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So I'm all booked for a Whistler trip in early September... CAN'T WAIT!!


I'm going to be there for 4 days, but will probably only ride for 2 (I'm going w/ the wife for our anniversary). :heart:

What are the main trails that I need to hit?
I prefer fairly technical trails and jumps w/o huge gaps. Berms are nice too...

What should I do when NOT riding? Bars, resturants (both nice ones and cheap eats), other non-biking day activities?:dancing:

btw, we are staying at the Town Plaza Suits... anyone been there?
Can I take my bike up to the room?

 

[Joe Pozer]

I'm jealous...That's going to be such a great time.

 

[Acadian]

so what is this..you're 10th Whistler thread?
Trails - hit em' ALL!! you got to at least check them out.
Bars - Amsterdam of the bar just in front of it.

other than riding, is ther anyting else do to in Whistler?

 

[DamienC]

What are the main trails that I need to hit?
I prefer fairly technical trails and jumps w/o huge gaps. Berms are nice too...:

Hit them all of course...but my personal favorite run starts from the new Garbanzo expansion - Original Sin to Goat's Gully to In Deep to Duffman to lower A-Line, finished by the GLC drops. You get tech, steep singletrack, a few step-ups, hip jumps, a few steep roll-downs (including the Manager on Duffman), at least one wall ride, and then the jumpy goodness of A-Line finished off with your drop of choice at GLC - all in one run.

 

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so what is this..you're 10th Whistler thread?
Trails - hit em' ALL!! you got to at least check them out.
Bars - Amsterdam of the bar just in front of it.

other than riding, is ther anyting else do to in Whistler?

Will I have time to hit them all in one day? Then I can spend the 2nd day doing the ones I REALLY like over and over and over and overand over....

 

[Acadian]

Will I have time to hit them all in one day? Then I can spend the 2nd day doing the ones I REALLY like over and over and over and overand over....

if you are on the lift when it opens and ride till they close....yes. If you ride the extended play, definitely.

BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAP...

 

[DamienC]

Bars - Amsterdam of the bar just in front of it.

Some serious eye-candy to be had at the Amsterdam ...may not be the best place to go in the company of your wife :devil:

That's where Mobius got his 'muff dive'...

:evil:

 

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if you are on the lift when it opens and ride till they close....yes. If you ride the extended play, definitely.

BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAP...

I think that there is no more "extended play" after September 4th
That is the day I fly into Vancouver.

 

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Some serious eye-candy to be had at the Amsterdam ...may not be the best place to go in the company of your wife :devil:

That's where Mobius got his 'muff dive'...

:evil:

Is it just my or does that chick look like Nicole Ritchie?

 

[ricebowls]

my rec.
get there when the lifts open
warm up on dirt merchant
hit garbanzo no joke to garbanzo lift
hit original sin and link the trails all the way down to base
then schlayer to whister DH (or how ever luc had us linking them)
some crab apple hits
some a line
then go hit......

i'd save clown shoes for the last day.

 

[buildyourown]

It's really hard to ride all the trails in one day. I always seem to stick to may favorites or trails that everyone in our group can get down in one piece. Sunday I was riding alone and realized I hadn't done National or Clown Shoes yet this year. National is sick. Soooo much fun. Decide wether you want jumpy, all mountain, or super slow tech stuff and then choose trails based on that. Make sure you do the trails off the top. It's worth it just for the length and views.

 

[punkassean]

Some serious eye-candy to be had at the Amsterdam ...may not be the best place to go in the company of your wife :devil:

That's where Mobius got his 'muff dive'...

:evil:

We were there that night! sitting beside you guys...

That was the night that the girls got into a water fight with the bar guns and got their nice white shirts all wet and stuff...

A few days later at longohrns the girls over there got into a water fight as well...too much fun!

Ahhhh Whistler.....

 

[DamienC]

We were there that night! sitting beside you guys...

That was the night that the girls got into a water fight with the bar guns and got their nice white shirts all wet and stuff...

A few days later at longohrns the girls over there got into a water fight as well...too much fun!

Ahhhh Whistler.....

Unfortunately I wasn't there that night - especially after what you just described. Amsterdamn girls, water guns, and white t-shirts. Damn! I didn't meet up with the group until two days after that night of Mobius' birthday. We did cross paths though. I was there in the room when we watched The Collective. Good times!!

 

[jon-boy]

You should be up there in the winter then...... Canadian chicks, got to love 'em.

 

[punkassean]

Unfortunately I wasn't there that night - especially after what you just described. Amsterdamn girls, water guns, and white t-shirts. Damn! I didn't meet up with the group until two days after that night of Mobius' birthday. We did cross paths though. I was there in the room when we watched The Collective. Good times!!

close call...

Mike Blake (do you remember him from the night we watched the vid?) is emailing me a nice pic of the lovely Crystal from longhorns, I will post it up as soon as I get it.

I only got one or two runs with DRB and Mobius and I it was on my first day when it was still really wet and nasty...bummer it would have been fun to get a few more!