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09-10-2005, 01:20 PM
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#1 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Hertfordshire, England
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|  hello newbie post, feel free to ignore
hello, Just a newbie post to say hi. Haven't actually done snowboarding yet, but hoping to early next year
I guess the season will be coming to an end by about then? Any suggestions where a newbie should go? cheers
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09-10-2005, 08:26 PM
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#2 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Utardia
Posts: 1,640
| Well you ain't gonna have any luck in England that's for sure. That is, unless you do a snowdome. What part of the world you thinking about hitting? I see a lot of Brits at Whistler; short flight, awesome terrain, and probably pretty cheap on the exchange. | |
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09-10-2005, 09:28 PM
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#3 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Squamish/Whistler
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Originally Posted by Ripcord I see a lot of Brits at Whistler; short flight, awesome terrain, and probably pretty cheap on the exchange. | Tonnes in the Canadian Rockies too - Banff and Lake Louise. Fly into Calgary and you have Lake Louise, Sunshine Village, Nakiska and Mount Norquay all within a 2 hour drive, and then you have Fernie, Kicking Horse in Golden and Marmot Basin in Jasper within a 3 1/2 hour drive. Not to mention Island Lake Lodge in Fernie if you're looking for more backcountry/cat skiing type stuff. Check out the websites, and while I'm a little biased because this is where I live Banff, Lake Louise and Fernie are all worth the visit especially if it's a good snow year  | |
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09-10-2005, 11:02 PM
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#4 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Utardia
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Originally Posted by mtnluvn Tonnes in the Canadian Rockies too - Banff and Lake Louise. Fly into Calgary and you have Lake Louise, Sunshine Village, Nakiska and Mount Norquay all within a 2 hour drive, and then you have Fernie, Kicking Horse in Golden and Marmot Basin in Jasper within a 3 1/2 hour drive. Not to mention Island Lake Lodge in Fernie if you're looking for more backcountry/cat skiing type stuff. Check out the websites, and while I'm a little biased because this is where I live Banff, Lake Louise and Fernie are all worth the visit especially if it's a good snow year | Have you ever been to Kicking Hourse? I've heard they are doing a lot of construction and have over 4K vertical. Intruiging... | |
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09-10-2005, 11:36 PM
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#5 | | Member
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Burlington, VT
Posts: 39
| ripcord- i know its off topic but does your name come from the run at sugarbush? | |
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09-11-2005, 09:06 AM
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#6 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Utardia
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Originally Posted by Brton161 ripcord- i know its off topic but does your name come from the run at sugarbush? | I do love Ripcord at the Bush...but it is actually from my habit of getting in over my head and looking to eject...
My favorite trail at the Bush is Rumble though, love the double fall line turns, rock drops and tight trail...mmmmmmmm | |
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09-11-2005, 12:00 PM
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#7 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Squamish/Whistler
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Originally Posted by Ripcord Have you ever been to Kicking Hourse? I've heard they are doing a lot of construction and have over 4K vertical. Intruiging... | Honestly I haven't yet. The plan was to go there last season but when you have to drive right past Lake Louise to get there, and it's about another hour to drive it's easier to just stop and ride at the Lake unless you're going for the whole weekend (damn am I spoiled ). But check it out... http://www.kickinghorseresort.com/winter/home.asp
:drool: ...approx. 4000' vert and 60% (yes, 6-0) of the trails are black or double black. Plus, they run the lifts in the summer for bikes too.
I think the construction is pretty much finished. KH used to be a little local hill called Whitetooth that was only open thurs-sun, which pretty much guaranteed powder days every thursday because it was unskied for 3 days a week. Plus no one ventrued there except the locals and people that were in the know. Obviously that's changed, but it's still a hill that's a little further out of the way so I don't think it gets the crowds that the Banff hills and Whistler get. | |
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09-11-2005, 12:52 PM
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#8 | | Member
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Burlington, VT
Posts: 39
| haha rumble's nuts... you ever do slide brook or church/paradise woods? | |
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09-11-2005, 01:20 PM
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#9 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Utardia
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Originally Posted by Brton161 haha rumble's nuts... you ever do slide brook or church/paradise woods? | I've been to Paradise woods...reallllll nice........Reminds me of Jay...Never done Slide Brook though, what's that like? I still have family in central VT and have a connection at SB. I'm hoping to get there a couple times this winter. | |
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09-11-2005, 01:24 PM
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#10 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Utardia
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Originally Posted by mtnluvn | Oh yeah, gotta get there some time. It still looks like you need to ride the gondola to get to the top, there's no other way to get up there. They should run a quad at least 2/3 of the way up to give folks another way to get to the top. | |
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