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Originally Posted by sherpahigh
Loved to see my hometown and one of my most frequented ski hills on the show. It was interesting to know how long the taxi rides and all that were and how long it would actually take snow-shoe up the mountain. That would of been a killer climb if they actually started where it looked like they did cause they ended up at the gates to one serious extrem ski area that's near the top of the mountain.
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I live in Calgary too and spent 5 years living on the mountian at Sunshine Village, and what was most interesting to me was seeing all the stuff that was edited out of the show.
First, when they left the Calgary airport they got into a local Calgary Cab (Advance Cab Company), however when they arrived at the base of SSV, they were in a Cab from Banff Taxi (you could see the phone number on the rear fender). A cab ride from Calgary airport to SSV would be about 2 hours and would probably run the meter up to just over $100. I know from experience that Calgary to Nakiska is $45. So my question is, did they take a cab the whole way or was there an 'edited out' bus ride in the middle? Not because of the cost, a hundred bux isn't that much, just where did they change cabs?
Secondly. They didn't really walk that far. If you refer to my diagram below, you can see that they only walked a short distance from the top of the Angel Express Chair to the top of the Continental Divide Chair. I have walked it myself and it takes about 30 minutes to get up and about 5 minutes to (walk/slide on your ass) down.
<img src="http://telusplanet.net/public/markus_e/images/ssv.gif">
Anyway, I just thought it was interesting to see what really happens on this show, how I have to wonder what else they are not showing me when they are in places I am not so familiar with.