Planning a trip to Canada. Need advice!

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I'm currently planning to spend 3 months in Cananda starting in early January with the sole purpose of skiing. I'm looking for recommendations on ski resorts that have good park set ups and towns that have trampoline facilities. I'm also planning to buy a car to get around while I'm there. Any tips are much appreciated.

Cheers in advance.
 
I hear Regina has great skiing in January.

But Revelstoke seems like a good match. Amazing hill, snow, and has trampoline facilities which you're not likely to find in many other ski towns like Rossland or Nelson.
 
If you need tramps and a good park and actually want to be in the mountains (opposed to Calgary) then Whistler is probably you're only option. If you're going somewhere with the purpose of just skiing different parks, there are places like Summit County that make a lot more sense than Canada. If you're interested in skiing powder, Canada is an amazing option with some of the best riding in the world. Kickinghorse, Revelstoke, Whistler, and Whitewater are all world class, amazing places to ski pow.
 
If your on the east coast... head to Quebec.... they have some amazing hills and great ski culture
 
You're going to Canada for the sole purpose of park skiing and tramping? I mean, it's possible that it will be a terrible pow season in Canada due to El Nino, but head over to SLC or Summit County, or even Mammoth if those are your only two goals.
 
13539103:Holte said:
You're going to Canada for the sole purpose of park skiing and tramping? I mean, it's possible that it will be a terrible pow season in Canada due to El Nino, but head over to SLC or Summit County, or even Mammoth if those are your only two goals.
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The Canadian dollar is crap right now, so I imagine it's a bunch cheaper to travel up here? Ultimately, I would see what the weather is doing and then just chase storms.
 
1. Fly to Calgary

2. Ski Sunshine, louise, khorse, revy, down to whitewater, across to Sun Peaks, down to Manning park, over to vancouver, do things in vancouver for a break, ski grouse if the park is sick, then up to whistler and stay there for awhile.

It's perfect.
 
if you just want park then whistler is your best bet in the mountains. MSLM in ontario and lots of places in quebec have better parks than a lot in the mountains though.

if you want both parks and good terrain: whistler, banff, big white, silverstar, revelstoke (they are building their first park this year so it could be iffy but their terrain is better than anywhere else)

imo lake louise is probably the most well rounded.
 
Cheers for the replies, good info.

13539103:Holte said:
You're going to Canada for the sole purpose of park skiing and tramping? I mean, it's possible that it will be a terrible pow season in Canada due to El Nino, but head over to SLC or Summit County, or even Mammoth if those are your only two goals.
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I booked return tickets from NZ a long time ago so I'm locked in now haha.

Whistler is sounding pretty good right now. I hear the night life is pretty loose there too which is a big part of it for me. I think I'll do a month there to start and then just freestyle my way east.

What could go wrong.
 
Don't come to Canada for good parks unless you are going to whistler lol. Canada is for powder and big mountain skiing. East coast of Canada should have good parks this year. Lots of snow coming.
 
come to seymour in vancouver if you wanna get pissed drunk and ski marginal conditions. fun as fuck though
 
13539254:syrup. said:
come to seymour in vancouver if you wanna get pissed drunk and ski marginal conditions. fun as fuck though
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could not have summed up seymour any better. Just a gong show but its the funnest gong show you'll ever encounter
 
You're definitely on a good choice of ski destinations.

Banff / Lake Louise / Sunshine, Kicking Horse, Revelstoke, Whistler are really good places that you must not missed.
 
13539028:VinnieF said:
I hear Regina has great skiing in January.

But Revelstoke seems like a good match. Amazing hill, snow, and has trampoline facilities which you're not likely to find in many other ski towns like Rossland or Nelson.
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DUDE we have the best skiing in the world!!!!!!!!

(compared to the scene 5 or 6 years ago regina is booming)

yeah but as others said definitely start in Calgary and head over to whistler hitting places on the way.
 
