BC snowboarding in March

Hi riders,
I'm planning a snowboarding trip in March for three weeks from Europe
to BC and I'm looking for "very good" snow/powder conditions would you
suggest me this dates? 6th-21st March or 13th-28th March.
Is the fourth week of March too late for a good powder in BC? Which
are the best places for an insane freeride, backcountry, catboarding
and helibording in this period?
Thanks very much and have a nice riding.

gio

Prime time in BC, enjoy!

"centix" wrote in message
om...
Hi riders,
I'm planning a snowboarding trip in March for three weeks from Europe
to BC and I'm looking for "very good" snow/powder conditions would you
suggest me this dates? 6th-21st March or 13th-28th March.
Is the fourth week of March too late for a good powder in BC? Which
are the best places for an insane freeride, backcountry, catboarding
and helibording in this period?
Thanks very much and have a nice riding.

gio

On 30 Jan 2004 08:25:38 -0800, (centix) wrote:

Hi riders,
I'm planning a snowboarding trip in March for three weeks from Europe
to BC and I'm looking for "very good" snow/powder conditions would you
suggest me this dates? 6th-21st March or 13th-28th March.
Is the fourth week of March too late for a good powder in BC? Which
are the best places for an insane freeride, backcountry, catboarding
and helibording in this period?
Thanks very much and have a nice riding.

gio

Fernie Bc.....3.5hrs Sw of Calgary,alberta....

Whistler BC is consistently ranked either the top or in the top few
ski/snowboarding resorts in the world. Transworld Snowboard just
rated it #1. The only downside is that it's relatively expensive.
Given your date choices, I would favor the first 3 weeks rather than
the last, but all of Mar should be excellent. I was there 2 weeks ago
and had a blast.





Banana wrote in message . ..
On 30 Jan 2004 08:25:38 -0800, (centix) wrote:

Hi riders,
I'm planning a snowboarding trip in March for three weeks from Europe
to BC and I'm looking for "very good" snow/powder conditions would you
suggest me this dates? 6th-21st March or 13th-28th March.
Is the fourth week of March too late for a good powder in BC? Which
are the best places for an insane freeride, backcountry, catboarding
and helibording in this period?
Thanks very much and have a nice riding.

gio

Fernie Bc.....3.5hrs Sw of Calgary,alberta....

On 30 Jan 2004 22:51:21 -0800, (Chet Hayes)
wrote:

Whistler BC is consistently ranked either the top or in the top few
ski/snowboarding resorts in the world. Transworld Snowboard just
rated it #1. The only downside is that it's relatively expensive.
Given your date choices, I would favor the first 3 weeks rather than
the last, but all of Mar should be excellent. I was there 2 weeks ago
and had a blast.

If hes American then every cdn destination is cheap...

Spiff

Spiff wrote in message . ..
On 30 Jan 2004 22:51:21 -0800, (Chet Hayes)
wrote:

Whistler BC is consistently ranked either the top or in the top few
ski/snowboarding resorts in the world. Transworld Snowboard just
rated it #1. The only downside is that it's relatively expensive.
Given your date choices, I would favor the first 3 weeks rather than
the last, but all of Mar should be excellent. I was there 2 weeks ago
and had a blast.

If hes American then every cdn destination is cheap...

Spiff


That's not true. Whistler is loaded with 5 star hotels and
restaurants. Typical hotels are places like Westin, Fairmont, they
are building a Four Seasons, etc. It's all upscale, more so than
places like Vail. The town is small, so essentially everything is
slope side, which is nice, but you pay for it. They hardly discount
lift tickets at all, even for multi day passes, and they can do it
because you have no other nearby choices.

By comparison, I can stay in the Summit County, CO area at places like
the Holiday Inn, which is quite nice, for less than half what it costs
in Whistler. And from there, I can do several world class resorts,
Breckenridge, Copper, Vail, and more. Plus, lift tickets are less,
with discounts readily available. I've done Copper for $32 a day.

I think Whistler is a great place, but it is one of the most
expensive.

You won't find much powder in Whistler at any time of the year. It's a
Coastal Mountain, not part of the Rockies. Don't quote me on this but I
think the peak elevation is actually lower than the base in some of the
resorts in The Rockies. If you want fluffy champagne snow, Whistler is not
the place, especially in March.

