is only charging $1200 yet they actually pay their people a decent wage. Had someone tell me that they only get $8 more for private request lessons meanwhile industry standard is getting paid double your standard rate for requested lessons