bring on the winter!!!!

cezza · Posted: Apr 04, 2007 8:41 pm Post subject: bring on the winter!!!!

well dont know about you northern hemisphere crowd but down here in New Zealand its getting closer to the winter yeh!

any yous coming down here for the season? Razz

kdip · Posted: Apr 05, 2007 8:49 am Post subject:

Yeh its April here in BC and its still snowing, well Vancouver was. Confused

ikonxone · Criminal Joined: 02 Apr 2007 Posts: 72 City: Henderson

i really want to take a vacation and hit up snow park, but that would mean no new boat this year for me. plane ticket costs $2200 from where i am at.

cezza · Posted: Apr 06, 2007 10:24 pm Post subject:

kdip, hey is that normal for it to be snowing in april?

ikonxone, dude i know what you mean. well one day you should come to snowpark!! siiiiick..altho i would love to go riding in yankland or canada thats def on the cards for next year

ikonxone · Criminal Joined: 02 Apr 2007 Posts: 72 City: Henderson

cezza i am hoping to make the trip one day, but it will be a while. i am thinking it will be at least 3-4 years if i am lucky. will give me sometime to get better at riding twin tip skis.

cezza · Posted: Apr 09, 2007 8:35 pm Post subject:

oh you a skiier?

ikonxone · Criminal Joined: 02 Apr 2007 Posts: 72 City: Henderson

cezza · Posted: Apr 10, 2007 12:08 pm Post subject:

ikonxone, what u find easier?

ikonxone · Criminal Joined: 02 Apr 2007 Posts: 72 City: Henderson

kdip · Posted: Apr 10, 2007 5:47 pm Post subject:

cezza, No it is not normal for it to be snowing here in Vancouver. I don't remember the last time it snowed in April. But it's more common in March but not that often. It is warming up a lot here now and the mountains are starting to close.

cezza · Posted: Apr 10, 2007 8:48 pm Post subject:

ikonxone, to be honest im not really into the skiing thing aye..i just could never imagine me doing rails on a pair of skis- but thats just me haha..each to there on and i suppose if your a keen skier and keen for rails then go for it eh.

kdip, so if it keeps on snowing does it mean the mountains stay open longer or they still have to close on a certain date?

kdip · Posted: Apr 11, 2007 8:51 am Post subject:

cezza, I don't think the mountains stay open even if there is snow, because they need to do work on the mountains and everything. They are closing this weekend and they still have a 400+cm base.

cezza · Posted: Apr 11, 2007 8:56 pm Post subject:

kdip, dude a couple of seasons ago there was like a 4m base when the mountain closed in early nov and it re opened in dec/jan (our summer) and that was sick!! slushy as and i got bad as burns from the sun haha.

u have to hike up your mt now eh haha

Ian_82 · Addict Joined: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 803 City: Longview, WA

meadows and timberline are expecting 6-10" overnight.

meadows is open until the end of April with an 8ft. base, timberline is open all year with a currently 145" base.

i dunno, i think closing with plenty of snow has something to do with the cost of staying open, though noone complains about opening too early. Laughing

kdip · Posted: Apr 12, 2007 9:04 am Post subject:

cezza, I have a friend who works up at Grouse and he said that they close even though they have plenty of snow, is becuase they make most of there moneyin the summer. So they have to get ready for the summer, but it would be sick if it stayed open longer.

cezza · Posted: Apr 12, 2007 12:01 pm Post subject:

i supose its a good thing wen the mt closes coz it makes us go wakeboarding or surfing haha.

do you guys hike up and have a jam on a rail if the mt is closed?

kdip · Posted: Apr 12, 2007 2:42 pm Post subject:

The only possibilitie to hike up there is to do the Grouse grind. Which is stairs going up to the mountain and takes an hour I think. Because Grouse you take a Tram up to the accual runs and stuff. So no we don't hike up there, but it would be sweet.

cezza · Posted: Apr 12, 2007 3:01 pm Post subject:

dude u got it susst in cananda!! Exclamation