"Chet Hayes" wrote in message
om...
Whistler BC is consistently ranked either the top or in the top few
ski/snowboarding resorts in the world. Transworld Snowboard just
rated it #1. The only downside is that it's relatively expensive.
Given your date choices, I would favor the first 3 weeks rather than
the last, but all of Mar should be excellent. I was there 2 weeks ago
and had a blast.

You won't find much powder in Whistler at any time of the year. It's a
Coastal Mountain, not part of the Rockies. Don't quote me on this but I
think the peak elevation is actually lower than the base in some of the
resorts in The Rockies. If you want fluffy champagne snow, Whistler is not
the place, especially in March.

I have to disagree. You are right that Whistler is not known for its
champagne powder on the level of Utah or the Rockies. However, I have
had some sweet powder days at Whistler that are far from Cascade
Cement. Let's not forget that Whistler is WAY North of Utah and
Colorado, so the fact that the elevation isn't as high as resorts in
the Rockies is somewhat negated. Yes, it is a part of the Coastal
Mountains which means it doesn't get the super light stuff, but don't
let that fool you. Whistler can have great powder. Also, the
quantity is key. While Colorado gets 250-300 inches on a GOOD year,
Whistler averages 360 inches. And the terrain... oh man... it kicks
ass.

I have skied all over the US and Whistler is #1 in my book. There's a
reason it always gets ranked #1 my the ski and snowboard magazines in
their resort reviews.

Chris Stringer
RDCShop.com Online Board Shop
Bend Ski and Board Sport
1009 NW Galveston
Bend, OR 97701
Email:
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You are from Canada, but have you ever been to Whistler? I now
regularly ride at Kirkwood in Lake Tahoe, which gets 500 inches a
year... however my finest memories of powder are at the Glacier bowls
accessed from Spanky's Ladder in Blackcomb. After a easy no-incline 30
minute hike it was 3+ feet of untracked powder the entire way down the
slope... and virtually no tress or rocks in the way. That was in March
of 2000. The year before we went to Brekcenridge and Copper Mountain
in Colorado, which are awesome resorts too (there was tons of snow and
powder there as well) I'm just contesting your assertion that you
won't find "much powder" at Whistler at "any time" of the year.

I don't care much about Transworld's opinion on anyway and while
vertical elevation is nice, Whistler is still worth checking out (even
those Lake Louise is preferred by Canada/British tourists). I think it
is one of the best resorts in North America.

--Arvin

"HK" wrote in message ...
You won't find much powder in Whistler at any time of the year. It's a
Coastal Mountain, not part of the Rockies. Don't quote me on this but I
think the peak elevation is actually lower than the base in some of the
resorts in The Rockies. If you want fluffy champagne snow, Whistler is not
the place, especially in March.

"Chet Hayes" wrote in message
om...
Whistler BC is consistently ranked either the top or in the top few
ski/snowboarding resorts in the world. Transworld Snowboard just
rated it #1. The only downside is that it's relatively expensive.
Given your date choices, I would favor the first 3 weeks rather than
the last, but all of Mar should be excellent. I was there 2 weeks ago
and had a blast.

On Tue, 03 Feb 2004 03:39:56 GMT, "HK"
allegedly wrote:

You won't find much powder in Whistler at any time of the year. It's
a Coastal Mountain, not part of the Rockies.

Don't the Rockies start from New Mexico and run all the way up into
Canada? Sure there may be local names for different parts, but I
thought the whole range was called the Rocky Mountains.

Don't quote me on this
but I think the peak elevation is actually lower than the base in some
of the resorts in The Rockies.

In the same way that there is snow at sea level in Alaska, Greenland,
Iceland, Northern Scandinavia - and snow on the peak of Kilimanjaro in
the middle of Africa.

You're not comparing like with like.

If you want fluffy champagne snow, Whistler is not the place,
especially in March.

Champagne powder is OK, but you need a lot of it to cover up the crust
from before.

Whistler can have some great powder. Why do you think there's a queue
for the Harmony and Peak Chairs after a dump?

- Dave.

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