The Wildwest is a collection of 6 or 7 tight chutes. Same rules as the Dive. Ski patrol use to say the Wildwest made The Dive look like a green run. Last year was a worse snow year than normal and the Extreme areas usually do open in Jan. They are very steep and being in a National Park they are...
Amazing early season conditions at Sunshine this season. Opening with 5 lifts and 34 runs. All natural snow. Check out www.skibanff.com. I wont make it for a week or so yet tho.
Here is a shortcut to some pics of the big spring snow storm. Still lots of skiing left. Closing day is May 19th.http://skibanff.com/conditions/slidesho ... allery.php
Sunshine has phenomenal conditions No rocks on open runs. Check out http://skibanff.com/conditions/snow_report.php. All lifts should be running by the weekend.
Looks like Sunshine village is the place to be. Heading up tomorrow for the first time. 70 cm base in the village,55 runs open and 8 lifts. Check out the web at skibanff.com. The lake is hosting world cup racing this Weekend but still appareently has very limited terrain.