Liftopia has put together their list of The Rowdiest Ski Town Bars for The Huffington Post. Here is what they came up with.
Alright, guys, I’m back again. In this edition, I’m going to be discussing some of my favorite, cheap ski town bars.
Skiing/riding and drinking go hand in hand. They always have, and they always will. Some folks prefer martinis and cigars. Others have a taste for fine wine and local charcuterie and cheese plates! Then there’s those who want to sip champagne with cheesecake, after an expensive dinner of lobster and filet. Me? I’m all about $1 beers, sub-par whiskey and fried food, before drunkenly shooting pool or playing foosball with the locals.
So, here I take a peek into some of my favorite sleazy dives, where things like this are not only acceptable, but generally encouraged. Let’s party!
The List
- Clocktower Cellar - Mammoth Lakes, CA
- Chair 5 (aka “The Dive”) – Girdwood, AK
- Shooting Star Saloon - Huntsville, UT
- The Tourist Club - Truckee, CA
- Mogul’s Saloon - Killington, VT
You can read the full article here - The Rowdiest Ski Town Bars
The Paul Bunyan Room at Loon Mountain by far the best slopeside bar i hvae ever been to.
Bunyan’s cool too bad it’s in Lincoln, NH…
http://www.rockingrbar.com/
Rocking R? Are you kidding me? You must NOT be from Bozeman……
rbar sucks!
Hahahahahahaha…That is so funny. The Ricking R sucks! You are definitely not from Bozeman!
Mod…That should read Rocking R….
Black bear. Big sky montana
Rockin R is awful. Eagles, or the Molly in Bozeman. Scissorbills or the Black bear in Big Sky.
Molly brown or Cats Paw
Molly Brown or Cat’s Paw
Fuck the R bar. MTA bastards. The asshole who owns the place wants to close all of the great breweries in Montana.
big bear saloon!! after a killer day of jibbing! why not go hang with some awesome flat landers BRO
The Casino (The Can’t-Say-No)
Ketchum, Idaho
The Shooting Star is the oldest but defiantly not the wildest by far.
The Battered Beaver @ Kirkwood (now w/ the lame name of “the 7800′ club”)
The Mooservert, St. Anton, Austria.
Far and away the wildest, craziest ski town bar is The Londoner Pub
in Kitzbuhel!
Honorable mentions:
Woody Creek Tavern, Aspen
Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, Jackson Hole
Seriously, the Cowboy Bar? That is where tourists go to pay a cover, drink over priced drinks, and sit on saddle bar stools. Oh, and they have no draft beer. It is rowdy on Snowmobile Hill Climb weekend, but that’s about it in the winter.
Kitzbühel, defenately some rowdy time. the rowdiest.
but Million Dollar Cowboy is just a tourist trap. never seen anything rowdy come out of that place.
Cornice Cantina maybe The Slot!?
I agree. The Tourist Club? I haven’t yet figured out who goes there. The Cornice Cantina is my favorite place. But Jumbo, we miss Maria!
Riverhouse in golden BC gets my vote
Ahh… bring back the Hula Bowl from the Park City glory days…..
snow creek, red lodege montana
Apples, bottom of Warm Springs, Ketchum Idaho.
The Man Falls Creek Australia.
Best margarita’s on the planet: Casa Baeza, Truckee
agreed. Calistro is the master.
O’ Shucks in Park City, UT
I’d say the spur aka the “Cougar’s den”.
Chambre 9 chamonix for swedish table dancing and a great house band best job in the alps for guys in the band!!
Gold pan saloon brekenridge yes I know you wont believe me but it was a long time ago no walls on cubicle in a restroom never mind a door open to the corridor full of resort staff and wild locals very very packed.
The boot the orginal whistler bar fantastic wild wild music naked women and lots and lots of very very drunk people
The wilson pub near jackson used to be great on sunday nights for a big party I think.
I’ll post some more when I can remember them!
The Boot Whistler
Charlies in Govie should definitely be on this list.
Charlie’s isn’t that wild. When I drank at the ratskellar back in the day…that was rowdy
Umm really. The black bear in big sky. Its the place to go for cheap beer, south american hotties, and fights. If you want to get your ass kicked go to the bear and run your mouth. No other bar I have been to makes tourists want to leave so quickly.
too bad, everyone at big sky is a bunch of d-bags
hahahaha
u couldnt get no booty there eh??
got beat up by a “local”
Tram Club @ the Bird
goldminer’s daughter. she’s hot.
the black bear fo sho, and then milkies
boZeman boys thumbs downing big sky bars?
I’m not saying. I protect my bars.
The pdogg at Alta after all the employees get there checks on Friday.
what about tamarak? the heavenly angels? goo goo dancers?
Moguls USED to be kewl with the $5 burger and a beer special but it has lost it’s luster…now it’s all about…wait, fuck that I’m not tellin you clowns!
tram club – snow bird
village cafe – jackson
apples – sv
haufbrau – bozeman
chamois – squaw
snorting elk – crystal
just to name a few, the list from this article is simply terrible
The VC is okay although pretty small for a bar and not very rowdy. Also filled with the bro brah scene. If you want rowdy, head to the Virginian for cheap strong cocktails, the occasional fight, live music, and hole in the wall appeal. If you are at the Village, the Mangy Moose is the classic rowdy scene.
dicks tea bar
Sushi yoshi is pretty cheap but love the Moguls reference
Shooting Star is way overrated, as is the Million Dollar tourist trap. Way overlooked is O’Shucks (Park City) and Grumpys (Ketchum). Real bars for real people, not “bloggers”.
Tourist Club= Rowdiest farts
T bar is a funny pick, nice try taylor
Judson’s, Kingfield Maine. Ugly bartenders,ugly locals, ugly place. The Moose are quite receptive however…
o’bannons Telluride
The Eldo – Crested Butte
tha casino
sun valley
Scissor Bill’s in Big Sky, MT
Beirstube – Whitefish MT…..free beer anybody?
suds pub
Ru kidding Alta Peruvian bar / Alta, Utah. just cuz we drink 3.5 all that means we rage harder you !
How about that stupid fucking bar “The Rocker” at Squaw? Nothing says “douchey” like that place.
There’s 2 ski towns where runnin around naked, and drunkin bar fights at 2 AM are the NORM, not the UNUSUAL; So I’m goin with Black Bear @ Big Sky. And The Boot in Whistler !!!!!!!
bushwood cc is best for “free” drinks…
Although it doesn’t have an official liquor license, I think the rowdiest ski town bar I know of is the top of the Tram on closing day at Jackson. Of course, it is BYOB but it is one of the best mountain parties I have ever attended.
The Loft – Squaw
Mangy Moose – Jackson Hole (especially on Super Bowl Day)
Gallagher’s – Waitsfield, VT (OK, that was 44 yaers ago and it’s long gone, but STILL the BEST EVER…)
Bar 1 – Squaw (back in the ’70′s)
Kochevar’s – Crested Butte
The Corral – Big Sky
And most outrageous of all of all – the now gone (and sorely missed) BOOT PUB – Whistler
The Last Drop – Revelstoke
Because it is great and none of you assholes are there!
krazy kanguruh st. anton, austria
O’Bannons in Telluride
If you like hot chicks dancing in bikinis, check out a High Camp Pool Party at Squaw. The drinks are not cheap, but it is without a doubt the sexiest mid-mountain party you will ever witness
The Shaft! Wolf Creek, Colorado