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SilverStar or Big White??

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always_ski
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I just moved to Vernon and I need to know about the hills, Silverstar is supposed to be great, But BigWhite is spending millions to expand the park. I need a season pass! Which Hill?
Aug 17 2004 9:00PM
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mg.
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dual mountain pass its like 80 or some dollars more



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Aug 17 2004 9:41PM
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*rkp*
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yeah dual mountain but if you have to pick one definitely pick Big White. i duno if you'd wanna do that tho since you live in vernon.
Aug 17 2004 9:42PM
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SteveXs2
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Get the dual mountain pass and I'll be seein you down there in a year or so, Geoff.


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Aug 18 2004 11:01AM
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Schoening
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big white is super sick if they get snow.




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Aug 18 2004 11:26AM
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dg101
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they got a foot yesterday. yea the dual mtn is a good idea but i just got my bw pass mailed to me, i usually just ski there and not at silver
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Sep 3 2004 12:22PM
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They both suck.

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Sep 3 2004 12:49PM
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dg101
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heres the brochure for the expansions

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Sep 3 2004 12:49PM
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Tosh
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my eyes hurt now
Sep 3 2004 12:55PM
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T-Schill
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sicker rippers at the star.
Sep 3 2004 2:15PM
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O-Show
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Shill's right better rippers at silver star but its only 80 bucks for the dual mountian upgrade and its like an hour and a half to biggy from vernon, defintally worth it to go to both.



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Sep 3 2004 5:19PM
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dg101
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if u fork over more money u can heli jet between mtns in like 15 mins
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Sep 3 2004 6:50PM
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B-Flip
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bw for the park, silverstar for the chutes
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Sep 3 2004 7:21PM
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cottonline
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I got a copy of the new Skier mag (it's not on shelves yet) and it has a good article on the Silver Star Freeride Team. In the past Big White hasn't offered or supported anything like that but from the sounds of the new expansion maybe they will start a club at BW too. TJ and Bibby are plastered all over the mag.
Sep 4 2004 12:33AM
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dg101
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big white is an all around mtn. U have powder and steep, lots of groomers and moguls, and now a huge park. The village varies from budget units in 20+ year old buildings to brand new luxury suites.
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Sep 4 2004 2:09AM
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freeskiBC
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big white... better vertical n lots of places back country

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Sep 4 2004 12:11PM
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TwinTipRider
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big white for shure thats where i plan to take a trip this year ... the new expanshion sounds super sick .
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Sep 4 2004 3:26PM
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kjfreerider
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if big white gets there whole expantion thingy done it will be super super sick. a new chair just for the park? im def gunna go check it out next season.



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Sep 4 2004 8:14PM
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dg101
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and a new chair just for the cliff too, no more skiing back to the bullet and taking the t-bar, used to take forever to get back up. now u can in a matter of minutes
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Sep 5 2004 8:38PM
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*rkp*
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the new runs at the Gem Lake make the mountain like 20% bigger too. just look at the new trail map.
Sep 5 2004 8:47PM
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dg101
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yea for 6 runs they really expand, in a few years they are gonna put a new chair going up to this moonlight bowl on the west side. We were also supposed to get a 6 seater replacing the rocket but when bw bought silverstar they put it there because their lifting system wasnt as good. Hope to see more expansion in the next 5-10 years
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Sep 5 2004 8:54PM
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g-g-g-unit
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haha rumar has it that big white isnt actually putting in a chair for their park. they planned on it and then realized that there was a three year waiting list for a new chairlift to be made. couldnt say u didnt see it coming though
Sep 5 2004 9:04PM
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*rkp*
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yeah, i was up there a little while ago and i didnt see them putting up a chair there ( that was at the start of july tho) but if they dont put one in they should still have a t-bar or a rope tow.
Sep 5 2004 11:07PM
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dg101
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naw they cant put any surface lift because then it would go through the features. They do have the cliff chair in i was up there awhile ago, they should have made it go up higher kinda sucks. the park lift shouldnt be too far away
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Sep 6 2004 2:34AM
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Nine_Milla_Killa
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Silverstar is so sick when it snows there... Putnam Creek is amazing. Big White is more of a family hill. Every year they say they are going to make a newer bigger park, and every year it sucks balls and actually gets worse!
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Sep 6 2004 1:40PM
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dg101
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silver star recently got voted one of the best family hills in NA, big white used to have that title, but i guess they are gearing more toward teens now because they have more teen programs
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Sep 6 2004 2:51PM
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O-Show
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I was just at biggy today sept. 6 and yes there will be a lift for the park the concrete tower forms have been set so everything is a go.



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Sep 6 2004 4:35PM
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dg101
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^thats good, how does the park look? does it live up to its picture?
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Sep 6 2004 6:04PM
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kinosoo
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^ its all new cost like 2.5 mill who knows if it will be as go as in the pic, but for that price it better be sweet.
Oct 18 2004 4:11PM
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dg101
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g-g-g unit is always finding ways to try and knok biggie, once again he is wrong, making up bullshit rumors. here is a pic of the fucking bull wheel being brought up to the top of the park
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Oct 18 2004 5:06PM
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dg101
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^my bad, its this one








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Oct 18 2004 5:09PM
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*thechronicyo
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fuck big white its shit its always super foggy and icy silver star is ill sick good park best rippers around
Jul 2 2006 12:56AM
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Sashac
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Big White - Big selection of skiing (sub-alp, powder, park, gladed, etc) and a decent park. Large mountain with many chairlifts so less lineups.

Silver Star - Not quite as big as Big White and not as much selection of skiing. Wicked sick park though, everything's perfect everyday because our park crew works super hard for big features. Less chairlifts.

It all depends on what type of skiing you plan to do, I guess. When I'm not feeling park I head out to Big White.
Jul 2 2006 1:21AM
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Sashac
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holy fuck this thread is old.. I didn't even notice.
Jul 2 2006 1:26AM
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RudyGarmisch
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Those two ski areas have to be my favorite Canadian ones to date. Big White had the BEST maintained park I have ever seen, with people actually standing near the jumps and re-working them after you hit it. I LOVE park crews like that!

I seriously wish I sometimes lived there, it would be so nice to ski there... ah, I guess I'll have to wait untill I get my ski cabin in Vernon in another ten years...
Jul 2 2006 5:01AM
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slimbruddah
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Why was this thread brought back? It's like 2 years old....
Jul 2 2006 3:48PM
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mattster
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wow, this is super old
Jul 2 2006 4:17PM
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papasteeze
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maybe not too old, I heard last march that at Silver, they frequently chop the landing areas to soften them up. Is that true?
Jul 2 2006 5:50PM
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*thechronicyo
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^ maybe at the air site but i doubt it at the park
Jul 2 2006 6:48PM
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mattster
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yeah, no body come to big white... ever... its awful and terrible and people will throw things at you and slash your car tires.

and the fog... it's poisonous...
Jul 2 2006 7:14PM
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RudyGarmisch
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From what I've seen, thats probably true, those two mountians have the best maintained parks ever.
Jul 2 2006 9:39PM
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ski_cartel
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they both put tons of cash into their parks and they matience both really well. So the better question is how many days of school are you gona miss to go ski
Jul 2 2006 9:44PM
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