Whistler Bike Park Opens May 15th

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rmueller89 (Mar 23, 2010 at 10:25)

i wana live in whistler

Edtung (Mar 23, 2010 at 10:15)

BLUE VELVET TO FREIGHT TRAIN TO DIRT MERCHANT TO A-LINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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sean-dh (Mar 23, 2010 at 10:16)

You Canadians are so lucky to have this place!

criscokid25 FL (Mar 23, 2010 at 14:13)

sic line!

downhilladdict (Mar 23, 2010 at 20:34)

i second that eric

cGonzalez (Mar 23, 2010 at 20:38)

third

core559 (Mar 23, 2010 at 10:41)

The park is sponsored by Nintendo!? Why don't we have the whole mountain in game form, ready to play whenever your heart desires?

haukbam (Mar 23, 2010 at 10:52)

Anyone know where the wall ride in the first pic is?or what trail?

holydirt (Mar 23, 2010 at 11:11)

This is blue velvet up top in garbanzo, this is a new section from mid-09.

tom666 FL (Mar 23, 2010 at 10:51)

I'm going to whistler this summer, renting. Looks like theres a some decent kit to be rented to!

Soupz (Mar 24, 2010 at 18:33)

After years of looking at pics in the mags i finally made it out last year. Was actually down in vancouver for 3 weeks with family but insisted we go up for a few days

I managed to rent a brand new Session 88 with Fox 40s, only rode once before! Sooo sweet, made a change from my 5 year old Azonic.. lol But aye, the Trek, helmet, & all the pads for $100 a day! Thought that was a pretty sweet deal

Good time to go cause everything was open but not too busy so no massive queues at chairlifts, just nice number of people about. Went up to the top section & there were some larger patches of snow up there, & that was last week of june!

tom666 FL (Mar 25, 2010 at 9:59)

My family are going out to vancouver, just like you did and just like you i've insisted we go go out for a couple of days. The whole place looks epic. I don't really ride Downhill, more into jumping and street but the place is too good to miss, might see if i can go into the air dome and foam pit for a bit but i dont know what the rent bikes are like, kona cowans i think. but anyway looks great I hope i will enjoy it!

washingtonoutdoorfamily (Mar 23, 2010 at 9:30)

Front Range usually doesnt open til the end of June ... How does Whistler open so much faster?! Isnt there more snow, rain, and moisture through the winters up there?

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Knife-in-the-dark (Mar 23, 2010 at 10:24)

There is, but they are the premier bike park on the planet. From what I remeber in years past they start plowing trails pretty quick once the resort closes for skiing. This is a moneymaker for them, not just something to do halfassed in the summer, like the majority of resorts here. Last year the resorts in CO opened the 2nd or 3rd week of June. This year might be even earlier, since it has been warmer and the snowpack is much less than last, and depending on what their contract with the forest service says. Oh yeah, didn't Sol Vista open the 1st week of June last year? That's not too bad.

simcik (Mar 23, 2010 at 11:19)

Whistler has a lower elevation than what we have here in Colorado too, at least for the lower part of the mountain. Sol Vista is looking to open pretty darn early this year as well

downhilla14 (Mar 23, 2010 at 12:26)

Diablo Freeride park in New Jersey opens may 1st, almost all of the snow is gone already cause weve had 2 f**king monsoons in the past 2 weeks

luke00255 (Mar 23, 2010 at 13:18)

Whistler gets rainy soon as the temperatures rise above freezing and snow is gone within weeks. i went last year on the 25 of may and there was no snow and they only open the lower section until late june

Unhallowed (Mar 23, 2010 at 13:37)

They open the bottom half of the mountain first, which is plowed and melted down asap. It's always really muddy opening weekend though.
The top half of the mountain opens later once everything else has melted.

There's a solid month where you can go skiing/snowboarding, and biking... on the same mountain, on the same day, by simply walking a couple hundred feet.

dhfreeride3 (Mar 23, 2010 at 14:01)

bromont in quebec open before whistler

yannickbisson (Mar 23, 2010 at 15:58)

Ha ha ha!

mesospencer (Mar 23, 2010 at 22:56)

its also because whistler didnt get too much snow only like 7 or 10 feet... probably not but it was still a really mild winter compared to others

V10-conservation-society (Mar 25, 2010 at 18:58)

At least you don't have to wait till july, that's if we're lucky. Mt Washington has like 580cm of snow. Pretty sure it's the deepest snowpack at a commercial resort in North America.

luke00255 (Mar 26, 2010 at 8:12)

i do, im from south island and its the deepest in the world

GaelenHarrison (Mar 23, 2010 at 9:46)

Canadian Fluidride Cup...Awesome

rippedsuperhero (Mar 23, 2010 at 10:58)

Trying to get my holiday work visa got my passport and loans all set up so i can head up there as soon as im done with school.

chrisinmontreal (Mar 23, 2010 at 13:50)

I will be in Whistler first week of August!! Man this trip has been posponed two freaking years!!!!! No Mas its a done deal for 2010.

