I did build part of the original line back in “the day”. Part of it was an old alignment built by Paddy Kay and Chris Winter in the 90’s. Had tons of help from the WBP trail crew, especially on the...

Yeah I guess I wasn’t super clear. I build trails for mountain bikes.

Around here (Squamish/Pemberton/Whistler) most riders don’t care what type of bike you’re riding. There’s a group that are...

Yeah I get that. I’ve borrowed a buddies ebike and gone for some trail rides around the S2S. It’s definitely a hoot. I’ve gotten some comments as I’ve passed people, but I’ll take it.

I’ve been...

The wife and I bought an Volt valley cruiser style ebike due to cost of gas and being a 1 truck family. Our town (Whistler) is perfect for e commuting with a nice valley trail. We’ve already put...

This is so fucking sad. Those janes are so cheap that they’re almost free by comparison to a Vail budget. Vail saving a couple bucks killed this poor fella

Please explain

Call me old fashioned but that’s how you promote a ski resort.

Perhaps some of the best photos In this whole thread? Ver nice!

Agreed. I watched a bit of it live, then stopped and waited for it to be on replay so I could skip straight to the drop ins.

Great concept. Shame the weather didn’t hold for finals.

There ya go! Glad I’m wrong! Sweet pic!

Yeah fair enough. Alpine in the backcountry is still decent above 2200 metres or so

It rained to the top of the mountain and refroze at the end of the storm. Conditions are not great at the moment

Sorry for the thread hijack.

The whole P2P lift has 4 towers. Two on each mountain. The spans between the stations and the first towers on each side are standard gondola evac. Patrollers either...

The rescue plan for the P2P will really make your asshole clench up

Glad I got to ride the snowbird tram during my patrol exchange there. Definitely one of the most iconic lifts in North America.

Kind of off topic but hard to beat the Snowbird patrol locker room...

Definitely some FOMO on my part missing this one.

Drowning my sorrows in tequila, Pacifico and street tacos

Sorry Ray. I’m out of town. No beta.

I said it before, but imagine if the FWT ran like the Big Wave Tour. The window for an event is Nov-May. Event organizers give the competitors a week notice that an event is going to run when the...

I don’t know too many people at WB or in Whistler who view the Vail takeover as positive. I’m surprised to hear that sentiment here. They gutted HR, marketing, and other vital departments that made...

There’s a good conversation here amidst the intermittent trolling. I don’t claim to have the answers

I’m a 25 year full time ski and bike patroller. I’m the first one to sign up to work these big...

I’ll agree on the camera shots. Definitely improved through the season. The drone angles are sweet but I want to see a more zoomed out shot that shows the exposure. Save the drone angles for the...

I agree. This is what the comps are now. These kids are charging. I was amazed and inspired by what went down this year.

I just don’t to see someone maimed or killed.

FWT is kind of going in the direction of red bull rampage. What started out as a big mountain discipline has become a big mountain freestyle event. Big freestyle tricks required to win.

But if...

Any update on his condition? Holy cow that was scary to watch.

Sweaty iphone photo of a berm in the snow.

You'd think after this many years I'd know how to not have the photos sideways.

Yeah but that was the huck and pray era. Does that venue hold up these days? I’m too biased to say honestly, but I don’t think it does (but I wish it did).

Watching those comps back in the day...

My trail has a couple 20 metre sections melted out now. I found the tools I stashed in the fall. Maintenance has begun. Cleaned out some ditches. Shovelling to open up things that I wanted to fix in...

It has been foretold in the prophecies

Are you taking about Sudan?
What about Diamond/Ruby?

You’re probably right though. As much as I’d love it, the WB terrain just doesn’t have the necessary pieces.

Fissile?

There's a 3 star scheduled for Blackcomb on March 30th....
I don't know anything about anything, but lets get that 4 star moved up here

That's what I'm talking about!

Wow. Hopefully the surface conditions will allow for strong skiing.
I might get the old school billygoat comp that I was asking for earlier in the year.
That looks pretty rowdy. Looks like...

Looks decent!

damn.

Ignorant North American question. Where in Turkey has an appropriate venue?

Hopefully for a comp of this magnitude there's a backup plan that involves moving to a more suitable spot, even if its a different resort or even a different country. The snow must be good somewhere...

Damn. What a shit year for comp conditions.

Hopefully the backup venue is in better shape.

I’m with Gajin on this one.

Venue looked fun, cameras and production was on point. Skiers were sending it.

The announcing was insanely bad. I’ll cut them a bit of slack for announcing in...

Love Sushi Vill.
SASS roll is great. SMASS roll is amazing.
My wife and are frequent guests. Show up early, put your name on the list, then wander around town till they text you for your table....

All you guys out there getting after it all ready have got my inspired!

Went for a look at my local project. About 12 linear feet of my trail have melted out so far, with the top of the trail...

Great venue and great riding. Thanks for the link

If I'm going to be on a glacier, I'll bring my 30 metre skinny rope (RAD kit), and enough gack to build a 3:1, plus 1 ice screw

They groom the full World Cup DH run every year on the anniversary of Rob Boyd's World Cup win. Pretty sweet.

This is what I’ve heard.

Whistler closes first to get started on creek/red.
Blackcomb stays open for the spring
All the Creekside trails likely closed this season. I would imagine they’ll use...

If you’re looking to explore inbounds, and you’ve ridden other big western resorts, you’ll be fine just exploring on your own. There are patrol huts at the top of all the alpine lifts where you can...

What a shame. I guess everyone is competing on the same face so it’s a level playing field, but this venue and these conditions are kind of underwhelming

I’m hearing the decision will be made this afternoon about if the event will run tomorrow

Thanks Doug!

I’ll take a measurement of our shack at the top of Symphony. It’s gotta be one of the smallest patrol shacks around. I’m guessing it’s about 4 feet by 15 feet. 4 patrollers stationed there, and all...

Got a better quality photo of that or a transcript?

This old patroller can't make out the text.
(also love the plywood walls. definitely a patrol shack)

Anyone on the ground in Kicking Horse have any guesses what day the comp is going to run? I’m thinking about making the road trip if it lines up with my days off.