Where To Live??

[kswitch]

Hey Guys,

I'm going to be making the move out to the mountains from Michigan. I live to ride and I absolutely need to be in a location where I can live the dream riding in the mountains. Being from the midwest I don't have a lot of knowledge of the areas to ride out west. That's why I'm turning to you guys. My options are CO, ID, and WA. I'm looking for the best all-around riding conditions, however I do favor more technical tree riding than anything else. Each of these places definitely have their pros and cons: ID is a prime central location to travel anywhere, WA is super close to BC etc…

<O</OBasically what I'm asking is if you guys could pick any place to call home base for riding in the mountains where would it be and why? The only catch is I will need to be within somewhat reasonable commuting distance of a large city so I can find a good job. I'm also big into mountain biking (bike parks and trails) so it would be nice to find a place good for that as well.


Any input is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

 

[2Thetopp]

Idaho, you'll be just as close to Revelstoke, BC. as Washington, the snows drier and they have four seasons.

 

[94fordguy]

It also depends on what kind of career opportunity you are looking for and how much you plan on making/spending. I'd say there's lots of good riding to be had anywhere... if the greenie's and forest circus don't lock us all out of it that is!

 

[snowmoherb]

I'd recommend this place:

 

[kswitch]

It also depends on what kind of career opportunity you are looking for and how much you plan on making/spending. I'd say there's lots of good riding to be had anywhere... if the greenie's and forest circus don't lock us all out of it that is!

I'm likely going to need to be close to Denver, Seattle, Boise or maybe some medium size cities. I'll be looking for a mechanical engineering job. Are all the states getting more and more wilderness areas at about the same rate?

 

[AKtoad]

If you ride it's hard to beat Alaska.

 

[RobertTrivanovic]

You can find really good riding at so many different locations, try to find an area that has a good sledding community and youll be fine, riding without a few good buddies sucks!

 

[rmscustom]

The important thing is is to just do it... It sounds like your young and unattached, you can always move back... I'd love to go back in time and have a talk with the young me.

 

[ullose272]

i live in boise and i love it here.... but, if i were to move somewhere, it would be ogden/slc utah. great riding, but more importantly the economy seems to be better there, lots of outdoor stuff. if you can get past the mormons and the 3% beer

 

[kswitch]

I appreciate the input guys, keep it coming!

Any opinions on where might be a great spot to get in lots of good riding on the weekends without having to drive too far to get it? Maybe areas with good technical riding too. I know you basically have to drive to sled anywhere, I'm just looking for a spot that would be prime to call home base. Lets expand out a little more from the cities if need be. I'm just trying to build my knowledge.

 

[av8er]

MOVE TO bOISE

Tons of hot women, and Mccall is only 2 hours away

 

[PowderCrew]

Maybe take a look at northern Nevada (Elko)... the gold mining industry is BONKERS (something a mechanical engineer could get into...)

 

[ROKRIG]

WA has everything you're looking for. I've been elsewhere and always want to return home to WA.

 

[kswitch]

WA has everything you're looking for. I've been elsewhere and always want to return home to WA.

Being close to BC is a big draw for me. Does anyone have any comments on how realistic/easy/difficult it is to want to be taking frequent trips over the border to ride all season?

 

[Blk88GT]

It's as easy as having a bunch of disposable income. There's guys who do it every weekend.

 

[94fordguy]

I appreciate the input guys, keep it coming!

Any opinions on where might be a great spot to get in lots of good riding on the weekends without having to drive too far to get it? Maybe areas with good technical riding too. I know you basically have to drive to sled anywhere, I'm just looking for a spot that would be prime to call home base. Lets expand out a little more from the cities if need be. I'm just trying to build my knowledge.

Every person is different and every location offers different advantages. I'm very happy here in Yakima... A fairly major city (about 90K in the city limits) and only 1 hour to be unloaded in the snow park to a wide variety of good riding. Riding varies from wide meadows to tight trees, to baby hills, to climbs you can't make in 2-1/2 ft of fresh with generally very very low slide risk. I've got a ton of riding vids on Youtube you can check out to get an idea of what Central Washington is all about. We're 425 miles/10 hours to Revelstoke. Revy is good fun, bigger hills, more alpine, but we still have lots of fun here.....

 

[Jaynelson]

If you're coming from the south, there is excellent riding much closer to the border than Revy....just FYI.

 

[tdbaugha]

If you're coming from the south, there is excellent riding much closer to the border than Revy....just FYI.

Pemberton area orrr?

 

[diamonddave]

Boeing is hiring M.E's like crazy right now.

 

[tdbaugha]

Boeing is hiring M.E's like crazy right now.

... way ahead of ya

That's why I'm so interested in riding areas.