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Best hill in Vancouver area
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Hey, Im new to the Vancouver area. Which is the best hill? And noteI dont have a car so I cant just drive to whistler.
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Easiest to get to with no car is Grouse.
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take a shuttle to Cypress or Seymour otherwise, the schedules are posted on the websites. It seems like cypress might have a better park this year, but Seymour would be your best bet
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Yes, but the easiest/cheapest option(transportation-wise) is still Grouse. Especially if you have a Upass. And if you do decide on Grouse, I may be able to get you a sick deal on a pass up there...maybe.
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thanks guys, yeah I got a u-pass, and I live in burnaby so I'm guessing seymore might be the closets.
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Grouse if you want just park, seymour if you want backcountry park and just fun runs.
Cypress if you want to trade your dick in for a vagina.
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Grouse is the easiest to get to by bus/seabus/bus, without any "shuttle" bullshit that costs more money and wastes too much time.
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grouse also has a mogul field thats fun to attempt straight lining.
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I also have no car, live in New West, and rely on the loser cruizer, and in my experience Grouse is by far the easiest to get to, and has a decent park. Seymour is my second choice.
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^of course you would.
I've skied seymour and its' pretty fun. Gotta say, I love the restaurant on Grouse though, the Crows Nest or something... beers and wings by the windows afterwards...amazing.
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seymour is best, all you do from burnaby is bus to phibbs, that takes like 10min, then bus to seymour, another 10 min, then hitch up, its so easy. and seymour is cooler. their whole mountain is slowly being changed to a park
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seymour is not cooler. grouse is best. on a good snow day the back runs are pretty sweet. i had my one powder day there last season. and it was real powder. and when they have a park thats good too.
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yeah Ive only been to Grouse once like 3 years. I was pritty impressed cuz I thought it was gunna be terrible. It was packed and snow was litte heavier than I like but what can ya do. So seems like it's between Grouse and Seymore for the better skiing in the Vancouver area, which is less busy ?
thanks for all the help
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Grouse has decently fast chairlifts, but has so many more people riding it on weekends.
Both are like 30 minute lineups on busy days.
It's usually about the same lift line wise.
parkwise, I think seymour is a bit more fun, but grouse usually has more skiers.
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i like cypress. except for the gay park and the asians...i mean crappy skiers with no specific race. they ski worse then they drive. damn.
but it really seems like the onyl real mountain out of them all.
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I second that, but Grouse is easier to get to without a car.
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go to grouse or seymour. both good but i must admit i like seymour more
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diefenbaker. unbeatable cliff, rail, water-ride combo
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Grouse is where the love is.
Shout out to my man John Burke.
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grouse for fast weeknight park laps and its easy to get to.. but seymour is cheaper if you dont already have a pass
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well its looking like seymore might be the easiest option, but how is it free?
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It's not..they're joking. If you wanna do seymour, buy your cheap pass from SFU Snowboarding
And btw, Grouse is by far the easiest to get to by public transit alone. Seymour will require that you either take the shuttle or hitchhike up to the base
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alright, i will definnately look into that. Thanks for everyones input and advice.
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well, ive never given them any money so its free to me
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Who actually pays for young guns park?
If you want to ride backcountry, you just tell them you're going there, and they will let you on. Or just don't say anything when you get to the lift and they won't check your pass.
If you want to ride northlands park, you usually have to pay though.
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not last year...so i heard
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seymour or freemore. they do not check passes. so you do not purchase one. if by chance they are. you take your trusty wire clippers out of you pocket and go to the parking lot and ask people for their passes. they kindly give you one. or you buy the seasons pass for 159 and "lose it". get a new one for 20$ and you and your buddy have seymour passes. scanners do not exist there. what a brilliant mountain
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well I'm really liking the sounds of this free ski hill. I may just have to give it a try.
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You know, the more you fucking talk about it on the internet like a bunch of morons, the more likely it is that they do something about the problem...
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Seymour spend money?
Yeah right.
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