Skiing di BC, Canada

redsinner

Salam all,

Alkisahnyer aku dan member2 ada nak ke BC untuk skiing this coming winter, maybe end of January 2013. Cadangnye nak pegi Whistler & Blackcomb sebab paling feymes kan untuk skiing. tempat lain mcm jauh sket tapi maybe better. Maybe boleh suggest tempat2 lain jugak kalo worth going.

Sesapa yang nak join ker, yang ada di BC pada waktu berkenaan dan teringin nak ski sekali pun buleh. The more the merrier gitu.

Aku nak juga cadangan kalo ada sesiapa yang dah penah pegi.

p/s: Mod, aku tak tau nak letak mane. letak kat sukan mcm pelik sgt. letak kat bod pelancongan nampak terlalu spesifik.

bizsari

awakkan yg tinggal kat Geelong dan bekerja dgn Richmond com cam tulah..

emm cuma teringat je pasal BC ni pernah juga tinggal kat sana tapi tak lamalah

tempat skiing banyak kat sina sampai APril pun maseh boleh.

nanti bila free akan ku sambung ...

bizsari

baru terbaca awak tulis  Whistler & Blackcomb
ok nanti kita sambung..

redsinner

bizsari posted on 24-9-2012 07:35 AM
awakkan yg tinggal kat Geelong dan bekerja dgn Richmond com cam tulah..

emm cuma teringat je pasa ...

haha, itu cerita lame tuh. sekarang dah pindah Melbourne dan keje kat sini.  

bizsari penah pegi BC? red dah plan nak pegi ski next February, maybe spend about a week at Whistler&Blackcomb, then maybe another week to Kicking Horse dan Revvy.

sila la cite lagi pasal BC. hihi

bizsari

redsinner
sorry tak dapat beri infor
i bz sikit dan abit down ni semenjak Sandy.

tapi .. jika u kat Vancouver dan nak makan masakn Msian
yg yum yum
boleh lah try,  u gi ke restaurant Benana Leaf kat west broadway
tel if tak silap 731-6333 gitu

D@RSITA

selamat ber'skiing...
ingat2 kami di malasia yek.

aimez

dah gi skiing ker belum tn umah? Whistler Blackcomb mmg pemes dan mahal gla kena bawak cukup2 al-fulus. xnak try gi ski kt Revelstoke? akan datang setanding dgn Whistler. aku thn lps masa winter break gi skiing kt Revelstoke.

skrg dah masuk Spring season so off dulu..sambung winter tahun ni/thn depan. klu nak meet-up roger2lah ya kt kita.

redsinner

bizsari posted on 5-12-2012 12:39 AM
redsinner
sorry tak dapat beri infor
i bz sikit dan abit down ni semenjak Sandy.

@bizsari  
kami pegi makan kat banana leaf nih kat West Broadway sbb dekat sgt dgn Holiday Inn.
mahal juga but masa nih jet lag ya amat (baru sampai) so telan jele. hahaha

nice restaurant

redsinner

aimez posted on 30-3-2013 02:27 AM
dah gi skiing ker belum tn umah? Whistler Blackcomb mmg pemes dan mahal gla kena bawak cukup2 al-ful ...

@aimez
dah selamat balik dari canada pun. mendarat di melbourne on 15th march lalu.
Whistler mahal giler hockeyy!!!   tak terlarat nak shopping mopping kat situ. kami kat Whistler-Blackcomb utk seminggu. tinggal kat Upper Village on Blackcomb. almost ski-in, ski-out facility.
then after that, pegi Revelstoke for 3 days skiing, including a day buat Heli-skiing dgn Selkirk-Tangiers. awesome powder day!
then after that, pegi Kicking Horse for 4 days, 2 days skiing and 1 day trip to Lake Louise. so beautiful.
scenery kat sini tak terucap keindahannye. so total picture i took were 2000++. nak edit menganges lah.
so on the way back dari Golden/Kicking Horse, singgah kat Kelowna. Then stayed at Vancouver before fly back to OZ.

skrg nih still terngiang2 bende2 bodoh kitaorg buat masa kat sana seperti amek gambar kat sume statue grizzly bear kitaorg jumpe sbb geram tak jumpe bear betul.  

rindu Canada! aimez tinggal kat mane? selalu ski ke?

redsinner

i should post my trip report here. sape setuju???

cmf_ultraviolet

Setuju
At least ai yg tak pernah gi dpt gak membaca experience  u ols

aimez

redsinner posted on 29-3-2013 07:51 PM
@aimez
dah selamat balik dari canada pun. mendarat di melbourne on 15th march lalu.
Whistler ma ...

