Skiing and Snowboarding - Page 50

Airboy · #**981** Posted **Nov 16, 2018, 9:17 PM**

just a quick check of the Web Cams, It appears Marmot, Lake Louise, Sunshine and Norquay are all open.

240glt · #**982** Posted **Nov 16, 2018, 11:29 PM**

Sun Peaks opens tomorrow as well

Calgarian · #**983** Posted **Nov 20, 2018, 10:54 PM**

Rode Sunshine on Saturday, great early season conditions, even some nice powder stashes if you're willing to work to get it.

240glt · #**984** Posted **Nov 24, 2018, 1:27 AM**

Not sure how real this is but it’s a pretty cool video from Nelson BC regardless

https://v.redd.it/yt8nco8er2021/DASH_4_8_M

Edit: yup that’s Tom Wallisch and this video is real. So cool

Doug · #**985** Posted **Nov 26, 2018, 8:22 AM**

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Originally Posted by 240glt

Not sure how real this is but it’s a pretty cool video from Nelson BC regardless

https://v.redd.it/yt8nco8er2021/DASH_4_8_M

Edit: yup that’s Tom Wallisch and this video is real. So cool

Tribute to the late, great JP Auclair

s211 · #**986** Posted **Dec 3, 2018, 4:01 PM**

Has anybody tried Whistler yet this season? Their base sounds low for this time of year and am wondering if it's worth the day trip yet.

Calgarian · #**987** Posted **Dec 5, 2018, 8:07 PM**

Some friends were at Revy for opening day last weekend, apparently it was beyond epic! Really hope to get out to that hill at some point this season!

240glt · #**988** Posted **Dec 5, 2018, 8:11 PM**

I skied it once just after it opened in 2008, it's not as well known a hill but the snow conditions up there are consistently amazing from what I hear from friends in the BC interior who hit it up a fair bit. Deep powder for days.

VantageHD · #**989** Posted **Dec 5, 2018, 11:55 PM**

Towers for the new orient chair up at Sun Peaks were being installed last weekend.

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Denscity · #**990** Posted **Dec 8, 2018, 6:32 PM**

Locally Whitewater near Nelson is open. Red Mountain near Rossland will open next weekend. It is supposed to snow around here all week next week.

VantageHD · #**991** Posted **Dec 10, 2018, 5:22 PM**

Heading to Sunshine this Friday for the first time! Pretty stoked to check it out. forecast looks promising.

Calgarian · #**992** Posted **Dec 11, 2018, 4:29 PM**

Rode Louise Sunday, needs a lot more snow, about half the mountain is still closed.

s211 · #**993** Posted **Dec 11, 2018, 4:42 PM**

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Rode Louise Sunday, needs a lot more snow, about half the mountain is still closed.

Count your blessings. As of just a day or so ago, roughly 10% of Whistler was open.

Asking myself why I rushed to get my winter tires put on!

240glt · #**994** Posted **Dec 11, 2018, 9:17 PM**

^^ has it iced up already or still fairly soft ?

Silver Star looks like it got a pretty good start so far

http://www.skisilverstar.com/my-mountain-info/mountain-conditions/webcams

240glt · #**995** Posted **Dec 11, 2018, 9:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by s211

Count your blessings. As of just a day or so ago, roughly 10% of Whistler was open.

Asking myself why I rushed to get my winter tires put on!

Oh my god are you the one guy in Vancouver that actually changes his tires over ?

Calgarian · #**996** Posted **Dec 11, 2018, 9:48 PM**

It's dumping in the Rockies and Columbias right now, all the hills accessible from Calgary are going to be mint this weekend. Revy looks really good too, 26cm today and another 38cm through the week.

s211 · #**997** Posted **Dec 12, 2018, 4:11 AM**

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Oh my god are you the one guy in Vancouver that actually changes his tires over ?

LOL! It must be the Albertan blood in me. Hard to shake that. I've done enough white-knuckle winter driving there to eventually get religion and get on the winter tire bandwagon.

240glt · #**998** Posted **Dec 12, 2018, 5:10 AM**

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Originally Posted by s211

LOL! It must be the Albertan blood in me. Hard to shake that. I've done enough white-knuckle winter driving there to eventually get religion and get on the winter tire bandwagon.

I swapped Nokians onto my old Volvo 740 turbo when I lived down there in late ‘90s.. lots or trips up the Coq to the Okanagan. Everyone’s saying “you don’t need winters in Vancouver” well when it snows two inches and everyone is running their cars up onto meridians and the city comes to a grinding halt because no one knows how to drive in a skiff of snow, I beg to differ

s211 · #**999** Posted **Dec 12, 2018, 4:15 PM**

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Nokians

My secret weapon!

Doug · #**1000** Posted **Dec 13, 2018, 5:39 AM**

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Originally Posted by s211

LOL! It must be the Albertan blood in me. Hard to shake that. I've done enough white-knuckle winter driving there to eventually get religion and get on the winter tire bandwagon.

Real Albertans don’t use snow tires, toques or gloves