Shames

[Drail]

so i'm down in the kootenay's (rossland to be specific) and life is

good. i would be lying if i said life is great, so it's just good.

after around a handful of years ski bumming around the southern half of

this province i am slowly running out of the kind of

terrain/weather/lack of crouds combination that will satisfy my needs

on skis. this has led me to look north in search of that which i

desire.

now, i've never been skiing up north, only planting, and even then -

never been further west then fort. st. james. as far as powder king

goes, i don't think it's my cup of tea (due to the fact that there's no

town near the hill and it's not open all week), so that leaves me with

smithers and shames. i know a few people from smithers (or who are

currently in smithers) and it seams good... they seam to have a good

park, and some good bc access... but it doesn't seam that amazing.

shames on the other hand is intriguing for the fact that it's relativly

close to town, and seams to sit right on the main spine of the range as

opposed to smithers which sits on the leeward side... this would make

me assume that the snow is more plentiful and the bc terrain would be

bigger and better. although shames (in bounds) is lower in elevation

and that much closer to the ocean, the snow might be heavier and most

'coastal' then smithers...

so i guess my purpose of this thread is: what's the town of terrace

like (keep in mind i'm living in rossland, so i'm not looking for a big

whistler/fernie like scene), how's the touring around shames, and is it

enough to warrent a season there, or even just a trip up to see.

thanks.

 

[Download-My-Apps]

I don;t think terrace is the nicest town. But I've never actually been there.

 

[Drail]

was there any point to that post, i mean... you didn't say anything.

 

[friedcheese]

I believe that shames is only open from thursday to sunday too but I hear that the backcountry is some of the sickest ever and there is a site that has a sick map with pictures.

Check out this site.

http://www.mrbs.ca/bcpgs/home.html

I was in the town once but it was a while ago and I don't remember that well. But it's close to prince rupert and that's kind of nice. There's good fishing there. I don't know about partying, that might be lacking.

 

[friedcheese]

shit that site is gone

what the fuck happened to it?

It was so sick

 

[friedcheese]

I found it, this is the site. It's a dope map with pics. If it were me though I don't think I would move to Terrace unless I had a sled, some dough and a girlfriend ( sausage fest and trashy chicks). But I haven't been there a while maybe it's a secret oasis of hot chicks like the Isle of Lesbos. But since the hill's closed on the week you could sled. Tonnes of sledding there apparently. I've always wanted to go on a ski trip there.

http://www.azadadventures.com/bc/home.html