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Sunshine / Lake Louise Weekend

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#1 ·
I am going to start my 10 hour drive from the prairies -> Banff for Sunshine opener and some Lake Louise early season riding.
No idea where I am staying etc.. just winging it really..:blink:
PM if anyone wants to shred! See ya there!
 
#6 ·
If yer in Calgary, and needs a placte to stay, next to chinook mall, I gotta air matress available.

Cheaps, all season.


You just gotta be alright dealing with a scottish-y terrier being all up up in your stuff.

Otherwise free accom to anyone passing through, all season.

Everty weekend, everyday at louise or revy.
 
#7 ·
I'm going up to sunshine tomorrow morning early doors for first chair - not expecting much but it looks like it's going to be snowing all day and night today so could be in for some sick pow in the trees on strawberry for all 100 metres of it :dunno:

That'll make three weeks at the local hills, first week at Nakiska, which was pretty fun to be honest (completely different story to what I heard from last week)..


Louise last week, which was sweet up until lunchtime where the lift lines ballooned out of control and wiwaxy glazed over.
 
#11 ·
Stay in Banff.

Inns of Banff, Spruce Grove, and Banff International Hotel should all be under $100 a night. Cheapest way to get here is the Greyhound. Not reliable though. From all three of those hotels there are shuttles directly to the resorts.

If you want super cheap hit the samesun hostel.
 
#18 ·
I rode Sunshine yesterday and Louise today.
Sunshine opening day only had three short lifts running but the snow was pretty damn good and some decent ridable terrain. As someone said earlier, I was also able to find nice snow right till the last run.
Louise was really good for cruising early in the morning.. but considering there was only the one main run off the gondola & a krillion people, it didn't take long for snow to be scraped away by all the skid-boards and ski-plows making some nasty ice patches in some spots.
That all said, I will be at sunshine tomorrow based on my previous two days :D
If you are going for Louise tomorrow, my advice is get there early for good parking and fresh groom before it gets decimated.:thumbsup:
 
#29 ·
For limited lifts and runs, yesterday at Sunshine was pretty awesome! Lots of powder all day if you you were willing to look for it. Just like everyone else has said, it's good early in the morning and then around noon it starts getting pretty packed and then by 3 or so it started clearing out a little. Definitely a great first day out for the year!
 
#30 ·
Sunshine was a lot of fun on saturday - nice stashes of powder off wawa. Had a great first day up there considering 3/4 of the mtn was still closed - I'm heading back up next weekend for SSV and LL sat/sun.

Anyone hear if Fernie is opening early? Kicking horse is getting dumped on too - apparently 35cm in 48hr with 25cm still to come. Surely December 13th is way out there?
 
#32 · (Edited)
Anyone hear if Fernie is opening early? Kicking horse is getting dumped on too - apparently 35cm in 48hr with 25cm still to come. Surely December 13th is way out there?
There is some stupid tour group called...."bust loose" i think, saw a poster on UofC campus today offering a weekend snowboard trip to Kicking Horse, and the dates are the 6-8 of Dec....not sure if that means they will be open early, the tour gets the weekend to themselves, or this company is full of poo....i will call them tomorrow and see.

If it snows heavy tonight, take tomorrow off and hit Sunshine. Trust me.
Was it good today? I dont have class till 2...may go for a half day, but im on my 4th night shift in a row tonight. Basically im saying convince me!
 
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