Powder King

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Anybody ski there? I have a van out west I can use for the winter so thinking of skiing there. It's nearly impossible to find any good info on it other than that it gets a shit ton of amazing snow and gets really really cold.

Looking to find out if the terrain is any good and if there's somewhere decently close to park a van for a couple months.

Other choices to stay the winter are Whitewater, Red, Revy, or Kicking Horse. I'm not good at these types of choices.
 
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Anybody ski there? I have a van out west I can use for the winter so thinking of skiing there. It's nearly impossible to find any good info on it other than that it gets a shit ton of amazing snow and gets really really cold.

Looking to find out if the terrain is any good and if there's somewhere decently close to park a van for a couple months.

Other choices to stay the winter are Whitewater, Red, Revy, or Kicking Horse. I'm not good at these types of choices.
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I lived in PG for two years. Powder King does get absolutely dumped on, and the big upside is there is very little competition for snow since it's in the middle of nowhere (200km from Prince George, 2hours on a shitty 2 lane highway).

The downsides are the terrain is very small and boring, especially in bounds. Side country has some fun tree skiing but it's a bit flat and you have to skate/hike back to the lifts. Lifts themselves are ancient (one chair one t-bar) and the lodge is old. Tickets are cheap and the bar is good.

Powder King is not on the same planet as Revy or Kicking Horse and the backcountry access is not as good as Whtiewater AND there is nothing else decent nearby.

I would hit up KH/Revy (they are 90 minutes apart or so) instead, much bigger and better terrain with decent snowfall.
 
awesome, thanks for the info. I'm thinking Whitewater now, since money is definitely not abundant so the seasons pass being a couple hundred cheaper than other hills is a nice bonus, plus Nelson would probably be easier to find a place to park the van to sleep in and I did like the town last time I was there.
 
You wanna park the van for the winter, or are you willing to move it around? Kootenay pass and rogers pass allow you to park overnight and you can start skinning from the van. I know if a few places in Nelson you can park it as well.

When you getting out here?
 
heading back to Victoria to pick up the van on December 11th. Got a kick ass deal, Ottawa to Victoria for $150. And yeah, willing to move the van around depending on where has good snow. Limiting factor being cash since I was supposed to work this winter but couldn't pass up on this, so would definitely be more economical to just ski at 1 hill + backcountry/cross country (yeah I'm into that..)

Drail, that would be sweet if you had some recommendations of spots to park overnight where I wouldn't risk tickets. VW Vanagon though so with the curtains drawn it's hard to tell someones in it unless it gets foggy. And Walmart is always an option..

You guys are awesome for the help.
 
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