12/13 canadian rocky mountain thread?

[mntlion]

snow up high yesterday, and looks like all the pass prices are released now too.

http://www.skilouise.com/season-passes.php

1) Big3 Season Pass: Skiing & riding at Mt. Norquay, The Lake Louise Ski Area and Sunshine Village $1,399

2) Super season pass: Lake Louise Fernie Nakiska Kimberley Kicking Horse $1,399

3) Rocky Mountain Passport,
Skiing & riding at Mt. Norquay, The Lake Louise Ski Area, Sunshine Village, Nakiska, Fernie Alpine Resort, Kimberly Alpine Resort, Panorama Mountain Village and Marmot Basin. $1,749


fucktards do not have a sunshine, lake louise, and KH pass.

[Lamothe]

snow up high yesterday, and looks like all the pass prices are released now too.

http://www.skilouise.com/season-passes.php

1) Big3 Season Pass: Skiing & riding at Mt. Norquay, The Lake Louise Ski Area and Sunshine Village $1,399

2) Super season pass: Lake Louise Fernie Nakiska Kimberley Kicking Horse $1,399

3) Rocky Mountain Passport,
Skiing & riding at Mt. Norquay, The Lake Louise Ski Area, Sunshine Village, Nakiska, Fernie Alpine Resort, Kimberly Alpine Resort, Panorama Mountain Village and Marmot Basin. $1,749


fucktards do not have a sunshine, lake louise, and KH pass.

Here Here . its about that time ! . snow up high, the leaves are turning and the stoke meter is off the charts.

I would be all over a sunshine louise and KH pass.

so i had a question ive been holding onto until this opened. Athabasca glacier, yay or nay on the summer skiing. I know its complete shit skiing but is it allowed ?

[time2clmb]

Superpass trumps the big 3. The "real" big 3 pass would be SSV, LL, and KH. Passport should be revamped to either include KH for a couple bills extra, or get rid of Nashitska. With the passport at $1700 it would make more sense to get the Superpass and then get a stand alone Sunshine pass for a couple hundred more and get all of the best skiing. Wife and I both got a Superpass and I might probably end up adding the Scumshine on, or wait for shitshine spring pass.

so i had a question ive been holding onto until this opened. Athabasca glacier, yay or nay on the summer skiing. I know its complete shit skiing but is it allowed ?

Why wouldn't it be allowed? No one is going to stop you. By Athabasca glacier I am assuming you are speaking of Athabasca glacier proper where the ice buses go correct? If so then if you like skiing on bare glacial ice, or heavily rutted and runneled crap then good on ya. It's also super low angle. Now if you are thinking about going up to where the better snow cover is above where the buses take the tourists then you are getting in to crevasse territory, and the higher you go towards the icefall the worse it gets. Going in to anything steeper in there is getting you in to some serious objective hazards where you wouldn't want to hang out and summer / fall just after the snow flies pushing up on to and beyond the icefall benches would be a sure bet to take a crevasse fall. I don't know many people who have been up that way in max snow depth and NOT taken a crevasse fall above the benches. Seeing it in the summer is a mess.

If you are talking about the north glacier on Mt. Athabasca then you should have your crevasse situation dialed especially after fresh snow as there are most definately slots hiding.

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In this pic is Mt. Athabasca and Mt. Andromeda, the Athabasca glacier is the low angle grey looking strip that "looks" like it's coming from the morraine on the far lookers right of the photo. This was taken on Friday right after the snowfall.


Another one looking at Mt. Snowdome also from Friday after the snowfall.


Hey Mntlion, had you guys gone up to Wilcox after Ross you would have had some shitty riding weather.

[Lamothe]

I figured it wouldn't be since they drive huge ass buses up there but figured I'd ask to avoide skiing on a protected area or something . As far as the skiing goes . I was thinking the mellow low angled novelty turn get 12 months in just to say I did kinda skiin . I'm taking my crevasse rescue this winter or next summer so I'm not exactly super keen playing on the heavily crevassed bit .

[mntlion]

I think we are doing the RCR pass. LL. fernie and KH. Her dad is at Nakiska a bunch. Maybe ski Kimberly on the way to fernie
Skibee will be a voli nurse at ssv for her pass and we will boot pack for mine (or just buy one)
Norquay has the $99 midweek pass again so I can go skiing with the banff MILFs

[Turnipking]

Yeah, the RCR pass seems like a good deal. I'll probably do the same. Now to start watching ski flicks again...

