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Whistler/Blackcomb Gondola
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I am planning a February vacation trip to Whistler/Blackcomb. I'm just wondering if anyone else thinks they might crap them selfs on the new gondola that goes in between the two peaks.
Idk if i will even go on it. Its so long and so high in the air. Also How Magnificent are the parks here cause ill probably spend a couple days exploring and a the rest in the park. Talk NS
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looks pretty safe to me... but id still prolly shit for the fun of it
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if you go to whistler to ski park and your from the east and its in february...your retarded
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Shit I didn't know they made a gondola from whistler to blackcomb. That'll save so much time!
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its a vacation week and im sure the park will be fine...and im not going on Christmas week off because i want to be home for Christmas and ill ski my mountain that week
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dude. not what i mean. why would you go to whis to ski park? its dumb unless its for like a comp or you live their or sumtin. why not ride pow?
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simple ... cant afford two sets of skis... only got park skis
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you dont NEED pow skis to ride pow. but whatever to each his own
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I still ride pow every chance I get on my TM's, they don't ride as well as a fatter ski, but they still go.
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^^^ What has NS become... Any ski is a pow ski, just some are better than others.
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why cant you ride pow with your park skis? it may be a little harder but why let a slimmer ski stop you from slaying POW!?
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my b than but not to interested in getting stuck in powder too often and going slow just isnt fun for me i like speed... i will ski powder while im there but just more park im not to into powder... in the east there isnt a lot of places that have 2 feet of powder to ski through unless its a huge snowstorm and thats the only day you get the snow
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word i know im from the east. i went out to CO last two winters and i didnt think id have that much fun riding pow pow cuz i ride alot of park but man did i have fun. give it a shot
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yeah i think it will be fun but its a short experience and i like park a lot so... tuffy on which one i will ski more while im there but im still gonna crap my pants on that gondola
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If you to whistler in February and ride the gondola that goes between the peaks you will not shit your pants. There is only one car and it sits on the ground. You're going to be a couple months early.
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it won't be done by feb 08. so you have nothing to worry about.
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Funny, I actually had a fucked up dream about that gondola last night, but yeah its a giant eyesore. I can see it from my house. :(
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Dude, my first year of skiing I had 67mm underfoot used racing skis. I had fun in powder, you will too. Have fun in whistler, if I could chose a resort to go to that I haven't been to (all but one), it would be whistler or laax.
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Powder > all
Ski it with whatever you've got, or demo/rent some fatties while you re there.
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why would you ski on whistler mountain anyway? blackcomb has the gnarly shit!
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are you kidding me? Whistler has some of the best lines and most fun areas anywhere. I much prefer it over Blackcomb.
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i rode pow on my center mount fujis
it was super hard, but im form MN and i was gonna ride it no matter what
go ski the pow you wont regret it!!!!
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I am from the east, there is only park and groomers over here. Try riding powder when you are out there, you wont regret it. I go out west once a year and all I want to do out there is ride pow. So much better than park, unless your a park rat that is.
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yeah pow is so much better than park especially if your from the midwest where real skiing let alone powder doesnt exist
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they put an ass load of money into it so you'd assume they designed it to be safe
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rent some pow skis u retard....im from the east to and i ski vt almost every weekend and pow is so fun u can do so much cuase its so soft and its just so fun u should do it to....i was at wistler over the summer and blackomb looked knarly u should hike that shit
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Dude when are you going? I just booked a trip to whistler for february 14th-18th. I've never been off the east coast, so i am prepared to shit my pants when i get there. And btw, peak to peak gondola isn't going to be open until next season anyway
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yeah. for the beginning of the 2008/2009 season.
And it's a complete waste. Nobody needs to switch hills halfway through the day. You choose to rid whis one day, and b-comb the other day. They're big enough that you don't need to ride both in the same day.
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im pretty sure its opening in december. isint that what they first said when they announced it anyway?
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no. december 08 possibly, or for opening of the 08/09 season. but not this coming one.
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Blackcomb is ze best! Whistler has some gnar shit too but you just have to gain some more elevation and search for it a little more.
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dude, you don't need fat skis to ride pow, hell, last year I had scratch pros and ripped any pow I could find with them, and there like a 70mm waist
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its pretty dope how they are moving the chairs for it. Catskinner is going to let you off way lower now.. which will be done by this season, but the new gondy won't be done until December 2008. Apparently one of the cars is going to have a glass floor too, but this might just be a rumor.
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Exactly, while fat skis are *ideal*, how fat do you think skis were 15 years ago?
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you have to ski the pow. if not, you are really missing out
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well the gondola wont be finished until December 2008, at least, so you can save the crapping of your pants until then, and then i will feel bad for the people who are on the lift with you.
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Donno. I like the Harmony Bowl a lot, that is if I'm not looking for steeps and just what to make fatty turns. Though anything off Spanky's Ladder is strait legit. You can find good trees on both peaks.
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why would you even go to whistler/blackcomb in the first place. god.
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I hope the cost is included in the original ticket price. Otherwise, it'd cost a bomb just to ride the thing.
Whistler prices are insane.
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there moving catskiiner too? jeez. i thought they were just moving solar coaster
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for real...a rails a rail at whistler or your backyard
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they're taking about 5 towers out of it so you'll be able to get off just above the park. it's gonna be sick and make lapping the black park much faster. whooop
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that is what i thought about it when i first heard
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I believe 2 of them are going to have glass floors.
And they have finished moving both drive terminals for solar and catskinner. They essentially drop you off at the exact same point now, right at the clocktower lightboard. So you probably save an extra 30-60 seconds on your catskinner laps now.
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do first tracks on a pow day...it's worth every penny
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my buddies dad engineered that whole thing. its his brainchild.
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