where did you end up skiing while you were there?

amazing, thanks man!

....yeah. thanks for reminding me. unfortunately life got complicated, but the good news it's much much cheaper where we are so we can afford to do seemingly retarded things like spend a winter in...

Haha yeah i could see how that's confusing, man that was a lifetime ago, jesus. Well TMI time, baby making doesn't always work so in the end we adopted.

I guess they can stay home on the really deep days :) Where did you experience your best days in Japan, as far as inbounds/trees are concerned? Everyone says the resorts on Hokkaido aren't very...

i've been to st. moritz in the summer for some mountain biking, beautiful spot, though i've never felt more poor. i heard it's one of the sunniest places in the alps, can't be good for snow :)

ya with kids staying in one place would be ideal, really get to know the place. verbier (nendaz) would be perfect really, but i got a really amazing year when i went, snowed like crazy, and i feel...

i'm living in the city now, weekend warrior on the east coast. i want to spend a season somewhere i won't need a car to get to the lifts, and ideally can walk out my apartment and be on a gondola...

i spent a couple weeks in briancon, monetier was nice, rest was ok, nothing too memorable. i spent half my time driving to la grave :) but i agree briancon would be a good place to stay with a...

never been to deer valley, but are you saying japanese resorts don't even compare to big white? because big white ranks pretty low for me :) it's like an east coast hill on the west coast, with an...

ahh ya true. i really like the idea of chamonix, i love the town, i especially love summers in chamonix, great climbing, hiking, and biking.. but for skiing it's so disjointed, walking around and...

I wouldn't be going into the backcountry with the kids at that age. What can you compare the best Japanese resorts to in Canada or the US in terms of terrain?

If the alps, would something like...

haha, ya why? wife knows how to ski, always up for an adventure

Thinking of pulling the kids out of school for three months this winter and just fucking off somewhere to ski every day before the kids get too old and want nothing to do with me anymore. Kids are 9...

Awesome! Have there been any full length ski films since Out of the Shadows? Hard to figure out on the website

How's that working for you? Was thinking of doing ikea butcher block, wouldn't cut directly on it, mostly concerned about water if there's drops left here and there that are forgotten and not wiped up

guys, none of it is remotely true..

If i'm on fireroads I just strap my FF to my pack on the way up, and stick my pads in my pack. if it's a trail i do the same but wear my half shell up and then stash it in my pack on the way down....

A shop is only useful for same day parts, next day parts cost $20 more for overnight shipping most of the time. Still cheaper than buying from a shop. And if the cost online is $98 and your...

Hmm that sucks, I've always heard so much about CN. What would you recommend for a valley ride instead? Or would khybers/Babylon off top of the world do the trick for XC and better to spend other two...

Thanks that's awesome, really appreciate all the advice

yeah I'd only have a half day to ride somewhere on the north shore so ideally I'd like it to be one that really shows off the uniqueness of the area and what it's famous for (wood work).

Would it be worth doing the Crest as an out and back without dropping down? My main draw is the scenery so this way I would get a double dose and not have to shuttle? And if I only had time for one...

3000' of climbing is no problem, that's an average weekend ride where I live. But I shuttle when I can just because it saves time and I have a wife who's happy to help :)

Well we'll be in the area at least a week, I just can't ride more than 4 days since I'll be with my family. And even at that I'd ideally want to start early and be back for lunch. We'll probably be...

Thanks the only reason I was going to ride in Moab was the possibility of doing TWE from burro pass since in may the highest we'll probably be able to start is hazard county. But I guess it's not...

What are you talking about? Flights are booked for May, the Moab thread was unbelievably helpful.

This is a separate drive across the country and back summer trip with wife and kids. Going...

Thanks but this is kind of a detour on a cross country trip we are planning, with kids in tow, so I have a limited amount of time to ride so don't have much time to get to know the areas, just...

So forget anything in and around Vancouver if we only have a short time?

End of July, will hopefully have 4 days to ride. Was thinking Comfortably Numb one day? Another day Top of the World at Whistler and fiddle around the bike park the rest of the day. For the other 2...

I'll be driving from Denver to SLC via Moab in mid July. I'm going to try to ride for 4 days but if I can't in what order should I prioritize those 4 rides?

And I know TWE is amazing but what...

Wow you guys are amazing, thanks so much for all that. That is seriously great. Just curious, you swapped Thunder Mountain for Guacamole/Zen, what's the reasoning? :)

awesome info, thanks!

Awesome sounds like a plan

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I've read that a few times now, if we love the practice loop should we do the whole trail? Is it just that the novelty wears...

Thanks but flying in and out of Vegas, have a bachelor party and then tacking on a week so that's why was going to hit up gooseberry and thunder. I thought thunder mountain would be clear of snow mid...

Yes :)

Was planning on going this month but trip got pushed to May. I’m looking for epic rides, great views, fun downhills but don't at all mind earning my turns. If it’s flat-ish and no big downhill payoff...

That's an interesting idea thanks! That sounds like fun.

What are the best mtb rides? I was thinking we could do the whole enchilada twice, and day 3 hymasa/Ahab with dead horse point intrepid...

Well it's not so much that they'll find out but rather if something happens, some kind of accident and I'm off road the insurance is null and void because I violated the terms of the contract. I've...

Thanks, I checked a couple places and all anyone had to rent that was 4x4 was jeeps at $200/day. I didn't find anywhere that rented trucks or anything cheaper, that would be nice if anyone knows of...

Those of you who've biked or driven the white rim trail, is it really worth doing on a bike? Was thinking of going with some buddies and doing it booze cruise style over 4 days, checking out side...

What about mid march instead? Same answers or different?

Cool thanks, you guys sure paint a dismal picture of the upcoming winter :)

k thanks, though if you had to guess how it would be most likely to play out given the history.. which do you think will have the better base/better snow/better weather that time of year?

In a typical year where would one be better off the second week of January, Nelson or Banff? It's the only time I can get away.

I like the idea of Banff because there’s 3 big resorts 30-90...

yeah i know, i've spent a fair amount of time hiking and scrambling in the rockies, but there's plenty of very mellow hiking trails that manage to get you above the treeline and be quite scenic....

doing some reading on the alps and it does indeed look like there's a mind blowing amount of alpine mountain biking trails over there.. but are there really tons of alpine rides in BC/AB? frisby...

thats a great list thanks, have you ridden them all?

Thanks, well my main focus is finding stuff my wife and I can ride together, and then once I've figured out the general area we're going to, I can look for more interesting/difficult trails to do on...