[Lamothe]

If i can get in on boot packing then il'l get the super pass myself , i just don;t want to miss out on sunshine , being close, the slack+freeride zones is big for me

[time2clmb]

the slack+freeride zones is big for me

You won't be missing a thing with the Super pass other than the closeness. LL and KH both have good steeps (KH even more so) and comparitively the slack country at Sunshine blows ass (yes that's with all of those "secret" zones you guys hit) compared to KH and you can get in to as much gnar as you wish to there also comparitive to the FR zones, although you are trading distance to get it. Yeah, SSV does have some good slack but doesn't even hold a candle to KH in that regard....not by a long shot. The other options are WAY better during storms (amounts equal of course) when you are stuck waiting for DD or WW to open.

Delerium isn't any steeper than other resorts that are around and is pretty hyped up in comparison (all standard non "creative" lines). Yeah yeah...lots of gnar to kill yourself and blah blah blah some lines get my heart rate racing for sure but that applies almost anywhere. Go to some where like Whistler where the snow sticks to even steeper shit and then compare the hype. And yes, I still love SSV as it is aside from the retards that run the place.

[Lamothe]

You won't be missing a thing with the Super pass other than the closeness. LL and KH both have good steeps (KH even more so) and comparitively the slack country at Sunshine blows ass (yes that's with all of those "secret" zones you guys hit) compared to KH and you can get in to as much gnar as you wish to there also comparitive to the FR zones, although you are trading distance to get it. Yeah, SSV does have some good slack but doesn't even hold a candle to KH in that regard....not by a long shot. The other options are WAY better during storms (amounts equal of course) when you are stuck waiting for DD or WW to open.

Delerium isn't any steeper than other resorts that are around and is pretty hyped up in comparison (all standard non "creative" lines). Yeah yeah...lots of gnar to kill yourself and blah blah blah some lines get my heart rate racing for sure but that applies almost anywhere. Go to some where like Whistler where the snow sticks to even steeper shit and then compare the hype. And yes, I still love SSV as it is aside from the retards that run the place.

im hate the fucktards running it but i work most of my shift 3 to 11 , if i can get 2 slack likes in before work then thats a good day for me . That is the only reason i feel i need a shine pass not because i thinking its best resort in the area. KH is by far my favorite resort but i can only go on my days off ( 2 or 3 days a week i also get 10 comped tickets at the hotel and im the only skier so that works out ) but if it get a super pass and loose the shine i think il'l miss more then il'l gain .

[time2clmb]

Makes sense. 4 years ago I was on an 11:30-8 shift in town and i'd leave the top of Divide at 11 and be at work just in time. Wouldn't have been worth pulling off at Lake Louise....

[LSeed]

Heading up to Wenkchemna pass Thursday morning for a few turns looks like a fair amount of snow lookers left I could see from Eiffel peak a few days ago. Been a beauty summer but its time for winter.

[time2clmb]

Sweet. I've been wanting to go up to Wenkchemna for summer turns but totally forgot all about it. Those snow patches up there stay all year. I think the group restrictions of 4 are on right now but it shouldn't be too hard finding some tourists at the trail head to team up with.

Hopefully my timing with days off just before heading on holidays will line up with our first September snowfall.

If anyone wants to do some photo slutting this season let me know.

[mntlion]

If anyone wants to do some photo slutting this season let me know.

Do I have to wait?
looks like I'll have a bigger pass this year, so if you need some pics of slow old guys, let me know

[time2clmb]

^no not really much for waiting but the best shots need to be set up quick. Probably has a much better flow to it in the back country skiing since it's one at a time anyways. Other ways of doing it to not stop at all by splitting and some other options. That pack is pretty quick access and unlike biking don't have to get off, wipe sweat from forehead, walk, setup...etc. Also for resort days on huge powder days it probably won't be in my pack at all. More for non rushed stash hitting days and slack country 1 at a time lines.

Replace old and slow with "consitent". Plus I have video evidence of said old slow guy scooping and trashing the intended lines of 20 year olds lol.