Snowboarding & Skiing

 I am thinking of buying my first pair of snowboard boots. The price range of the boots is quite huge. 
How much should I spend on it?

Also,how much did you spend on your first pair of snowboard boots?
How old were you when you bought your first pair of snowboard boots?

Thanks!

Hello!

Will somebody  go for a skiing to Verbier in March?
Unfortunately I will go to Verbier  alone, I wish to find the company for skiing and freeride.

The Nissan Outdoor Games in Chamonix were really amazing! Congratulations to the winners!

Hallo. Does anybody ride in Mayrhofen now? Let's ride together?

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Sorry to be a spammer but my friend just finished making a snow forecasting site for Europe and the US and I wanted to share it because it's crazy useful. It's really easy to use, you just type in a resort and it'll give you the on and off piste forecast for the next week with snowfall and you can compare it to all the resorts nearby.
http://www.wherecaniski.com
I hope this is allowed...

So, for various reasons, I'm probably going to be taking some time off from school, and I came up with the idea of becoming a ski bum - working at a ski resort, and spending the rest of my time skiing. However, it makes more sense for me to do this spring quarter than winter quarter, thus putting me right out of ski season.

Does anyone know of any ski resort pretty much anywhere (okay, U.S. is better) that is open year-round, or especially in the spring? I have googled and googled and come up with about nothing. Or, some are open year-round, but during non-winter months they host other activities, thus defeating my purpose of ski bumming. I'm specifically looking for an entry level job for the months of april, may, and june, but only those months. Does anyone know if this is possible?

I'm fairly new to snowboarding and Google has failed me. I'm looking to buy used snowboarding gear online, to get me through the first season while I'm still learning. I found a fairly good deal on the board, boots and bindings, but the bindings are missing their base plates. Are these difficult to find or expensive to replace? Would it be better to just keep looking?

Thanks in advance.

Gulmarg, situated in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, 46 kms from Srinagar Airport . Gulmarg is a mountain shelf which nestles under the protective 4250 metre height and 5 km spread of Mount Apharwat. From here it has a view over the valley of Kashmir to 8126 metre Nanga Parbat and other distant peaks. 6 Ski Lifts, 1520m Max Vertical, 4250m Highest Lift, 2730m Resort Altitude. The 3.5 km long and up to a km wide valley of Gulmarg which is about 3-sq-kms in area stands at an altitude of 2,650 metres. Known as Kashmirs premier upland hill resort, the gentle undulating meadows of Gulmarg are carpeted in a thick layer of snow. The ski resort Gulmarg has one T-bar lift, three very modern ski-lifts and a chair-lift. The best and longest skiing in Gulmarg is accessed by the Gandola Cable Car Lift, which allows a ski run of 2,213 m. Designed by Poma of France, gondola ascends extends almost to the peak of Apharwat, at an elevation of 3980 metres above sea level, providing lift served access to 1330 vertical metres of vast snow riding terrain. Due to the setting-up of Gandola Cable Car Lift from Gulmarg to Apharwat top, Gulmarg holds a position as one of the highest lift-served ski resorts in the world.

Mods, feel free to delete this if you consider it to be spam, but since it is something Burton is doing, I thought people might be interested!

Burton have teamed up with a new site (it's so new that it is still in beta testing stages), SocialVibe to help raise money for charity (there are various causes to choose from, I chose health)

SocialVibe is a site that works with your social networks (LJ, Myspace, Facebook, etc.). You sign up, pick a brand, put a banner like the one at the bottom of this post on your profile, and simply for being active on the site you are using, you will earn points for prizes, and more importantly you will be raising money for charity. It is NOT a scam, 2 of my friends work for the site in LA. If you have any questions about this please post them in the entry and I will do my best to answer them. Otherwise,

Sign up for SocialVibe and help Burton raise money for a good cause

You might also be interested in this: on the blog section of the SocialVibe site, they recently did a review of the new Burton store in LA. It looks SO awesome! check out that review here