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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Topic Author's Original Post - Sep 21, 2015 - 09:40am PT
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Very cool trailer here. I'd like to see this film.
Ghost? Tami?
Friends and neighbors from Canukistan?
Video trailer kindly posted down below by Kunlun Shan!
[Click to View YouTube Video]
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Sep 21, 2015 - 11:04am PT
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Not something I know much about, other than that the debate has been going on for a long... v e r y l o n g... time.
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Gerg
Trad climber
Calgary
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Sep 21, 2015 - 01:35pm PT
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All i know about this, is the bumper stickers on old chevy trucks driving about in the interior.
Whats going on with this? who knows.
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Sep 21, 2015 - 01:58pm PT
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this is about marshmallows right?
uh,oh. i see now that it's land use contention, which i'm all for/against, as the case may be.
but education re: the subject can't hurt so i'm in, while remaining, nationality wise, out
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Sep 21, 2015 - 03:30pm PT
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Burnin' Oil
Trad climber
CA
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Sep 21, 2015 - 05:03pm PT
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Whew. Thought this was another meatflaps thread.
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Larry Nelson
Social climber
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Sep 21, 2015 - 05:19pm PT
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Whew, thought this was something weird happening at Jumbo Rocks
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kunlun_shan
Mountain climber
SF, CA
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Sep 21, 2015 - 06:56pm PT
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Good on Sweetgrass Productions for making a film about this. They've spent some time in British Columbia over the last years.
From the perspective of this B.C. native, Jumbo Resort is a stupid idea. Its too far from any airports for a destination resort. I agree with Jim that most of the people who go there will (have to) come from Calgary. The environmental impact is not worth it. Leave this area wild and to the bears.
B.C. does not need any more ski resorts. Revelstoke and Golden are under utilized as it is. If Jumbo goes ahead, they'll have even less visitors. Like most ski resorts, the Jumbo project is NOT about skiing, but rather cashing in on real estate development. That's what's really driving Jumbo.
Also, B.C. taxpayers should not have to pay for all the avalanche control that will be needed on the road in there. The developers say the control needed will not be worse than Roger's Pass, which is the most extensive and expensive avy control program in the province.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Sep 21, 2015 - 08:36pm PT
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B.C. does not need any more ski resorts. Revelstoke and Golden are under utilized as it is.
As someone who has actually lived in Golden, I have to say that, while there may be better skiing somewhere in the galaxy, you would probably have to travel interstellar to get to it.
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Sep 21, 2015 - 08:47pm PT
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Destination Canada is running commercials on U.S. TV promoting lift-serviced snow recreation. I saw at least three while watching Monday Night Football tonight.
Apparently, it's all part of a plan.
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kunlun_shan
Mountain climber
SF, CA
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Sep 21, 2015 - 09:02pm PT
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Survival's video, from the OP :
Note the ski scenes are pre resort. Full resort with gondolas and chair lifts would minimize this experience.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Sep 21, 2015 - 09:03pm PT
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Skiing involves the good with the bad, season to season where ever you live.
Well, yeah... Unless you live in Golden.
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kunlun_shan
Mountain climber
SF, CA
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Sep 21, 2015 - 09:10pm PT
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^ Ghost, last winter was a lot less than ideal. Worst ski season in B.C. in 30 years, including heli skiing. Either too warm or too cold to snow.
B.C. is no better off than anywhere else right now.
Climate change in effect.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Sep 21, 2015 - 09:40pm PT
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Kicking Horse actually did pretty decent last year.
03/16 2015
Not a lot of low snow, but plenty up high especially for there. They don't tend to see a lot of precip in the colder years. Most of it drops on the coast and they don't get much. On the warmer years however, the storms tend to keep a lot more energy as they barrel over the coast and Golden is typically colder so they get snow when we get rain.
The skiing there is absolutely out of this world. Knife edge ridge after knife edge ridge with chute after chute and cliffs abound in between. Amazing features, easily accessed by hiking the windswept ridges and wild formations. Return access to the resort is graciously provided by local trail builders as singletrack traverses through the trees. I have pics.. Maybe i can scratch a few up.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 22, 2015 - 08:10am PT
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Jumbo project is NOT about skiing, but rather cashing in on real estate development. That's what's really driving Jumbo.
Kunlun, that was my original guess. Sounds about right.
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Gerg
Trad climber
Calgary
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Sep 22, 2015 - 10:05am PT
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Revelstoke and Golden are under utilized as it is
This comment is so true; Revelstoke looks like it likely did in the 80s as for crowds, everytime I have gone mostly on weekends, it is pretty dead. Not many Calgarians bother to drive that far, and go to Golden as its closer, and even Golden is not that busy ever(both amazing hills!).
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