Welcome to the Newschoolers forums! You may read the forums as a guest, however you must be a registered member to post.
Register to become a member today!
Kicking Horse Mtn. Park Survey
Posts: 418
-
Karma: 10
OK this is just a little Survey that I'd like to conduct.
Who thinks that Kicking Horse should have a park?
and if it had a good park (Competitive with Whistler and Mammoth) would that make you want to either visit more often or perhaps move there.
Let me know your thoughts.
L8
Rex
Posts: 299
-
Karma: 10
umm i guess im stupid wheres kicking horse?
spank spank
Posts: 418
-
Karma: 10
it's the new big resort in Interior British Columbia. It's got the secon most Vertical in Canada (Whistler has the Most)
Posts: 6631
-
Karma: 41
If it had a park competitive with Whistler and Mammoth that would be absolutely sick. I've drooled over trail maps for a long time, but since I live an hour and a half from whistler, its been easier to go there in the past. However, with the promise of Big Mountains, Big Snow and a sick park I'd be there in a second.
I feel bad for people who don't drink, cause when they wake up in the morning, thats the best the're going to feel all day
Posts: 8272
-
Karma: 9
Kicking Horse with a park could be nice, but from all the stories I've heard, it doesn't need one, as you can apparently build a sick booter anywhere and everywhere. Would I move there? That's too hard to answer.
'lets all go to hell for having sex!' Lateralis
'jib_this why are you such an ass? all your posts are dissing someone els (sic)' Krongos
Whistler Sucks.
Posts: 5007
-
Karma: 19
I love KH the way it is, but obviously if you give people more options, it makes KH that much better.... I would be all for a park, although the whole place is one big natural park!
Commander of the Silent Army
Viva La Resistance!
'haha god bless ssubsetnce abusess'-benditto
Posts: 6882
-
Karma: 12
im sure if it can amomidate people then for sure it will be a contender if they get a killer park, i was thinking about going there this winter anyway
-Nick Iwanyshyn
_____________________________________________________________
Focus at Theory-3.com
'Ski for yourself, do what you want and fuck everyone else'
Proud Member of Canada's Drinking Team
Posts: 7803
-
Karma: 466
Kicking horse was sweet last year othere then the fact that the runs below the bowls were sheer ice. U can jump the road that winds to the top in different places and U could build a nice kicker on any of the 3 surrounding open bowls.
======================================
Posted By GT: 'we all have shit, some people it comes out of their ass, some people it comes out their mouth'
Posts: 1948
-
Karma: 8
Hey rex;
I would hit kicking horse if it had a sick park like whistler. however there are two major problems with kicking horse!
1) opens december 19th waaayyyy to late. they have the snow to open 2-3 weeks earlier!
2) if the winds get super super high and fast the gondola gets shut down which means that there is no way to get to the peak. kicking horse needs a chairlift to go from the bottom lift, to the upper lift. if that were possible then the mountain would not be shut down for any type of wind (cept a tornado). then i would hit kicking horse for sure. but its just not a place I would go to at present.
just fix the lifts, opening day, and park and I'm there
=================
lates moe
**Two Tone Productions** __ **Volkl**
Ice, snow, man-made, slush, powder, as long as u land on your feet nothing else matters
Ski Ontario
Posts: 418
-
Karma: 10
^ part of what we're trying to do is to get the park put under the lower Quad chair (so if it's windy up top you can still ride the park) as well as snowmaking on the lower part of the mtn. (specificly the park runs) that would encourage an earlier opening date for the whole mtn. as well as the ability to build a better park earlier in the season and that would stay open later.
Posts: 5007
-
Karma: 19
^ this would indefinetly rule!
Commander of the Silent Army
Viva La Resistance!
'haha god bless ssubsetnce abusess'-benditto
Posts: 5007
-
Karma: 19
^wtf? = good
Commander of the Silent Army
Viva La Resistance!
'haha god bless ssubsetnce abusess'-benditto
Posts: 1059
-
Karma: 1,187
ill go rexy boy
______________________________________
-Craig-
Posts: 6783
-
Karma: 23
If it had a park like Whistler, then I would go there for sure! I'd go there rather than Whistler to avoid all the crowds
_______________________________
What is the colour of a mirror?
'Fear is your only god' - Zach Dela Rocha
NS hockey pool champion: 2003
www.theeasyrider.com
Posts: 7813
-
Karma: 5
Kicking Horse is such a sweet moutain. Went there for 2 days last year and so much pow and good terrain. With a park at the bottom to round off the run it owuld be sooooooo sick!
-Michael Lifshitz-
Posts: 3488
-
Karma: 11
a park would be cool to keep the little brats outta my pow.
----------------------
'Dude, check out this nasty gouge.'
'Your mom has a nasty gouge.'
