Denver? Or Montucky??
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Im moving and I seriously cannot decide between Denver and Billings, Montana. |
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If you haven't already, check out Kyle Vasillopoulis's guidebook. I've never climbed in MT but I was blown away by the potential detailed in the book. |
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@David: Hahahhaha!!! I live in Wyoming right now, so i'm comfortable with hicksville. Montana hickness is definitely different than Wyoming hickness, though. |
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Monomaniac wrote:If you haven't already, check out Kyle Vasillopoulis's guidebook.Just be aware that everything in that book is 1-1/2 to 3 hours from Billings. Billings would probably be the last place I'd live in Montana. It does have the Beartooths in it's backyard, which could make up for it. |
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If you can't decide between two vastly different areas, then simply ask yourself... |
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Billings is like if you took just Commerce City and the bad parts of Arvada and put them farther away from climbing. Denver is cosmopolitan and has the ability to be mildly sophisticated, have you ever been to Montana? |
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I work in downtown and don't live in Denver....a bad day is a 45minute one way commute....how close am I to tons of sick spots? Hella close! |
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Billings suuuuucccckkkssss |
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Jeff Chrisler wrote:If you can't decide between two vastly different areas, then simply ask yourself... 1. Do you want a good job? If not, move to MT 2. Do you want a nightlife? If not, move to MT 3. Do you need/want a g/f? If not, move to MT Both areas are great for climbing, but obviously one is busierShit made my day! |
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And poontang is the last thing on my list of desired amenities. Proximity to uncrowded trad and alpine rock is high on the list. As is the ability to make skrillah. Denver just seems like such a shitshow some times. Billings means being poor, though. |
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Mark Vincent wrote:And poontang is the last thing on my list of desired amenities.haha LAST??? You might suprise yourself. I have buddies that moved from Boulder to the mountains and then started regularly driving back to Boulder just for women. ANY women. |
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After living in Denver/Boulder metro area for almost 4 years, it's gotten way too big and crowded for me. The traffic, crowds, and general built-up-ness has really put me off. If I had your decision, I'd take Billings in a heartbeat. At least there you don't have to drive very far in order to really be in some nice rural country. |
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If you like rural....hit up the Western Slope of Colorado.... |
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Scott McMahon wrote: haha LAST??? You might suprise yourself. I have buddies that moved from Boulder to the mountains and then started regularly driving back to Boulder just for women. ANY women.haha!! I would probably end up doing that regardless of where I lived, so that's not really something I'm worried about. |
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I think I'm making this shit way harder than it needs to be. Time for a coin toss! |
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Not to digress, but does any one know what the backcountry skiing potential looks like in the Beartooths? And I know there's ice in Cody, so that would cover the cold months if I couldn't find a winter squaw with whom to winter-over. |
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Mark Vincent wrote:Not to digress, but does any one know what the backcountry skiing potential looks like in the Beartooths? And I know there's ice in Cody, so that would cover the cold months if I couldn't find a winter squaw with whom to winter-over.I've skied in the Beartooths a bit. The Billing's side doesn't get as much snow as the Cooke City side. It seems that the peaks down by Cooke suck most of the moisture out. It's a long drive to Cooke in the winter. You can snowmobile over from the east, which I think is 9 miles or so. Beartooth Pass offers awesome spring skiing once the pass opens. I'm not sure what the access or conditions are like in the winter though. I've skied Whitetail Peak and Mount Wood, which are accessed from the Billings side of the range. The approaches tend to be quite lengthy though. The Whitetail Couloir is probably the sweetest line I've ever skied. Whitetail Peak. Whitetail Couloir. The Crazy Mountains also have a lot of options for spring skiing. View from Crazy Peak. |
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Wowza! Looks pretty good to me... we can get sleds if need be, so some approaches can be cut down, time -wise. Unless it's in a wilderness area, I suppose. |
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That couloir looks gangster as all get out! |
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Montana as a whole has an incredible amount of potential. Especially in the Beartooths. |
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Montana is not Kentucky. |