booyakasha

hey guys,

I wanted to go on a snowboarding trip either dec. 15-20 or dec 26-dec 31. however, none of my friends are legal and we definitely want to have some fun during the night time (gambling and drinking..hahaha, the life of sin) so i was thinking of planning a trip somewhere in canada.

Of course the things i'm looking for are price/slope/night life and even little things such as short wait times for lifts and such. None of us are good enough for park settings so we just want to probably freeride. I originally intended to go to steamboat, CO or park city, Utah (cheapest one out of the two) but if there's a better place in good ole Canadia, i'm definitely down for that instead.

Thanks

Grimdog

If you don't mind an hour drive in the morning then you can find a cheep hotel on Banff Drive in Calgary which is very close to the University of Calgary campus and a few O.K. bars. But you can find whatever you want for clubs in Calgary. Then in the morning, Banff is only an hour away and Lake Louise is only another 1/2hr past Banff. Banff has a few O.K. Bars but accomodation at that time in the season is not going to be cheep.

Slaughterhouse

You can also head up further north to Marmot Basin in Jasper, Alberta. Not much of a nightlife but lift lines are non-existent if you avoid the lifts hitting the green runs. Alberta is a great place to hit; drinking age is 18 on this side of the Rockies.

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yso

the other issue with the banff area resorts around christmas and new years is that they are incredibly busy. longest lift lines i've ever experienced were at sunshine a few years back.