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Originally Posted by Calgarian
Damn! have to get out to those hills one day, never get to ride Whistler or the Vancouver hills, only ever make it as far as Revy. What's the snow like there? do they get the nice dry powder or is it more heavy and wet?
I've heard rumblings that Fortress Mountain could start opening terrain in 2018, not sure how much they could open as I think they took out all the lifts and would have to put in new ones, but I would love if it were true, Calgary needs more ski hills!
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I love Revelstoke too, (I want to try it's coaster this Summer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J876Wse1Js ) Kicking Horse is a fav for its ridges and bowls but Whistler still has a solid hold on me, I've been going almost every year for the past dozen years or so & love the variety and relatively consistent conditions. even bad snow years you can find great skiing on each of the mountains. This year Blackcomb glacier had decent powder (never dry powder though) and there was even an ice cave formed just before exiting to main trail back to lifts.
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Originally Posted by ghYHZ
Its great getting to ski at one of those big mountains.....but let’s hear for all those small hills across the country. Here in the Nova Scotia we make do with what we’ve got and boy can I have fun on those 250m of vertical at Ski Wentworth:
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I first learned to ski/board at Mission Ridge in Qu'Appelle valley just north of Regina.
http://www.missionridge.ca/
Its not the biggest or best ski hill in the province but have to start somewhere.
That's where Mark McMorris made his debut.
here's a couple videos: one from Burton boards and one of Mark's 2017 Xgames season so far..
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check out his other videos if you like
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXSKlZmaEGY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ7o16Wyw-o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8L9WohA-rI