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perroch
Posts: 79 - Karma: 34
This winter, i'm going to British-Columbia and I would like to know where is the best powder, backcountry skiing and tree skiing. Make good suggestions please.
Sep 13 2006 3:56PM
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NGA
Posts: 1458 - Karma: 186
whistler...duh!

silver star and big white arnt bad either
Sep 13 2006 4:15PM
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Silister
Posts: 1075 - Karma: 10
Sun Peaks aint bad if you know where to go
Sep 13 2006 5:32PM
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chapz
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yup big white silver star and sunpeaks and whistler, they said it there
Sep 13 2006 5:36PM
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r.w
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^ that and Quartz Ridge by Sunshine, and also the backside of Wawa Ridge at Sunshine. and there is some good stuff near Louise. and Castle is a must same with Fortress.
Sep 13 2006 5:44PM
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chapz
Posts: 10182 - Karma: 66
thers tons more, i was just saying what they were saying
Sep 13 2006 5:45PM
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fouldsys
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whistler is sssssssssssick
Sep 13 2006 5:46PM
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skier_boy26
Posts: 11295 - Karma: 502
well its supposed to be a el nino year, so we're getting the shaft.

but for what youre saying... kicking horse, and some stuff in the okanagan
Sep 13 2006 5:52PM
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nickmcnutt
Posts: 4396 - Karma: 2,966
vancouver area eg. seymour has sick pow, but of course whistler, and go check out nelson (whitewater).
Sep 13 2006 6:22PM
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poofartpee
Posts: 7436 - Karma: 1,538
whistla, silver star, fernie, and big white are good too
Sep 13 2006 6:52PM
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hollygrove
Posts: 7845 - Karma: 93
whitewater. come. now.
Sep 13 2006 6:56PM
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St.Steezy
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golden, kicking horse is sick
Sep 13 2006 7:09PM
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skiseemore
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go to fernie or red or whitewater or kicking horse
Sep 13 2006 7:25PM
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lalalalaura
Posts: 6753 - Karma: 68
interior.
Sep 13 2006 7:27PM
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paprika
Posts: 360 - Karma: 10
Believe it or not. Cypress has some of the best powder in BC. On an average dump Cypress gets 40% more than Whistler and Sky chair (the top) gets about 20% more than Gouse or Seymour. The only reason noone ever considers it the best is cause it doesnt retain the snow like Whistler. Oh, but the backcountry is fucking deadly, no joke.
Sep 13 2006 7:31PM
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french_fry
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it gets 40% more, but quite wet powder. Plus 40% more gapers as well.
Sep 13 2006 9:53PM
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Nadia.
Posts: 1124 - Karma: 1,104
It's snowing in whistler RIGHT NOW. It's down to midmountain. Crazy, considering that it was 32C 3 days ago.
Sep 13 2006 9:54PM
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Sashac
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omfg!!! shez soooo riite!!11 omfg stfu!! whistler is way 2 cool!!
hehehe ninaa knowz tha bezt!!11!!
Sep 13 2006 9:55PM
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ToddSchishler
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Whistler rocks. So does the interior. But BC doesn't have a hyphen!!!!!!!!!!1
Sep 13 2006 10:35PM
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wrenegade
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The best snow is definetely in the Rockies. Fernie/Golden/Revelstoke area. Thats why the best cat/heli operations are around there. Whistler is the best and most convenient resort with amazing terrain, but the snow is fairly heavy.
Sep 13 2006 11:24PM
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Albino
Posts: 1400 - Karma: 123
amen brother.

nowhere near the setup of whistler, but when the pow is on, those four are the king shit.
Kicking horse on a powder morning is intense. If you havnt got 90mm under the foot, dont even get on the gondi
Sep 13 2006 11:26PM
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Sdot
Posts: 2289 - Karma: 15
That was going to be my exact response. If you're in eastern BC, you might as well venture a few hours east and hit up Banff/Louise, too.
Sep 13 2006 11:29PM
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jd_1260
Posts: 1192 - Karma: 293
I always build Backcountry jumps at cypress and the snow is actually so nice.
Sep 14 2006 12:33AM
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Download-My-Apps
Posts: 5069 - Karma: 1,017
well the best powder in BC, Powder King no lies, kinda near prince george. But its not very steep and well its in the middle of fucking now where and has no village.
Sep 14 2006 1:41AM
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Beegio
Posts: 74 - Karma: 10
You obviously don't have the privledge of living here. I know every inch of the mountain abd the surrounding BC and not one inch of it can even compare to many other resorts in BC. Not too mention we get 176 measly inches of snow on a good year.
Sep 14 2006 1:56AM
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mad_540_trix
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uh, no. just...... no.  it's wet, it's heavy, and it sucks.  you've obviously never skied powder in the interior.
Sep 14 2006 2:40AM
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Nadia.
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Kicking horse is really good, Lake Louise and Sunshine in Alb are good too. The snow is lighter and fluffier there. Whistler can be really good too, depending on if its snowing or raining.
Sep 14 2006 2:44AM
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scientist
Posts: 6920 - Karma: 348
Ive skiied the best powder of my life at red mountain. Steep N deep should be this bitches slogan
Sep 14 2006 9:57AM
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D-rocket
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although im personally going for nelson and red, I have asked someone who used to heliski everyday and such in that region and eventually he started going to aspen on vacations and he said that was the best place because of the temp and condition of the snow etc. So thats what he thinks.
Sep 14 2006 10:09AM
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wrenegade
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As far as snow quality goes:

Utah > Colorado > BC Rockies > BC Okanagan > BC Coast Mountains.

But since we're just talking BC, go to the east and ski the rockies.
Sep 14 2006 11:46AM
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lastxlight
Posts: 1611 - Karma: 10
Whistler(hit up flute bowl, it's easy but really fun. Don't fuck around backcountry if you don't know where to go there.

Red Mountain

Sun Peaks(never too busy here)

Sep 14 2006 2:11PM
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friedcheese
Posts: 1245 - Karma: 23
he's right
but all you knobs should go to vernon
its sooooo sweet there
silver star is sooo rad
Sep 14 2006 5:24PM
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NGA
Posts: 1458 - Karma: 186
only cause sasha is there
Sep 14 2006 5:41PM
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poofartpee
Posts: 7436 - Karma: 1,538
OH forgot cant leave out Kicking Hoarse like shittttttttttttt!!!!!!!!!!!
Sep 14 2006 7:17PM
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smuggsVT
Posts: 2145 - Karma: 19
what he said
Sep 14 2006 8:04PM
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FUUUCK
Posts: 18426 - Karma: 4,888
kicking horse
Sep 14 2006 10:19PM
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ski-or-die
Posts: 770 - Karma: 17
before you go to whisler maybe you should check where all these people are from and find out how many other places they've skied and if they acctualy know what they're talking about. i see soo many threads that say "im coming to bc where should i go" with about 90% of responces going something like "O.M.G. WHISLER...duh so sick + deep!"

im not going to tell you where or where not to go because i honestly havent skied that many resorts, however i do live in the interior for reason. i urge you to look at the facts, not the hype, before you go off buying day passes for almost as much as i pay for a whole season or deciding to ski some where because the jounir high "locals" (who've at the most gone to 1 or 2 other mountains) think its great

go to reginal and cult forums for better all-be-it slightly more bias advice, and more importantly a real idea of how many dedicated riders live there purely for the snow.
Sep 15 2006 4:07AM
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