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10. We don’t think we’re the best, we know we’re the best
9. We have about five different lifts that each, on their own, offers more skiing than KT
8. Your pro skiers move here
7. Our Alpine Meadows is Blackcomb, which may even be better than Whistler
6. We have a bike park
5. We actually have women here…HOT women…and they ski, shred and ride
Are your bartenders this hot?pinkbike.com
4. 5200 vertical feet, nightclubs, après, good food, WSSF, Crankworx, hot tub poaching and the Southside Diner’s English Fry Up
3. The Republican Party does not exist here
2. Our inbounds terrain is bigger than your backcountry
1. We have snow
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In October we published an article hi-lighting why Whistler is better than Squaw.
Yeah ok, but how’s the cocaine? We get some good SHIZZ here!!!
Hard to argue, but Squaw is Squaw…
If you know your the best you wouldnt have to write an article about it
why not, seems like the squaw tribe is writing articles about how rad they are all the freaking time….”im so much better than you” how many articles on unofficial are about how squaw is the raddest….?
i actually haven’t read a single article claiming squaw is better than any other resort.
that article is called “squallywood”.
yeah, but about half the time on half the mountain (sometimes higher up) the precip falls as rain, no? (il pleut beaucoup). i’ll take my LCC turns and freshies here in Utah — even in a down snow year — over any other resort.
VERY compelling. Although Cali gets WAY more sun and WAY less rain.
true, but if it’s sunny it ain’t snowing.
this argument is played out guys…..
you may have all that but we have state line lake Tahoe baby!
ok as stupid as this article is i feel compelled to respone 1) 90% percent of that mountain is below treeline low angle lameness. so yeah 5200 vert. but 1000ft of actual worthy terrian. our mountian is gnar top to bottom. 2) “our inbounds is bigger than your backcountry” this statement is so dumb i dont even know where to begin. sierra nevada is about 400 miles long, slightly larger than your mountain, and littered with 14k peaks. how many 14k peaks do you guys have? oh none. ok. sorry. 3) english fried food? really? your hanging your hat on this? wow. soo jealous 4) who gives a fuck about politics? 5) sunshine, need i say more. how r those 15 days a year treating you guys? just kidding i love overcast mist for weeks on end. 6) i could go on and on but ill end it with this, canucks fans are a bunch of whiny fucking losers!
1000ft of worthy terrain!?! Uhhh, have you SEEN Whistler?? The Coast range stretching up into Alaska are some of the most rugged mountains on earth. 14k is irrelevant.
how many 14k peaks? im a tahoe local and im pretty sure that’s wrong
that bartender looks like a man
Isnt that the norm for canadian born women?
seriously. look at that fuckin forehead. she could totally be made up as a klingon
Not to mention the wrist! It’s as big as my ankle. Holy carp! “she” has gorilla hands
Your in Canada………..enough said
I think you meant “you’re” as in ” You are in Canada” not “your” as in “your mom”.
I think they borrowed that powder shot from Snowbird, And that Chick looks like a tranny, eh ? No more comparing resorts please, Its lame. Shut up and ski.
I read an article like this on here, the Squaw bias was starting to feel like I was read Fox News (sorry Unofficial, but it was). I am in the San Juans so I don’t need to pick a side, huge big mountain lines are why I moved here, so can’t argue with that. But I do like ripping Squaw and Whistler/Blackcomb. Over a foot here and blue skies!
#1 reason unofficial is becoming a tired website…
So I have never been to Whistler or Blackcomb but they both look super sick!! I have been to Squaw maybe 150 times, my first time being in 1995 when i was 13!! I had a great time at squaw growing up, $5 lift tickets if u had a Lake Tahoe are school ID!!, but then they of course went super cooperate and now $100 a lift ticket and no lift to get us to alpine?!?!?! So i have a proposal:
Let me do a week at Squaw then come do a week at Whistler and document the whole thing and let America be the judge!!
What are we? 12 year olds?
# 3 is the best !…if the GOP gets into office here, you can forget about anything that has to do with having fun. You will be bled dry……
The Republican party…. that evil group that argues for lower taxes and less government intervention? Do not bring up politics on this website. You are SEVERELY under-educated on the subject.
I’m not repub, but I know a political dumbass when i see one…..
Get armed with knowledge first to back up your position, then come back to me.
Trustafarian…
I believe all political analysts who call themselves Doo Doo Butter. You must be well educated
Saying repubs are evil is like thinking a knock knock joke is funny. It’s played out…. brah.
squaw is the worst mountain in the nation
Sierra Cement or Cascade Concrete what’s the beef. The snow is on the way to the Sierras, finally. So “Shut up and Ski”.
