BC/Alberta hills

[jackstraw]

Before we get blocked from entering Canada, what hills would you guys rate as the must ski?

I'm limited as I've only skied Revy, Whitewater, and Red.

[XXX-er]

ones with snow

[BCMtnHound]

ones with snow

This.
From my experience: WH2O, Fernie, Kimberly, Kicking Horse, Mt Cain, Revy, Hudson Bay Mtn, Powder King, Murray Ridge, Troll, Marmot, and Sun Peaks have all provided days of blower pow from first to last chair. A couple were first visits that were made possible by locals showing the goods. Some were on storm cycles or big snow years that only occur once in a decade.

[TAFKALVS]

I thought panorama was pretty cool if you like long groomers, big big big vert top to bottom.

[tang]

Kicking horse - endless sidecountry, fave mtn anywhere, be prepared to hike
Shames - combine it with a hut in the area ideally, and also vast area to explore from the resort, super cool vibe

[paulster2626]

All of them. Each offers its own fun and drawbacks, which is why it's important to know what you're looking for, who you're going with etc. Can't really go wrong in Western Canada, which is why it's time for me to give the USA a nice middle finger for tourism for the next 4 years.

[TAFKALVS]

“My favorite ski area is the one with a foot of fresh pow” -mofro261

[jackstraw]

Kicking horse - endless sidecountry, fave mtn anywhere, be prepared to hike
Shames - combine it with a hut in the area ideally, and also vast area to explore from the resort, super cool vibe

Yeah, Kicking horse is on my list.
Shames is way up there!

It would be cool to tie in a couple or few on one trip. Kicking Horse is close to Banff which seems like a cool spot to check out with a couple hills.

And yeah....the one with fresh snow.

[toast2266]

Of the ones I've skied:

Top tier: Revy, WH2O, Kicking Horse.

Mid tier (still better than most US areas): Lake Louise, Sunshine, Red, Fernie

Lower tier: Panorama

The one I still haven't skied but really want to: Castle

*I'm not including stuff further west. Whistler, etc.

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[Harry]

BC/Alberta hills

Castle.

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[tang]

Castle is great, also great vibes.
Norquay is a fun throwback place.
LL and sunshine have some fun serious terrain.
Banff a good stop for sure

[waxman]

A little (or long) story about Castle. It can be awesome.
A long time ago I worked for Rossi doing demo days/race support etc. The big Rossi dealer in Lethbridge mandated as part of their booking that all the suppliers had to do a "super" demo day there and then they could write or take orders for their customers.
If you hit a pow day it was all sunshine, rainbows and unicorns. If it hadn't snowed or the hill had been wind scoured it was pure misery. I probably did 300 odd demo days during my time with Rossi. Castle was the only place where the entire fleet was unskiable by the end of Saturday due to damage to edge or bases. Twice.
It's also the only place I ever had a ski broken during a demo but that is a pilot error.
tl:dr just go to Fernie

[apex dave]

A little (or long) story about Castle. It can be awesome.A long time ago I worked for Rossi doing demo days/race support etc. The big Rossi dealer in Lethbridge mandated as part of their booking that all the suppliers had to do a "super" demo day there and then they could write or take orders for their customers. If you hit a pow day it was all sunshine, rainbows and unicorns. If it hadn't snowed or the hill had been wind scoured it was pure misery. I probably did 300 odd demo days during my time with Rossi. Castle was the only place where the entire fleet was unskiable by the end of Saturday due to damage to edge or bases. Twice.It's also the only place I ever had a ski broken during a demo but that is a pilot error.tl:dr just go to Fernie

I wrote this blurb and love Castle BUT this year it's not looking so good.https://www.skitalk.com/threads/unof...esort-ab.4764/

[jackstraw]

A little (or long) story about Castle. It can be awesome.
A long time ago I worked for Rossi doing demo days/race support etc. The big Rossi dealer in Lethbridge mandated as part of their booking that all the suppliers had to do a "super" demo day there and then they could write or take orders for their customers.
If you hit a pow day it was all sunshine, rainbows and unicorns. If it hadn't snowed or the hill had been wind scoured it was pure misery. I probably did 300 odd demo days during my time with Rossi. Castle was the only place where the entire fleet was unskiable by the end of Saturday due to damage to edge or bases. Twice.
It's also the only place I ever had a ski broken during a demo but that is a pilot error.
tl:dr just go to Fernie

So you're saying it's "sharky"? Sounds like my kind of place.

[garyfromterrace]

Firstly let me just say to those that replied to the OP that the hill to go to is the: one that has the snow, the one that just got nuked with 40 centons of fluff, the one that is getting hit by a storm. My hats off to you for such a very witty retort. Let me also just say - no fucking shit sherlock. Thanks for posting (my hand is firmly planted on my forehead). So let us say all things being fucking equal (they all just got 40cms) perhaps now we can compare. No? Full disclosure - I have not skied kicking horse or apex. 1) Red Mountain. 2) Lake Louise. 3) Castle. 4) Shames (with touring gear assuming that you have enough avi and topo map knowledge you are not going to kill yourself). 5) Revi. 6) Sunpeaks. 7) Whistler/Blackcomb. 8) Sunshine. Now off you go.