Skiing in Canada
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This is symphony bowl, one of about 7 or 8 lift accessible alpine bowls at Whistler. Everything you can see here is skiiable terrain complete with everything from green to double black diamond difficulty. https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5216/5...f82b3785_b.jpg https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5216/5...f82b3785_b.jpg Saying that even reotely compares to Lake Placid or anything east of the rockies is like trying to compare the heritage stock of Vancouver to Montreal. |
You're right of course.
But in terms of vertical drop, Whiteface at Lake Placid NY and Killington aren't too shabby compared to Whistler at over 1000 m. Whistler is around 1500. Tremblant is around 700 m and Le Massif around Quebec City is around 800 m. Of course, in terms of total skiable area (ha) Whistler dwarfs all of them. It's probably 10 times the size of Whiteface and 5 times the size of Tremblant. |
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Whistler/Blackcomb: 8,171 acres Mont Tremblant: 630 acres Whiteface: 314 acres Whistler is huge, like really huge. |
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Again, stats of paper cannot compare with real life. Case in point for Iceface, that 965m vertical is very missleading for while you can ski it, you will skate, cross greens, and many times die up top on the ice. As for Killington, the mtn has the 1000m vertical, but you can't ski it since its like a rollercoster. Massif is probably the closest, but even still, the steeps aren't the full height. Don't get me wrong - I love skiing out east and have many great memories (Sutton is still the gold standard for glades) but I've never heard of anyone from Vancouver flying to Montreal to go skiing, whereas every day I've been to Whistler this year I've meet tourists visiting from QC, NY, MA, etc. Anyway, this is a muggs game - we should all live where we want and enjoy the things that are available ... or move to a place that suits us better. Live is short and then you die. Arguing about which city is best won't change that. :cheers: PS> Acajack - not saying you were arguing, just a global statement. |
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Since we're killing time until tomorrow, as an x-country skier I've always thought Ottawa was the bee's knees ... and now with SJAM I think it has run away from the pack.
If you live in Ottawa, get out on the trail! https://www.dovercourt.org/Enterpris...5-89a3b596f2f1 Dovercourt CC |
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I love Tremblant (Tunnel is still a dream and Fuddle Duddle can be fun), but it ain't no Glacier! |
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Skiing in Canada
I'll have to disagree, I've been a pretty avid skier for a good while, I did go to Whistler and Blackcomb with my sis (I've also skied in most of the mountains in the Northeast) and I've felt it was big way past the point of diminishing returns. No point in having all that area accessible if a fraction of it suffices for a full day.
We tried to make the most out of such a famous mountain so we focused a bit more on exploring (trying to check the "been there" box for the most areas) than we should have, and in the end, though it was a very nice day, it did not come close to the best days I've had at a place like, say, Jay Peak, where I'm familiar with the trails and glades and will not waste any time in trails I'm not interested in. JMO, obviously, and I swear I'm not saying this to be negative about Vancouver. I've been to the Alps (in summer, and haven't skied) and I am pretty sure I would feel the same about the bigger mountains - pointlessly big for only one day on the slopes. |
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As for Jay, I've skied there about a dozen times albeit the last time over ten years ago. I've had good snow and bad ice there, but it always seem whenever I'm there it's so cold that I've affectionately named the gondola the "meat locker". :cheers: FWIW, may fav "big" hill in the east is Smugglers ... but that's more likely because of who I was there with. ;) |
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Also, many people consider Podborski as Canada's greatest (male) skier of all time ... and he learned to ski on a garbage dump in Toronto :) |
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If your understanding of the thing is in technical terms it's likely not that good. |
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Anyway, I know in your eyes Mtrl (and QC) is "great" - which is awesome since that is where you live. :cheers: ** this shreddog is not in Vancouver cause of Whistler, but it's definitely nice benefit. |
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