Squaw sucks! Please do yourself a favor and don’t come ski here. Whistler is way better! Plan your trip there..not Squaw! Please.
I just dont think the whistler guys really “get” the whole “im better than you” phenomenon, and took the joke literally. Let me put it into terms you canucks might understand. It’s a joke, “eh”. Shane did it to piss off “hosers” like you. So “take off”. If you watched the movie G.N.A.R. you would get that, unless you’re canadian apparently…
weird.. vancouver canada.. birth place of mr.mcconkey..i guess he didnt get it either right? he kinda spent a fair amount of time up here as well.. lots of family up here still. ur dumb!
proof that you still don’t get it ahahahahahaaaa. we’re still so much BETTER THAN YOU!!!!!
LOVE squaw terrain over whistler any day.. but there are some good arguments here. Especially the hot girls and mountain biking in the summer. I have seen both and they are some of the best all around. Now the dumb ass comment on Republicans is a joke. I a republican for good reason. Smaller government, less taxes, and freedom… Lets keep politics out of skiing and off this site seem like a pretty lame place to throw around political insults when I only look at this site for fun and inspirations to get after it…
So dipshit republican who states ‘I a republican for good reason.’ Follow the advice of your party leaders, go to school and get an education and learn how to write.
If you believe less government is better, tell that to all the unemployed federal workers who’ll be let go when various departments of the federal government cut staff or just close. Yeah, that’ll stimulate a consumer based economy, kill jobs. Get a f-ing clue you douchebag.
Hey F&^% head calling me a “dipshit republican” clowning on my typo from using a droid phone . Yeah I am a republican for good reason.’ And I have a BA, run my own business and consider myself pretty well educated . How much did you pay in taxes last year? How many people do you employ? What are you doing to make the world a better place.
I do believe less government is better.. go do a stint in a socialistic country like Sweden and see what that gets you. Freedom is the reason people come to America. I come to this site for sun, skiing, and passionate outdoors enthusiast. I can jump on any political blog to fight with knuckle heads like you any time. I will not make any assumptions but just out of curiosity what do you do for a living? As for all the unemployed federal workers that sucks for sure and is the reason we should not have large government employers As for your comment “Get a f-ing clue you douchebag” I’m pretty sure you are the guy that is lacking a education and probabley suck at skiing as well or you would have never jumped down my throat.
get a life dude
BEST DAMN REPLY ON THIS SITE!!!!!
fucking wreaked him!
Sweden retained its AAA ratings this week. Id say if you suck as much at skiing as economics,well then try shredding some more red states(I heard its gnar in West Virginia).Get over it,lots of socialist countries rule in snow, medical services and babes.
Squaw rules,no defense necessary.
http://www.economist.com/node/18805503
lets go Skiing.
Snowshoe is a pretty good hill actually.
So….. we should just keep creating new administrations of the government to give people jobs??? Even as it is, most federal jobs really are not needed. Aren’t you tired of paying tons of money in taxes??? And we better not simplify our amazingly complex tax system, because that will eliminate the need for tons of jobs…. Yeah, lets just all work for the government and they can give us our food, homes, transportation, skis,… Thats extreme, but I bet B. Houssein Obama would love it. But seriously, lets just keep giving them bunches of money, they’re real good with money.
Ben I agree with ya and i am thinking ur reply is for the guy calling me a dush?
Relax douchebag, I am ‘Way’ better than you and have and will continue to ski circles around you.
Two and a half hours away from the nearest livable city: check.
Slutty-looking girl who is not hot (who would get trounced upon by every female Tahoe rider I know): check
Crappy canadian swag bud industry controlled by Hells Angels: check
Ten million dollar + condos in the city that’s two and a half hours away: check
Hockey as the country’s most beloved sport: check
The finest varieties of Poutine (a word so useless and obscure, iPhones don’t recognize it) that ten million French Canadians could dream up: check
A continuous stream of the most hideous “people” to ever flow in the entertainment industry: check.
Completely unjustified sense of superiority: double check.
Yeah Canada is really rockin’
Seriously though, who ever wrote/agrees with this come down to Alpine (you know, Squaw’s Blackcomb) and ski with a real local and we will make you piss in your Gore Tex after just one run in our ‘tiny backcountry’.
you’re making fun of us because iphone doesn’t recognize the word poutine? well now you’ve gone too far.
