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Carpooling works well for us. Family of 4. Was nice to roll up to lot 7 and not have to worry about parking on Sunday.
There was plenty of grumbling in a Reddit thread from people that drive a midsized cars and no roof rack so they drop the backseat to stuff skis/boards in.
Four does seem a bit high. I'd think three is more the sweet spot, but maybe they wanted to set the bar a bit on the high side and see how it shakes out.
Harmony opened. Winter is coming!!! Err.... has arrived.
Coverage is superb. Some N winds sifted beautifully light snow on S aspects. Did not ski Robertson trees at all last year and it's already bottomless.
Crowds light. The first 2 runs were ski on then the lineups arrived (5 minutes )
Then slayed Mt Choco chips waffles at Hot Buns
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Photos of the poor conditions are always appreciated, but this is the sort of intel I am looking for.Quote:
Originally Posted by LeeLau
The waffle looks good but the crêpe looks even better.
Any rumors on peak and/or bcomb alpine? Good signs that crystal and harmony opened.
I predict Peak opens this weekend. Looks like the groomers have been up there. Clearly getting ready.
Blackcomb may take a little longer. Nothing firm as yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by oetk2
Wow the groomers are running great. Still no lineups at Harmony. Surreal
Conditions report from Flute/Oboe area. After 4 days of the last new snow the bootpacked area on Flute accessed from the resort definitely has more than its fair share of skier traffic.
However the backcountry accessed from Flute towards Oboe Creek still has nice snow. Some tracks for sure, but surface hoar and the healthy amount of base we have makes for excellent mellow skiing
145cms of snow on the windloaded parts of Nfacing slopes of Oboe. Good coverage of the creeks too. Returned back via resort and didn't access Singing Pass
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^Good quality Stoke
Anyone know if you can download from base 2 into the village before uploading starts? I assume no but maybe....
Just ski there? I think I've done that before but it might be a dream. I would've been very tired at the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by oetk2
Done it before.Quote:
Originally Posted by oetk2
Well you can if there's enough snow, but I'd imagine it's a bit iffy at the moment. Snowguns have been blasting away to get the ski-outs in place, though.Quote:
Originally Posted by paulster2626
Needed to grab my boots from the village but parking in lot 6. Got it sorted, cheers guys
The Mrs. surprised me with a Whistler weekend for my birfday, but she refuses to ski as she is 8 months pregnant. Excuses...
Anywho, anyone willing to let me join in their reindeer games in the alpine tomorrow or Sun, get at me. Have gear/bag/training and a not intolerable disposition, generally cruise uphill at about 400-500M/hr.
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Ski outs are looking better. Tons of snow making to village. The guns are going 100%
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Huh, December came early this year. Superb start, I think it was Nov 2017 that was similar.
Now comes the highway carnage on wkds, in the dark. Traffic delays of 6+ hrs.
https://snowbrains.com/the-dangers-o...-the-ski-area/
November 2017 was pretty good. However, November 2009 was all time, 560cm in the month of November:smile:Quote:
Originally Posted by KevLar
I remember that November, didn't Whistler open like first/second week of the month?
'troller beta yesterday says Vail won't pay for the lift ops bodies to open Peak/Glacier/Seventh until their "planned" opening date in a week or two. "We want to open it, the coverage is fantastic, but we can't even get up there right now"Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
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It did. Record year of the past 2 decades. We drowned in pow.Quote:
Originally Posted by t.odd
Looks like Friday for Seventh and Peak:
Who’s ready for another ??????terrain update ?????? ?! Our teams have been working hard to prepare the alpine for safe openings and we’re excited to share that 7th Heaven on Blackcomb and Peak Chair on Whistler are on tap to crack next! We’re targeting later this week, Friday, but only if conditions permit us to safely do so. We will provide updates whenever we can, so stay close to our channels. Once these iconic zones open, we’ll be at 5,500 skiable acres across both mountains!
Oh my!
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Here is your Blackcomb Glacuer and Ice Cave report.
Even with a decent start to the season there's a character -building bootpack into the Glacier, with some steps approx 80 to 120 cms down. There is a rappel ring with carabiner. There is also a sideslip possible with skis but I'll leave a plug for Profile Ski and Board Tuning here if you try that.
Probed between 260 to above my 320cms probe of snow depth on the top of the Glacier between crevasses which seems fair.
Snow quality is of the "mature" variety; unsurprising since it's been a week since significant new snow.
Ice cave is noticeably smaller. Still TikTok friendly I guess.
Groomers put In a nice exit track. Thanks WBOps! Speaking of groomers they are running fast and utterly deserted
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I'd give it another 50 cms to not get base grinds
I just looked through last season's thread and it wasn't till March 23rd that the Showcase t-bar opened. Hoping for a substantially earlier opening this season.
Peak cracked a day early...then promptly shut down after less than three hours. Hope whatever the problem is isn't too serious.
How much damage did the rain do?
Backcountry is all time. Very surprising considering Saturday.
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Conditions off piste were much better than I would have expected yesterday.
Will Glacier Express run this weekend?
Dust on crust today, at least below rendezvous, hopefully tonight delivers some more to refresh
Mrs. and Jr. headed out of town for a couple of days....come on Ullr! Quite the precip spread on forecast models for this system.
A landslide has 99 blocked in both directions at Lions Bay. Looks like it happened around 11 am, so nearly everyone driving to Whistler was already north of there and won't be getting back home anytime soon. Latest news I saw said the road isn't expected to reopen till at least midnight. Whistler and Squamish are both going to be filled to capacity tonight!
Hopefully they can get the southbound lanes to Van open first, more trees & branches on that side of the concrete barrier, less soil & rock. Northbound will take some work.
http://www.bowenislandundercurrent.c...ns-bay-9957021
Yeah, not a bad time to be stuck in Whistler.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sylvan
Remember there's the emergency ferry terminal at Porteau Cove for exactly this scenario. I'm sure they wouldn't even consider using it unless the closure will be more than a day, though.
edit: I see lots of people offering up beds to stranded travelers on the Sea to Sky Road Conditions group on Facebook. Very cool to see the outpouring of generosity.
Flute zone skied beautifully. 45cms new snow at 1900m. The trees had a lot of snow showing that at least a portion of the precip came in without strong winds. Storm snow has odd pockets of windslab at ridgeline. I'd bet alpine is pretty beat but didn't get up there to check it out. Gorgeous light on the way out.
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Well done, that looks amazing
3cms new. Another 2 fell
Anyone ski today? How was the snow? Looked like a gong show on Whistler with deicing gondolas delaying upload and ongoing AC keeping alpine shut down. Winds didn't look too bad overnight but temps warmed up to -1 at Peak at 3am before cooling off through the day. Pig Alley +1 from 9pm-2am then 0 to -1. Going to ski tomorrow hope the high alpine on Whistler is decent.