riders in the IL area [Archive]

ciaxtrinity1

02-04-2005, 04:55 AM

LOL. sorry...been busy since school's back in session now. I go to villa alot cuz it's pretty much my "backyard." yea i know it sucks there. i went to fourlakes once went to cascade once..might go to alpine next weekend..hope there's snow since it's gonna be 40's this weekend! and i'm gonna try out raging buffalo the 25th. kinda scared to though. i hear it's intimidating there for newbies :roll:

Elevation

08-20-2005, 06:44 AM

bringing back a very old thread, im from IL. i mostly ride at 4 lakes considering i am only 20 minutes from there. its pretty sick because you can hit one rail like 200 times in a day haha. i go to cascade every once in a while but its pretty far, and expensive too.

-=TheNinthWonder=-™

08-26-2005, 06:34 AM

yo yo, I do what I can here in the mid-west. I live in rockford so, I usually hit up raging buffalo snowboard park once or twice a week or maybe chestnut. Or I go to wisconsin and hit up Tyrol Basin, Cascade, or Devils-Head. -=T9W=-™

future_sight

08-27-2005, 04:46 PM

chicago right here! Villa, Raging. and Devils head but the best **** is just planing trips out to Colorodo or any where not near chicago lol. **** join a chicago Ski club they go on trips all over the place for cheap thats your best bet. just do an online seach for ski groups in IL and you will get a bunch. I'm joing snow golphers this year.

ciaxtrinity1

08-31-2005, 02:05 AM

Hey seasons almost here again...any of you planning on getting season passes anywhere? I dont wanna drive too far but all the ones here locally kinda suck (villa, 4 lakes). i was thinkin of grand geneva or alpine valley since they're closer than cascade or devils head.

Elevation

08-31-2005, 02:12 AM

definitely dont get a season pass to 4 lakes, are you kidding that they expect you to pay like 350 for that place??? it doesnt suck if you like hitting jumps and rails. its fun because you can hit a ton of stuff in a little while. but i definitely wouldnt get a season pass there

punkerpat5

09-15-2005, 05:49 AM

i got no complaints with villa...its nice and 5 min away from my house...i went to cascade and chestnut a bunch too...

future_sight

09-15-2005, 06:01 AM

Snowwwwwwww!!!! Where Are You?????

IrIdeOn127

12-07-2005, 09:47 PM

Hewwo! I'm all over the place in the midwest.. mostly Wilmot and Raging Buffalo..i also love going far up into wisconsin.. we all like to travel to anywhere good! hit me up if u go anywhere close!

elmoiscool45

12-16-2005, 12:31 AM

I mostly go to Alpine Valley

Pepe

12-17-2005, 02:10 AM

Alpine and Wilmot. Want to try some other places though.

forumsnowboard07

12-22-2005, 07:49 PM

reppin the huge 4 lakes mountain

ciaxtrinity1

12-26-2005, 05:17 AM

I've been going to alpine a lot this year. I love the place but I need somwhere new that's not too far of a drive. I've never been to wilmot before. How is that place?

Pepe

12-26-2005, 05:23 AM

Not as good as Alpine :biggrin1:

kidone

12-26-2005, 05:24 AM

I likey the alpine valley! Chestnut is good and gonna try granite peak on jan 7. I realy wanna plan soething for colorado sometime next year.

La Honda

12-31-2005, 01:26 AM

I ride at Chestnut. I'm going about everyother Tuesday (hitting up Tyrol and Sundown on the Tuesdays I'm not at Chestnut). Maybe I've seen some of you there?

elmoiscool45

01-02-2006, 10:21 PM

I went to Wilmont the other day and the terrain park was awesome!!! (mostly because i overshoot ramps alot and the landing was soft b/c the snow was all melty)

xlink80x

01-09-2006, 05:02 AM

im from orland park, but i live out in colorado and wyoming in the winters, but when i was home for christmas i rocked tyrol some, and a friend of mine paid for me to go with her to geneva. you can only hit the same jump so many times in a row.

Snowsurf

01-16-2006, 09:38 PM

Hah I go to villa, I got a seasons pass. That place is absolutely terrible, but my friends and I practically run that place, we're the ones who are there every day basically. We build all the jumps, we sneak the rails out of the maintenaince shack, we do everything.

brneyedbdrchicky

02-16-2006, 03:32 PM

For the drive & not to mention best conditions so far....Go to Indianhead in the UP. I know it's a 5-6 drive from anywhere in Illinois, but so worth it. I go up there almost every weekend. My bf lives in Wisconsin, so we take turns driving. We also get up at 3am on the road by 4am and on the snow by 9am. *sigh* but so worth it all.

