The pitch might be too steep for Norquay if you are just learning though. Just coming off the lift to the green run put my wife off ever returning to Norquay. All the slopes at Norquay have a sinister pitch that has a tendancy to put off a lot of people. The reason I am not too keen on it is if the conditions are there, the powder on the slope slides off the ice created by cold conditions (Norquay will operate even below -32 degrees Celsius). For a snowboarder this can get really annoying because if you try and carve your board will lose it's edge and slide you down the slope (thanks to the steep pitch) a good five or 6 feet. Good training for handling adverse conditions but maybe too much for a beginner.
Sunshine Village has some nice runs that aren't too intimidating (the Rockies are definatley not your dry slope runs, lol). See if your friend can find any of the Student Union books they generally sell to office workers for fundraising. There are a lot of discounted and 2 for 1 lift passes to all the resorts like Norquay, Lake Louise and Sunshine Village. There are a few gems kicking around like Castle Mountain, Nakiska, etc that don't get as congested as the Big Three.
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