'your posts would usually get me in trouble in school when i get on NS' -ReggaeConcept
'you lazy asshole' -Crystal-needs-a-park
Posts: 12544
-
Karma: 73
id go there just for the pow, but a park would be an added bonus for sure.
'The only bond this campaign is rekindling is that of my ass to the toilet.' - Maddox on people bonding to mcdonalds because of 'im lovin it'.
Joel
Posts: 106
-
Karma: 10
With the big mtn terrain Kickcing Horse has and an innovative park on the lower mtn you couldn't go wrong. Inexspensive and uncrowded. It would be cool to fill the lower portion of the hill with slopestyle lines as now they're just a means to get to the chair.
Posts: 8272
-
Karma: 9
So Golden is close to kicking horse right? If golden can offer something comparable to Whistler town-wise, but not at all the same, perhaps something that seems more 'real' somehow, whatever that means, then KH will see more tourists/people moving there. A park is only a small part of the solution. Whistler isn't whistler only because of the mountains and the parks, it's Whistler because of the town, the people and everything else that goes along with it, both good and bad. Kicking Horse needs what Whistler has, A 'SCENE'. Why not start selling cheap/relatively large condos and 2-3 bedroom homes to people that couldn't afford housing in whistler? Home ownership might be the key to getting KH to go off.
'lets all go to hell for having sex!' Lateralis
'jib_this why are you such an ass? all your posts are dissing someone els (sic)' Krongos
Whistler Sucks.
Posts: 8272
-
Karma: 9
Oh, I forgot...Moving KH to within 2 hours of Vancouver would help. Why you ask? Vancouver='huge' city, international airport, easy access for tourists/vacationing skiers, and tons of shit to do other than skiing. Part of what makes Whistler so good is its proximity to Vancouver.
'lets all go to hell for having sex!' Lateralis
'jib_this why are you such an ass? all your posts are dissing someone els (sic)' Krongos
Whistler Sucks.
Posts: 1399
-
Karma: -6
Hey Rex its Simon from that Calgary rail.
My thoughts on it after living there for the 01-02 season:
Kicking Horse is soooo so good already. I would really like to move back there now. Seeing a park there would be really good too, it would make that place even better. However, part of its allure is almost that it doesnt have a park, it is not so crowded, and the people there, for the most part, know what they are doing on snow. Plus the Lakes park is an hour away, and it WILL be good this year.
If it did have a park, though. I think Kicking Horse could be then compared to Whistler, and this is good. For a good park though, I think they would have to have snowmaking. In a slow circle of events, the town would benefit more and the hill would benefit more. And Golden, as a town, sure could use some benifiting. I actually hope that it would never get as crazy as Whistler either.
A part of me would like KH to stay the way it is, and another part of wants to see the full extent of what the developers have planned, cause I remember it getting crazy.
So what Im trying to say is that im for a park, but If it doesnt happen I wouldnt think any less of KH.
Also, about cheap condos and such. Im pretty sure that they are already fairly expensive there. Like a quarter mil or so for starters, and housing is also going up. The two towns (Golden and Whistler) arent really comparable either. Whistler village was more or less built from the ground up knowing it would be a resort town, while Golden is a logging/industrial town. It is slowly changing though.
Oh yeah. KH/Golden is the best place!
signatures are for pussies
Posts: 31125
-
Karma: 336
/\ totally agree with u. its a double edged sword. on one hand u want it to stay not to famous becasue it is so good and the fact u can ski a pow day ALL day long becasue of the lack of people.. but on the other hand a part would be so nice to have, hit pow in the morning, try some park later. i would go with a small one, few tables, rails...that way they have a park and u keep it a 'small mountain' feel
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A view on the downfall of the US by 221:
'godzilla man. he's gonna show up and shit will hit the fan.'
ellermann -> i hope you realize you just threw yourselves a birthday party online. just think about that for a little while
Ryan V.G
Posts: 227
-
Karma: 18
ya iwould for sure ride kh my friends got a cabin up there but we usually go to
apex
whos the pussy now, pussy
Posts: 12544
-
Karma: 73
i would think that the problem associated with keeping kicking horse so 'private' and secluded would be that not enough people would go there and it would go under. more people going there would obviously be much better for kicking horse.
'The only bond this campaign is rekindling is that of my ass to the toilet.' - Maddox on people bonding to mcdonalds because of 'im lovin it'.
Joel
Posts: 1948
-
Karma: 8
REX if KH does go thru with your idea I will be there opening day next season! as it stands right now I wont cause when KH opens I'll be heading home. Am I fair in assuming that you;re going to be the head parck tech and the top pro rider for the mountain?
if so congrats, they couldn't have got a more dedicated guy.
