Advantages: Massive. All terrain types. Fabulous park+pipe. great atmosphere. Disadvantages: crowded.
...was sunny we would ride blackcomb, when it was powdery and snowing we would ride whistler. I am not going to discuss teaching or cruising the pistes here, as these are not my forte. For the experienced skiers/boarders thinking of visiting though...
The alpine powder.
Blackcombs premier alpine skiing is in the emerald, ruby, diamond and sapphire runs accessed by hiking across to skiers right from the top of the Glacier chair. Its a steep hike, and ... ...open the area. If you get first tracks down though it is well worth the wait. It is VERY steep and deep - We cut hard skiers left one day in an effort to get to the very last shreds of powder and ended up on a section comprising cliffs and trees. If you dont have any locals with you, wait for a few people to go and follow tracks - but be warned: A lot of very good boarders ride here so following a random bloke may well leave you contemplating a track ...
jimh1 06.07.2005
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Advantages: a great ski resort Disadvantages: a bit to cold
Black Comb is a faboulous mountain to ski on. The slopes are manicured tpo perfection while the mountain offers great ski lessons with highly qualified ski instructors. There are many chalets and hotels to stay in and they are all designed for one thing in mind, Skiing. It is great to go skiing because of the topography of the surrounding area means that the mountain has plenty of snow in the winter months. However I do believe that it does get a ... ...it was -9 without wind chill. This is seriously cold and you don't get this on some of the smaller mountians because they aren't as high up. But you trade off the cold for the snow and it works out that this is a very nice ski resort in deed. ...
Inferno 05.02.2001
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