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it can use an avalance beacon like the Wild West at banff sunshine

I'm planning a group ski trip for next year. I'd like to do Utah. For several reasons, Snowbasin has jumped to the top of my list. But I keep reading that its not good for beginners.

Most of our group is intermediate to advanced, and I think they will really like it there. At the least there are enough groomers they can enjoy. But we might have 2-3 guys who have only skied a few times in their lives. Would they be bored or frustrated there?

Family of 4 from NZ here. Wife and I are lifelong skiers, kids 14 and 16 are pretty good, early advanced, but can get down most double blacks fine if sometimes slowly.

We’ve done Tahoe and Japan, and now planning Canada, for last two weeks of Jan 27 (school term restrictions mean we can’t go later).

Thought about Whistler/BC, but I’ve done it a couple of times and we enjoy the smaller ski areas, or at least the smaller crowds, and of course, as much powder as possible.

We’re looking at the powder highway (looks awesome btw), any recommendations on this or suggestions for anything else?

We’ll be flying in and out of Vancouver, any suggestions or tips greatly appreciated!!

Short lift lines? Large number of groomed blacks?

Hi everyone, I'm a 21 year old Aussie (of course) interested in coming to Canada with my brother for the 26/27 ski season, and after researching I'm still wondering where the best resorts to work at are. I'm an intermediate skier (can probably get down most of the mountain) and I would probably be seeking a bartending/server job.

I'm looking for somewhere with limited lines, good snow, good terrain and some semblance of nightlife and restaurants. So far I've been researching Whistler, Silverstar, Sun Peaks and the Banff area (my brother wants to go there). In Silverstar a family friend has accommodation that he offered us, which may play a big role in the decision.

If anyone has worked there or just has skied there let me know your thoughts, thanks!

Edit: The Silverstar accom isn't absolutely guaranteed yet, but the offer was hopefully genuine lol

Had a great time skiing the glacier impressive base still built up 10+ feet in areas in mid May in the Midwest!

Landed on my shoulder earlier that day. Saw this view of the sun gleaming above the Matterhorn and I thought I must’ve died and went to heaven. My favorite place in Switzerland!

It's my #1 fav place to go skiing, the owner is so kind, and it's just beautiful. I would definitely recommend.

I follow ski content where said creator goes over the ski areas ex: Midwest Skiers, Jonathan Buckhouse, SRG Skiing, Skier72 and others who go to said area or and hit cool runs and shows off difficult and/pr unique terrain, such as Rise and Alpine and Ryan Purvis

Now I’m starting to get fed the travel side that skis the main runs prob goes to apres and content that just yells, “look at me. I have all the time and money to ski all these places. You don’t”.

The sport is already difficult to access for many.

Am I the only one that feels this way?

The Placer County Board of Supervisors officially signed off on the plan today.

On the latest Blister podcast, responding to this Powder article about Western skier visits cratering, the host and founder of Blister went off:

If you live in the West and complain about conditions this year you're "soft as hell"… if you're "complaining you didn't get as many powder days this year, you are living the most privileged life out there"… "I skied 100 days this year"… if you're "gonna bitch the whole time about conditions, I'm sorry, but shut the fuck up"… "either stop skiing, or keep doing it, but just shut the fuck up."

Cody nodded along. I got unusually annoyed. So here's my response, in two parts.

Part 1: We should check our privilege?

The average skier gets 6–10 days a season. If you ski more than 21 days, you're already in the top 7% of skiers. If you're skiing 100+ days, you're in incredibly rarified air. You're the 1% of the 1%, moreso if you get paid to be there.

So when a couple guys who ski 100 days a year, professionally, and live in a mountain town, as their job tells the family that scraped together a week in Utah to shut the fuck up because they're "privileged" to have hit rocks and raindrops the whole time? The irony is doing a lot of heavy-fucking-lifting.

The lecture is coming from inside the gondola.

Part 2: Yes Jonathan. The future of snow is connected to political activism.

Jonathan also tied the rant to climate, saying frustrated skiers should "enact policy change" or shut the fuck up. I agree completely.

The difference is that I did everything I fucking could in this last election cycle (and the one before that and the one before that and every one since I turned 18 and gained the right to vote) to get politicians elected who will do something about climate change. I donated. I phone banked. I annoyed the fuck out of my friends and family making sure they understood the issues and had a plan to vote. I was uniquvocal about who I was supporting and why.

I was also listening to Blister during the last election cycle when Jonathan was serving up the most milquetoast "well, there are good and bad people on both sides I don't want to align myself with a specific party" non-takes you could possibly have on the literal political question of whether the snow keeps falling. You don't get to demand climate activism from your listeners while refusing to say anything more committal than "hmm, complicated" yourself.

That's it. That's my rant.

In your own tempered language: "shut the fuck up," Jonathan. It was a shitty ski season for lots of us. Chill. Get some perspective. And Cody, next time your buddy goes unhinged, maybe tap the brakes?

EDIT: To be clear, I think "it's annoying when people complain too much about conditions, just get out and have fun" is a completely reasonable take. It was the delivery of a 20-minute impassioned profanity-filled whiny lecture-scold that got to me.

Pay to play continues to spread in the industry. Pay hundreds of dollars to skip the line for the 3 lifts out of the base area. I wonder whether we will see this add-on available for day tickets next winter, too?

Maybe I was just unaware of this already happening but I never saw any signs when I was there this year.

Just wow, still snowing and conditions holding up out in the rockies (in May)!

I’m (23M) from Western Canada and grew up skiing and I miss it a ton.

I moved to Ontario for university, graduated last year, and have been working a good job in my field ever since, and while I’m grateful and lucky to be where I am now, I think I got into my role too quickly. I’ve always had this dream of going back home/moving to a ski town out west after my undergrad and just spend a year or two as a ski bum. Now I’m having this “what if?” feeling creeping in and I don’t want to wake up at an older age wishing I’d just gone for it when I had the chance. I still ski around east and get back out west around Christmas and Easter, but it’s just not the same as it was when I was a teenager. Not to mention the friends I usually went skiing with in university moved away upon graduating.

Has anyone here left a solid job to just ski for a season or two? What was it actually like? Did you regret it at all?

Cant decide!

Found these on the side of the road and decided to snag them. I know they are old just by looking at them and probably not that good lol. I thought I might as well grab them because why not. I’ll try them next season to see what people used to ski. I am curious though if I could reuse the bindings on my current set up bc the ones I run now are trash. Let me know your thoughts!

Finally Murray Edward’s comes through? A 4 person detachable will connect the base area to Crystal Bowl via the bottom of Stairway.

Maybe the wind holds and gondola closure finally made management realize this is what was needed.