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Grouse, Cypress or Seymour?

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dg101
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Seeing
Nov 25 2007 10:25PM
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dave44
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it should be so nice tomorrow, snowed so hard today
Dec 28 2007 12:40AM
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Liam.KC
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ya it was such a sick day today. best powder ive tasted at grouse ever. tomorrow is looking to be even better.
Dec 28 2007 12:44AM
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dave44
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yeah, so nice. hopefully tomorrow won't be as overcast though. i hate skiing in cloudy/foggy conditions
Dec 28 2007 1:22AM
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Liam.KC
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yea hopefully but today wasnt bad at all i think. skiied trees all day. good times
Dec 28 2007 4:49AM
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james44
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today was sick, still cant find any cliffs over like 10 feet though.
Dec 28 2007 7:10PM
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Liam.KC
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today was pretty good. super foggy tho. hit some nice 15-20 footers tho
Dec 28 2007 7:57PM
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james44
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haha i really want some non center mounted skis also, im not good enough to pull off anthems in the trees
Dec 28 2007 8:12PM
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dave44
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wow, today was really foggy but trees were good. snow was really good in places
Dec 28 2007 9:32PM
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taynton
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I haven't done seymour yet, but I'd pick cypress over grouse.  Although both places had pretty terrible parks when I went in Dec. and Jan. of last season.  Haven't done any O/B exploring yet at either place (and didn't find anything like those cliff bands - they look sick).  I've heard Seymour has the best backcountry.

Supprised no one has mentioned that Cypress has (or is planning on having) a superpipe this year, and that they added a bunch of terrain.
Dec 30 2007 12:32AM
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james44
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its been mentiond in other places but the problem with cypress is its crazy expensive


and as far as a park all they really have is a pipe
Dec 30 2007 12:40AM
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hucksplat
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there are definitely several 20+ foot cliffs hidden around grouse as those pics of graham prove.  graham claims he found another which we will be inspecting and bombing tomorrow.  the gnar is there for those who seek, but i prefer if you leave the fresh landings for me to bomb.
Dec 30 2007 1:58AM
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dave44
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A day ticket to Cypress is $50. I ski 60+ days at Grouse for $150. Cypress are subjecting you to extortion.


I haven't skied much Seymour either.
Dec 30 2007 2:18AM
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g-man
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more Grouse
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there you go.  Don't go out of bounds and have to get rescued.

Dec 31 2007 8:45PM
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james44
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haha whaat?
how did this end?
Dec 31 2007 8:56PM
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Kevski
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Are you saying that's inbounds? Or that you don't want anyone else going out and finding it?
Jan 2 2008 11:33PM
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dave44
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I think I spotted something similar to the 1st & 3rd today. It could've been one or the other, or neither
Jan 3 2008 12:16AM
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J.D.
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Well his hole is in the next shot so I'd say pretty well.
Jan 3 2008 1:02PM
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james44
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haha i thought they were different places but now i get it
Jan 3 2008 3:29PM
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notomatoplz
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went to grouse for my first time on wednesday and it was soooo foggy that you couldnt see clearly 10 feet infront of you, defianitely the worst conditions i have skied in, i go tlost tons cause i didnt know the mountain
Jan 4 2008 2:48PM
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dave44
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you'll get used to it.

grouse is really nice on clear days, but they dont come often during this time of year

oh, and grouse almost always clears up at night
Jan 4 2008 3:17PM
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dave44
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Maybe he's talking about the two boarders who had to get rescued
Jan 7 2008 1:57PM
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hemlockjibber8
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Hemlock is within 1.5 hours of the city and its got cliffs, bowls, exposed lines, really fucking steep trees, tons of random fun lauches, top to bottom untracked wide open pow lines, and a park that is coming along. and you get discounts with your seasons pass to the city mountains.
Jan 7 2008 4:11PM
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Kevski
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But who has chains for the road? I'd be up there, but I got no chains.
Jan 10 2008 8:11PM
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wiener
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who has jumps right now?
Jan 11 2008 3:39PM
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hemlockjibber8
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we've got three jumps right now. 40 and 30 and 30. and about a dozen rails. park is being rebuilt right now because we have got about 130cm in the past 2 days.

you dont need chains for hemlock if you have winter tires and know how to drive in snow. I havent used chains here this year and i drove a mazda. the only problem is when people stop and cut off your route.
Jan 11 2008 4:13PM
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wiener
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come pick me up in van and there is a hug in it for you ;-)
Jan 11 2008 6:29PM
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hemlockjibber8
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ooooh.

