 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi,
I'm doing a season in 09/10 and have the option of going to Whistler or Lake Louise. I would love to go to Whistler, but it being the Olympics and all I don't want to be on a piste filled with people! Does anyone know how busy it's going to be? I also have the option to go to Lake Louise, but don't know much about it. I will be doing an instructor internship which will allow me to work the whole season, so got a job sorted, and also got accomodation. Is it true that you have to catch the bus to get to the piste? and what about the amount of people that go there in comparison to Whistler?
Also, another big question. What's the nightlife like there? I don't want to be stuck in a place where I have no where to go out and meet people!
Thanks,
A
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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AidanBB, I can't help with your question but welcome  to snowHeads.
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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 think I have the option of living in the Charleston Residence, but have the option of finding my own place, and I am thinking Banff.
Does anyone know how much the average rent is in Banff?
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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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Lake Louise is a small (very small) shopping mall and a number of hotels just off Highway 1, about 5/10 mins drive from the ski base. There is a bus service, and hitching is popular. For a quiet ski hol it's great, but for a season there's nowhere near enough activity for anyone except a very antisocial hermit.
Banff is a great place, loads of bars and restaurants, about 5/10 mins to the closest skiing, (Norquay), 15 mins to Sunshine and 30/40 mins to LL. There are fairly frequent buses to and fro Norquay and Sunshine, less frequent to and fro LL.
Wherever you stay, your own transport would be a real asset, but not esential.
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Well, my work is based in LL, but I'm going to be living in Banff. Reckon I could get a poo-poo car for a few hundred $$$?
Also, am I able to get a cheap bus pass that lasts the season?
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AidanBB, Don't they run a worker's bus?
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I'm not sure. I will find out from the company I am going through
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AidanBB,
Only been to LL. It is beautiful and has some fantastic skiing, but is seriously quiet. Banff would be a good base though. Never been to Whistler
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I don't know what an instructor internship is- maybe a fancy name for gap year instructor course? Big difference between LL & Banff for proximity to skiing and nightlife. I'd choose Whistler if its the alternative to living in Banff but lining up at LL at 8.30 am every morning.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Working in one of North America's top resorts before, during and after the Olympics is a onceinalifetime experience.
Whistler.
No contest.
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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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AidanBB, the area lift pass includes all the buses, if tere isn't a workers' bus, which there probably is; no-one lives in LL, hardly.
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AidanBB, Try asking the same question on the forum at www.Natives.co.uk where you will probably get answers from people who have been in the same position as yourself.
Or www.epicski.com where you will get several answers all contradicting each other 
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FAQ
. If its at Lake Louise village make sure you have plenty of reading matter and like Canadian tv 