=================
lates moe
**Two Tone Productions** __ **Volkl**
Ice, snow, man-made, slush, powder, as long as u land on your feet nothing else matters
Ski Ontario
Posts: 3001
-
Karma: 375
i went to kicking horse the year it opened. a park would be nice i guess but its got such a big mountain feel its almost nice not to have it. I'm saying that as a visitor. A lovcal who skis there all the time would probably want a park
P.O.W.D.E.R.
Playas Of Winter Downhill Expert Riders
Posts: 418
-
Karma: 10
I don't think it would take away from the Big Mtn feel of KH (that's the biggest reason I love that mtn). I think it would make use of some of the terrain that gets overlooked. The lower Quad chair seldom gets used and that whole area under it and around it right now are just used as a means to get to the bottom of the Gondola. Whenever I go there and I ski through that area it looks to me like it's just begging for jumps and rails. I think it would give everyone something to do if and when the snow isn't amazing or if visibility is shit. As well as possibly spark some more interest from other people.
Posts: 5007
-
Karma: 19
I agree, the last 1/3 or 1/4 of that mountain I just bomb.... It's like a massive downhill course.... But it really is a waste! I'd love to be able to hit up a park before getting back on the gondola.... Definetly!
Commander of the Silent Army
Viva La Resistance!
'haha god bless ssubsetnce abusess'-benditto
Posts: 4495
-
Karma: 14
shit i'd hit it up if they had a park.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Proud Member Of Canada's Drinking Team
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Work Pays off later, Laziness pays off now :D
If you cant say Fu** at least 10 times in one sentence, you must not really be upset.
221 'i like to rub diluted sulfuric acid on my inner thigh'
Darren Butler 'God made dirt, so dirt dont hurt... its the rocks that get ya.'
Posts: 7803
-
Karma: 466
The whole mountain including the un-opened bowls has so much potential that would be awesome if I lived near that Mountain.
======================================
Posted By GT: 'we all have shit, some people it comes out of their ass, some people it comes out their mouth'
Posts: 1948
-
Karma: 8
its too bad the mountain can expand its terrain base and acerage! apparently oinly red mountain has that ability now. so KH definitely needs to diversify
=================
lates moe
**Two Tone Productions** __ **Volkl**
Ice, snow, man-made, slush, powder, as long as u land on your feet nothing else matters
Ski Ontario
Posts: 418
-
Karma: 10
^they're not done expanding yet.
Posts: 1948
-
Karma: 8
ye but I was watching 'pontiac world of skiing' and apparently only red mountain has the rights to buy more terraina nd acreage for expansion. while KH may still have some land left to develop its not much, and they're running out of it
=================
lates moe
**Two Tone Productions** __ **Volkl**
Ice, snow, man-made, slush, powder, as long as u land on your feet nothing else matters
Ski Ontario
Posts: 418
-
Karma: 10
thank god we can still hike then.
Posts: 1948
-
Karma: 8
or thank god u have a sled rex! I've been on one once my whole life. honestly if I moved out to Canmore (life plan) I would get a sled before I got a car and I would sled thru silver tip golf course and ski thru there for kicks
=================
lates moe
**Two Tone Productions** __ **Volkl**
Ice, snow, man-made, slush, powder, as long as u land on your feet nothing else matters
Ski Ontario
Posts: 31125
-
Karma: 336
old thread i know...
but canmore is getting outta hand...all the fucking housing going up and its so bloody expensive...grrr to that all.
Kicking Horse is by far the best mountian i have ever been to though and if they had any sort of park under that quad it would be soooo sick....like they said above, slash some pow in the bowls, bomb a bit then hit up some park. sounds like the best fucking run ever
______________________________________________________
A view on the downfall of the US by 221:
'godzilla man. he's gonna show up and shit will hit the fan.'
ellermann -> i hope you realize you just threw yourselves a birthday party online. just think about that for a little while
Ryan V.G
Posts: 1256
-
Karma: 9
definately a good thread to bring back. basically, if they had an amazing park on top of the already amazing mountain, it'd be somewhere i want to live.
Life sucks, get a fucking helmet
-Denis Leary
Posts: 1756
-
Karma: 14
I spent a few days there last season, and KH soon became one of my favourite mountains. and that says a lot, considering I've skied almost every single mtn in bc and alberta. so yeah if it had a park, I would def. consider moving there. if not, i would be there as often as possible, since right now i'm in calgary for winters. it would be good for golden if kh got more developed, so I say go for it and I'll be there!
