The skiing thread

[Tingkai]

Originally posted by RedFred
Apex is nice, but the natives have been restless in the last ten years. There have been at least three blockades.

I love the natives for doing that. It keeps the riftraft away.

Never had a chance to ski around Nelson.

Kimberley is good ski hill, and my sister lives 10 minutes from the ski hill.

[Asher]

Wutang!

Skiing doesn't do much for me...

But snowboarding does.

One of my best friends has a timeshare in Fairmont for two weeks right after Christmas. The first week he's spending it with his parents, but then his parents need to return back to Calgary to return to work, and he gets to keep the condo for the week all by himself -- and invite friends!



That's going to be pretty sweet.

[Asher]

And I don't see how anyone can take any east coast slopes seriously. You need stuff like the Rocky Mountains as a backdrop to truly enjoy it.

[RGBVideo]

Cross-country in the middle of a forest =

[Asher]

Hmmm, this looks pretty good

http://www.firsttracksonline.com/images/panoramamap.jpg

[Traianvs]

I'm Mr.BigFoot

I used to do skiing (never liked snowboard that much) but once i discovered the real ol' BigFoots (not mini-skis!) i was hooked


It's the best on every terrain except deep-now unfortunately...
The adrenaline kick of going like a tornado from a steep mogul slope...and the jumps, oh god the jumps... it's nearly impossible to hurt yourself, unless you go real bad
falling flat on your face while making a ski-jump really hurts

unfortunately no skiing for me this year, i thought of it too late and now there's no more vacant rooms in the hotels...

[Comrade Chris]

water skiing?

[aahz_capone]

Eastcoast/westcoast?

Bah! Loosers!!

Europe is the birthplace of skiing!

[RedFred]

Europe is nice. You often get better food options right on the hill. The only places I've skied there is Switzerland and Austria, and the scenery is amazing.

But, the snow is not as good, the lift queues are longer and ruder, the prices are higher and the slopes are busier.

[Pekka]

I agree with prices.. they are higher and it sucks.
Snow .. depends when you come here, it's little more 'dry' in Canada and States, but it's not that different, weather can affect it differently though. Lift queues depends how many people are skiing.. but I'd go with ruder.. It's definitely true . It can get ugly sometimes!

Other than that, it's pretty much the same, depends very much where you go.. naturally. I like more 'European snow', but might be because I'm more used to it.. but it's all good, just different. But yeah, I could say that generally people might be a little rude sometimes, but you got to know the unwritten rules . And prices are definitely too too high.

[monolith94]

East coast scenery is beautiful… just because it doesn't have the bombast of the rockies doesn't make it any less elegant…