Banff or Salt Lake city

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qc_riders

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Hey guys, I'm going to do a ski trip next year and I have to choose between 5 days of ski at Banff : (3 days at lake louise and 2 days at sunshine village) or at Salt Lake city (at Alta,Snowbird,Brighton and Snowbasin)

I am a park skier and im gonna do a little of power! Which place are better and why?

NEED SOME HELP PLEASE!

Thanks!
 
SLC for sure great parks at park city and awesome on trail pow at Alta and snowbird when you hit it right
 
Lake Louise actually has a really good park later in the season, if you go mid January you'll be disappinted. Short lift lines as well. Sunshines park ok. Both are decent if it's snowed recently.
 
Banff. Lake Louise has the second most area of terrain in NA. And Revy and Fernie and all those resorts aren't that far away. And it's Canada.
 
Banff has Norquay, which has a decent park, Sunshine which is pointless, and Louise which actually has a legit park most of the season with solid terrain as well. SLC has Park City, Brighton, Alta and a whole slew of others. Hands down I'd pick SLC, the quality and quantity make it a great scene for anyone to go ride at
 
Never been to SLC but did a banff trip last year and it was pretty good.

Sunshine- Park is good near end of year however I went in December and full park wasn't set up yet...still not bad. As for powder its a hit and miss but usually no complaints about snow from me. Also good luck filming in the fog and clouds.

Louise- Park is really clean and fun, lots to hit and everythings set up well. Also a slim chance of hitting an airbag (If I remember correctly). Powder was fantastic when I went, however again no guarentees. Park is in good location to film.

Norquay- It's a fun park and had a really nice triple line when I went. However, powder was nowhere to be found. Good filming location, some guy had a drone last year it was sweet.

That's the knowledge I can provide, i'm sure you'd have a great time at either place.
 
Banff area doesn't really get good until spring. They are further inland and the weather systems have to get over a number of mountain ranges before they dump snow on the Rockies. This means the snow is really light, but they don't get big dumps like the Kootenays do as often. March - May is the time to be skiing the Banff/Lake Louise area. That being said, as the spring progresses, the storms start to hit the front range more so than the main spine of the Rockies (so that means that Nakiska gets more April snow than Sunshine).

If you're doing your trip in the first half of the season (Dec - Feb), I'd say go to SLC. If you're going in March on than Banff could be a good option. If you DO end up in Banff and the snow isn't the best, look into how the conditions are over at Kicking Horse, it might surprise you and it's not that far of a drive (hour to an hour and a half drive from Lake Louise).

Being Banff though, I would keep away from the place on long weekends. Place is a tourist destination and a half.
 
13179174:.Dinosaur. said:
Banff. Lake Louise has the second most area of terrain in NA. And Revy and Fernie and all those resorts aren't that far away. And it's Canada.
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Who cares about the second most area of terrain in NA when the Canyons has THE most?
 
13179022:Rusticles said:
Lake Louise actually has a really good park later in the season, if you go mid January you'll be disappinted. Short lift lines as well. Sunshines park ok. Both are decent if it's snowed recently.
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did someone just put "short lift lines" and "lake louise" in the same sentence?
 
13181582:4man said:
did someone just put "short lift lines" and "lake louise" in the same sentence?
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If you don't go on major holidays,theres no lift lines

I'd say SLC cause if you go to Banff you have to buy a park pass and skiing louise for 3 days in a row will get boring
 
13181436:J_BISCHOF said:
Who cares about the second most area of terrain in NA when the Canyons has THE most?
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lol

The only thing Canyons has is luxury European style lodging. The terrain sucks. If you value the stay over the ski, then by all means Canyons is your place. Its impossible to even compare them to Banff.
 
13182607:MitchThatcher said:
You do not have to buy a park pass for Norquay, Sunshine, or Lake Louise...
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All three of those are IN the park, therefore you need a Parks Canada pass, your thinking of a terrain park pass
 
13182694:18kSkier said:
All three of those are IN the park, therefore you need a Parks Canada pass, your thinking of a terrain park pass
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Classic misunderstanding. Lots or the RCR parks you do need a pass so I figured that's what you meant.

My apologies.
 
I will never understand why people want to travel across an entire continent to ski a park when there's perfectly good mountains to ski above them.
 
13181582:4man said:
did someone just put "short lift lines" and "lake louise" in the same sentence?
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as long as you skip the long weekends it's pretty good, especially weekdays.

Was unreal back when they had two highspeed quads servicing the park
 
13183015:ThaLorax said:
I will never understand why people want to travel across an entire continent to ski a park when there's perfectly good mountains to ski above them.
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probably because some people really like skiing park. not a difficult thing to grasp. just because you don't identify with that crowd doesn't make it wrong.
 
13191273:best.coast said:
probably because some people really like skiing park. not a difficult thing to grasp. just because you don't identify with that crowd doesn't make it wrong.
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Uhhhh, I never said it was wrong. I said I'll never understand it. No complains here. More powder for me,
 
topic:qc_riders said:
Hey guys, I'm going to do a ski trip next year and I have to choose between 5 days of ski at Banff : (3 days at lake louise and 2 days at sunshine village) or at Salt Lake city (at Alta,Snowbird,Brighton and Snowbasin)

I am a park skier and im gonna do a little of power! Which place are better and why?

NEED SOME HELP PLEASE!

Thanks!
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If you're choosing Banff, it would be best to stay in Lake Louise(cheaper than banff, and closer) and just ski there, skip sunshine, its terrible. Lake Louise has a great park, with a really good park crew. (I worked at Louise last season and I highly recommend it, they have huge features by mid season.)
 
13198194:marrows said:
If you're choosing Banff, it would be best to stay in Lake Louise(cheaper than banff, and closer) and just ski there, skip sunshine, its terrible. Lake Louise has a great park, with a really good park crew. (I worked at Louise last season and I highly recommend it, they have huge features by mid season.)
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Lake Louise is a 40min drive from banff and once you add in sunshines gondola ride it's not much longer to get to for skiing. Banff has a pretty good party scene if you desire some evening entertainment, lake Louise can be kinda dead for night life if you're visiting
 
13198245:Rusticles said:
Lake Louise is a 40min drive from banff and once you add in sunshines gondola ride it's not much longer to get to for skiing. Banff has a pretty good party scene if you desire some evening entertainment, lake Louise can be kinda dead for night life if you're visiting
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I meant stay in Lake Louise village, and skip sunshine entirely because it sucks. Lake Louise nightlife can be wild, if you're into that.
 
13198273:marrows said:
I meant stay in Lake Louise village, and skip sunshine entirely because it sucks. Lake Louise nightlife can be wild, if you're into that.
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I've heard that the hill employees lodge can get Wild but I've never experienced haha. Had a pretty wild New Years at Chateau Louise once,

But that was most likely due to there being a cheap room deal for some reason.
 
lol is this a joke? bro Banff, i mean if u wanna ski flat hills with snowmakers hit up slc bro and spend all ur time standing in a line.

if u want real skiing, on real mountains, on real snow. banff is ur best bet
 
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