GnuxSnow

02-19-2006, 12:53 AM

i ride 4-lakes it is like 20 min from my house

i went today fro snofest it was sweet

Intensity09

02-26-2006, 05:33 AM

i ride four lakes every weekend, somedays its rad other days it sucks snofest was pretty tight they had some good flo but most of the time this season it is just a box hand rail and 2 table tops. i still like it u can learn alot their. and if you get lucky they will have alot of jib out.

i hate raging, 4 lakes pretty much owns it

Tyrol basin if you wanna take a long ride then its well worth it , and just found ou t that ski brule is also really good alot of hits and a few rails not boxes though

GnuxSnow

02-27-2006, 01:23 AM

Ryan Lange is a Homo

even though he is better them me.

Last night he hit me in the balls and then pulled a knife on me when i went to hit him back.

and in case it wasn't clear

Ryan = Intensity09

jj0322xx

06-18-2006, 10:12 PM

Raging buffalo sucks, villa sucks, wilmot sucks, alpine chestnut cascade and devils head are alright. Granite Peak is the best.

DragonUSMC

06-26-2006, 08:37 PM

Raging buffalo sucks, villa sucks, wilmot sucks, alpine chestnut cascade and devils head are alright. Granite Peak is the best.

Dude make the best of what you have... i used to live in Vail and now I'm back in the midwest. dont qq, just deal with it.

Anyway, Hit up Snowstar in Andalusia, IL sometime. When your there, ask anyone for "Jay" and you'll find me. =)

jj0322xx

06-26-2006, 09:26 PM

ok will do. Is it a good plACE.

Elevation

06-26-2006, 10:17 PM

4 Lakes represent haha! 100 vertical feet, 7 dollars to ride, plenty of park and jibs.

DragonUSMC

06-26-2006, 10:48 PM

ok will do. Is it a good plACE.

If good you mean by 500'+ vertical drop, then no... but if good you mean by easy to very challengeing rails and a few BIG hits, but still enough for your little bro or sister to play on. Then yeah you'd be surprised what i pack in there.

I've got a few projects on the table right now... and as soon as i find the school bus i want... then the games will begain!! =D

Where is 4 lakes? I try and keep in contact with all the small midwest resorts... trade ideas / war stories, etc.

Elevation

06-26-2006, 10:53 PM

4 Lakes is in Lisle, IL. I live in Clarendon Hills, which is by Oak Brook, Hinsdale, Westmont, lagrange, Western Springs if you know any of those places. 4 Lakes is about 20 minutes from where I live. It is super small but they usually have like 2 good jumps and a bunch of fun rails. They have 3 rope tows and thats it, pretty simple.

DragonUSMC

06-27-2006, 04:34 AM

I've been diggin everywhere... do they have a website?

Elevation

06-27-2006, 07:44 PM

Their website is pretty crappy but here

http://www.skifourlakes.com/sfl/

sauter

07-06-2006, 11:20 PM

bri31

07-13-2006, 09:33 PM

I'm from chicago and I drive 3 hours to Cascade or devil's head almost every weekend. They are sh*tty compaired to out west but what can we do.

DragonUSMC

07-14-2006, 02:13 PM

hello my name is kevin
i just moved to IL and looking to meet some people and find some good place to ride, i went to snowstar and its alittle small..i use to snowboard at mt high and big bear/summit.. let me knw if anyone want to talk more about this
kevin

Everything is a little small in the mid west. But hey, at least i have some hectic rails. That and the GM gave me another run to use to build my park and more $$ to build some crazier stuff. Snowstar isnt great, but i build my stuff big... just wish i had more room =(

Chelly

07-15-2006, 06:23 AM

Hm, I'm looking to go to a place that I can hit up 2-3 times a week. I always though Wilmot or Villa was closest to me, but after I discovered Four Lakes, it's only 20-30 minutes from my house, so it looks like that's where I'll be stopping.

I noticed all they have are tow ropes? What does their terrain park consist of? How many kickers do they have, tables, rails, etc? If any at all. Just curious! Cause I want to be working on my freestyle this year.

DragonUSMC

07-17-2006, 04:17 PM

I'm going to be going all over the midwest with my guys this season... I'll have to get them to join the site. But we should do like the guy in NorCal and like meet up at different places and such to ride!

Obviously everyone cant go everywhere, but for some it would be an excuse to try somewhere new and have people to ride with and people to meet and ride with.

bri31

07-17-2006, 09:35 PM

I'd be down I'm always looking for people to ride with.

Shaun

07-17-2006, 09:41 PM

Come to Cali and join the Nor Cal SBA crew.
If I can get it started looks like not to many Nor Cal people?

