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zahava
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Post Park Updates here.
Dec 19 2009 6:35PM
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zahava
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I was there today. They had a rail, a box, and a flat gap down box.
Dec 20 2009 4:06PM
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corona
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hmm they change things fast. saturday they had a flat box, a coffin box, 2 picnic tables set up in a row as a box and a lil barrel bonk.
Dec 21 2009 2:32PM
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JibbinTheEAST
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im thinkin of goin tommoro, is fortune the best place around right now or is somwhere like kalabogie better? and if your willing to drive to tremblant, they had 7 or 8 boxes and rails, and a decent little booter
Dec 21 2009 3:29PM
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zahava
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Tremblant definitely has the best setup right now from the pics and videos i've seen. But cascades is way better than anything else right now. And it's close. Calabogie is 1 hour+ depending on where you live.
Dec 22 2009 11:59AM
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A.Eberhard
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It's probably worth making the drive to tremblant about 11 different things in the north park and tommorow there is going to be 4 new features in a smaller park on the south side saw them working on it today.
Dec 22 2009 3:31PM
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ChrisSkisChronic
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I was there today. They were shaping some jumps and blowing a lot of snow 
Dec 22 2009 4:52PM
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zahava
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sweet.
Dec 24 2009 2:29PM
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fratskier69
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man i think edel has teh msot right now, anyway, but tremblant has a sick jump that is very flippable, with a nice long landing, so you can go like 7 to 25 feet
Dec 26 2009 8:22PM
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Canuker
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what does edel have?

and anyone going to be at fortune tomorrow if its open? i might brave the shitty conditions just because im desperate to get on the snow/ ice for the first time this season.

Or i might go into depression

Dec 27 2009 2:16AM
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corona
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i'm there today, i'll let you know what it's like if you're not going
Dec 27 2009 7:15AM
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JibbinTheEAST
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i went today, and it pretty much blew hard. Marshal was closed so all they had was one little box and 2 picnic tables..... wasnt worth going
Dec 27 2009 5:48PM
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Canuker
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well i avnt been out all season so probably would have been worth it haha, oh well i couldnt becasue i left for montreal.
Dec 27 2009 6:29PM
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corona
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yea they were moving stuff to marshall. should be open later this week and'll probably be pretty decent once it's open. if you're going for park, don't bother with fortune till marshall is open
Dec 28 2009 12:38AM
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Canuker
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To be completely honest im not much of a fan of the fortune terrain park ( edelweiss is my park destination) but my friend is an allmountain skier and really likes fortune so if i went there i would be doing minimal to no park skiing.

Are there any good hidden spots at fortune, in the trees that is?

Dec 28 2009 12:46AM
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JibbinTheEAST
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maybe if theres a ton of snow, but especially right now theres absolutley no good skiing. Skyline wasnt even open today, only 3 basic runs were
Dec 28 2009 12:51AM
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corona
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plenty, but we need more snow. the "backcountry" at fortune's definitely the best around if you know where to go. and if you dont mind doing some hiking it can be quite epic. a dump of a foot's all we need
Dec 28 2009 12:51AM
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corona
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oh and skyline's opening tomorrow. but dont expect good conditions till we get more snow
Dec 28 2009 12:52AM
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JibbinTheEAST
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thats sick!    hopefully they open Marshall coz im headin back up there on tuesday
Dec 28 2009 1:10AM
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ChrisSkisChronic
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Hiking Alexander = excellent after a good dumping
Dec 28 2009 11:33AM
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Canuker
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Haha, well you boys can let me know of these good spots ( mainly looking for good tree skiing ) as the season progresses, i mean ive heard of some good spots to that affect but i ski at edelweiss %90 of the time so never really got to check them out.

Im going tomorrow, night skiing. If anyoen is there im short, in a stickered up helmet, red jacket, grey pants, 08 invaders, striped ( black and white) poles.

Dec 29 2009 12:26AM
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corona
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i'll be there too.. red and black jacket/pants and i'll be skiing on seth pistols. say hi
Dec 29 2009 11:01AM
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Canuker
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i think i mmaayyy have seen you getting off the main lift, were you in a group? and is your red/black suit fitted rather than baggy?

Also i went today and they have amrshall open, a coffin box, 2 "large" jumps( not that large) and 2 smaller ones, 2 c boxes, an up flat box and finally there wall.

Who else was there? i saw a few twins, i also spied a pair of afterbangs so i thought it may be an ns'er

Dec 29 2009 11:08PM
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corona
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yep, fitted, not baggy.. that'd be me. and the jumps were brutal, that last jump is plain out dangerous, massive jump for the size of it with the smallest little landing and potential to fly the fuck off that. someone's gonna overshoot that bitch bad and break themselves
Dec 29 2009 11:16PM
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Canuker
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yea i definetly saw you then, im not sure if you saw me, i was with a friend in a black jacket and grey pants riding some 181 msps, i was in a red jacket, grey pants, stickered up helemt on invaders with striped poles and we were with two girl one skiers one border.

and yea i didnt even hit any today, i got such a bad vide from the jumps, i did a couple boxes but skied all mountain for the majority

