View Full Version : Where do easteners ski/snowboard
abu_sme
Nov 19th, 2006, 08:48 PM
I live in the west, and love my snowboarding. My mountain I go to has 2500 vertical feet , I can't imagine anything less because I truly have never been to many small hills.
What's it like in the east? How steep or long are the runs?
It's actually what prevents me from moving out of BC, I love snowboarding that much.
lost~user
Nov 20th, 2006, 03:28 PM
Out east, there's several places depending where you want to go. IF you're willing to drive... there's places like these:
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m183/squealadeal/tvsk.jpg
Comparing to other ones out here in the East end:
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m183/squealadeal/bluetoo.jpg
raptorfan
Nov 20th, 2006, 03:30 PM
interesting chart...
lost~user
Nov 20th, 2006, 03:37 PM
actually... it was in this (http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=105216&page=6&) thread. Thanks to SquealADeal who made it....
abu_sme
Nov 26th, 2006, 06:54 PM
what about snow conditions? Do they get pretty good dumps of snow? Are the mountains friggin cold?
I had a friend who told me that MT. Tremblent was -50 and then with windchill it felt like -95 C.
It sound like BS...or is it?
TheFuteballer
Nov 26th, 2006, 08:10 PM
what about snow conditions? Do they get pretty good dumps of snow? Are the mountains friggin cold?
I had a friend who told me that MT. Tremblent was -50 and then with windchill it felt like -95 C.
It sound like BS...or is it?
LOL as cold as Canada may be.. we're not living in the arctic.. i think it gets like -35 coldest (at the top of the mountain) which is the same around out west @ Banff and such.. it'll be around -15 at the base at the coldest
If you're looking at Ontario, forget anything about "good" skiing, its pretty much all ice
if you go to killington or tremblant, then you will get some good dumps and conditions
lost~user
Nov 27th, 2006, 10:29 AM
If you're looking at Ontario, forget anything about "good" skiing, its pretty much all ice.
:cry: the truth DOES hurt.....
Jyeatbvg69
Nov 28th, 2006, 04:29 PM
Out east, there's several places depending where you want to go. IF you're willing to drive... there's places like these:
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m183/squealadeal/tvsk.jpg
Comparing to other ones out here in the East end:
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m183/squealadeal/bluetoo.jpg
chamonix!! look at that vertical drop!
lost~user
Nov 28th, 2006, 04:56 PM
chamonix!! look at that vertical drop!
Amazing for those who seek some real thrill issues... better then a roller coaster!!
abu_sme
Nov 28th, 2006, 07:37 PM
chamonix!! look at that vertical drop!
I've heard that skiing in europe is really not as good as in NA because the hills are so crowded.
What's really impressive is looking at how many skiable acre at blackcomb
fireguy9
Nov 28th, 2006, 08:17 PM
I have skied austria a few times and not encountered that problem,,,, just got back from Austria/germany last week and skied one day at Hintertux glacier. 3250 metres. It was a great fun day and skiing europe is something every fan of skiing should do
lost~user
Nov 29th, 2006, 09:35 AM
I have skied austria a few times and not encountered that problem,,,, just got back from Austria/germany last week and skied one day at Hintertux glacier. 3250 metres. It was a great fun day and skiing europe is something every fan of skiing should do
I would LOVE to snowboard in Europe... but my bank account won't allow me to go! :(
ablum
Feb 19th, 2007, 12:39 PM
I had a friend who told me that MT. Tremblent was -50 and then with windchill it felt like -95 C.
It sound like BS...or is it?
Definitely NOT BS. I went to Smuggler's Notch (in Vermont) a few years back, and at the top of the mountain is was -80 degrees with the wind chill.
Several people got frostbite that day.
That being said, it isn't always like that.
toujours
Feb 19th, 2007, 01:06 PM
I've heard that skiing in europe is really not as good as in NA because the hills are so crowded.
Don't go skiing in Europe during school holidays.
btw, iirc, at Chamonix it's the Mont Blanc glacier run (Vallée Blanche) that gives that vertical drop. The rest is spread along the valley up three separate mountains.
However, many other European resorts are more integrated and provide week long skiing with hardly ever the need to ski the same run twice and little or no distance to the lifts.
Alpe D'Huez was good times :
Elevation: Base/Village: 1,860 m (6,100 ft); Top: 3,330 m (10,922 ft)
Vertical: 2,230 m (7,317 ft)
Longest Run: World's longest continuous run--16 km (10 mi) It's the Sarenne run : only Black because it's long, isolated and rocky in a couple of places. We did it twice one afternoon because it was such fun !