Drove up to whistler yesterday thinking about doing some lift served skiing. Got to the village and looked around but it was already late and didnt feel like spending teh money to ski for an hour or so before the lifts shut down.
Drove down to Squamish to spend the night in a cheaper hotel than Intrawest can offer.
Came back up this morning and was greeted by a mountain socked in with clouds and a cold drizzle. Looked at the lower mountain conditions that I could see, saw snow guns going, turned aroudn and went for a cruise on the sea to sky highway.
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My Hotel 83$ canadian as opposed to whistlers 145$ Canadian
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British Columbia is so beautiful... just wish we werent in such a dry spell right now.
I really wish Had a back country buddy with me who also knew how to get to the mountains in these pics cause they had what appeared to be a lot of snow on them where its just a 20" base with rocks sticking out everywhere at whistler.
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jmoney
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The Sea-to-Sky hwy is sooo beautiful... def some killer scenes there. How's Baker/Stevens looking out there in WA? We're heading out there in about 3 weeks, keeping our fingers crossed for somewhere to ride!! This is crazy the amount of snow the East Coast is getting and the lack thereof out on the West Coast...
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The Dash
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Baker is closed with a 20" base. They dont open till 36" base and every time they get close it rains it all away. Its 55 here in seattle today and raining again to wash all our snow base aaway. they are looking to open in the next week or two though.
Hit me up when your out here and ill make a few turns with you. You may actualyl want to take the drive to whistler or revelstoke since they have much mroe snow and are actually open already.
I wasnt too in the mood for a hike with a light misty rain and 33* temps and a terrible hangover. Damn canucks can throw a party for sure.
Hit me up when your out here and ill make a few turns with you. You may actualyl want to take the drive to whistler or revelstoke since they have much mroe snow and are actually open already.
I wasnt too in the mood for a hike with a light misty rain and 33* temps and a terrible hangover. Damn canucks can throw a party for sure.
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n_alabamaskier
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You do know that Whistler has mandatory gondola downloads early in the season. The base is only at 2,000ft, so it will look thin/rocky at the base for a couple more weeks. There is so much more that you can't see from the village up on the mountain. BUT, after looking at the current snow report Whistler is reporting rain all the way to the summits, so probably a good call, although I did see some blue sky in some of those pics.
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Zone Driven
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nice pics. Thanks
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The Dash
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it was a mostly blue day when i took those pics but our weather rolls in fast, got to whistler and it was a steady rain to the summit with the freezing level at the valley. Nothing worse than a super cold rain.
The entire PNW is hurtin for snow right now.
The entire PNW is hurtin for snow right now.
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Dash,
I am headed down to Timberline on Friday and hitting the Palmer runs at the top since they are the only ones open while I am in Seattle this week. Hard to believe its warmer here than it is back home in NC. Hopefully the weather holds out and I can have a bluebird day on Friday.
I am headed down to Timberline on Friday and hitting the Palmer runs at the top since they are the only ones open while I am in Seattle this week. Hard to believe its warmer here than it is back home in NC. Hopefully the weather holds out and I can have a bluebird day on Friday.