Skiing and Snowboarding - Page 39

Calgarian · #**761** