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abar.

abar.

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Almost definately gonna be going to UBC for engineering this fall and figured I'd throw out a few skiing related questions I haven't found adequate answers for and see if any of you guys who go/have gone there can answer them.

Do you need to have a car to get to north van/whistler to mtn bike and ski often or is it easy to find homies to carpool with pretty much any time?

Is it realistic to go to whistler every weekend (considering I'll be in engineering) or will I be too busy and have to stick to the locals most of the time? I'd be willing to make a lot of sacrifices to other activities to make it happen

Grouse vs. Seymour? I got the vibe that cyp is a bit of a kook hill, but tell me if I'm wrong. Grouse seems to have a better park and is closer and you can take the bus, but I've heard it's crowded and the natural terrain is bad. Seymour's park looked ok, but their jumps looked to be stepdowns which I don't like and then a bunch of short down rails, but I've heard the natural terrain is better and the vibe is more chill. If I can go to whistler more often I'd only really care about night park but if I can't I really want fun natural terrain.

Thanks!
 
There's a fairly large amount of ubc students who have season passes for whistler. ubc ski and board club has a ride sharing group on facebook, it's not hard to secure rides.

I'm not in eng so i can't really say how realistic skiing every weekend at whis would be. I get the impression that ubc eng is a lot of work, but if ur an above average student and u manage ur time well then it's def realistic.

seymour's great but grouse has a better park and a better community of skiers IMO. Your analysis of these resorts is pretty spot on tho, and grouse can get really busy with large amounts of tourists around winter break. That being said, this pandemic might have an effect on that.

hope this answers ur questions somewhat
 
I imagine you will have to pick one of either: being on top of your projects or going to whistler for weekends often. You’ll be able to get up there but if you’re into actually trying at school I doubt it’ll be every weekend.

As for the locals, you’re pretty much spot on with your reading but here are some other points.

Cypress: actually the best terrain for night riding out of the three. Runs long enough to get into it for more than a minute, some steep trees for night storm stashes and the most lights so you can pick from more than two runs. Park is absolute joke. Didn’t have a non ride-on rail till like mid February and they had a pair of weird flat-landing step downs as their only jumps for the season.

Grouse: Tourist/Jerry central with a soulful core. Best built park by a lot with a dope park crew (fun features, well maintained with lots of variety), more rad park skier crews but the tram is whack and the terrain outside of the park is really nothing exciting. Lowest elevation, and with how many storms are barely putting snow instead of rain on the locals this is noticeable if you like lighter snow or prefer not to ride in the rain. Management lifetime banned some Newschoolers who took a slack country lap a while back, forced them to pay for an unneeded search and rescue heli that grouse called right when they ducked the rope. Corporate vibes.

Seymour: the dopest vibe. Dirtbag hill with so much soul. Snowboardings roots in Canada, You’ll see Sean P and any visiting pros rolling through sending side hits like 40+ feet. Don’t expect well maintained lips, long rails or perfect jumps but the park is really fun and is pretty much top to bottom by mid season and god damn do they do a lot with a little. This place is really the most playful terrain with side hits everywhere (which the mountain eventually might groom the lips of instead of putting an X in front of it). Backcountry is real. Parking lot beers are chill.

No matter where you go you’ll have fun!
 
Get with the homies at UBC Ski & Board/ UBC Freeride and you're pretty much set. Fun parties, fun people, always getting to the mountains. Don't necessarily need a car but it offers a bit more freedom for getting up to Whis when you have the time.

Although UBC Eng is intense, I've had plenty of friends make it work. It all depends on your own priorities and habits. I went to UBC business school and got pretty involved in other things on campus that took away from my ski time.

I'm loyal to Grouse, always loved there park features and vibe, and the Y2Play pass made it really affordable. Seymour is dope too, so will probably just depend who you link up with. I think the UBC crew spends more time at Seymour these days (I could be wrong).

Yes weekends will be fucked at Whis, but a student pass is definitely worth it. As students you're all kinda in the same boat. It will be some early mornings each weekend to get there for a pow day unless you have a couch to crash on.
 
UBC grad 2016 checking in- ride sharing to whis is pretty easy (pre-covid). Going rate was $15 round trip for gas. Grouse is the best park, cypress best terrain. Grouse you can take the bus to. Miss it.
 
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Anyone else starting this fall? What is everyone doing about the whole 100% online thing
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rip i could have gone but im going to uottawa instead. I even got accepted to ubc but i didnt take it and now im bummed lol

though I think first year will be fun wherever I go
 
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