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Where should I go skiing (Dec, Jan)

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xxACIDTRIPxx
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I will have about 8k to pay for flights, etc but would rather keep it cheap and stay at backpackers etc...
Where would be the best place to ski (in the US or Canada even Japan) taking into account things like ease of transport (as I wont be renting a car cause no license)
I was thinking Denver would be sick, but I really have no clue about the region
I was also looking at whistler, flights to Vancouver are cheap as..... plus whistler looks dope.

I have a feeling this is written coherently but yolo

**This thread was edited on Aug 10th 2018 at 4:43:25am
Aug 10 2018 4:34AM
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skiP.E.I.
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I'd recommend Fernie. Great skiing and there's a hostel in the town. Castle Mountain resort is an hour away, also great skiing, cheaper lift passes, hardly ever busy and there's a hostel at the base of the mountain. Tax in Alberta is the lowest in Canada at 5%, so there's some savings right there. Your currency will go farther in Canada than the US for sure.

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Aug 10 2018 11:06AM
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ecsm.
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December in BC, January in Japan
Aug 10 2018 12:00PM
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AstroKush
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I havent decided where to ski at in Washington this Jan yet- Crystal Mtn, Stevens Pass, or Snoqualamie over in Cascades range. It depends on lodging and lift ticket package deals, looks like we'll need to wait for couple months before more of them is available onlinr
Aug 10 2018 2:01PM
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xxACIDTRIPxx
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skiP.E.I.I'd recommend Fernie. Great skiing and there's a hostel in the town. Castle Mountain resort is an hour away, also great skiing, cheaper lift passes, hardly ever busy and there's a hostel at the base of the mountain. Tax in Alberta is the lowest in Canada at 5%, so there's some savings right there. Your currency will go farther in Canada than the US for sure.

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Thanks for that bro
Just checked it out. Looks sick and easily accessible, so probs gonna go there
Aug 10 2018 2:20PM
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matt_720
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If you want good vertical and snow Revy and Kicking Horse are all time similar to whistler but smaller and less touristy
Aug 10 2018 3:53PM
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xxACIDTRIPxx
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.newschooler.69If you want good vertical and snow Revy and Kicking Horse are all time similar to whistler but smaller and less touristy


Less touristy is always good. Atm I'm going to commit to Fernies, but if there is no accommodation or whatever I'll probably hit those.

How much are lift passes round that area normally?
Aug 10 2018 4:43PM
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matt_720
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NzeskibroLess touristy is always good. Atm I'm going to commit to Fernies, but if there is no accommodation or whatever I'll probably hit those.

How much are lift passes round that area normally?

For 1 day around 100-110 Should be like that for most of Bc excluding Whistler which is closer to 150$
Aug 10 2018 4:46PM
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xxACIDTRIPxx
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.newschooler.69For 1 day around 100-110 Should be like that for most of Bc excluding Whistler which is closer to 150$


Surely they do season passes
Aug 10 2018 10:01PM
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matt_720
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NzeskibroSurely they do season passes


Revelstoke season passes are 1060 Cad
Kicking Horse Season passes are 1190 Cad
Aug 10 2018 10:05PM
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Z-Juice
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I would recommend anywhere in Canada for that time of year. I don't have anything against Colorado, but going to Colorado in December-January is a bad idea. We don't have much snow that time of year and the resorts are quite crowded. This has especially been the case the past 5ish years. Maybe consider Colorado for late January but I'd still probably go to Canada.
Aug 11 2018 11:18AM
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skiP.E.I.
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Marmot Basin in Jasper, Alberta might be worth checking out too. It's farther North and tends to get a lot of snow. I haven't been though, so can't speak from experience.
Aug 11 2018 12:09PM
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suckafuck
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whistler, interior bc like revelstoke. chamonix or anywhere in the alps around march. jackson seems like it consistently gets dumped on. japan would be rad!
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