Snowboard Canada

Clear skies mixed with great snow = spring skiing at Big White Ski Resort.

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Clear skies mixed with great snow = spring skiing at Big White Ski Resort.

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Banff and Lake Louise Canada offer a variety of ski and snowboard terrain spread over three world-class ski resorts in the Canadian Rockies.

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The Big White Ski Resort, 45 minutes from Kelowna B.C. as photographed by Cindy while Joe was driving at 100 kmph. He makes picture shoots such a challenge.

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Big White Ski Resort has a world class ski and board school service that offers something for every age and every skill level.

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doing market research on board wear and tear during a typical season to determine expense of maintaining and or replaceing snowboards during the season.
doing market research on board wear and tear during a typical season to determine expense of maintaining and or replaceing snowboards during the season.

My focus is on Snow Boards. What kind of maintenance of the snowboards upper surface. do ski resorts spend money keeping them in a decent visual apperance and if so, how much does that typically cost per season.

You also need to look at the people who rent snowboards. Most of them (99%) are beginer and intermediate snowboarders who don’t rage and tear up snowboards. I have heard that rentals make tons of profit because they pay for themselves really quickly and after they are paid for, it is straight cash. Let’s say a company buys a set up (boots, board and bindings) for $300 dollars. They rent it for $35 dollars a day. You can do the math from there. Most snowboard rental shops have repair shops as well. So it costs maybe labor to fix the little damage as well as wax the board for the next customer. The only time you will have extensive damage is the snowboarder hit rails and rocks. The beginner or intermediate snowboarder most likely isn’t going to put himself in that situation. A snowboard shop isn’t worried about visual appearance unless the board is delaminating. If this happens the board is dead and thrown in the trash or made into furniture. If the board is dirty, they will wipe it down and clean it. That takes little time. Also, ski resorts will sell the rental fleet at the end of its life for $50 or so if the snowboard had life on it. What determine this is if the edges can still be sharpened as well base grinds can be done. Also, a snowboard tech makes probably $12 an hour at best. A wax takes 15 minutes for a slow person. Wax is also very cheap especially being bought at bulk. This is a lucrative business for the companies doing it. Hope this helps.

i’m hoping to plan a snowboarding trip with my friends next spring, anywhere on this map would be close enough. I’m thinking of places like Northern Minnesota, Vermont, and some places in Canada, but i’m open to any suggestions. Please don’t tell me about a hill if it doesnt have a very big vertical.
sorry forgot the map. http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s146/tsaari/region.jpg

Powderhorn and Blackjack in the UP of michigan. since its northwest they dont compare to anything out west but for whats in the midwest they are some of the best. if you dont like either of these check out some others in the UP. these are the only two ive been to but ive heard of alot of good ones out there

I live in Grenoble and want to go snowboarding…

I’ve looked online for a while, and found different websites that show snow levels but none that compare all levels from resorts and also predict future falls.

Does anyone know where can I find comprehensive snow reports and forecasts online?

You can find them on the tv and also on the web.