Whistlers mmg pon mahal x semua orang leh gi sbb ongkos dia. BC dan Alberta mmg byk tempat2 and the best skiing in North America. lots of powder, osem!

eh takkan gi Lake Louise aje? hihihi
nak tgk grizzly bear yg real datanglah musim Spring-Autumn, sure nampak.
scenery kat sini cantik2 dan x rugi gi mmg byk offer kelebihan wlpun di lain seasons yg ada kt National Parks nih.

so, u kt NZ eh. ada gak plan nak gi NZ tp nak gi Iceland dan Patagonia dulu gi backpacking kt sana.

aku kat sini Alberta. klu dtg Canada roger2 aje kot leh jumpa. bln Dec thn ni nak gi Mt Washington skiing kt sana. aku xleh slalu gi skii, masih terkial2 lg sbb byk buat benda outdoor lain. tp iAllah, akan dtg nak gi Alpine ski mountaneering hehehe

aimez

redsinner posted on 29-3-2013 07:53 PM
i should post my trip report here. sape setuju???

letak aje share pengalaman dgn kitorg

pulut

aku tubing ja. letih menjerit ja

bizsari

redsinner posted on 30-3-2013 10:53 AM
i should post my trip report here. sape setuju???

...wating for the report

yeepi_33

redsinner posted on 30-3-2013 10:53 AM
i should post my trip report here. sape setuju???

okay je.





lau ada pikca..lagi menarik
haha.

redsinner

hokay all...
i'll start with my itinerary. gambor masih edit but they will come.. dont worry.

23/2/2012 - Arrive Vancouver in the morning from Melbourne and Sydney, stay in Holiday Inn on West Broadway. malam tu makan Banana Leaf hasil idea @bizsari. haha not too bad tapi just because we were too jet lagged to care for anything else. siang tu dah diabeskan dengan training driving on the wrong side of the road and shopping for new skis!! hehe

24/2/2012 - Bought my new skis in the morning. We had breakfast at a local diner. Majority of them are Canadians, so bile ada 2 ekor ni masuk cakap Aussie mmg pelik la kan, neverthless, the food probably the most greasiest food I have ever had being in an OECD country. Later that afternoon we started driving towards Whistler-Blackcomb. It took us about 2.5 hours... jadi 3 hours sebab Red cari bilik air and souvenirs and taking photos kesian driver...annoyed!

25/2-2/3/2012 - Skiing in Whistler-Blackcomb sajer. Besar juga this place as it consisted of 2 mountains, but the last 2 days were very disappointing as the Pineapple Express arrived and it was bad snow and the best bits of the mountains were closed off- the highest bits due to gale wind forces and ridiculous visibility. Kalo low-vis nak ski gamaknye mcm 3 blind mice ler. So we kept hopping from one mountain to another. THese 2 mountains were connected by a cable car too, so saved a lot of time having not to ski down each mountain.

3/3/2012 - Dalam sayu2 nak tinggalkan Whistler-Blackcomb, kami mulakan perjalanan ke arah timur. Next destination: Revelstoke! Perjalanan ke Revvy took about 7-8 hour-ish. Kami dah tetapkan undang2 untuk tidak stop untuk mengambil gambar kecuali untuk isi minyak dan makan. hahah Kenapa? Sebab driving in winter or snowy conditions adalah sangat berbeza dengan driving tatkala cuaca baik. Sepanjang kami drive ke arah timur, ada la jalan2 yang penuh dengan snow, tapi kami rasa pelik sebab locals drive dengan amatlah lajunyer. Sebab di Oz kan takleh speeding so jadinye kami pemandu paling berhemah. Sampai di Revelstoke about 6pm, dah gelap gelita. Lepas tu cari dinner dan terus tidur. Get ready untuk ski di Revelstoke Mountain Resort hari esoknye.

4/3-5/3/2012 - 2 days skiing di Revelstoke Mountain Resort. Gondola yang baru, ski lifts pun fairly new. IMHO tempat ni best untuk tree skiing. Takde terasa seperti pihak pengurusan resort strict. Lagipun Revelstoke adalah town yang kecik, dan juga ski field yang relatively small to compare with Whistler.

