Bring your best crud busters.Quote:
Originally Posted by cooltsi
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Bring your best crud busters.Quote:
Originally Posted by cooltsi
ugh, terrible. can't underestimate the terrain up there, or, well, anywhere on WB really.
Based on the area’s historical weather conditions, there is “favourable snowfall, wind, and winter climate for resort development.”
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Oof. Given Showcase and the Glacier are closed, I’m assuming the skier entered via one of the Sapphire Chites. Those can be a bit hairy and I’d gather quite spicy given the low snowpack. Or, is Zut Zut considered Sapphire bowl? Maybe a slip up there? Regardless, tragic and sad to hear.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hooligan5
And bring a rain coat. Actually WB sells garbage bags with their logo and the arm and neck holes already cut....they are way too prepared for rain.Quote:
Originally Posted by nortonwhis
All entries to sapphire are rocky af this season. Spicy does not begin to describe it.Quote:
Originally Posted by spanky
For some reason Ruby got windloading so is OK coverage. Diamond also is rocky
Welcome back! Really missed this wonderful tidbit of information on every page this season.Quote:
Originally Posted by DanoT
Bummer about the fatality. Not sure where in Sapphire but was trauma related from a serious fall.
As an ECer, I only get to Whistler in March for my kid’s spring break. Last year was the worst I’d seen it in the past 8 years (sans covid)… The upper chute was a “no thanks” due to the many shark fins and the middle chute was navigable but spooky. Not much margin for error there. Praying for more snow for this year’s trip but also willing to bring my water skis (pontoons)!Quote:
Originally Posted by LeeLau
It was the Sapphire straight line entrance. Cliff just below it. Bad luck. He just got tangled up at a bad placeQuote:
Originally Posted by nortonwhis
On the brighter side Symphony is getting a bit of snow. Boot top pow. Visibility in alpine is not the greatest fyi.
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Do you mean the highest entrance (2m gully)? While steep and commiting that has a pretty tame run out and I can't think of any cliffs in the area.Quote:
Originally Posted by LeeLau
Has anyone told you about the summer trail maintenance that Sun Peaks skiers enjoy?Quote:
Originally Posted by nortonwhis
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Originally Posted by paulster2626
...and on topic, fwiw to Creekside lovers, Dusty's Descent is no longer a regenerating forest. Hopefully Big Timber, Home Run is on the list for this summer.
Do they still only groom lower P2C twice a year to keep the tourists surprised and challenged? Love hearing people say "ugh it just keeps going" as I'm thinking the exact same thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by t.odd
Also I'm sure the vibe in town is all doom-and-gloom with the forecast coming up, but know this: it's NEVER as bad as predicted and the paulster has had many great weeks showing up immediately after or during a full pineapple. There will be awesome snow somewhere. I just know hearing people whine about weather forecasts can get irritating.
I think it will be a question of how long the suckiness will last. Hopefully it's not days of rain to the top.Quote:
Originally Posted by paulster2626
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Yesterday off peak chair was pretty good. On lower angle stuff you didn’t feel the crust. Total lack of vis in whis bowl kept crowds away
I'm reading the below part as the cliff lower down the fall line rather than directly after the chutes. Maybe hit a shark en route to the straight line or didnt realize it didnt go til it was too late. More bootpacks out of that area than i've ever seen this year (not without reason)Quote:
Originally Posted by Zaeius
Gonna head up and see what that 9cm was all about.
Bit of a sleeper day. 9cms reported. There was 15 cms on the snow stake with more on windloaded areas. 5 cms fell more during the day. Good opportunity to use Fresh Tracks Tix.
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Yeah some very nice turns to be had today. Also some scrapey horrible ice lumps every 4th turn.
Yeah that was probably my day of the season, skied straight on to peak all day and still getting some untracked on my last run. Snow was lighter than expected as well. 👌
Traveling up next weekend. Anyone care to share a mostly reliable forecast/weather link for conditions?
Spotwx has been good in the 2 - 3.5 day timeframe. Snow-forecast is optimistic wrt precip but pretty good for freezing levels. Meteoblue aggregation has also been solid this yearQuote:
Originally Posted by CascadeLuke
Well today was way above expectations. Nice sunny May day.
Thanks LeeLau! Looking for a little local advice on coverage and selecting skis for trip this weekend. Am I best to bring lower tier skis I’m okay getting base damage with or send it with my coveted boards? TIA
Whatever has the sharpest edges. I think most of the precip has passed and its below freezing on most of the mountain without much more insight. Havent been up since Sunday and it looks like we lost a lot of snow, but having said that i don't think you'll be venturing too far from the groomers so i would personally run the good ones. Especially if they are red.
Copy that. We took a big hit to base locally and saw 40 cm melt off W/B since I’ve been paying attention- so I wondered.Quote:
Originally Posted by nortonwhis
I'm thinking about heading up next weekend. Forecast looks somewhat promising, but still a ways out. Anyone with any recent first-hand observations?
Have not been up since all the rain but it snowed a bit on Thursday and from what I've seen on social media at least the alpine is looking not bad right now.Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
From Saturday:
Lower mountain is extremely icy. Ski outs are surprisingly fine (Whistler anyway), but everything not in reach of snowmaking is in rough shape. Below midstation there's essentially no snow off the main routes. With Whistler staying open this spring and Bcomb closing early, I'll bet you'll see continued snowmaking on Whistler and Bcomb getting minimal attention.
Above treeline there's a bit of pow on top of rock hard bed surfaces. Surprisingly good conditions yesterday actually, with sunny skies and calm winds with actual pow turns to be had. Of course it's all skied up now after weekend crowds got at it yesterday. Huge lineups for alpine lifts all day yesterday (obviously).
Backcountry would probably be decent at the moment, but that's just based on looking out there from in bounds. North aspects stayed cold, solar aspects got sun affected.
The key is finding smooth surfaces under the pow, and being on a polar aspect above treeline
You might want to consider the B.C Interior where it has gotten colder and is snowing vs coastal B.C. Sun Peaks got 2cm overnight, Revy 4cm, Silverstar 5cm, Whitewater 12cm, Red 6cm. It's not much but it is starting to return to winter in the B.C. Interior.Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
Yeah, I need to use my Edge Card days. In other news this is how the resorts lock you in before the season even starts.Quote:
Originally Posted by DanoT
Just use 'em. You need a low bar to be set anyway so the next batch of mediocre days seem great. At the end of the day it's still time spent up in the mountains on skis, so you gotta enjoy what you can.Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
Clownshoe’s description above matches my experience Saturday. When peak chair popped it was a blast otherwise you’re getting refrozen with man made areas.
Would I go next weekend and spend good money for lodging? No. I’d press my luck for better conditions in March.
I saw this commercial on TV today and at first glance thought the bridge shown at about the 15 second mark was the one over the Cheakamus River right next to Fergie's in Brackendale, but that bridge doesn't have a pier in the middle. I still think it looks like it could be somewhere in the Sea to Sky corridor. Can anyone identify it?
https://youtu.be/MRCXE9SzPM8?si=F-vYbtL9Ot6BEvnY
Ashlu?Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
https://www.squamishchief.com/in-the...hecked-3352311
Huh, it sure looks like it to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by joeyjeremiah
No way a stock truck could make it that deep.Quote:
Originally Posted by joeyjeremiah
I think it's the start of Ashlu main FSR. The crossing over the Squamish river.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cocximus
Ya. 35s are must.
Sherpa’s Cinema makes the Dodge Ram commercials and some of them are based in Whistler/Squamish. Yes the makers of the ski films…”All I Can, La Liste” etc….