Niseko

I just saw on TV that they are having to truck in snow for some of the Olympic events..... where's Mr "we got 7 meters, screw you Niseko" now?

Here I am we don't have 7 metres, but we do have the Olympics because Whistler is not run by an entrenched group of backwards potato heads.

Disclaimer I been to Niseko twice and I can assure you that it WILL NEVER GET THE OLYMPICS. I can just see Stephen Harper and Ban Ki-moon lining up at Seicomart after the bunny hill event.

holy shit are you dumb.

The 2010 Olympics are in vancouver/whistler - if it was just whistler there be a bit of a parking issue when the hockey teams played at alpine meadows and getting into Citta`s would be a bitch.

Sapporo handled an Olympics just fine in 1972- its not much of a stretch to image them throwing a few events at Niseko ( much like Whistler) to showcase the area and help kick start some much needed infrastructure ( improvements to the Sea to Sky vs Shinkansen).
It could even by touted at the eco games- recycling and refurbishing all the old venues.

Anyways - hope it all goes well, everyone has a grand old time and Canada kicks ass , especially in hockey- and snowboarding-
and curling too.

Go Canada!

Just got an email from a friend based in Aspen. He says:

"I'm in Florida now, where it's only barely warmer than Aspen, and colder than Vancouver. Same amount of snow in all three places."

Editor-in-Chief,
Snow Magazine

I feel for the smaller businesses - and for the locals who'll be paying for this Olympics for a generation. For the MrWhistlers of the world I have no such concerns... (Karma's a bitch... but only for bastards!)

They'll be paying in more ways than one.

Montreal just finished paying off their 1976 Olympic debt in 2008, and Vancouver's tab is pushing $7 billion (source).

Then there's there's a month's worth of international broadcasts showing a resort with no snow. That can't be good for marketing.

And MrWhistler, you, young lad, are a right tosser. You must be American

Niseko Hirafu's Yuki Bar is sporting a new look.



Courtesy of first time ice carvers; Sanchez and Rubber Man.

whistler ok, the mtns close to vancouver where they are having freestyle / halfpipe are lacking a bit but don't need much for those events, you want snow?come on over to the island, 460cm base and no mr whistler here, golf in the aft..
...www.mountwashington.ca/en/conditions.html

Hey Coach, you got biathlon there? Skiing with guns and shooting at things sounds like fun.

ya, there is a biathlon course here too, guns n snow go well together, stay away from luge tho...

wasn't luge a specialty of that chico dude back in the day...?