Posts: 3861
-
Karma: 490
kiking horse is amazing, i almost think they dont need a park cause the terrain is so amazing that u can build some mad back country shit there, plus u get to be a better all around skier hitting all the drops and powder instead of just doing laps in the park, kh is so amazing the way it is right now, i think a park would almost ruin it with a park
-------------------asp-------------------
Posts: 6153
-
Karma: 199
I love KH. While I live close to Whis. (Vancouver) I always look forward to going to Kicking Horse wayyy more. If it had a park it would be a big plus. But if they didn't it wouldn't take away from the mountain for me. The things is that they have a TON of room on the lower area of the mountain, and they could use the quad, I think it's called 'catamount' to access the park. It would definately be cool. The pow there is so sick though I don't know how much I would use the park.
Hike Terminator.
Warning: If you are reading this then this warning is for you. Every word you read of this useless fine print is another second off your life. Don't you have other things to do? Is your life so empty that you honestly can't think of a better way to spend these moments? Or are you so impressed with authority that you give respect and credence to all who claim it? Do you read everything you're supposed to read? Do you think everything you're supposed to think? Buy what you're told you should want? Get out of your apartment. Meet a member of the opposite sex (or same sex if you prefer). Stop the excessive shopping and masturbation. Quit your job. Start a fight. Prove you're alive. If you don't claim your humanity you will become a statistic.
You have been warned…
Posts: 3193
-
Karma: 9
do you think one could get bored with a week of skiing KH in March? I am thinking of stopping by...
*NORTHEAST CULT*
check out Stept...
Posts: 6345
-
Karma: 4,436
the place is already sick. i skied with locals and they showed me some of the sickest terrain ever. it was so much fun. and if they got a park, it would be even more of a sick place to ski
___________________
ARMADAS ARE THE BEST SKI!!!BUY THEM
And no, I'm not getting photo incentives from those ads. If i wanted to do that, I'd just say 'Rip Curl, Nordica, Marker, Level, Astrix.' See? Now i've made money.' - Brad Holmes to some idiot kid from Potland Maine
'If I had to think about my steeze it wouldn't be mine. It's got to come naturally. Style is your own way to be, to ride, to live.' - Dan Mavrey, Pro wakeboarder
Posts: 10090
-
Karma: 344
i would like to see a more natural park. ka pish?
_____________________
There is a man, A certain man, And for the poll you may be sure that hell do all he can, who is this one whos favorite sign just by his action has attraction magnets on the run, who likes to smoke, enjoys a joke and wouldnt get a bit upset if he were really broke with wealth and fame hes still the same i bet you five if not alive that you dont know his name.
**NWFT**
_____________________
Posts: 1991
-
Karma: 14
It would be sick to go to Kicking Horse. How far is it from Vancouver?
_______________________
Formerly SwitchPollard
Posts: 6153
-
Karma: 199
8 hours if you drive fast. It's worth it though. Trust me.
And for PocketRocketRipper... You could ski there for a season and not be bored.
Warning: If you are reading this then this warning is for you. Every word you read of this useless fine print is another second off your life. Don't you have other things to do? Is your life so empty that you honestly can't think of a better way to spend these moments? Or are you so impressed with authority that you give respect and credence to all who claim it? Do you read everything you're supposed to read? Do you think everything you're supposed to think? Buy what you're told you should want? Get out of your apartment. Meet a member of the opposite sex (or same sex if you prefer). Stop the excessive shopping and masturbation. Quit your job. Start a fight. Prove you're alive. If you don't claim your humanity you will become a statistic.
You have been warned…
Posts: 1461
-
Karma: 26
ya kh is the shit already for big mountain terrain, but if they got a great park it would really balance the hill out and it would be a great all around package mountain. also the only thing to do on the bottom half of the mountain is ski groomers so it would give you something to do on the bottom. and you could take the gonadola and do an amayzing run up top, then an amayzing park sesh. or just sesh the park from the quad. i think its a great idea!!
.
Posts: 9458
-
Karma: 105
if it had a park, i would definatly make alot of trips there
-Matty
Kill his family and then at his funeral show him the videotape of you killing htem and then when he starts crying throw flour at him and shove poo in his nostrils. -Mikee talking about getting revenge on hackers
Posts: 1756
-
Karma: 14
skiing the whole mtn top to bottom on the gondola is good now, but with a park it would be absolutely amazing. some of the best big mtn in the world, then a park? who could ask for more that that. plus they have great snow with not many people. and its cool to take the gondola and be able to have much longer runs.
Posts: 2674
-
Karma: 122
if your mom buys another strip joint at the base of the hill then id definately move there...
When in doubt...FSI
...fuckin send it
work to live...not live to work.
work to ski...but only if you ski to work. The simple equation to skibumming 101
Posts: 7819
-
Karma: 410
thats wayyyyyyyy to late to open
...RUN FOR COVER PRODUCTIONS...
Posts: 1256
-
Karma: 9
^hehe, yeah man, fuck the park, i want a strip club.
Life sucks, get a fucking helmet
-Denis Leary
All times are Eastern (-5)