Get a life dude
my get a life reply was for the guy above sorry
#3: No republicans
No republicans is a good thing because 0bama fixed everything here.
Hahahahahahaha
This Obama guy has got to go. Any other skiers tired of our Community-Organizer-In-Chief? Ask a Canadian how their government health care is treating them.
I skied Alpine on a deep day with a ‘real’ local, Nic and you know what? I didn’t even fart in my gore-tex. Although I was pleasantly surprised at what such a little mountain could offer in terms of terrain. Kinda like one of those family mountains that has a little bit of everything for the whole family.
But anytime you want to come up here and shit in your gore-tex, let me know, I’d be happy to take you around. Although be warned, it might be a little daunting for ya.
Why would anyone shit or fart in their gore-tex? Don’t you guys wear base layers in Canada?
“Why does Whistler Blackcomb suck?
Is it because they get more rain then snow? Is it because the first 4,000 vertical of their “huge” vertical is merely blue groomers? Is it because most the time it is fogged in and overcast? Is it because when there is that very rare occurence when there actually is sunshine and snow you have to wait freakin 90 minutes in line for a decent chair? Is it because everything costs twice as much as it should? Is it because it has more tourists then Disneyland no matter where you go in the area? Is it because it is the most over-hyped over-rated piece of shit mountain in the world? Or is it all the Canadians who pretend like they are skiing on a good mountain just because they can’t get VISAs to live at resorts which have twice as much snow, 10 times as much sun, %99 less rain, twice as much EXPERT vertical, lifts that don’t require a 90 minute wait, and way more killer terrain at places like Jackson Hole, Alta, Snowbird, Squaw Valley, Kirkwood, Big Sky, amongst others? So which is it? Why exactly does Whistler/Blackcomb suck as much they do?”
For those of you thinking that lower mountain in whistler is shit, keep thinking that. and thanks for the misconception. you’re right its not on the trail map and technically out of bounds, so it doesn’t exist. but thanks for being ignorant.
I’ve skied Whistler about 10 days total, and Squaw for 20 years.
In fact, just got asked to go back to Whister in Feb with some friends.
I turned it down.
The weather really sucks there. The terrain is ok, but a lot of the vert is blue groomers to the bottom. The village is ok, but kind of soulless and forced.
Best time to go to Whistler is in the summer, the mountain biking there is all time, and you get to see lots of bears. Other than that…nah.
l love these anonymous hissyfits. It’s a joke, or officially retarded to compare 2 mountains on the basis of a personal opinion.
FYI – farting in gore-tex reduces short-term breathability …
totally.
ever rip one with a hangover and not unzip until a few hours later ?
IT”S STILL THERE !! all tupperware fresh for ya…
You canucks are just lucky that I dont believe in war, because if i did you’d be the first country I bombed when Iam President.
First off, its not about what the mountains have to offer to us, its about what we have to offer to the mountains…
I grew up skiing NH, and believe me when I say that I could take you ALL to places that would scare the shit out of you. In my recent years I have spent my time out in the west mostly skiing Montana (Bridger and Big sky), but now (once snow gets here) it will be Squaw/alpine. for the record; Im yet to have skiied Canadian mountains yet. Now, with all due respect, I guarrentee (w/ few exceptions: hills of minnesota) that on every single resort there as a line somewhere in which YOU (and myself) would not even dare to attempt.
W/ that said, How about we all quit shitting on other resorts which obviously have more than enough terrain than any of us would ever be possible of completley ripping apart, and focus on using unofficial to show people what the ski/board comunity is capable of. Unofficial is a place where we can all prove to everyone that the world of skiing and boarding is a world beyond all other sports, a place of limetless dreams where Proffessionals are willing to sacrafice their lives in hopes of propelling this sport beyond what we all deamed possible. So how about we all quit using unofficial to play childish games and make a fool of ourselfes, and unite as a ski/board community not a squaw, utah, whistler clique.
well said
I’m sure once it finally does snow, everyone in California will relax and remember how much FUN winter is. No snow can make everyone a little testy.
Don’t know what you are talking about? It snows at my crib every night! SSSSSSSSS!
This is a dumb post. even for unofficial.
This is the funniest thread I have ever read.
We have hot women in Tahoe! There is exactly 7 of them, 2 of which do not yet have HPV.
I really hope you guys get some snow ASAP so the bombardment of poor/lame articles will cease.
# 3 ??? then how the Fuck did you end up w/ Harper as teh PM??
I think Daniel Tosh said it best… “if Canada was so great it would be a state”