La Honda

07-18-2006, 05:24 AM

I'd be down I'm always looking for people to ride with.

So am I! :smile: Farthest down in IL I can go tho is Chestnut Mountain Resort...

DragonUSMC

07-18-2006, 02:44 PM

Even going down to "the nut" isnt too bad... they do have a lot more hill then me, but I will have some sick crazy jibbin' stuff they they wont. =) yeah they will have the bigger tables =( they've got more room and dedicated snowguns, but I will have bigger and crazier rails and boxes >=)

speaking of which i have to call those guys and see what they are up to this year.

bri31

07-18-2006, 09:59 PM

So am I! :smile: Farthest down in IL I can go tho is Chestnut Mountain Resort...
Where ever. I go all over the place Devil's head, Granite, Cascade I drive all over so I don't end up burned out on one place.

DragonUSMC

07-18-2006, 10:10 PM

Where ever. I go all over the place Devil's head, Granite, Cascade I drive all over so I don't end up burned out on one place.

Rock on!! road trip to New Zealand!

wait a min... thats an island isnt it.... hummmm

bri31

07-18-2006, 10:22 PM

Hell, I would drive to Whistler if gas wasn't $3.50 a gallon.

La Honda

07-19-2006, 07:29 PM

Who wants to come ride at Tyrol? It's my home molehill lol

bri31

07-19-2006, 10:18 PM

I've never been there. How is it? Compared to others. It's west of Madison right.

DragonUSMC

07-21-2006, 03:05 PM

Tyrol is probably my fav. in the midwest.

bri31

07-21-2006, 08:14 PM

Hmmm I guess I'll have to check it out this season.

DragonUSMC

07-21-2006, 09:04 PM

I mean yeah i guess I'm supposed to say www.skisnowstar.com cause i work there and all... We've got some sick rails and like one massive kicker (cause i'm the one that has to build it all) but tyrol has more hill to play with... along with pretty much everyone else. But hey, at least i still get 80+ days of riding a year, even living in the midwest.

bri31

07-22-2006, 01:32 AM

No sh*t about the midwest. Totally blows. I'm really thinkin about moving to Portland or Salt Lake this winter.

asd

07-22-2006, 03:49 AM

I live in Wisconsin, but I hit up Cascade every once in a while.

and DragonUSMC - sounds sweet. your job sounds like only the best job ever.

DragonUSMC

07-22-2006, 04:28 AM

I live in Wisconsin, but I hit up Cascade every once in a while.

and DragonUSMC - sounds sweet. your job sounds like only the best job ever.

Eh...it has its momments man... even when i worked for Vail Resorts. But now is the pushing snow and shoveling until 2am then having to be back at work at 6 am to get my instructors in line... oh yeah forgot the 30 min drive one way to get there and back home.

I wouldnt trade it for anything though... cause at least this way i know my park is up to my standard for what i have available.

asd

07-22-2006, 06:17 PM

Stop whining, every job has its moments. shure as hell better than working at culvers. but then again im only 15. :/ any job that pays to ride 80+ days a year in the midwest pretty much kicks serious ass.

snowstar is 300 miles away from me. :/ so I don't think I'll be able to make it down their anytime soon. minaswell just go up to Marquette.

DC-RiDa-4-LiFe77

07-27-2006, 06:18 PM

i tihnk you have better luck in the midwest hittin up the streets and looking for rails rather than goin to a park. nothing better than a small roadtrip and hittin a nice 20 str set with your buddies. they are hard to find but once you find one they are golden

Pepe

08-15-2006, 05:32 PM

Im getting a season pass to alpine probably, wilmot is about 15 minutes from my house but its not exactly the greatest place to go.

sauter

08-30-2006, 11:13 PM

looking to meet people in the midwest to hang out and ride with im down to go anywhere this year.. i just moved from cali and i use to ride at big bear/summit/mthigh out there... so im looking to meet some cool ass people and find some good place's to ride

DC-RiDa-4-LiFe77

08-31-2006, 12:36 AM

where is galesburg in illinois?

sauter

08-31-2006, 01:02 AM

its about 45 mins south of moline...

DC-RiDa-4-LiFe77

08-31-2006, 01:11 AM

best advice take a couple weekend trips up to wisconsin or michigain.

