Whistler 23-24

[Clownshoe]

I concur

[paulster2626]

The snow arrived. Let the shit show commence!

Bold prediction: people complaining about lines and general Vail tomfoolery. Lee Lau chimes in saying "conditions were acceptable" and mic drops a few nice photos.

[LeeLau]

S3 S5 valley floor. 55+ @6 am. Ski party went for ride at Russet. No fatalities

[LeeLau]

Russet

[gramboh]

Holy shit, snow report claiming 48cm overnight, Pig Alley data showing 39cm with a further 23cm since 6:30am?! I assume the actual weather station precip gauge is wind sheltered but obviously still subject to wind blown snow landing in it. Anyone up right now? Mid mountain trees in yet? Haven't been up in a month so no clue what tree coverage is like below 1800m.

[oetk2]

Following along to decide if I head up for tomorrow or Friday. Lines look crazy this am

[The AD]

Basically there's been another foot of snow since 7 am this morning. Wow. And, yes, Norton's prediction looks to be pretty accurate.

[LeeLau]

70cms+@ 9 mid mtn. 1m+ in alpine. Snowing to valley

[The AD]

There's still an endless line of traffic showing on the cameras at Function. Is there any way these poor saps are going to get parking?

[paulster2626]

would you say these conditions are acceptable?

[gramboh]

70cms+@ 9 mid mtn. 1m+ in alpine. Snowing to valley

Yeah buddy!! Thanks for the live updates, looks amazing up there. Gonna have to be on the road by 5:30am maybe earlier tomorrow #citiot.

[LeeLau]

Snowstake got cleared at 6am with 50cms. 20 fell between 6 to 7. Now reading 45cms

Shows 3 -5 cms / hour

[Clownshoe]

Whistler's snow whispers,
Quintuple overhead bliss,
Conditions acceptable.

[LeeLau]

Whistler's snow whispers,
Quintuple overhead bliss,
Conditions acceptable.

Patrol ops hard work
Unicorn tears blower pow
Above average

[gramboh]

Lots of highway chaos on IG this morning (not surprising given snowfall). DriveBC webcams still showing a line of cars at Function at 12:45pm. Not sure why you wouldn't just turn around now unless they are coming up for a few days.

[LeeLau]

Fyi. It's still snowing hard to valley floor

[gramboh]

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[oetk2]

Yeah buddy!! Thanks for the live updates, looks amazing up there. Gonna have to be on the road by 5:30am maybe earlier tomorrow #citiot.

Same plan here

[LeeLau]

Good idea. We got into line at 7.30 chilling with audiobooks and we're content

110cms at Pig Alley per current storm cycle

[t.odd]

I concur

nailed it!

[t.odd]

this is one of those days where I don't mind being a slave to my office these days...tomorrow, likely less so

[The AD]

110cms at Pig Alley per current storm cycle

Base at Catskinner was under a meter before the snow hit yesterday. Now it's close to 150 cm. An increase of close to 50% in a day. Pretty crazy.

[Clownshoe]

One of the deepest/driest pow days I can remember. All time laps in the morning. Still dumping to the valley at 14:00. It warmed up and was raining at 1200 metres when we finished sweep at 17:30. Pissing rain in the valley right now. With the highway essentially closed north and south most of the day it was minimal liftlines and face shots everywhere. If the forecast holds for tomorrow it could be another beauty.

All of SW British Columbia will be here tomorrow. Lift lines will be insane. Alpine will be delayed.

[gramboh]

Solid morning on the darkside (I’m a Whistler guy). Catskinner trees and a couple on JC bite traverse, really deep in protected areas. JC line is bonkers, waiting at Crystal now… have seen the heli flying but doesn’t seem optimistic for anything else opening. Haven’t seen any huge results on Chainsaw/Glacier.

[The AD]

Looks like Blackcomb is the place to be today. All lifts now running (except Showcase). No alpine lifts yet on Whistler.