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two french guy for a winter road trip

  • 2012-01-28 14:18:56

    Hello everybody,

    I'm writting to you from France but in a couple of month I'll be in your country with a friend who's living in Boise ID.

    Our project is starting from Boise to Nelson first. Whitewater is so famous for powder that I've heard about it in France.

    There's Whitewater's pillows in my dream since I've seen my first ski movies. But there's Rogerpass too and so much unknowed place . After nelson area we will take the north for Revelstoke.

    The snow conditions and the weather will drive us but after we thought of going to Valdez if possible.

    We are going to leave Boise on the 29 or 30/03/12.

    We are looking for ski topos or every informations we could need.

    Is there a kind of avalanche and wheather check point near the ski area in your country? Because in our "house truck" we'll just have radio to be informed...

    I'll be in your country since the 30/03/12 until the 29/04/12 and everything beetween these two days will depends of the wheather, the snow, the feeling and peoples we'll meet there.


    Vincent,




  • 2012-01-28 16:33:29

    Hey Vincent, you are picking the right locations to visit, Whitewater and Rogers Pass are the placed to go. The conditions at the moment are incredibly good with more snow in the forecast.

    whitewater backcountry skiing powder


    For avi conditions you can visit the Whitewater customer service desk as they will have them by the first aid room on the first floor of the lodge, at Rogers you would need to go to the parks office which is right at the summit where the hotel is located. If you had internet access it would be super easy but w/o that you have to do it the old fashioned way.


    For backcountry beta at whitewater, red and kootenay pass (another spot you should put on your list) you should have a look at the guide book for sale on this site - lots of route info for ya'.


    Enjoy your road trip and be sure to post som pics back here in the forums so we can see what you got up to?

    POW


  • 2012-01-29 11:44:19

    yes there is a guide book on this site for sale and also some route beta on the routes tab.  google earth for cross ref.