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Cheap Glacier skiing in western canada?

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Luc.
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i am trying to budget/plan a road trip from toronto to vancouver next summer and wanted to know if there are any glaciers around that are cheap. i saw a thread the other day(windells i think?) that said they have a like 3 or 5 day pass for ~800$$...

so my question is...is there anywhere cheap where someone can go that has a decent park set up? (and not spend retarded amounts of money)

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May 19 2009 5:10PM
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stevenc
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Somone can correct me if I am wrong, but I think blackcomb has a public park on there glacier.  Maybe try to look into that?
May 19 2009 5:25PM
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MAnderson
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they do but its not great. its mostly boxs and rails and a few jumps that are 15 feet at most
May 19 2009 5:27PM
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papasteeze
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drive about 3 hours west of kelowna for this huge park.

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May 19 2009 7:14PM
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Luc.
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trust me id ski pow/steeps any day of the week over park...but the cost of my getting to peaks such as these would be to costly for the trip purposes...or at least thats what i beleive as of now.
May 19 2009 7:34PM
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papasteeze
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toronto to vancouver you drive right through that.  just stop off and hike.  NO don't do that!  full of crevices and bears and wiley old mountainmen
May 19 2009 7:39PM
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Luc.
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well it was more like vancouver(ish)...cause if i find something to do(which im sure i will) for a few days in the interior i wont bother going all the way to the coast.
May 19 2009 8:09PM
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Download-My-Apps
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I'm pretty sure the only glacier with running lifts during the summer in wester canada is blackcomb. And the public park isn't too hot, like 5 rails/ boxes and 1 or 2 small jumps, but skiing is skiing.
May 19 2009 10:36PM
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griz_lee
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dude come to montana and ski up on the beartooth pass. there is a tone of hiking to be done and acouple t bars with a really fun park

May 19 2009 11:55PM
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Alp1ne
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Last i check CoC and windells were about 2000 and SASS was like 4000 plus a plain ticket there nowhere near the same price...
May 20 2009 12:32AM
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Drail
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but why go to a camp? I wouldn't want to go down to south america and be in a camp... just go and ski some pow (maybe get a guide if you want... but a full on camp? nah)
May 20 2009 12:41AM
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michael_bc
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With $4000 you can survive for 3 months in Bariloche.
May 20 2009 3:59AM
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mozzy
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correct me if i'm wrong, but isn't the *only* glacier (resort) skiing in western canada at blackcomb?


May 20 2009 4:19AM
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dave44
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South America Snow Sessions
May 20 2009 5:35AM
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Luc.
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a camp is a waste of money IMO. i would not go to a camp no matter where i went.
May 20 2009 10:02AM
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Marg
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Just Cowboy up come to Momentum
I own a corner you can work 3 nights a week to sell your self to pay for camp EASY

https://newschoolers.com/web/forums/readthread/thread_id/458963/
May 20 2009 2:12PM
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Luc.
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lol. i guess i could try and be a digger. that would be pretty sweet...
May 20 2009 3:12PM
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Derb430
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Hood has a nice summer park

May 20 2009 4:39PM
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