CarvCanada Posted November 27, 2004 Report Share Posted November 27, 2004 Where's the most awesome place to live? East Quebec- COLD!, good snow, Mont-Sainte Anne, Le Massif, Stoneham, Tremblant, and lots of 1200-1500ft vertical mountains full of wide blue runs and night carving. GREAT cities East Vermont - Cold, Really great snow. Stratton, Sugarbush, Okemo, Sugarloaf, Smuggs, Stowe, Killington, Mt. Snow, Sunday River. Tahoe- From what I hear, Big snow, BEAUTIFUL, nice mountains. Sugar Bowl, Heavenly, Squaw, Sierra, Sierra Summit, Kirkwood, June, Hometown, Bear Valley, Alpine Meadows Okanagan - BEAUTIFUL!! Small cities, not much to do but mountain bike and snowboard, but what's wrong with that :) , BIG nice pow. You got the local Big White, Apex, Silver Star, Sun Peaks. From what I hear not crowded. You're close to Panorama, Fernie, Kicking Horse, Lake Louise etc. to get some POW POW. Also Whistler for some trips. Coastal BC - Whistler, Blackcomb! Beautiful and big snow again :) Vancouver and surroundings nice to live in. Colorado - SNOW... I don't know about Denver, but looking on a map it's SWEET. Loveland, Keystone, Copper, A-Basin, Breckenridge, Winter Park all closeby. With all these closeby choices, are these even crowded on weekends? A bit farther and yah... Vail, ASPEN, Steamboat, Crested Butte, Buttermilk, Beaver Creek... Yeah... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nekdut Posted November 27, 2004 Report Share Posted November 27, 2004 Tahoe/Sierra must include Mammoth! Dont forget the 3,100 vertical feet, 3,500 acres, Top elevation: 11,053 feet, 150 named trails, 27 lifts (10 express quads, 3 gondolas), 300 days of sunshine per year, 400 inches of snow per year! There are some great WIDE open carving trails up there and excellent grooming. And we started carving in Oct, with 82" in that month alone. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSlide Posted November 27, 2004 Report Share Posted November 27, 2004 to Mammoth. Insane conditions in October. Can you say HUGE? Where is Utah in the mix???? World class resorts and freaky good snow. And , wait, how about Sun Valley??? Cripes that place rules for carving, endless runs and killer town too. Thats my 2 cents Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdea Posted November 27, 2004 Report Share Posted November 27, 2004 sunday river and sugar loaf have the goods and they are in ME not VT between those two resorts any carver should have his/her fill over all I give the 'loaf and SR the east title as my favorite places to ride and if I want trees Jay gets it my best day on plates stratton owns that best pow days sunday river had a couple killer days and of course Jay Peak has the trees sad though that I lived in CO and the icey snowless east owns it for me as far as the best days I have had on snow even the powder days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarvCanada Posted November 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2004 hehe yah I know, I included them in East Vermont, I'll change it to East Vermont/Maine I thought Mammoth was in SoCal? oops! Is Utah (besides Park City) good for carving? I thought that the mountains were all about the pow, and attracting East Coast skiers to get some of it? I'll put it in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarvCanada Posted November 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2004 Damn, I'm not a moderator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philw Posted November 27, 2004 Report Share Posted November 27, 2004 Er, wot about the rest of the world? I thought Canada was a bit less parochial than your southern neighbours, but perhaps I was wrong. The best place is anywhere there's decent snow; if you need motorways then you just haven't progressed far enough to appreciate a decent mogul field. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted November 27, 2004 Report Share Posted November 27, 2004 Well, I'll add a nod to Mammoth - great terrain and LOTS of it. However, I really don't have to look much farther than my own back yard for great riding - both pow and groomers. And YES there is good carving in Utah outside of PC (though it is a great carving mountain). Oh, BTW, it's DUMPING as I type this - life is good:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Dahl Posted November 28, 2004 Report Share Posted November 28, 2004 I voted Colorada 'cause Buttermilk spoiled me! (get it?) Stevens Pass, Wa and Crystal both have great carving runs where you can lay it out. Stevens Pass is my " local" mountain, but then you've got Mt. Baker also for the backcountry and the dumbfounded looks you get when you show up on carving gear! Oh, and Snoqualmie summit can be good with some wide open runs that beg for the treatment. And then you've got Oregon, with Mt. Hood and Mt. Batcheler. The coast just flat rocks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffy Posted November 28, 2004 Report Share Posted November 28, 2004 silverstar is a morg during the week----you can rail carves til your hearts content:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagen Posted November 28, 2004 Report Share Posted November 28, 2004 I have to say that any place with good snow and not too many people on the slopes is a good carving location. For me that would be pretty much any resort at Tahoe midweek. Even on weekends you can usually find some runs that are not too crowded... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALPINE Posted November 28, 2004 Report Share Posted November 28, 2004 Gotta put my 2 cents worth in LITTLETON, NEW HAMPSHIRE !!!!! within 1.5 HOUR DRIVE CANNON BRETTON WOODS LOON ATTITASH WATERVILLE VALLEY CRANMORE BLACK MTN WILDERNESS ( BALSAMS ) WILDCAT SUNDAY RIVER SHAWNY PEAK JAY PEAK BURKE MTN SUGARBUSH STOWE SMUGGLER NOTCH MAD RIVER SUNAPEE BOLTON VALLEY GUNSTOCK RAGGED MTN TENNY MTN AND FOR YOU BACKCOUNTRY BUFFS TUCKERMAN GULF OF SLIDES WILDCAT TRAIL OAKES GULF TUCKER BROOK MT MOOSELAUKE THE ONLY OTHER PLACE I KNOW LIKE THIS IS UTAH!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba Posted November 29, 2004 Report Share Posted November 29, 2004 Steeplechase Ski Area in SE Minnesota. 6 turns on the Burner 197 and I am at the bottom of the hill. Why is it my fav? Free season pass and ten minutes from my home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kipstar Posted November 30, 2004 Report Share Posted November 30, 2004 best varied terrain for hard carving the steeps/bumps etc: Squaw best for wind packed powder and groomed highways: Mammoth most varied terrain in one run: Whakapapa New Zealand Best place to try with unlimited cash: somewhere on someone else's list outside of Tahoe, SoCal, NZ!!!! Best place for "no shirt" snowboarding sans boots and board: Jomtien Beach, 2 hours south of Bangkok. No snow, but nice for da windsurf ;-) aiiight. kipsan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Randy S. Posted November 30, 2004 Report Share Posted November 30, 2004 To me the best place for carving is the one you can get to on a regular basis. For me that's Tahoe so that's my vote, but if I lived in MN (not in a million years) it might (gasp) be Buck Hill. If money is no object then I'd tour the world riding as many different big mountains as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jawfxr Posted December 2, 2004 Report Share Posted December 2, 2004 How many of you guys get to carve it up in the summer time??? not many!!........Well come on up, down or over to Timberline, Mt. Hood and you'll be able to carve it up 10 to 11 months out of the year if you want to. Either way I agree with everyone else.....just ride!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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