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My g'friend and I are going travelling (from Jan 2010) and are heading to Canada/North America for our first stop. I am an experienced skier and my girlfriend is beginner/intermediate.
I have thought BC would be a good place for 2-3 months skiing. Could anyone let me know good resorts/areas to base ourselves? Also, I have been told that ski area's in Canada are owned by 2 or 3 companies, and it is possible to buy a company lift pass that can be used at all the ski areas run by that particular company. Is this true and if so what would be the best to go with?
With money being an issue due to continued travelling afterwards I have picked Canada (though not Whistler due to Olympics) rather than say Colorado, as I was told it is the cheaper option?
Any help in this would be greatly recieved 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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You can stick a pin in the map in BC and be near good skiing. However the days of one pass covering you lots of places are reduced I think - the RCR superpass used to cover Lake Louise (now sold), Nakiska, Fortress (now closed), Wintergreen (local ski hill near Calgary now a golf course?), Fernie & Kimberley. I'd just base yourself in one place and maybe take a roadtrip to some others. I suspect Silver Star & Big White might have a combined pass if you want to base yourself in Kelowna or Vernon areas. Kicking Horse & Panorama have some joint marketing deals.
Canada isn't necessarily cheaper than the US as in some places season passes can be very good value and the can$ is relatively strong.
It's worth having a car for flexibility though if you stay in a local ski town e.g. Fernie, Golden, Revelstoke, Rossland hitching to the hill isn't much of a problem.
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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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fatbob, I'd agree Canada is often more expensive
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| fatbob, I'd agree Canada is often more expensive |
with the two dollars near parity, there's not much in it. CO is a very expensive place in US. Lots of considerably cheaper places that play to more local markets, like ski hills in Northern Idaho (Schweitzer, Silver), Montana (eg Whitefish), even SLC if you can get a good deal on a multi-hill pass still.
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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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gortonator, Hey that Silver pass was very expensive all 200 of it.
fatbob, I like the Okanagon idea as it splits the abilities of the two and offers roadtrip options. She's going to need at least a month if not a winter so they can really ski together. Otherwise any small area would be perfect and there are plenty.
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