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hi i know very little about canada apart from its cold! and have a window for 2 weeks in feb 2007
initially 4 resorts spring to mind - whistler(obviously), Red, Big White and Kicking Horse
Im a skier who is just waking up to the joys of backcountry and powder!
any advice
rik
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Fernie.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Whistler
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Wherever you go, take your silk underwear. It'll be nippy.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Lovely powder in Big White! 
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yah i am asking specific to february rather than just a standard whats the best resort. been looing on skiclub historic snow but it goes back 1 yr for me (non paid member) and last season (06)was pretty bumper everywhere
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Check Alberta, BC school holidays (also called teacher's conference or reading week IIRC) re timing. Whistler will be busy whenever esp around US presidents weekend.
Of your shortlist I'd say Red or KH if you want something challenging and relatively quiet which would be mindblowing if you get decent snow. Snowfall is just a punt but you've a decent chance anywhere in Feb. Both these places could get tiresome if you hit a dry spell but htey are in the reasonable vicinity of other resorts for variety.
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I'm saving myself thinking about where to go by going to Red then Whistler
Whistler is not normally particularly cold
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plectrum, KH is brilliant when the snow is good, but it isn't big. It has been a well-hyped resort. All the BC resorts can have variable snow conditions, and this includes Fernie which had a tough early season 2 years ago. At least in February you should probably miss the infamous Whistler experience of getting rain-soaked. If you have 2 weeks, I would do at least 2 resorts, perhaps 3 to spread the risk. I am not sure KH is worth more than 2 days unless it has powder...
I think here are TOs who will do 4 days in lake louise, 2-3 days cat skiing and then off to the helicopter...
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If you're after backcountry, Whistler. And it won't be busy.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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thanks gary
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I'd say Whistler as well.
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You know it makes sense.
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The rocky mountain resorts (Banff, Lake Louise etc) are cold, but the further towards the pacific you go the warmer it gets.
Given that you are only just getting into powder, then IMO Red and Kicking Horse you should avoid, and go to the resorts where you have the opportunity of some decent piste skiing as well. You've already mentioned Big White, but there's also the other Okanagan resorts of Silver Star and Sun Peaks - all three normally give brilliant power conditions, often both on and off piste, and are far quieter that the likes of Whistler, so it's easier to find fresh snow days after a storm. The Okanagan resorts are also close enough together that you don't have to take a day off skiing to drive/bus between the two.
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Make sure it's the first two weeks. Third week (from 17th) is US Presidents Week, and is hence the equivalent of European half-term (but not quite as bad) for BC.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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Snowy, -50 wind chill is possible in high winds and exposed areas. As for skiers being "frozen" - that would only happen if they stood like that until hypothermia set in - most would ski to shelter.
Normally Whistler would be more like European temperatures.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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"The best skiing is generally from mid-December to mid-March with ideal temperatures with a lot of powder. The Whistler weather during this time is between -10 C and 5 C in the village. The mountain top is about 7 to 10 C cooler and with windchill can reach – 40 C. Be prepared for extreme weather conditions when skiing at Whistler. The average snowfall in Whistler is 360 inches or 30 feet or over 9 meters per year."
from:
http://www.whistler-real-estate-online.com/whistler-weather.html
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I have a friend who just planned a family vacation. He said the arrangements for Whistler were Double the cost of taking his family to Steamboat in Colorado. But Colorado isn't in Canada, If I remember my Geography correctly 
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, was a little nippy - I think the frozen 'person' was Dave - that'll teach him too ski slowly! 