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I live right at the base of Kootenay Pass and have been touring up there a ton. It has been legitimate powder skiing pretty much every day since mid November. With basically no avy concerns either. ( that’s probably about to change) Really really good. Looks like lots more on the way.
Gorge was awesome yesterday. The road, not so much. Not plowed. Also, almost hit someone on the way down, they were not calling on radio.....
Really appreciate these updates!
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Any of the Mags going to be at Red tomorrow? I’m making the drive up to shred! Looks like it should be pretty good!!
Wife and I are planning a trip to RMR and KH at the end of Jan, and neither of us have Epic or Ikon passes. Any suggestions to get the best price on lift tickets?
RCR card for kicking horse, if you're skiing 3 days or more. Doesn't work at revy though.Quote:
Originally Posted by D(C)
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Shitty unexpected zipper crust on all aspects/ elevations as of today. Hopefully it cures itself early than later… see what this flat weather forecast brings to the table….
Question for the locals -- I'm headed to the area at the end of Jan/early Feb, have flights to Spokane, a rental car, and no plans other than to chase snow.
For places like Red, WH2O, Fernie, and Revy, do I want to have skins to access the common sidecountry zones, or do they tend to be sidesteps/bootpacks? The obvious answer is to bring the touring gear, but that does mean hybrid boots vs. my preferred alpine setup.
you're flying into GEG,
and you want to ski Revelstoke
that's a long drive bro
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Spokane is a great launching pad, yurp, bring your alpine setup. So so much to ski that is accessible via cable. Post up here to find mags who can show you around.
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you might notice that canadians aren't into the whole
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Everything is a long drive in Canada. That is why Canada is known as The Big Land.Quote:
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RCR card gets you 1st, 4th and 7th days free, and discounted prices on other days. I'll be at KH 2/1 - 2/7 and then FWT is at KH 2/7-2/14, so it's decently busy that time.Quote:
Originally Posted by D(C)
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Sunshine Card will get you a similar deal at Revelstoke. Although you need purchase your tickets daily from guest services
My wife and I are coming on a trip to British Columbia in a few days. Mix of inbounds at Kicking Horse and Revelstoke and touring on Rogers Pass and maybe elsewhere. I have a couple touring comms questions.
1: Is there a designated walky talkie radio channel groups are supposed to monitor and "call their drops" while skiing in certain areas? As far as I know this hasn't really taken off anywhere, but I want to ask
2: Are there any law enforcement or SAR numbers/emails you would put in an InReach? I'm not familiar with Canada's system, but I have the SAR or sheriff's office numbers for the counties I commonly ski in saved, in hopes that if I need help I could give and receive more information instead of just hitting the SOS button and waiting.
Thanks, I'm excited for our visit!
1 877 852 3100 is the number for incidents in Glacier National Park (Jasper Dispatch). For Search and Rescue outside the national park call 911 - RCMP authorize SAR call outs. Both services are no-charge and they both only accept voice calls. N.B. BC Ambulance Service will take over transport to hospital once out of the backcountry and they do charge - the helicopter air ambulance is over $4000 per hour for non-residents.
Ok thanks!
For red and ww you want touring gear. There are a few short bootpack/traverse to spots but most is a walk and there.s some that doesn.t start with chair access. If you like to tour you.ll be bummed to not have it. Check out https://www.backcountryskiingcanada....rior_mountains for route details. Paywalled but a great deal to get all the details you.ll want.Quote:
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Make sure your rental has good snow tires- mandatory and needed in this area. Best to get a 4wd or awd vehicle.
The drives take longer than you think, especially if it.s been snowing. Watch for snow elevation levels and snow pockets. Due to the mtn ranges one of us can get lots and another mtn not so much.
Ww is my home mtn. Am somewhat familiar with red tho others can tell you more about it.
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Hey crew! Great start to the season! Now we just need the snow to start up again!
Big Love for Baldy Mountain
nice lines,
minimal grooming,
friendly people,
zero lift-lines .....
I'm going back when it storms
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Baldy is best hit on thursday as they dont run tuesday and wednesday. 3 nights of accumulation and still no one shows up.
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As the taps have turned off for a while, it’s a great time for groomer cruising and getting shit done.
Well, we are back in the high and dry Sierra. Had a great time in Golden and Revelstoke. Really enjoyed both towns. Lots of good food and laid back. Kicking Horse is rad, our first day had 10-15 cm of fresh and it snowed all day, we just lapped the gondola and stairway to heaven. Massive laps of steep chutes into moguls just so fun. Second day we had sun and hiked T1 a few times, then went to Ozone.
Toured 4 days on Rogers. Skied lots of steep trees, pillows and pow. Skied a bigger chute our last day, great way to end our trip.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...c9525aae67.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...9bab41b250.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...b936f2e1f8.jpg
I'll be visiting Whitewater and Red this Saturday - Tuesday. First time at both, so if any locals want to meet up for a few laps, shoot me a PM.
We.re back baby! An excellent reset to end the drought.
Yeah, that was fun! :D
Super Happy Fun Time at Red Mtn the past two days
Big Ups to Meg and the crew at Red Shutter Inn
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we hit the Rossland trifecta this week:
Big Red Cats, ballin' !!
Red Mountain, bluebird
Black Jack, serenity now ....
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Headed up to ski Red for the weekend. Any mags want to link up? Would love some tour guiding.
Did 3 days at big red cats and a day at Red last weekend. Amazing place, great snow with the cold weather, such a cool town. You guys have it good up there. We're looking at making a trip up your way again this summer with the MTBs. Our guides were telling us the riding is pretty fire in the area as well. If anyone has a rental in Rossland or Nelson they do by the week feel free to PM me, I'll be looking.
Nice. T-minus 16 days to my trip with Stellar Heli, starting to get pretty excited.
I lucked out with the whole month of March off. Most of my time will be in MT, ID, WA, UT, and WY. Definitely heading to red and whitewater. Any other spots to hit along the border? Was considering adding KH and Revy. Am I wrong in thinking that the snowpack looks a bit skimpy to make the extra drive worth it right now?
My friends skied KH yesterday. They had a good time but thought it needed more snow badly. The patrollers were manually removing rocks from open slopes.Quote:
Originally Posted by river59
Does Apex and Big White typically close on April 6th? Or is that just a projection of a weak snowpack?
April 6 is normalQuote:
Originally Posted by wordbird
I don't know about Apex, but Big White typically stays open till the first or second weekend in April, roughly tracking Easter weekend. Easter is pretty late this year, and the snowpack is fine, but not good enough to keep the golf clubs away at the first hint of sun in the valley.Quote:
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