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Canada & USA Road Trip
hi,
me and my wife are arriving in Vancouver at the end of January for a 10 week road trip finishing in LA. we aim to spend at least the first 4 weeks in Canada ... probably a coupleof week sin Whistler and then on into the interior, before heading down the Rockies into the US and eventually to the coast. Can anyone give us any tips, advice, recommendations of where to check out along the way: we a re ok boarders (doing blacks and reds in Europe) but aim to improve a lot and do some cheaper heli or cat boarding along the way. Also we plan to buy a car in Vancouver - can anyone advise on selling a canadian car in the US? thanks in advance for any help, Chog. |
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Wow, sounds like fun. As far as the car goes, I would highly advise
buying a 4x4 (4wheel drive, or all wheel drive) Subaru or suv...but I'm sure you already knew that. As far as selling the vehicle in CA there may be issues as far as emissions regulations. You should contact the DMV (department of motor vehicles) near wherever you plan to sell it. Are you living in Europe now? If so that may be an issue too...(european trying to sell canadian car in California). Not trying to be a downer but just some things to consider. Arizona, Nevada, Idaho may have different takes on the selling of the car so you can try there too...then just rent a vehicle to get back to LA or something like that. Reccomendation on heading to the coast, try to go through Lake Tahoe area...very pretty this time of year and the skiing rivals the Rockies and Canada . Here's a list of resorts near the lake...highly highly reccomend Kirkwood. http://www.snowbomb.com/resorts/ hope this helps. |
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wrote in message oups.com... hi, Snip Can anyone give us any tips, advice, recommendations of where to check out along the way: we a re ok boarders (doing blacks and reds in Europe) but aim to improve a lot and do some cheaper heli or cat boarding along the way. Snip Chog. First - there is no such thing as "cheaper" heli! Expect about $750 -1000/day. Cat is $200-$300/day. Vancouver is a great place to start. However, I don't know if Whistler is worth a couple of weeks, YMMV. Check out www.skitown.com and look at BC and AB and where the resorts are located around your route. I would highly recommend heading east across BC stopping across the way at resorts of your choice, to the Lake Louise Area and then South again and do not miss Whitewater near Nelson and Red Mountain in Rossland. Both have great steeps in bounds. I think Red has some of the best in bounds terrain period off its Paradise lift if you like trees and glades. Whitewater also has very good steep terrain. Now for Cat and heli operations. I would contact Snowwater Heliskiing (www.snowwater.com). They are near Nelson and offer both Cat and heli. Went there last year (during a miserable snow year) and they still gave us a good time. The heli is the way to go if you can afford it as you can get to more terrain and usually get much more vertical per run that Cat. They actually let you get as far in as you are capable and have great guides. We are heading back this February we we liked it so much. There is also a new cat operation near Red Mountain called Big Red Cats (www.bigredcats.com). I am going to try them out next week when I hit Red with the family. I will post a followup then. On the way back you have many options of heading back to the coast for Mt Hood etc... or sticking in the corridor of Idaho, Montana, Utah, to Tahoe, then Mammoth. Colorado as well. My choice in BC across the 1. Whistler, Sun Peaks, Silver Star, Powder Springs, Kicking Horse, to Banff, then Panorama, Fernie/Kimberley, to Whitewater, the Red. At that point head down to Spokane and pick your direction. I would go Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah and then decide whether you want to drop into Colorado and then head to Tahoe and Mammoth or go more south to Wolf Creek, NM, AZ. |
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Neil Gendzwill wrote in :
After you're done with Banff, you can take the route in the mountains I'll leave the US guys to direct you from here. But if I were you I'd keep going south until I got to Jackson Hole. I've never been but I've always wanted to go there, hear it's great. If you follow Neil's advice I would then consider going south into the US and depending how far east you are, Big Mountain (MT) or if more around Glacier Park area, there are any number of resorts now in Idaho such as Schweitzer and of course Sun Valley. In the same area as Sun Valley is Big Sky, I've been twice and its one of my favorites. From there if I remember the drive its about 3 hours to Targhee (which has some 'in bounds' cat riding, probably too tame for you at that point!) and about another hour or so to Jackson Hole. From there I would drive into Utah. Powder Mtn and Snowbasin are first on the way and then Canyons and then the cottonwood canyon resorts (Brighton, Solitude, Snowbird). When you are done with Utah, which should have plenty of backcountry, you can drive west and stop in Vegas for a couple days on your way to North Tahoe (Squaw, Alpine, etc) then down to Kirkwood and what ever other Cali areas you want on the way to LA. |
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wow ... thank you all so much for the replies! exactly what i needed
to know ... had a few other tips since posting (sorry for not replying sooner - currently travelling in Brasil) such as getting a bus to Seattle from Vancouver to buy a car as it will then be much easier to sell in CA. apprently there is a road full of used car lots. sounds ideal! one final question to you helpful people .... my wife needs to buy a new board & bindings and my board needs a full service. i take it Vancouver is a cheaper place to do this than any resort town - can anyone recommend a decent shop? thanks again, Chog. |
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Hi chog,
Sounds like you have had some pretty good advice regarding your road trip already. I'm planning to do something simmilar with the missus next year. Stay in Canada a while, buy a car, drive it through the US and poss onto South America. It would be great post when you come back and pass on your experience of the buying and selling the car and of the resorts and towns you visited. Have a good trip! FC. wrote in message oups.com... hi, me and my wife are arriving in Vancouver at the end of January for a 10 week road trip finishing in LA. we aim to spend at least the first 4 weeks in Canada ... probably a coupleof week sin Whistler and then on into the interior, before heading down the Rockies into the US and eventually to the coast. Can anyone give us any tips, advice, recommendations of where to check out along the way: we a re ok boarders (doing blacks and reds in Europe) but aim to improve a lot and do some cheaper heli or cat boarding along the way. Also we plan to buy a car in Vancouver - can anyone advise on selling a canadian car in the US? thanks in advance for any help, Chog. |
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