Hey guys so I'm gonna try to answer the questions I saw here. Sorry if it's all jumbled and disorganized I'm a little messed up right now.
I'm having a good time.
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I started turning a bit after the third time down the hill. But I couldn't stop. I had several hard hits including a double summersault. My hips were in really bad shape for two days. The ski patrol guy came to say hi after the double summersault. He was cool and started giving me a lesson!
I bought my apartment for $135k. Prospector. Great place. I'm AirBnB the shit out of the place this winter. Just happen to be spending a week here to check it out. I've only ever mountain biked here. The point 2 point starts 10 minutes down the rail trail.
It's not cheap here but Brighton twilight pass from 4-9 + gear rental cost me $89. Dirt cheap lift tickets compared to DV (no snowboarding), PCM, and Canyons. Unfortunately I had to drive almost an hour around the mountain to get there. But it was worth it.
I only pay Summit County $507 a year in taxes. So there's that. My HOA fee is more than my mortgage payment. Once the assessment rolls off it should be pretty sweet. They had to replace all of the roofs.
The roads are phenomenal despite 300+ inches of snow a year and dirt cheap taxes. They even paved fucken Guardsmen. The entire thing! Screw NJ roads!!
So yes it's expensive but not as expensive as NJ. Not by a Longshot if you take into consideration how good the school is up here also.
I experience altitude sickness. I did 6 runs down the explorer (bunny) hill. It did me in when I got down the last time I just fell down and took the boots out and just layed there on the snow for a couple minutes to catch my breath. My friends wanted me to join them at the bar. I got to the bar but was feeling sick. Use your imagination from there. Yucky. Then after I dehydrated from that I drank 4 full pitchers of water and had a wicked headache. 10,000 feet can fuck you up!! I didn't even feel that bad riding the Crest Trail at 11,000. Snowboarding is definitely a harder workout for sure... The sickness passed but thank God I've been riding the trainer this winter. I probably would have been in much worse shape.
I just had so much fun that my fatigue didn't get me until the end!!
Place is mine for the summer. Poor bike is waiting patiently improperly locked up in my too small storage room.