#whislyfe

But seriously, move here. Some of the best parks in the world paired with a classy mountain town makes for an epic season. Also there is Whistler Bounce for all your trampoline needs, with a supertramp that'll send you to the moon and great coaches.
 
whistler, maybe spend some time in van and go to grouse or seymour, head through the okanagan valley & hit up silverstar or bigwhite, head on through to revy, kicking horse, sunshine village etc and just keep going. youll have a blast man
 
Dude I'm from edmonton. It suck's haha. Ive been to whistler 5 times and it is heaven on earth man. I've never had a place make me feel more at home. It has the best vibe of anywhere I've ever been. That includes 6 countries in europe. It's so peaceful, laid back, chill, fun. Oh and btw best skiing of any park I've ever been too. Oh and have fun when it snows 13 feet over night sometimes haha!
 
13539188:TheBigApple said:
Don't come to Canada for good parks unless you are going to whistler lol. Canada is for powder and big mountain skiing. East coast of Canada should have good parks this year. Lots of snow coming.
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trololol banff and lake louise have dope parks and there's hardly any people in them most the time. unlike breck which has basically no big mountain both those have world class big mountain terrain as well. win/win
 
13540373:FrenchFry said:
Dude I'm from edmonton. It suck's haha. Ive been to whistler 5 times and it is heaven on earth man. I've never had a place make me feel more at home. It has the best vibe of anywhere I've ever been. That includes 6 countries in europe. It's so peaceful, laid back, chill, fun. Oh and btw best skiing of any park I've ever been too. Oh and have fun when it snows 13 feet over night sometimes haha!
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also this kid knows whats up, im from edmonton and made the move to whis four and a half years ago. sooo good
 
13539028:VinnieF said:
I hear Regina has great skiing in January.

But Revelstoke seems like a good match. Amazing hill, snow, and has trampoline facilities which you're not likely to find in many other ski towns like Rossland or Nelson.
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hold up, revy has a tramp place?????
 
Dude if you're looking for parks then go to Banff! Plenty of good mountains around there and Lake Louise has an amazing park
 
Coming from Ontario, I would stay away from this part as you'd bascially just be skiing below average parks. West is your only option (whis, rev, biggie, louise, sunshine). Plenty of resorts to hit up so you won't die of boredom.
 
13540903:D.Mac said:
Coming from Ontario, I would stay away from this part as you'd bascially just be skiing below average parks. West is your only option (whis, rev, biggie, louise, sunshine). Plenty of resorts to hit up so you won't die of boredom.
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MSLM is not "below average" by any means...

But yeah if you're coming to Canada, definitely go out West. I've had a few friends go to sunshine and they absolutely loved it, can't really go wrong with Whistler if you're looking for park and a cool place to be.
 
13541417:SladeSki said:
MSLM is not "below average" by any means...

But yeah if you're coming to Canada, definitely go out West. I've had a few friends go to sunshine and they absolutely loved it, can't really go wrong with Whistler if you're looking for park and a cool place to be.
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Well there's a reason I stated "basically".
 
13539836:e_watt said:
#whislyfe

But seriously, move here. Some of the best parks in the world paired with a classy mountain town makes for an epic season. Also there is Whistler Bounce for all your trampoline needs, with a supertramp that'll send you to the moon and great coaches.
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lol "classy mountain town" how long you lived in whis for bro? 3 days in september?
 
13539720:cdip said:
blue mountains, ontario
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13541417:SladeSki said:
MSLM is not "below average" by any means...

But yeah if you're coming to Canada, definitely go out West. I've had a few friends go to sunshine and they absolutely loved it, can't really go wrong with Whistler if you're looking for park and a cool place to be.
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Ontario also has mad underrated avalanche zones in the backcountry
 
you probably have all the advice you need by now but heres my sudjestion anyway:

tremblant in a pretty sick hill ok. and there are about 10 other smaller hills all in the same cluster so that eliminates getting bored of tremblant's park (which in great) the hotels there are insane if your gonna stay for over a week. but there are really nice rent-able condos just a 10 minute gondola ride away. also you can ski a certain trail right to door! Also for the car, id buy one off "kijiji" (craig's list in canada) for cheap.

Have fun on your trip wherever you end of going
 
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