some of my buds went up to sweeny about 3hrs from here where I/we have often gone to summer ski and apparently the glacier has receded big time with the global warming thing

5 hrs to Edmonton and you pass a ski hill, Prince George is exactly 3hrs to the west and you pass a ski hill, Kamloops is 3+ hrs south and you pass a ski hill, jasper is 1.5 hr east and you pass a...

speculation dude ... its why smithers is built on a swamp

Might be > 5 hrs ?

better jump on the RE its probably dirt cheap

Yeah Valemont is seriously in the middle of nowhere from any major markets so you gotta fly

http://www.hellobc.com/valemount/transportation-maps.aspx

closest air travel is 3hrs in good weather...

Valemont is in a narrow mtn Valley in the middle of nowhere, they didn't even have a road in there till sometime in the 60's you had to ride the train , once you get 100 miles from the US boarder...

Valemont seems pretty far from everything to build a ski resort

ever ski David henry lodge ? lower angle ski touring

hey BCMH I was talking to a friend last week who tells us the Guggenhiem...

On a map the whole narthern half of the province looks just fucking awesume ... so full of promise!

we can just put a gondola up there to really open up HBM (code for which would allow us to build...

yeah people who have never spent time up here look at a map and come up with the great ideas

Valemont has no airport and a long drive past other ski resorts to any major cities on shitty roads

I was pointing out "the expensive oil" business could be going into the shitter due to enbridges inability to put in a Dilbit line and oil prices dropping

could be a whole new direction for "highway thru hell" !

http://discovery-origin.ctvdigital.net/Showpage.aspx?sid=45238

besides the fact that the natives are restless which pretty much shuts down any pipeline the F.N. don't want built, the price of oil is dropping to 2010 levels

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/jumbo-glacier-resort-rushes-to-meet-permit-deadline-1.2797846

I think he might have flipped red then revy or some combo there of but buddy seems pretty happy

I do have another bud who flipped canmore, moved here bought her piece of land and built the...

my buddy bailed out of revy at the peak moves here buys land, builds the dream log home ... his face is stuck in that perpetual grin

its a whole new game with the Tsilcotin decision that came down last summer

there are always disputes over which band owns which territory and then there will be disputes within that band but because there are no land claims its a real problem if you want to develop...

Even if the media got it right which is doubtful you might need a program to understand 1st nations politics

there is already a glut of ski hill RE in BC so I can't see where they are going to...

that area down thru blue river to Kamy is far from major markets and an airport

the local airport here is 1/2 an hour from the top of the ski hill so you could be in your house before you could...

I think you will find Edmonchuk is 4hrs east of jasper and valemont is > one hr from jasper because you gotta head 20 min south off of hy 16, so besides yer edmontonian having to drive past Marmot,...

build it and they will come ...won't they ?

the local hill in Smithers put a new cable/some seatpad/fixed the motor/painted the chair summer of 2008 and offered lots for sale, of course the big...