WhatDayIsIt

10-04-2006, 01:26 PM

i have a good idea.
lets put up all the website links for spots to go in/around ill right here so they're all in one place and easy to find

Snowsurf

10-21-2006, 08:53 AM

Elevation

10-22-2006, 07:27 AM

For a church trip, our arch-diociese rented out Chestnut from 10:00 PM to 5:30 AM for anyone from the churches around here. It was absolutely amazing, one of the best nights of my life.

dude thats amazing! I should talk to my church about doing this, especially because I know the family that owns chestnut. Do you know how much it cost?

sauter

10-22-2006, 08:27 PM

looking for new people to meet around moline area that whats to go snowboarding and hang out and do whateer

rjo5988

10-22-2006, 11:30 PM

Im goin to Cascade on opening day, Nov. 18th! my schools ski and snowboard club is going up so my friend and i are goin man i cant wait.

DC-RiDa-4-LiFe77

10-23-2006, 02:59 AM

man i wish my school had a ski and snowboard club. i would start one but im a senior already and it prolly would take like 2 years to get everything straightened out. damm high school. i would love to go up opening day but 2 things stop me. 1 - way too crowded. 2-they only have like 1/2 the mountain open up and for me i rather way till they have the whole park set up to take that big of an adventure

Elevation

10-23-2006, 03:07 AM

Im goin to Cascade on opening day, Nov. 18th! my schools ski and snowboard club is going up so my friend and i are goin man i cant wait.

tight man! I may have to think about doing that myself. Where do you go Naperville central?

rjo5988

10-23-2006, 03:09 AM

tight man! I may have to think about doing that myself. Where do you go Naperville central?

Naperville North, im a senior

Snowsurf

10-29-2006, 08:52 PM

dude thats amazing! I should talk to my church about doing this, especially because I know the family that owns chestnut. Do you know how much it cost?

I think it was like $40-50. It was really cheap. Insanely fun though.

elmoiscool45

10-31-2006, 01:02 AM

My friends and I usually go to Tyrol once or twice a season, but mostly go to Villa.

For a church trip, our arch-diociese rented out Chestnut from 10:00 PM to 5:30 AM for anyone from the churches around here. It was absolutely amazing, one of the best nights of my life.

That is too tight and the best part is you dont even need to worry about driving curfew b/c the curfew is over before the mountain even closes.

jj0322xx

11-02-2006, 03:34 AM

tyrol basin is opened this weekend

ilovewinter

11-07-2006, 06:08 PM

DragonUSMC

11-07-2006, 06:24 PM

^try Chestnut... pretty nice little hill. not too far away from you

elmoiscool45

11-07-2006, 11:26 PM

hey I'm looking for a few new spots to hit other than Devil's Head, Cascade, Tyrol, GP.. heard Indianhead was cool, but quite a drive.. any other suggestions? I know there's gotta be another "hill" somewhere around here.. ;)

Depends on what kind of riding you do. cause raging buffalo is pretty close to you and a pretty good freestyle park.

DragonUSMC

11-08-2006, 01:26 PM

I forgot about the buff... yeah that place is fun too =)

surfninja

11-15-2006, 03:35 AM

rage is the place to go week days, i love that place its only like 30min from and. and if ur have any girls u ride with they get in free on wednesday nights so thats a plus, atleast they did last year. sucks their raising prices tho

DragonUSMC

11-15-2006, 05:13 PM

^what are they raising them to do you know? i havent been there in years.

cross boarder

11-16-2006, 01:23 AM

Weekday tickets at Raging Buffalo are $32. Chestnut's park SUCKS! Buffalo has the best park around. I would avoid Villa Oilvia. It's skiier central and most of the skiiers are mean to boarders.

cross boarder

11-16-2006, 01:25 AM

Naperville North, im a senior

I go to Wheaton North, i'm a senior.

rjo5988

11-16-2006, 01:58 AM

sweet, representin dupage co. lol. where do you ride?

cross boarder

11-16-2006, 02:27 AM

Tyrol Basin mostly. Hitting up Cascade, Chestnut and Raging Buffalo this season as well. Hopefully Northstar at Tahoe in April. Supposed to be going to Park City in February. Going to Granite Peak next week. Going to Buck this weekend.

Elevation

11-18-2006, 12:53 AM

Dude make the best of what you have... i used to live in Vail and now I'm back in the midwest. dont qq, just deal with it.

Anyway, Hit up Snowstar in Andalusia, IL sometime. When your there, ask anyone for "Jay" and you'll find me. =)

Hey man, i just checked and andalusia is about 2 hours and 45 minutes from where I live. 4 Lakes is about 20 minutes from where I live, which is very close to Chicago. Maybe sometime this winter Ill make the trip out to snowstar, is it worth it?

DragonUSMC

11-18-2006, 01:55 AM

^depends... I mean we are small but i make up for it in rail size and hit size... Let me know when you are gonna stop in and I'll get ya a deal.