2011-12 Skiing Thread - Page 11 - Calgarypuck Forums - The Unofficial Calgary Flames Fan Community

troutman · 02-03-2012, 11:13 AM

SunshineVillage Sunshine Village
IT'S OFFICIAL! RECORD SNOWFALL! Our biggest snowfall in 14 years&3rd biggest ever! fb.me/1yhtvuNDu @PowderMagazine @ESPN_Ski

GreatWhiteEbola · 02-03-2012, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by GreatWhiteEbola

Going to Panorama, Feb 3. A group of us are renting a cabin in Windermere, as our base of operations. (Skiing Panorama, Kicking Horse, Fernie, and Sunshine) I will let you know how it works out.

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Originally Posted by troutman

SunshineVillage Sunshine Village
IT'S OFFICIAL! RECORD SNOWFALL! Our biggest snowfall in 14 years&3rd biggest ever! fb.me/1yhtvuNDu @PowderMagazine @ESPN_Ski

You have got to be effin kidding me...it would have been a great trip, if didn't break my ankle last weekend...FML!

saskflames69 · 02-03-2012, 03:42 PM

This thread makes me realize how much I hate living in Saskatchewan.

hwy19man · 02-03-2012, 06:36 PM

I rarely venture to the off topic board, good to see a ski thread here.

Mt. Washington has a terrific base of 3.9 metres with lots of snow accumulations in mid January. The skiing was excellent last weekend. It is definitely not the super powder conditions the Alberta and British Columbia interior mountains have.

hwy19man · 02-03-2012, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by cmyden

Anyone have an opinion on the best snow forecasting websites?

There seems to be some discrepancy...

Would love to know if any of them actually have a decent track record of predicting snowfall 3-4 days in advance.

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Originally Posted by kevman

I go here (http://snow-reports.ca/weather/forecast) to get an idea of what kind of precipitation is around the corner.

I haven't heard of some of those sites but a lot of their "models" are based off of publicly available data and then interpolated. In other words, environment Canada releases a 15km forecast grid for upcoming precipitation every day. A site like snow-forecast uses their "model" to interpret how much snow will fall at a given point and then apply elevation factors for temp and accumulation. In theory it's great but it doesn't take into account wind and localized things like temperature inversion. Snow-reports.ca uses the same grid to publish their maps and instead of using some bogus formula to tell you how much snow is going to fall it provides you with a general sense of where and when the snow is falling. Then you use your own local mountain knowledge to take a guess at where you should go.

I prefer the snow-forecast website but after reading kevman's post, I will be checking out the snow-reports site.

troutman · 02-04-2012, 11:59 AM

Awesome day at Chamonix for Canada:

1. Hudec
3. Guay
5. Thomsen

mrbanffgirl · 02-06-2012, 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by troutman

Awesome day at Chamonix for Canada:

1. Hudec
3. Guay
5. Thomsen

Record day!! Having 3 in the top 5 is AWESOME!! and a huge applause for Thomsen for getting to 5th Starting 50th!!!
And Brad Spence topping the podium at NorAms too!! The Cowboy's are on a roll!

yyjvisitor · 02-06-2012, 04:42 PM

Can you purchase ski lift tickets to Sunshine or Lake Louise at the local Costco in Calgary?

username · 02-07-2012, 02:15 PM

Has anyone seen the Supernatural highlights? I can't wait for it to come out March 1st.

Here's a link to the youtube trailer...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Livlwz7cSDc&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Looks ridiculous.

Voodooman · 02-07-2012, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by yyjvisitor

Can you purchase ski lift tickets to Sunshine or Lake Louise at the local Costco in Calgary?

You can purchase Louise passes for sure, $115 for 2 direct-to-lift passes (and a bumper sticker!). As for Sunshine passes, I don't ski there, so I didn't notice if Costco had a deal or not. I think they did, but I can't be sure.

RatherDashing · 02-07-2012, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Voodooman

You can purchase Louise passes for sure, $115 for 2 direct-to-lift passes (and a bumper sticker!). As for Sunshine passes, I don't ski there, so I didn't notice if Costco had a deal or not. I think they did, but I can't be sure.

Last time I was there they had Sunshine passes. They are 3 day passes, and are around 60 bucks a day.

toonmaster · 02-13-2012, 02:33 PM

A buddy & I are planning a ski trip in March. I've only been out to Louise so far this season and the snow has been sub par in my opinion. I was hoping for some input on some of the other hills around. We've got a list of Castle, Fernie, Kimberley, Revy, Kickinghorse & Panorama. How has the snow been so far this season at these places? Thanks!

troutman · 02-13-2012, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by toonmaster

A buddy & I are planning a ski trip in March. I've only been out to Louise so far this season and the snow has been sub par in my opinion.

I think Lake Louise has more snow than they usually do.

http://lakelouise.com/tours/winter-a.../alpine-skiing
Average Annual Snowfall: 140 inches (256 cm) mid-mountain, 200 inches (508 cm) back bowls

Currently, 380 cm/397 cm.

Lt.Spears · 02-13-2012, 03:46 PM

Not much snow in the last week, i want to head out but i wont go unless we get some decent snow here.

mrbanffgirl · 02-13-2012, 04:43 PM

Was at Pano this weekend for a race. Heard the upper mountain was in good shape (the odd 'thin' bit. Lower mountain was pretty good on the groomers. It was fairly quiet as far as the masses go, but i don't get up there that often, and am not sure what 'busy' looks like there!

troutman · 02-22-2012, 01:34 PM

Lake Louise Ski Area @SkiLouise
POWDER ALERT (Feb 22) : 11cms of powder overnight & forecasts are calling for continued snowfall right through the weekend!

Sunshine Village @SunshineVillage
#DEEPPOWDER ALERT! #POWDERALERT! 20CM 24HOURS/58CM 4DAYS/OVER 2 METER SNOWBASE OF 216CM!! WOOHOO! fb.me/ZmGMOYRm #YYC #Banff #Yeg

dirk diggler · 02-22-2012, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by toonmaster

A buddy & I are planning a ski trip in March. I've only been out to Louise so far this season and the snow has been sub par in my opinion. I was hoping for some input on some of the other hills around. We've got a list of Castle, Fernie, Kimberley, Revy, Kickinghorse & Panorama. How has the snow been so far this season at these places? Thanks!

went to Kimberly recently and it was great, good snow and it doesnt get as busy as some of the other hills. would go there again in a second.

username · 02-22-2012, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by toonmaster

A buddy & I are planning a ski trip in March. I've only been out to Louise so far this season and the snow has been sub par in my opinion. I was hoping for some input on some of the other hills around. We've got a list of Castle, Fernie, Kimberley, Revy, Kickinghorse & Panorama. How has the snow been so far this season at these places? Thanks!

Revy and Kickinghorse have been getting pounded lately. Go there!

troutman · 03-05-2012, 09:10 AM

Sunshine has the most snow I have ever seen in my life. Goat's Eye was sick on Saturday and Sunday. It was really windy on Sunday, and the big chairs were closed for most of the day. The access road was closed for a few hours for avalanche control.

http://www.skibanff.com/conditions/

30 cm - 24 hrs
90 cm - 7 days

If you can get out of work this week, go ski Sunshine! Snow expected today and tomorrow. I think they can stay open until July 1st if they want to.

Sliver · 03-05-2012, 09:24 AM

Wow sounds awesome.