6/3/2012 - Guess what? Hari ini dalam sejarah. Red pegi Heli-skiing with Selkirk-Tangiers Heli Skiing company. Tak penah seumur hidup nak heli skiing, tapi the whole day was great, snow conditions were superb. My last run I finally felt the 'powder' magic. Kalau anda lepak dengan skiers/snowboarders derang akan cakap pasal powder. This whole day was Powder! heheh Powder bukanlah snow yang dikepal2 jadi snowballs. Powder ni snow texture macam pasir - sangat light and bouncy.

7/3/2012 - Leaving Revelstoke for Golden. Perjalanan hanya 1.5hours bak kata Encik Google tapi sebab kena lalu Roger's Pass, so kena sangat hati2. Roger's Pass was quite high so the weather conditions could be unpredictable. SO Alhamdulillah takde pape berlaku so smoothly arrive at Golden a little early. Golden is the township to Kicking Horse Mountain Resort - another ski resort. This is the 3rd ski resort and the last one for the trip. We were told our room wasn't ready so berlegar2 kat area ski lift sebab kena pick up our lift tickets and had a look around.

8/3/2012 - Ski di KHMR. Gondola pun rasa mcm baru tapi disebabkan dah buat heli-skiing on Wednesday, Kicking Horse nyer snow rasa mcm *blehh*. hahah. But it was quite enjoyable. We felt that 2/3 of the mountain wasn't skiable, as gravel and stones started to show up closer to the mountain base. Habis ski baru red!!!!   That reminds me, Aussie winter will be starting soon and ski maintenance has to be done.

9/3/2012 - Jeng3x...setelah penat research pasal weather conditions and ski lift pass expiry date, kami berkeputusan untuk pegi Lake Louise hari ni. Hari ini adalah hari yang paling sunny sepanjang kami di Canada! Sunny day is always good for a road trip kan. So Encik Google kata dari KHMR ke Lake Louise akan mengambil masa 2 jam sahaja, jadinya kami tak perlu keluar awal sangat. Sepanjang perjalanan memang sangat cantik, langit pun biru sahaja. Sampai je kat Lake Louise, memang terasa keromantikan suasana nya digambarkan dalam postcard dan travelogues orang lain. Tak sedar Red yang selama ni salah satu winter wallpaper yang Red download dari internet adalah gambar Lake Louise. The whole lake was frozen at Lake Louise, so Red berkesempatan untuk ice skate on a frozen lake. Sekali lagi sejarah ditempa! hahah Lake Louise ni sangat2la romantik fefeeling nyer so sesapa yang propose ke, nak buat scene kawen ke..sila lah. Kami pun makan tengah hari kat lounge kat Fairmont Chateau tu jah, mahal tapi $1million view! Lepas makan, pegi jalan sampai penghujung tasik, dalam 3.8km gitu. Lepas nak amek beratus2 gambar kat Lake Louise ni kami pun balik le ke KHMR. Sampai Kicking Horse dah gelap, and had dinner kat ski resort tu jer. Malas nak drive masuk town.

10/3/2013 - Hari ski terakhir di KHMR dan untuk trip ini. Awww, sedihnyeeee.... so the whole day asyik lepak kat the easiest bowl, going down this one black run - my favourite run here.

11/3/2013 - Bertolak ke Kelowna, enroute to Vancouver. 5jam perjalanan dari Golden ke Kelowna akan lalu balik Roger's Pass so sangat hati2 tapi semuanya agak mudah. Tapi on the way ke Kelowna windscreen wiper liquid kami abes!!! So singgah di hardware store beli 2L of liquid for $2. kat sini takboleh pakai air sbb liquid tu boleh tahan waaaayyyy below freezing level, up to -40degrees (Celcius). Kami bermalam di Kelowna. Celebrate birthday my travel buddy.

