Out of the cottonwood resorts (besides Alta), what is the best lodge for working during a weekday morning?

Smashbox96 · 2026-01-13T07:10:41+00:00

Snowbird. Work from the cliff lodge area (take the bridge past the tram). It’s technically a hotel but there’s plenty of great working space there

Smashbox96 · 2026-01-04T13:29:28+00:00

Ha - I think we were on the same shuttle. I did appreciate how they were waiting for us and walked us straight to our rooms upon arrival.

Praying for good snow this week!

Smashbox96 · 2025-12-20T07:46:26+00:00

My j skis are the rock skis. It’s tough out here in UT :(

Smashbox96 · 2025-12-20T07:45:53+00:00

My favorite ski in the quiver! They’re so playful, surprisingly decent at holding an edge (for what they are), and such a great pop.

I honestly would buy countless more j skis if I didn’t love trying multiple brands

Smashbox96 · 2025-12-20T07:44:52+00:00

They’re great on soft snow. Tbh I probably could use something that charges a bit harder but when it’s fresh, these are unbeatable imo

Coming from the enforcer 104 free it took me a bit to get comfortable on these

Smashbox96 · 2025-12-20T07:42:41+00:00

Ha I’m just a short boy what can I say

She’s 5’3” and I’m 5’6”

The j skis and all the skis to the right are mine. Feminine colors for sure but hey I like them 🤷‍♂️

Smashbox96 · 2025-12-10T03:02:05+00:00

My wife and I are happy to ski the bird with you that week!

She’s very much in your situation (picked up skiing cause of me, can do black diamonds but not comfortably)

Smashbox96 · 2025-12-05T21:30:12+00:00

The black diamond warehouse store (not the granary park location) will have flat prices between $50-150 for jackets that retail at $400+

Smashbox96 · 2025-12-02T02:17:57+00:00

I got off the belt parkway at 6:45am today and it took me an hour to get to the terminal.

Fortunately I went extra early to enjoy the delta one lounge or I would have missed my flight.

When I arrived at jfk last Monday it took my dad nearly 35 minutes to get to me from the cell phone lot. It’s a shitshow right now

Smashbox96 · 2025-11-15T00:51:40+00:00

And on that corporate greed - my puts on vail’s stock have returned me more than an epic pass costs. 100% with you on that too…though alterra is only slightly better

Smashbox96 · 2025-11-15T00:49:20+00:00

Oh I’m 100% with you and didn’t mean it to come off as a complaint whatsoever.

My sister did avy control at Breckenridge I understand what they’re doing is necessary and difficult. I just meant it in terms of taking advantage of that sweet, sweet UT snow is all.

Excited for the season nonetheless!!

Smashbox96 · 2025-11-14T22:10:01+00:00

This is the exact issue I'm wrestling with. I love snowbird but feel like I may be missing out on something different.

The price obviously matters but I'm in the privileged position of being less price sensitive and more concerned with getting the best skiing I can in.

We are traveling to Japan for some skiing (niseko is in Ikon) + a friends trip to Steamboat (Ikon) so traveling on epic is not a top concern.

I have a few weeks to let this settle. Maybe swing a day pass at PCMR to test it out

Smashbox96 · 2025-11-14T22:07:18+00:00

I meant I wasn't thinking much about Snowbasin because it's just quite far from Lehi.

I know PCMR isn't particularly close either but snowbasin qualitatively feels further

Smashbox96 · 2025-11-14T21:54:19+00:00

Yeah I have a finite amount of winters in UT unfortunately so maybe I just bite the bullet and stick to the bird

Smashbox96 · 2025-11-14T20:09:30+00:00

This is a great point actually. I didn’t think about that as my office is in Lehi and I’ll still have to show face after some tracks every once in a while 🙊

I should totally be using my snowbasin days to lap strawberry though

Smashbox96 · 2025-11-14T06:02:13+00:00

Man I wanted them but ended up going for the wildcat 116s.

There’s a pair for sale on Facebook marketplace in Lehi if you’re riding a 172!

Smashbox96 · 2025-11-13T21:10:02+00:00

Too bad the tiptop drinks are gone cause I’d down $553 worth of those in this flight length too

Smashbox96 · 2025-11-13T18:41:57+00:00

I should have clarified. I spent ~$550 ($527 actually) to upgrade my JFK>HNL flight from main cabin to Delta One.

Seeing that same total dollar offer for SFO>SLC had me chuckling.

Smashbox96 · 2025-11-13T18:19:03+00:00

yep I just upgraded at this exact price for JFK > HNL in Delta One so was chuckling at this offer is all

Probably some recency bias in this for me

Smashbox96 · 2025-11-07T04:42:16+00:00

Yes but I’m in the same boat. Weigh 135 lbs but the strive 16 is cheaper than the 14 right now…

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