UBC Students

Fyi I've never been to any of the locals, that was all info I got from old threads

There's a fairly large amount of ubc students who have season passes for whistler. ubc ski and board club has a ride sharing group on facebook, it's not hard to secure rides.

I'm not in eng so i can't really say how realistic skiing every weekend at whis would be. I get the impression that ubc eng is a lot of work, but if ur an above average student and u manage ur time well then it's def realistic.

seymour's great but grouse has a better park and a better community of skiers IMO. Your analysis of these resorts is pretty spot on tho, and grouse can get really busy with large amounts of tourists around winter break. That being said, this pandemic might have an effect on that.

hope this answers ur questions somewhat

I imagine you will have to pick one of either: being on top of your projects or going to whistler for weekends often. You’ll be able to get up there but if you’re into actually trying at school I doubt it’ll be every weekend.

As for the locals, you’re pretty much spot on with your reading but here are some other points.

Cypress: actually the best terrain for night riding out of the three. Runs long enough to get into it for more than a minute, some steep trees for night storm stashes and the most lights so you can pick from more than two runs. Park is absolute joke. Didn’t have a non ride-on rail till like mid February and they had a pair of weird flat-landing step downs as their only jumps for the season.

Grouse: Tourist/Jerry central with a soulful core. Best built park by a lot with a dope park crew (fun features, well maintained with lots of variety), more rad park skier crews but the tram is whack and the terrain outside of the park is really nothing exciting. Lowest elevation, and with how many storms are barely putting snow instead of rain on the locals this is noticeable if you like lighter snow or prefer not to ride in the rain. Management lifetime banned some Newschoolers who took a slack country lap a while back, forced them to pay for an unneeded search and rescue heli that grouse called right when they ducked the rope. Corporate vibes.

Seymour: the dopest vibe. Dirtbag hill with so much soul. Snowboardings roots in Canada, You’ll see Sean P and any visiting pros rolling through sending side hits like 40+ feet. Don’t expect well maintained lips, long rails or perfect jumps but the park is really fun and is pretty much top to bottom by mid season and god damn do they do a lot with a little. This place is really the most playful terrain with side hits everywhere (which the mountain eventually might groom the lips of instead of putting an X in front of it). Backcountry is real. Parking lot beers are chill.

No matter where you go you’ll have fun!

skiing whistler on a saturday 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😔

Get with the homies at UBC Ski & Board/ UBC Freeride and you're pretty much set. Fun parties, fun people, always getting to the mountains. Don't necessarily need a car but it offers a bit more freedom for getting up to Whis when you have the time.

Although UBC Eng is intense, I've had plenty of friends make it work. It all depends on your own priorities and habits. I went to UBC business school and got pretty involved in other things on campus that took away from my ski time.

I'm loyal to Grouse, always loved there park features and vibe, and the Y2Play pass made it really affordable. Seymour is dope too, so will probably just depend who you link up with. I think the UBC crew spends more time at Seymour these days (I could be wrong).

Yes weekends will be fucked at Whis, but a student pass is definitely worth it. As students you're all kinda in the same boat. It will be some early mornings each weekend to get there for a pow day unless you have a couch to crash on.

Anyone else starting this fall? What is everyone doing about the whole 100% online thing

UBC grad 2016 checking in- ride sharing to whis is pretty easy (pre-covid). Going rate was $15 round trip for gas. Grouse is the best park, cypress best terrain. Grouse you can take the bus to. Miss it.

abar.Anyone else starting this fall? What is everyone doing about the whole 100% online thing

rip i could have gone but im going to uottawa instead. I even got accepted to ubc but i didnt take it and now im bummed lol
though I think first year will be fun wherever I go