2009 Resort Poll: Top 10 Parks
DannyGariepy
- November 13 2008
- 46 comments
You don’t hit jumps blind, thanks to the Resort Poll, you don’t have to blindly pick which resorts you hit up either. Study this best parks list and try to hit up all ten of ’em … why not?
* About The Poll: The online Resort Poll is voted on by both subscribers and the online readers of twsnow.com—in total over 1,600 readers logged on to cast their votes. Readers were given the opportunity to vote on the three best resorts they visited during the 2007/2008 season, ranking them on 21 different categories. Some 154 resorts across North America and Canada were judged, after the numbers were crunched, ten in each category rose to the top.
1. Whistler/Blackcomb, B.C., Canada
Logan Short shoots for the moon at Whister. Photo Scott Serfas
A switch was flipped for serious improvements in the parks at Whistler/Blackcomb this past season. Firstly, a changing of the guard in park management saw Brian Finestone take the reins with a plan to re-invigorate the park offerings at WB. He explains, “The first thing was to keep the parks fresh by switching up the setups weekly so riders would always have something different to discover. We also got creative with our fleet of rails, boxes, and picnic tables by setting up new combos that mimicked urban, skate-style features. I encouraged the crew to come up with creative stuff and let them just go for it.” The park crews also expanded the size of several parks utilizing dead space in existing parks and building hits on parts of runs that were unused in the past, which ultimately added several acres and a dozen new features to the resort’s ample park offerings.
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November 13th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
jksdhfjkshfkjds woooo
November 13th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
hitting up keystone this year, can’t wait
November 13th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
Where is Tyrol Basin? I thought it would make the list for sure.
November 13th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
bear mtn #2 park? HAHAHAHAHAHAH whatta fucking joke.
November 13th, 2008 at 7:51 pm
tyroll basin….lmao have you ever been out west?
November 13th, 2008 at 8:45 pm
Actually, ski brule should be number one, that shit is sick…all 300 feet of it
November 13th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
ye the riden is all Canada boys, we got the best snow, the best mountains, and the best beer.
November 13th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
lived in CO for years now live in socal. gotta say breck, keystone, heavenly….shit vail or beav creek blow bears park away. sorry to say it’s just the truth
November 14th, 2008 at 7:41 am
yo this is bullshit. there are no vermont resorts and we get a shit load of snow. but 802 crew is better then any of your crews for you haters wanna email me lilskater0708@yahoo.com
November 14th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
umm Keystone..Breck and Buttermilk are soo much better than any park..Area 51 is the shit and Buttermilk goes from top to bottem..easy at first and then all the sudden you’re in the x-games park..
November 14th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
Why would you ever leave your email???????? No one is interested or cares.
November 15th, 2008 at 10:10 am
mr im from vt, youre an idiot. i lived in vermont for about 20 something years, once i got the chance i moved outwest and never looked back. lived in truckee last year and worked at northstar, that park is the most fun. its different almost everyday and everything is perfect, not to mention you end ever run with the best maintained pipe. the only reason to rep vt would be for bolton valley, thats where the action is
November 15th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
yea they might have bigger jumps but i can hit like 20 things in one run at bear and ther park crew actually fixs ther lips on ther jibs.you must really suck at snowboarding if your hating on bear
November 15th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
tyrol basin all 900 vert feet….whhheeeewww …..I would take the time to make it WEST
November 15th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
i think kamiscotia snow resort should be in there
November 15th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
woah woah u got dis all wrong wake up becks where it at
November 16th, 2008 at 11:36 am
park city needing some more love son
November 16th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
Keystone is supposed to be sick! Have a great time!
November 16th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
Both parks are great, guys. I give props to both parks. That’s what makes them great but different and worth visiting. Agreed?
Can’t we just get along?
November 16th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
I didn’t vote, so I can’t say shit. Give me some snow, a small hill and a shovel and I’ll have the best damn day of my life.
November 16th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
Hell yeah, shred Keystone!