12/3/2013 - In the morning there was snow coverage on the ground!!! Stark difference from the day before. Buat before and after photo op for this mmg cantik. haha Kete pun kena cover snow. As there was snow the night before, we thought the journey could be a little 'adventurous' for this day, and boyy we were right!! Since kene lalu the notorious Coquihalla Pass on Coquihalla Highway, nasib baik dah beli windscreen liquid. Slush + dirt + snow semua berterbangan sebab trucks pun bawak laju. At one stage our windscreen was fully covered up with dirty slush + snow + dirt as a truck overtook us and we have absolutely no idea which direction we were going sebab foggy, and we were driving at 130km/hr. Dah frantically wipe the screen off sume, slowed down the car till 60km/hr and cari bearings.       lepas tu baru ku boleh bernafas! Bawak slow je lepas tuh. Slow in Canadian terms is 90-100km/hr. hahah Setelah drive for 4 hours, sampai la ke outskirt of Vancouver!! weaahoooo. On the way, kitaorg singgah ke Border Road, kekononnye nak tengok high fences of border between US and Canada, macam between US and Mexico. Guess what, there were no high fences, but there were little bollards along the road. On one side it was written Canada and the other has USA. hahhahah conclusionnye, it's ok for Canadians to jump the borders but not for Mexicans. hehhe. kelakar gak la. No harm intended for this comment. So malam tu bermalam di Vancouver City Centre on Dunsmuir Road.

13/3/2013 - Last day in Vancouver and Canada! Flight would be at midnight so technically we got all day to visit and do touristy shopping. So red listed down 6 buildings I must visit around the CBD and we visited all of them. We shopped for souvenirs at Gastown, cool hippy area. Used to be apart of a gaswork factory (correct me on this one) and now redeveloped and many hippies (and gay) communities stay in this area. There were a lot of galleries and cool cafes. The saddest thing about the day was it was raining ALL DAY!!! Sightseeing and shopping were done in a rush, at times became quite drenched. Our final destination was the famous building by Arthur Erickson - UBC Museum of Anthropology. Dulu Red almost belajar kat UBC, torn between Vancouver, Canada or Melbourne, Australia. Decided for Australia sebab dekat dengan Malaysia. hehehe The design of the building was poetic, functional nonetheless. Simple in choice of material and texture, easy to follow spatial flow and had a clever use of an old gun turret. Nanti Red upload the photos here. So after UBC, straight to the airport and dropped off our car. This time ada extra luggage - our ski bag, consisted of 2 pair of skis. hahha kena bayar $70 extra.

15/3/2013 - Disebabkan crossed the international date line, we missed 14/3. Sampai di Sydney. Went through the immigration here instead of Melbourne. Adeke the officers interrogated Red because I was a Malaysian, skiing in Canada. pastu jeles sebab Red pegi Kicking Horse, cakap that place is only for experts. So, secara penakulan mantik : adekah Red expert sekarang? hohohoho
Then dari Sydney pegi ke Melbourne. Yaaa Ampunnnn, flights delay memanjang. Sampai Melbourne dah mmg xde semangat langsung. Malas nak fikir. hahaha balik jer terus tido. Disebabkan jet lag, the next 2 days bangun kul 4am dan tidur kul 5pm. Bersengkang mata nak makan dinner kul 6.30pm. hahah

Begitulah alkisahnya trip Red. nanti akan disusuli dengan gambar2... hihi sorry cakap dwi bahasa. either BM baku atau full english. hehe

yeepi_33

wah
menarik nya red

yeep baca pun teruja je..

esp. yg Lake Louise..jgn lupa tepek pikca.

ha ha motip immi jeles ngn red..
mau tak jeles..jauh tu pegi skiing..tak ajak dorang plak...dah ar pegi tempat org expert plak tu...ag ar panas je..
haha..

nway, tenkiu again for sharing with us..pengalaman red ski..

lau nak share pengalaman pestaim skiing pun boleh gak..
esp tuk yeep yg tak penah skiing ni...

cm..
apa yg wat red berminat nak skiing..
apa tips for firstimer..
mahal tak lau skiing ni..
sllu pegi skiing ngn sapa..

haha..
yeep lau dah kuar soklan dari tabung..mmg susah nak benti...

ocean_gurl

Woww...best baca trip diary red...
Harus la red tukar tajuk thred ni jd kan Red trip diary... Nanti citer la lg psl2 trip2 lain.jugak.. Kt aus or tmpt lain..

bizsari

redsinner posted on 29-4-2013 11:39 AM
hokay all...
i'll start with my itinerary. gambor masih edit but they will come.. dont worry.

23/2/2012 - Arrive Vancouver in the morning from Melbourne and Sydney, stay in Holiday Inn on West Broadway. malam tu makan Banana Leaf hasil idea @bizsari. haha not too bad tapi just because we were too jet lagged to care for anything else. siang tu dah diabeskan dengan training driving on the wrong side of the road and shopping for new skis!! hehe

piw3eeet