Video: Riders of Whistler Bike Park Opening Weekend 2018

 I take it you've never been to Whistler? The place is just like Disneyland but better!

 Wrong on all counts.

- Average wait was maybe 10-15 minutes on opening weekend. Zero line from 4ish onward to 8pm.
- Trails were in amazing shape, grip and tacky dirt most places, lots of work was done last fall and this spring. Only a couple berms on A-Line had brake bumps it was mostly smooth.
- Season pass is stupidly cheap given how long bike park is open, scale of terrain and compared to ski season.
- Didn't get held up by tourists on any black/double blacks. You should be yielding to them on blues.
- Nancy isn't running next election so you can have your vote.

Squamish is great but so is the bike park.

 Thats what you get for selling your mountain to Vail Resorts, the anti fun ski company that pulls your pass if actually know how to ski. SLOOWWW DOOWWN!!! Is all I think I heard the last time I was in Vail, but I wasnt sure so I kept going even faster so they couldn't catch me. Never going back to any VR mountain excluding Whistler.

 @hyouts got coal for Whistmas poor fella

 @gramboh:

You live in fantasy world,
Just saying
They spend month last year shaping hits for cranks but did not do maintenance for at all
I do not ride A line as is for tourist,
Freight train and dirt and other was horrible,
We don't have same definition about amazing shape and lots of works ,
Look what Sechelt had done last year vs Whistler and you will understand the meaning of amazing work ,,,,

 @Boardlife69: To be fair, every resort in the rockies have slow signs and people yelling at you to slow down in the runs that merge in. That's not exclusive to Vail resorts...

 @gramboh: Came here to say the same thing

Opening weekend I don't think I waited more than 40 minutes for a chair, and that was during prime time. From opening to about 12 the average wait was maybe 10 minutes, and a few hours to closing you could literally go right to the chair with no wait.
-Trails were in amazing shape, and the few spots with brake bumps were simply just there from last season.
-A comparable season pass would be Silverstar which doesn't open for another month, and closes a few weeks before Whistler does. A Silverstar pass is $480, Whistler is $680. Given you get nearly 7 more weeks of riding time in Whistler, and not to mention the MASSIVE trail network. Honestly I'd say Whistler might even be too cheap for what you get... Plus 10am to 8pm riding every day...
-I never see tourists on any of the double blacks, sometimes you run into the rider who's a bit timid of the rock on Afternoon Delight, but by no means do I see a family of tourists hanging out in the double black tech. Obviously you run into the odd newbie on A-line. But saying you're being held up by tourists on double blacks is a bit of a stretch....

Hating on the bike park is one thing, but spreading false rumours and facts is not cool.

 @Katakalism:
Im sorry if I offended someone feelings
I do not know what Im talking about, -seasons pass winter/summer since 2012-
You want paid more for riding there is the most funny things I never heard since the dud saying He waiting 10min in opening day,
Peace ✌️

 Bitch/Whine/spoiled much? I assume you applied for a trail maintenance job this season or at least gave them a few hundred thousand or so extra of your money to have the trails up to your specifications?

 @bman33
Do Whistler really need more cash for doing good maintenance?
You should check their book dud,
Call me Whine bouHouHou
When I paid couples hundreds I expected quality in return,
Good for you if you satisfied with long waiting under sun and poor quality of trails,
I had apply for trails maintenance dud,
I do maintenance locally,
Your assumption was good on that,
I assume you riding minimum 50 day by season there for comments on this subject?
Why not turning all big hit in gap and using dirt to reshape properly what need be done since years,
Whistler need few hundred thousands more $ is the most funny things I never heard since ,,,