November 16th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
Uh ya you guys are dumb, Sierra at Tahoe, Northstar, Breck are the top parks, at least in the U.S suck it!
November 16th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
tyrol basin is in mt horeb wiscon and it sucks dick compared to these places
November 16th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
dude this is shit…its like no one has herd of wyoming i mean jackson hole should be in the top ten…if not the top five by far jeeze!!!
November 17th, 2008 at 11:28 am
Yeah!!! Reppin’ the True North Strong and Free…love Kammie and Mt. Ste Adanac in Sudsville!!!
Snow is good, parks are fun…ride more!
November 17th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
BOREAL!? If you are going to prop bear as number 2 then Boreal should undoubtedly be somewhere in the top ten. Open day and night. Epic jib features in the superpipe!? Boreal is the best place to get your hot lap on for sure when Northstar closes for the day. Oh wait, it’s sponsored by Snowboard magazine, TWS can’t show the love.
November 17th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
where is the list?
November 18th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Vermont…? hahaha yeah sweet leave your email bc your a baaaddd A$$$$! I bet you could argue anybody off of here, I bet everybody wishes they were as cool as you!
November 18th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
Bout to tear up whistler in April. gonna be so gnar. CANNOT WAIT
November 18th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
where is the list of the top 10 ?! wtf
November 25th, 2008 at 7:57 pm
woooo tyrol basin! top babies for sure! nah not all wisconsin people are dumbasses
November 26th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
Haha…. kiddies complaining about parks - love it. I think every mountain should invest more in parks so I can have more room on the mountain and ya’ll can work on the latest “look at me” huck suck.
Where is a poll for best terrain? Oh that’s right, powder scares most TWS readers.
November 28th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
i just moved to park city, and im just glad to be at a mountain that HAS a park, whether its #1, 7 or 100. so go out and ride, if you don’t have a fantastic park be inventive. thats what snowboarding is about, creativity.
November 28th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
where’s the list?
December 17th, 2008 at 11:05 pm
how is bear at #2 a joke. the only thing that sucks is that all the huge stuff that you see in the vids, are only in the vids, they build a phat gap with a hugee kicker, shoot some film, then block it off so no one else can attempt it.
January 7th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
THE BEST MOUNTAIN IN THE WORLD IS JAY PEAK IN VERMONT. THEY GET 375 INCHES OF SNOW A YEAR. THE GALDES ARE SICK AND THERE ARE NO CROWDS ALSO IT IS COOL THAT IT IS SO CLOSE TO QUEBEC YOU COULD GO TO MONTREAL OR QUEBEC CITY TO HIT SOME SICK STREET.
February 4th, 2009 at 12:17 am
canyons repressent good to see utah gettin da credit that is well deserved. gotta ta give pc more love baby sick shit you east siders need to move to some real mountains weeesstt siiidee!
February 4th, 2009 at 12:41 am
oh yeah and if bear is at number two then brighton utah should be in there lots of funkie jibs but no big hits rails are fun but thats it they are becoming more of a fasion show or carnival than sick big booters are what seperate real riders and possing little bitches
February 10th, 2009 at 9:42 am
shut the fuck up
March 8th, 2009 at 9:24 am
the best snow/mtns may be in Canada, but let me assure you that American craft beers kick the crap out of ANY canadian beer
March 18th, 2009 at 11:58 am
your a douche go do a slash or something homo
November 9th, 2009 at 3:34 pm
hahaha wisconsin get it but im going to have to go with granite peak for best midwest resort. brule is like 300 feet tall and they dont know how to groom for shit, and they have the worst park set up ever, tyrol has the best park and its always open early and late. but granite takes the top
November 12th, 2009 at 10:02 pm
this list is kinda jacked. there are a couple of parks on this list that shouldnt even be mentioned, and a few parks that didnt make the cut that shouldve. And who cares at all about vermont!
December 13th, 2009 at 11:31 pm
T-Basin was one of the first sick parks in the history of snowboarding
January 3rd, 2010 at 8:08 am
ur a douche i bet u suck phat cock bro