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SiK-
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I have heard from several people that at big mountains (mainly heard about the Canadian ones like Kicking Horse, Mount Tremblant, etc.) it takes like several hours to get down the mountain. Is this true? It seems kinda long lol.
Mar 11 2010 8:33PM
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Sklar
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i've heard of people who went to the top of whistler, and didn't make it back down for 2 days
Mar 11 2010 8:45PM
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Ski_ThEast
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Monte Blanche Glacier in Chamonix took us 2 half hours down, half an hour hike out then another 45 minute luge run out
Mar 11 2010 8:47PM
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cbalkman
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Sometimes weeks
Mar 11 2010 8:48PM
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.Max.
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well if you are going like 1.5 mph i guess it would...
Mar 11 2010 8:48PM
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quixotic
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Sometimes you never get all the way down.... if a yeti gets you.
Mar 11 2010 8:54PM
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rj.
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lol
Mar 11 2010 8:54PM
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leahey
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Yeah where you take a 2 hour gondola and ski down for the rest of the day/
Mar 11 2010 8:55PM
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ChrisSkisChronic
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Haha, tremblant is 5 minutes top-to-bottom, max. No
Mar 11 2010 8:58PM
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chapz
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nonono! you heard wrong here. yes others can take up to 3 hours to descend, but at tremblant you're getting mixed up with the waiting lines, not the time of descent!
Mar 11 2010 8:59PM
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turbo_penguin
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just a little math to help you out....

if you average a reasonable 10 miles per hour, in two hours you could travel 20 miles. there are no trails that are 20 miles long. the only real possibility is that you wreck about 11 times and stop to have a sandwich for about 1.5 hours. keep in mind having sandwiches is highly recommended.
Mar 11 2010 10:08PM
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teleak
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Once i skiid on a dry slope in England, it took about a week and a half to get down.
Mar 11 2010 11:58PM
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Hansel.
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i see what you did there...
Mar 11 2010 11:59PM
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panojibber
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Well in Europe some of the mountains have reeeeaaaaaally damn long runs, their mountains are a lot bigger than any range in north america.
Mar 12 2010 12:29AM
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Avifarer
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i can vouch it does not take several hours to get down kicking horse
Mar 12 2010 12:40AM
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Malcolm
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besides the village and the park, tremblant is super overrated
Mar 12 2010 12:41AM
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hurrdurr
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ohh yeah. but the slopes here would be even better if a really long slope would be full of boxes and rails
Mar 12 2010 7:15AM
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Ski_The_East10
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thats what she said
Mar 12 2010 8:16AM
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shredables
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if you shred like a man it should only take a short period of time
Mar 12 2010 8:37AM
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brickerenator
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Depends on the terrain, condition, the line you take, if you stop to film, etc...

Jay Peak in Vermont was taking us 1-1.5 hours to get down when we were heading through glades. Mainly because we had 8 people skiing together, and tried not to lose anyone.
Mar 12 2010 8:44AM
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triebby
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Not to mention, if you are skiing at 10 mph you're damn slow.
Mar 12 2010 8:47AM
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skodeo7
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Was really expecting this to be another thread about Tall T's hah. Some solid unintentional comedy.
Mar 12 2010 9:09AM
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ONE-UP
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no not that Ive heard of
Mar 12 2010 9:34AM
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