Are there any late-season (last week of April) skiing/snowboarding locations in the Vancouver, Canada area?
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Whistler/Blackcomb will still be open the last week of April. I hear it's about a 2 hour drive from the city (Vancouver), and it's an awesome place to ski!
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TRY THIS ONE:\n\nPhil's Ski & Snowboard\n2980 Mcclintock Way # G, Costa Mesa, CA (21.15 miles away)\n714-754-7762
470680
Whistler is amazing for boading. THe courses are A LOT longer so less time is spent waiting in line. I would try looking under expedia.com or priceline.com to see if there are any packages.
825676
Try Val thorens resorts in the French alps:\nhttp://www.valthorens.com/
782043
for southern california just going up to big bear or lake arrowhead for a day would be awesome :] they have tons of patches of fresh snow that you could build snowmen with or sled down some nice bunny hills, theres also an ice rink and a lake that has snow around it so you can throw rocks in the water or something :) have fun!
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You might get lucky and ski in the Lake District - there are a couple of button lifts. Helvellyn has a lift I think \n\nOtherwise it is indoors on artficial snow or outdoors on  dry matting or snowflex. \n\nTo be brutally honest there is no 'good skiing' in England.\n\nEven in Scotland the resorts are pretty poor in terms of snowfall - I have heard they are looking at using the lifts to provide downhill MTB in summer like whistler in BC (Canada).
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Snowboarding!!!!!!!!\nAnd praying to god the snow stays in the mountains and not in town. It such a pain in the rear end when theres snow in town. In fact the snow level is so low right now. Their at the foot of the mountains!!\now well.\nAnyway SNOWBOARDING!\nIm gonna go next weekend. New start of the season!!!!
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There is no right or wrong place to go. Both BC and Alaska have world class helli skiing.  Just look around and see who will give you the most bang for you buck.\n\nDid you know that cat skiing is cheaper and most time you get more runs per day.
818708
Ski season usually runs from late june, early july till october.\nSame with South America/Chile and Argentina
1037661
depends on snow..ya know. Snow hasn't exactly been predictable in recent years. Normally, you'd be safe to plan that date.
98415
In Southern California, your best bet is either Snow Summit or Bear Mountain (both in Big Bear). I don't think either place has great snow right now, but they're better than the other other local ski resorts (Mountain High, Snow Valley)
87460
I dunno but we've been getting some pretty cold weather up here in OR and the ski resorts have lots of snow here.  Why not check yahoo weather to find out?
735007
Try Skate/snow board retail outlets. Maybe even Argos.
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OF COURSE THERE ARE! After all, Bulgaria is a candidate for the Winter Olympics Games 2014. The best and most famous BG resorts are BANSKO, BOROVETS, and VITOSHA (it's a mountain really close to the capital Sofia). For more info about Sofia as a winter olympics aplicant city you might like to check: http://www.sofia2014bg.org/
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No good asking if the snow will be good 2 months from now! \n\nhave a look at www.worldsnowboardguide.co.uk or www.wetter.com for up to date snowlevels!
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The definitive answer to your question is Whistler, British Columbia, about 75 miles north of Vancouver.  The Whistler Blackcomb resort averages about 30 feet of snow annually. Of that 30 feet, they usually get around 3 feet every May.\n\nAdd to this the simple fact that Whistler is, far and away, the largest ski area in North America.  Both mountains have over a full mile of vertical drop.  There are more than 200 trails, serviced by over 30 lifts covering over 8,000 acres of skiable terrain.  Only the Vail, CO area comes close with over 5,000 acres, making Whistler about 40% larger. \n\nWhistler typically runs their winter operation until the first weekend in June.  Then the trails are cleared of snow to operate as a mountain bike park.  Don't frown -- if you've got the right gear, you can even go skiing through the summer on the glaciers!
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Everyone east of Vancouver thinks we West Coasters are wimps and it is probably true but remember, we are totally unprepared for this.  We haven't all stockpiled salt, shovels, warm clothes and snow tires for the once every five years we get hit.  Our cities barely have snow plows.  So your niece is correct,  for Victoria the snow is very bad, up to two feet in places.   I have to head back out to shovel the walk with my garden spade in my unlined gortex jacket and canvas sneakers.