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Whistler-Blackcomb April 9-14, 2012 TR
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teledave
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Plans for 2015: To ski more than you
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The long awaited WB TR...
We left out of Nashvegas on Southwest flying through Denver to Seattle. I had some FF tickets available from SW so it made more sense than flying through Vancouver (although it adds 2 hrs onto the drive time) and paying a lot more.
Uneventful flights, the flight between Denver & Seattle has some pretty nice views. On the approach into Seattle we passed by Mt. Rainer at an elevation lower than the summit, it is a BIG mountain. Driving through customs was an interesting experience. The drive up the Sea to Sky highway is gorgeous, I could have taken all day to make that drive but my passengers were ansty and tired of traveling all day. They just didn't get that the journey is a part of the destination. And they weren't happy that I had had their text messaging blocked before we crossed the border, FYI texting and data usage in Canada are outrageously expensive.
We missed the good weather (by my standards anyway) by about a week and got overcast skies with lows in the mid 30's and highs in the mid 50's in the village all week. Only a trace of new snow and that really doesn't even count. So it was spring skiing, really nothing off piste. Freeze thaw cycles dictated skiing the lower mountain early, staying on the upper mountain after about 11 and then downloading the gondola to avoid the slop at the base in the afternoon. I got to ski some decent stuff off Whistler peak, Jersey Cream Bowl, and Ruby Bowl, but no real gnar by any means. Took the family down the Blackcomb and Horstman glaciers, if you haven't been you have to hit the Blackcomb glacier but the slog out is absolutely heinous; about 3 miles of nearly flat, flat, and occasionally uphill runout in spring slush.
The Peak 2 Peak gondola is extremely bada$s. When I was there before transfer between the two areas was next to impossible but with the new gondola it's super convenient. So we skiied 4 days, my daughter and I skiied the Peak to Creek run on the last day and it was pretty special. A great way to end my season.
Pics up next.
We left out of Nashvegas on Southwest flying through Denver to Seattle. I had some FF tickets available from SW so it made more sense than flying through Vancouver (although it adds 2 hrs onto the drive time) and paying a lot more.
Uneventful flights, the flight between Denver & Seattle has some pretty nice views. On the approach into Seattle we passed by Mt. Rainer at an elevation lower than the summit, it is a BIG mountain. Driving through customs was an interesting experience. The drive up the Sea to Sky highway is gorgeous, I could have taken all day to make that drive but my passengers were ansty and tired of traveling all day. They just didn't get that the journey is a part of the destination. And they weren't happy that I had had their text messaging blocked before we crossed the border, FYI texting and data usage in Canada are outrageously expensive.
We missed the good weather (by my standards anyway) by about a week and got overcast skies with lows in the mid 30's and highs in the mid 50's in the village all week. Only a trace of new snow and that really doesn't even count. So it was spring skiing, really nothing off piste. Freeze thaw cycles dictated skiing the lower mountain early, staying on the upper mountain after about 11 and then downloading the gondola to avoid the slop at the base in the afternoon. I got to ski some decent stuff off Whistler peak, Jersey Cream Bowl, and Ruby Bowl, but no real gnar by any means. Took the family down the Blackcomb and Horstman glaciers, if you haven't been you have to hit the Blackcomb glacier but the slog out is absolutely heinous; about 3 miles of nearly flat, flat, and occasionally uphill runout in spring slush.
The Peak 2 Peak gondola is extremely bada$s. When I was there before transfer between the two areas was next to impossible but with the new gondola it's super convenient. So we skiied 4 days, my daughter and I skiied the Peak to Creek run on the last day and it was pretty special. A great way to end my season.
Pics up next.
Plans for 2015: To ski more than you
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Leaving Denver
Guess this ski area:
and this mountain range
Downtown Seattle & the Space Needle
Border Crossing into Canada
Welcome to British Columbia, eh
Horseshoe Bay on the Sea-to Sky Hwy
Blackcomb Mid-Mountain
Blackcomb Peak 2 Peak gondola station
Some gladed run below Seventh Heaven
Peak to Peak gondola from below Seventh Heaven
Taking a breather
More to come....
Guess this ski area:
and this mountain range
Downtown Seattle & the Space Needle
Border Crossing into Canada
Welcome to British Columbia, eh
Horseshoe Bay on the Sea-to Sky Hwy
Blackcomb Mid-Mountain
Blackcomb Peak 2 Peak gondola station
Some gladed run below Seventh Heaven
Peak to Peak gondola from below Seventh Heaven
Taking a breather
More to come....
Plans for 2015: To ski more than you
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Horstman Glacier T-Bar in background getting ready to head to the Blackcomb Glacier
Taking another break after the short hike to the glacier entrance
Looking out towards Blackcomb Glacier
About halfway down Blackcomb Glacier
Yet another breather after a long flat skate/pole/walk on the glacier runout, only 2.9 miles to go.
Olympic Rings in Whistler Village
On the Peak 2 Peak headed to Whistler from Blackcomb
My daughter is succumbing to the darkside
Last Day, getting ready to hit the Whistler Peak Chair
About halfway down the Peak to Creek run
View from condo in Blackcomb
Travel Back
Peace Arch-US/Canada border
Mt Rainier from Seattle
Mt.Rainier from plane leaving Seattle
That's All Folks!!!!
Taking another break after the short hike to the glacier entrance
Looking out towards Blackcomb Glacier
About halfway down Blackcomb Glacier
Yet another breather after a long flat skate/pole/walk on the glacier runout, only 2.9 miles to go.
Olympic Rings in Whistler Village
On the Peak 2 Peak headed to Whistler from Blackcomb
My daughter is succumbing to the darkside
Last Day, getting ready to hit the Whistler Peak Chair
About halfway down the Peak to Creek run
View from condo in Blackcomb
Travel Back
Peace Arch-US/Canada border
Mt Rainier from Seattle
Mt.Rainier from plane leaving Seattle
That's All Folks!!!!
Plans for 2015: To ski more than you
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cool pics sorry you didn't get any freshies
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One other thing, Whistler/Blackcomb (IMO) is hugely overbuilt. There are easily 5 times as many beds as there were when I was there in the 90's. I see lots of really good deals coming from there in the future, the infrastructure (air into YVR or SEA and travel on the Sea-to-Sky) to supply people to get there simply cannot fill the beds they have. I'm sure Christmas week will always be slammed, but other than that I would think you can always get a great last minute deal on a condo/lifty package. If everything is full, beware. You will see lift lines that make the Ballhooter line on a Saturday during Christmas week look short. Even as big as the mountain is they have twice the accomodations that it will handle.
Plans for 2015: To ski more than you
