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Desperate Wanna-be Ontario Freeskiier HELP!!!

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Northern_Media
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Ok, sadly I was born and raised in Ontario and have discovered FreeSkiing from multiple ski trips and countless videos. As a lot of people know Ontario isn’t even remotely known for freeskiing terrain. I’m still 16 so I can’t move out west but does any one have any ideas as to how I can get into freeskiing. I’m desperate to get out of this near flat ice sheet and get into dropping cliffs into power. My idea was gather up money and fly out West or even drive to VT to practice and get into some low level competitions in the much farther future. This may seem stupid but a guy can dream
Nov 6 2017 11:56PM
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dbchili
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Ski at blue, they have the only thing even remotely resembling decent terrain in southern ontario.

I do also think theres probably some decent touring spots up north muskoka, huntsville etc, but you wont find much info on it
Nov 7 2017 5:37AM
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GregFlik
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Depending where in Ontario you are, you can always come to Michigan. Michigan has about 3 mountains within an hour drive from Detroit/Windsor so if you wanted to get some terrain park experience under your belt I'd say to either go to Mt. Brighton or Mt. Holly in Michigan.
Nov 7 2017 6:29AM
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iced
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blue and louis are fine to learn

**This post was edited on Nov 7th 2017 at 8:46:09am
Nov 7 2017 8:33AM
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cheerio
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Where about in Ontario? MSLM looks like they have a rad park if your near that area... You don't need the best terrain or best park to have fun. there are a lot of acceptable resorts out there
Nov 7 2017 9:47AM
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tdollo
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I'm from Peterborough and been skiing since i was 3. Living in Ontario isn't an excuse anymore when people like Evan McEchren (fuck this dude's name) and Max Hill who came up over here. Sure it blows but what are you gonna do about it
Nov 7 2017 10:05AM
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Northern_Media
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dbchiliSki at blue, they have the only thing even remotely resembling decent terrain in southern ontario.

I do also think theres probably some decent touring spots up north muskoka, huntsville etc, but you wont find much info on it


I definitely gotta look into going to Blue Mountain I’ve never been but it seems like one of the best and only places around here. I don’t know about Muskoka area but I’ll look into Blue mountain for sure, thanks for the help
Nov 7 2017 10:38PM
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Northern_Media
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GregFlikDepending where in Ontario you are, you can always come to Michigan. Michigan has about 3 mountains within an hour drive from Detroit/Windsor so if you wanted to get some terrain park experience under your belt I'd say to either go to Mt. Brighton or Mt. Holly in Michigan.


I was talking more about freeride terrain than freestyle or park terrain but I would totally check out Michigan if they have any decent sized terrain
Nov 7 2017 10:43PM
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Northern_Media
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cheerioWhere about in Ontario? MSLM looks like they have a rad park if your near that area... You don't need the best terrain or best park to have fun. there are a lot of acceptable resorts out there


I have decent parks in my area, I’m more looking for freeride terrain not freestyle terrain but depending on how far MSLM is from me I wouldn’t mind looking at their park
Nov 7 2017 10:47PM
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Northern_Media
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tdolloI'm from Peterborough and been skiing since i was 3. Living in Ontario isn't an excuse anymore when people like Evan McEchren (fuck this dude's name) and Max Hill who came up over here. Sure it blows but what are you gonna do about it


I totally agree, I don’t wanna make it an excuse but I definitely feel it would be more challenging to be a successful freeskiier from Ontario. These guys made it but to be fair they are in the slope style scene which is much easier to have access to than finding Ontario resorts with freeskiing terrain or some decent backcountry. I think I’m just going to have to find money somewhere and try to hop on a plane out West or drive over to VT
Nov 7 2017 10:55PM
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Northern_Media
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blue and louis are fine to learn

**This post was edited on Nov 7th 2017 at 8:46:09am


Totally forgot about Louis I gotta put that on the list and try to get there this winter, thanks
Nov 7 2017 10:57PM
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Zach.rolands
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GregFlikDepending where in Ontario you are, you can always come to Michigan. Michigan has about 3 mountains within an hour drive from Detroit/Windsor so if you wanted to get some terrain park experience under your belt I'd say to either go to Mt. Brighton or Mt. Holly in Michigan.


not worth at all they are horrible hahah
Nov 7 2017 10:57PM
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Zach.rolands
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Where in ontario? the upper peninsula of michigan has a place called mount bohemia its all trees and cliffs and all ungrromed basically backcountry with two lifts. Im from southern michgan and now in montana best thing you can do is ski trees as much as you can its the only thing remotely close to good ungroomed terrain
Nov 7 2017 10:59PM
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tdollo
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Northern_MediaI totally agree, I don’t wanna make it an excuse but I definitely feel it would be more challenging to be a successful freeskiier from Ontario. These guys made it but to be fair they are in the slope style scene which is much easier to have access to than finding Ontario resorts with freeskiing terrain or some decent backcountry. I think I’m just going to have to find money somewhere and try to hop on a plane out West or drive over to VT

My bad, I thought you were talking park. I guess the best way is to be like Shaun Pettit and move outta Ottawa as a kid and go to Whistler. You can forsure learn the skills to handle yourself out west right here in Ontario but you'd be hard pressed to find decent terrain that is resemblant of out west. I guess there's Jay Peak in Vermont and Le Massif in Quebec if you're looking for challenging tree runs and stuff.
Nov 8 2017 8:31AM
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