 @hyouts: I go there each year, twice on some years for the last 6. While I don't have the luxury you do living in B.C., I do live in Colorado with multiple bike parks to compare it to. Only during Crankworx have I ever had to stand in line more than 10 minutes. That said, yes there are bomb holes in A-line and a few other VERY popular trails. However, the fact they maintain that amount of trails with that amount of traffic is pretty impressive. Are they super smooth DJ ready for hardtails? No. But, put that traffic on Squamish (ridden there a few times) on a daily basis and all that pretty loam will be blown out as well. Must be nice to be so spoiled that you think Whistler is 'poor quality of trails'. Show me any bike park with the level, amount of traffic and variety of trails as Whistler that is better and I will buy you a beer. I'm up at Crankworx this year.......maybe I'll see you there

 @bman33:
You got my point man,
To many riders versus trails and chairlift,
What maintenance are you talking about as last year trails was not maintained for month, supposedly because lack of rain,
Jfyi- precipitation are almost 0% every summer,
Again, call me spoiled
Im in BC for living the dream,
I used to think was at Whistler,
That my opinion, you not force to accept it,
Coast Gravity Park
I will be there waiting my beer,
You will not see me at the crank,
Since DH World cut not presented,
Just another Tourist attractions
Cheers

 @hyouts: Is there a reason you
keep spacing out
your sentences
and
can't seem to get
a firm grasp of
the
english language?

 @YouHadMeAtDrugs:

English not my first language but you seem followed what I said.
Do you want correct my texts before I send it as your snowflakes grammatical feelings will not be hurt ?

 @hyouts: yes, please proof-read your comments before you press submit.

 @Boardlife69: Actually, if you actually know how to ski you don't bomb down the beginner slow zone you take the other routes to the base and ski slowly for a couple hundred meters where you have to. Sad that they didn't catch you and pull your pass, you sound like a dangerous gaper which is why they control speed in those areas in the first place.

 @hyouts: So you obviously didn't ride Whistler this opening weekend, how do you have any idea what conditions were like? They rebuilt lower Freight Train last year and upper DM was mint last spring/fall.

Yeah CGP is sick, but you are complaining about costs, how about that $70 ferry return trip for every single day you ride out there? And speaking of line-ups, I've waited at least as long on busy CGP days when it takes 2-3 shuttle cycles to work through the line and that's for a 2 minute blast down Coastal/Flight Deck. The trails are definitely amazingly built by the Coastal Crew guys and maintained really well but it's not the same scale as Whistler not even close.

 @gramboh:

Obviously You don't know what you talking about,
And Freight Train was closed almost half of the season last year and many weeks year before,
Why don't have DM mint all season long instead of couples weeks in the beginning and closing time??
Maintenance was poorly done last year,
You have right to think anything you want man ,

 @gramboh: Exactly. Coast is rad, but def a smaller scale, select rider skill sets, etc. Plus the cost of the Ferry.

 @bman33:
Smaller scale mean way less employees working there and also way less money for working the trails, but They are able to do weekly maintenance and trails always in very good conditions,
You can defend Whistler if you want but they have the money and resources to do same but they just don't,
They just don't care as they know chairlift will be full every weekend,

 @hyouts: Yeah, Whistler is such a shit hole. You win

 @bman33:
I know,
Enjoy your 1-2 day your riding there and the 400$/night hotel during the Crank ,
Don't forget my beer!
Cheers dud

 @hyouts: I will, I have a mate with a cabin, so no hotel fees for me. I will most likely hit up Coast one day while up in B.C. I am up in that area for a week every year at least. Be glad to buy you a beer....but not sure you are of age. I mean, to adults name call others hiding behind a keyboard? Very mature. Rubber side down man

 @bman33:
My name is Alex Huot
Im 40
Living in Port Coquitlam
Never called name at anyone,
Only snowflakes who cry about my grammatical mistakes as im not English and they seem have sensitive feelings,
You wrong dud but I think you already know that,

 @hyouts: "Dud" seems like a name calling. No if you meant 'Dude', hey spelling counts.

 @bman33:
Im deeply sorry my friend,
I wanted mean dude,
I did not know missing an E will hurt your feelings like that,
I still have to learn ,
Still im very sorry about that,