zachnunes (Mar 23, 2010 at 11:48)

awh man i wanna go soooooooooooooooooooooo bad

emeraldo19 (Mar 23, 2010 at 12:17)

yeah yeah opens on my b day sweet going on the mountain all day with some bro s hopefully

drewmouli (Mar 23, 2010 at 14:34)

wooot i arrivie in BC in april just intime, ill be there

if i can find a crew to ride with intime

ekimox (Mar 23, 2010 at 11:13)

The wall ride is on Blue Velvet. It's super fun to hit fast.

daugherd FL (Mar 23, 2010 at 13:49)

I'm already started planning my summer trip.

mikeserafin (Mar 23, 2010 at 16:19)

me too...going the end of June. A good time of year or no?

teamn2 (Mar 23, 2010 at 19:12)

that is the best time because the top will be open by then and slopestyle stuff will be up and ready aswell

cGonzalez (Mar 23, 2010 at 20:41)

not all the slopestyle stuff. go a few weeks before crankwoks and the boneyards primo.

teamn2 (Mar 23, 2010 at 22:20)

that is also very true but i mean like the dual slalom/4x is built and some of the smaller slope kinda things are up and its not as busy as before crankworks

cGonzalez (Mar 26, 2010 at 8:04)

ya thats what i ment but if you want to hit the big stuff then you gotta go before or after but the boneyards fun anytime of the year

Dodgerhater93 (Mar 23, 2010 at 15:06)

northstar at lake tahoe opens if the snow is gone on the last weekend in May, not too bad.

hodges (Mar 23, 2010 at 15:25)

*pain in chest, broken heart, cry.
i wish i was back there this coming season

lilbmxharo (Mar 23, 2010 at 10:14)

going to be in whistler may 10th!!!

jerzman69 (Mar 23, 2010 at 10:17)

They dig out a bunch of the trails to promote melting and drying. It is awsome you are ripping trails with 5 feet of snow all along the side.

bolarider (Mar 23, 2010 at 12:01)

i wished i had the money to go... :S

best bike prak in the world

bunkey (Mar 24, 2010 at 9:33)

Fo sho, gotta love those bike praks

AdamG9 (Mar 26, 2010 at 21:57)

hahahahaahah

j-a-m-e-s (Mar 23, 2010 at 20:17)

fernie dosnt open for like ever

freakinbeast (Mar 23, 2010 at 20:48)

imagine what it would be like to work there...

DillonC105 (Mar 24, 2010 at 23:15)

Cant wait till it opens!! MAY 15th!!

Laurence-CE FL (Mar 23, 2010 at 9:45)

Its going to be a sick one!

minimole (Mar 23, 2010 at 12:27)

Hate you.

StevePrice (Mar 24, 2010 at 12:02)

Seconded.

mtnbyker (Mar 23, 2010 at 10:21)

I can't wait for Whistler this year, sick stuff...

sngltrkmnd (Mar 23, 2010 at 15:17)

this is the second time i've seen this fan berm in WBP promo material - can someone tell me what trail it's on?

hodges (Mar 23, 2010 at 15:26)

new section of blue velvet if i remember correctly

redtosco (Mar 23, 2010 at 20:22)

sick runs on the mud grund!!!

cGonzalez (Mar 23, 2010 at 20:42)

just from those few pitures im getting so stoked!

iluvbackforks (Mar 23, 2010 at 20:52)

anybody know when northstar is going to open?

joselp (Mar 23, 2010 at 21:43)

I will move there in 38 days, i can't wait!!

crash21 (May 29, 2010 at 6:13)

crud 2 mud looked like so much funn, shit

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Lovetoobike32 (Mar 23, 2010 at 12:34)

thats effin sick XD

max-stinky6 (Mar 23, 2010 at 15:06)

cant wait!

dropoff16 (Mar 23, 2010 at 20:19)

can't wait!

kinglingping FL (Mar 23, 2010 at 20:28)

Epic times. Can't wait.

jack1540 (Mar 23, 2010 at 9:52)

jksdvspockpkspdofsp!!!! thats how excited i am.

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stever (Mar 23, 2010 at 11:19)

Exciting, but I think it's a bit of a tease, because if I'm not mistaken, it's usually only the lower portion of the mountain that opens, and not the Garbonzo zone. Still better than nothing though, since none of the other parks in B.C. open until the last weekend of June.

Hwulex FL (Mar 23, 2010 at 11:57)

Last year Garbo opened in third week of June IIRC. I was lucky enough to get up there before opening though; first-tracks on freshly rebuilt trails, boom.

Moving to Whistler in time for the new season and working as a guide so stoked on the news of Maxxis tyres and Dakine kit, that's awesome.

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shanehill (Mar 23, 2010 at 9:44)

not this winter, they had to bring snow down from the alpines just to host the winter olympics

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criscokid25 FL (Mar 23, 2010 at 9:48)

Cypruss did this, not whistler.