so after i poster that we kind of got jacked on cat time.

jumps go 45-50, 30, hopefully kicker gets built in the morning. just had a night sesh of the new down rail and its butterlicious
Jan 11 2008 10:46PM
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g-man
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yep.  see the front of the Province today?  straight fear mongering. these cliffs are within the ski area, no hiking involved.
Jan 14 2008 7:44PM
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Oetk
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any jumps at grouse, or just rails as of now?
Jan 15 2008 1:58AM
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Download-My-Apps
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I am also in need of an update,

I just moved to Van a few days ago and lack the funds/ car to get to whistler and need to ski where the best for park right now?

and if anyone wants to ride with that'd be cool, but if not I'll go solo.
Jan 15 2008 7:00PM
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james44
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grouse has the best park right now but no jumps (unless you count 10 ft mini booters) and you pretty much cant shred alone at grouse for more than 3 runs if you say hi to the many skiers
if you want il shred with you
Jan 16 2008 2:42AM
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wiener
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grouse tonight  (wed jan 16)
Jan 16 2008 3:54PM
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hemlockjibber8
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photos tomorrow

Sasquatch day will be uber duper fun
Jan 16 2008 10:33PM
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Dex
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Has to be GROUSE!!!
Mar 7 2008 12:47PM
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Boards
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today was my first day at cypress and i have never been to the other two but the olympic pipe is damn fun (though too short).  i will be there the next two days as well if anyone is around, i will have the movement kama sutras and be in black and gold with a helmet.

there were also some cool tree runs and the rails are pretty good too boot (though they need more big ones in a line)...
Mar 15 2008 10:29PM
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andrewh
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i mostly ride seymour because its like really family friendly and like the girls are like way hot and like my mom brings me to the hill

she even let me shred her mini van down lodge trail!
anyone see me that day? i was reppin American eagle head to toe(cept for my northern getaway sailor moon sandals)  and then snake bullet ski blades?     
Mar 15 2008 11:23PM
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L.e.L.
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props to the seymour fam, such a friendly place with the most laid back people for sure. and i heart slow ass double chairs, high speed quads just attract texans
Mar 17 2008 12:16AM
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Sir.Pete
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seyyymour. so real.
Mar 17 2008 12:28AM
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Abc567def
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yep for building a nice step down booter off a 30 footer off the backside. we hadn't hit it yet and i was just about to drop in when the patrol rolled up and told us to come down there, and so i did (the only thing was was that i hit the booter at the same time) which they were not happy about in the least and so they pulled me.
Mar 17 2008 3:41AM
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andrewh
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this saturday at seymour alanis morissette is ski training for the Orage masters.
come up and show your support for real
she has done a lot for us

she'll be wearing nothing except her hair over her tits
Mar 17 2008 5:13PM
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hucksplat
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mang, we were thinking about hitting the gap on northside grouse when we got pinched too, just after dropping the cliff there.  patrol didn't take our passes, but they were not stoked at all.  plus it was christmas eve.

16cms overnight at grouse.  70 on the week.  yeah bitches!
Mar 21 2008 12:27PM
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Obsessedwski
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their pipe's olympic sized though, 22 foot walls defs not the best to practice on, major props to people who can get fair amount of air above the lip. I'm not sure if I want to dedicate myself to one mountain for the whole season, each mountain has its ups and downs:


Cypress = UPS - powder days; soo much steeps and tree skiing with no hiking, ski down to lifts
                  DOWNS - shitty park, other than the pipe, they dont know how to build a park, very long (im                                         talking 45 min to an hour) lift ticket lines at times

Grouse = UPS - easy access, great food, okay park this year
                DOWNS - very limited terrain, low elevation, TOURISTS, only two lifts so gets very crowded at                                     times

Seymor = UPS - great backcountry, sweet for building your own stuff due to no patroling and frankly, they                             dont give a shit, good park, never much of a lift line, fast lift ticket lines
                 DOWNS - very hard access shuttle only goes to and from the base of the mountain so unless                                     you own a car, you're bussing half the day, VERY SLOW LIFTS probably about                                         15-20 years old easily slowest chair on the north shore, again limited terrain                                                 compared to cypress = short runs
Mar 26 2008 3:09AM
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