Best DZ around Toronto

[sebinoslo 0]

hey,

i will be going 2 weeks in toronto in early august. I was thinking of jumping there 3 or 4 days during weekdays the first week.

Any recommendations regarding the best place to go to? Being over few days, good accomodations are a big plus obviously.

Thanks

[pchapman 279]

The Nationals are on at Skydive Burnaby Aug 3-8. Therefore plenty of jumps going on weekdays although people may be a little focused on competition.

[wildWilly 0]

Skydive Burnaby(.com), It's about 1.5 hrs. from Toronto on the north shore of Lake Erie. Great views, great people, Twin Otter. If you are there the first week of Aug. The Canadian nationals are taking place and there will be 2 Twin Otters and lots of people and events. You can camp, Hotels very close.
Have a great trip, hope to see you there.

Willy

growing old is inevitable, growing up is optional.

[brettski74 0]

As others have said, Nationals are on at Burnaby during August 3-8. I notice from your profile that you're a student jumper, although I'm assuming that you have reached self-supervised status? It would be handy if you could have your A licence by the time you come over.

There should be a lot of jumps going on during that week, but if you're in need of coaches or instructors, I'm not sure whether there will be a lot of availability, since most people there will be there for competition, not work.

The other dropzones in the area with turbine aircraft are Parachute School of Toronto (PST) north of Toronto up highway 404, and Skydive Toronto Inc (STI) north of Toronto up highway 400. They are both closer to Toronto than Burnaby and both have Caravans, however, as is true of all dropzones in the Toronto general area, most jumping is on the weekend, so you may have trouble getting jumps there during the week. Call ahead. If you're there August 3-8, then Burnaby is your best bet for weekday jumping - just be aware that there may be limited or no coaching or instruction available.

As far as accommodation is concerned at Burnaby, you'll need to camp, which is free, or find yourself a local motel which will probably be something in the range of $40-60 per night. Not sure about PST or STI. I assume they also have free camping. Not sure whether they have a bunkhouse or anything else available.

[sebinoslo 0]

hey all, thanks for the quick replies,

I have had my A-license for 2 weeks now and I guess I'd have 50 jumps by early august.
How easy would it be for me to get on loads during the nationals? it might be indeed awesome to meet experienced people but if everyone focuses on the competition and no one will jump with me, it will make for 3-4 very long days...
So if anyone can give me a heads up regarding the actual jumping under the Nationals for a non-competitors that would be great :-)

have a great weekend!