re: Favorite mountain town you&#39;ve been to

Posted by Gore Vidal

Member since Aug 2021

336 posts

Posted on 8/20/21 at 6:52 am to bikerack

Where was The Eiger Sanction filmed? That looked nice.

Posted by Wtodd

Tampa, FL

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68474 posts

Posted on 8/20/21 at 6:53 am to yaboidarrell

Valdez, AK

Posted by mylsuhat

Mandeville, LA

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49841 posts

Posted on 8/20/21 at 6:56 am to yaboidarrell

Gunnison CO

Posted by Flair Chops

to the west, my soul is bound

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Posted on 8/20/21 at 6:59 am to HDAU

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Ennis, MT

Where I would love to retire

I only passed through, but Wallace Idaho seemed awesome

West Yellowstone will always have a place in my heart

Absolutely hated the flathead valley from a living there perspective

Seward AK was awesome, surrounded by mountains and water. Mountains might not be but 3000' but when the elevation is 5' they seem larger than they are.

Sedona is awesome, but i could see where it could get old in a hurry.

Moab/castle valley, if it counts, was a lot of fun.

Posted by Tigris

Cloud Cuckoo Land

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Posted on 8/20/21 at 7:07 am to RogerTheShrubber

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Haines, AK. On the coast, but home to a lot of extreme sports stuff in winter. Not overrun with tourists, no chains, everything is "local" and authentic. Plus it's gorgeous.

+1. Awesome place. Talkeetna is pretty great too. Both are a bit marginal for being "mountain towns" though they are surrounded by mountains, but neither has any real elevation. For towns in the mountains Wengen and Zermatt have been mentioned and the scenery is stunning.

Posted by Floating Change Up

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Posted on 8/20/21 at 7:10 am to yaboidarrell

Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland.

Posted by UtahCajun

Member since Jul 2021

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Posted on 8/20/21 at 7:10 am to 40 Rouge

Eh, Park City is ok. I would rather move to Heber City. Life is just a bit slower there and you are closer to the rivers.

Love Sun Valley.

But I am going into early retirement in Missoula, MT. Yep, it is kinda quirky, but there are 5 world class trout streams in that valley alone.

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Posted by VABuckeye

NOVA

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Posted on 8/20/21 at 7:11 am to UtahCajun

Interlaken, Switzerland.

Posted by jrobic4

Baton Rouge

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Posted on 8/20/21 at 7:11 am to HempHead

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Big Sky

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Whitefish

Recency bias, since I was in both less than a month ago, but these are absolutely incredible!

Also agree with both Red River New Mexico and Blowing Rock North Carolina as honorable mentions. I had in Brevard North Carolina as well, and though it is not quite what I would consider a mountain town.

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Posted by Nodust

Member since Aug 2010

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Posted on 8/20/21 at 7:15 am to Jim Rockford

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Jackson Hole before the billionaires ruined it.

1970’s?

Joseph Oregon, it’s too far off the beaten path to get really big.

Posted by prostyleoffensetime

Mississippi

Member since Aug 2009

12263 posts

Posted on 8/20/21 at 7:16 am to UtahCajun

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I would rather move to Heber City.

Beautiful valley that Heber City sits in.

Posted by bamapoet

North Alabama

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564 posts

Posted on 8/20/21 at 7:16 am to Frac the world

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Colbert Heights, Alabama

LOL I was there, Sunday

Posted by Lutcher Lad

South of the Mason-Dixon Line

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Posted on 8/20/21 at 7:17 am to yaboidarrell

River Road in Paulna, Louisiana...the levee was our mountain.

Posted by cgrand

HAMMOND

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Posted on 8/20/21 at 7:25 am to Lutcher Lad

favorite as a place to maybe live would be either basalt or telluride CO.
cant afford either though and neither can you

the most fun I’ve ever had in a mountain town was 4th of July in Stanley ID