Dec 30 2009 12:08AM
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corona
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okay, so for fortune:
in their park on marshall they have
-coffin box
-4 small jumps
-up-flat box
-right c-box
-left c-box
-wall ride

and on pinneaut they have
-straight box
-picnic table


park is shit, they dont know how to built it at all. it's quite obvious no one there knows what they're doing
Jan 3 2010 3:18AM
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ChucklesNorman.
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Yep, It's bad.....really bad.
Jan 3 2010 5:59PM
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ChucklesNorman.
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Sorry for the dub post but I was up on sat. and the first 5 runs were PRIME. Closest thing to a pow day this season...for me atleast.
Jan 3 2010 6:02PM
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ChrisSkisChronic
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Today while skiing way off trail, me and a buddy found a 30ft booter. Steep, powdery landing. If you find it, good job
Jan 9 2010 7:29PM
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zahava
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what were? i was there last night. shit sucks. the only thing good was the flat box.
Jan 9 2010 10:01PM
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ChrisSkisChronic
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In the trees, near a dilapidated out-house. Those are the only hints I'm giving
Jan 9 2010 11:21PM
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mcsean
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I was there last night - it was brutal.

Jumps were really bad with flat, icy landings. Spinning off these things is death

Where did the dub kink and the downrail go? All they have are ride-on boxes. Kind of regretting getting a night pass.

Jan 13 2010 10:23AM
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Canuker
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I need to search for this

and like said, the park is shit, last year the jumps were actually decent ( in my opinion ) but so far tihs season ive just stayed away from them becasuse they are shit.

Jan 13 2010 3:36PM
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zahava
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If you wanted a good park you should have gotten a night pass at cascade or eidelwiess.
Jan 13 2010 3:57PM
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ChucklesNorman.
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Please tell us!
Jan 13 2010 4:48PM
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ChrisSkisChronic
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Sorry guys, but sombody went to a shit ton of effort to build this thing. I'd be pissed if word about my secret little zone got out 
Jan 14 2010 12:10PM
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mcsean
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Yeah probably should have even though they are a bit farther of a drive

Remember fortune's part 2 or 3 years ago? I remember them having 3 solid jumps and the rails/boxes setup decently. Not the greatest but certainly better than they are now.

Jan 14 2010 3:55PM
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zahava
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fortune sucks so much. i was at cascade on friday night and the free park was amazing. the revolution park looks amazing too but you have to pay to get in.
Jan 17 2010 2:44PM
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RunDMc
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man how much must fortune suck if cascade's top "park" is comparably amazing?
Jan 18 2010 11:46AM
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zahava
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it sucks so much.
Jan 18 2010 4:14PM
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Canuker
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alot apparently

i really want to check out cascade, i havnt been in 2 years ( or whenever it was when we had practically no snow) and they had no park so i had a very bad first impression.

But yes hoping to make it up sometime this year, but if i continue on my cureent rate of skiing i doubt i will, ive gotten out twice all season, fuck my life. I never have a ride

Jan 18 2010 6:12PM
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ChrisSkisChronic
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They didn't have any park tonight. The shitty one on Marshall got taken down and everything was moved to Pineault. None of the boxes were set up and they were shaping two decent sized jumps. I asked a dude on the park crew and he said it would be open on Friday. I'm happy there will be a new park, but did they really have to take the old one down before setting the new one up?
Jan 20 2010 11:41PM
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mcsean
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This is actually great news - Fortune realized their park sucks, and they are at least trying to do something about it.. I'm heading there tonight, hopefully they have something set up

Jan 21 2010 11:33AM
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A.Eberhard
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I really don't think fortune really cares? They are the busiest hill in ottawa/gatineau because it is so close and it doesn't matter what they do because people will still come! The park scene is a small percentage of the ski population and lets face it when it comes down to it ski hills just want to make money and the park scene isn't where the money is at. They want to keep the costs low and make money so really they don't want to spend money in the park because they don't see the return. The only way to change fortune park, I would say is change hills to cascade, or edelweiss and mebay they will realize they need to fix it up.
That's my rant.
Jan 21 2010 4:53PM
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zahava
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I second that.

Also, the only reason that Cascade has such a good park is because a couple of years ago they made a ton of money from their water park. They decided that their park needed an upgrade so that's what they did.
Jan 21 2010 6:18PM
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ChucklesNorman.
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Don't forget the Hip!
Jan 21 2010 6:25PM
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A.Eberhard
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They just posted some pictures on their facebook group
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=10768422&o=all&op=1&view=all&subj=52755396400&aid=-1&id=611335592&fbid=455034095592#/photo.php?pid=10768422&o=all&op=1&view=all&subj=52755396400&aid=-1&id=611335592&fbid=455034095592

the first 24 are the new park. Looks O.K other then that hip waste of snow if you ask me. Where is that D.F.D it's probably one of their best features ,but they don't want to put it in or what?
Jan 21 2010 9:26PM
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mcsean
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verdict from last night - jumps are good!

rails/boxes - suck.

Jan 22 2010 9:16AM
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Canuker
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any updates?
Feb 9 2010 9:47PM
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zahava
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i'm going with my school on Wednesday night, i could post an update.
Feb 11 2010 8:31PM
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ChrisSkisChronic
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My school goes on Wednesday nights. Which school do you go to?
Feb 11 2010 8:47PM
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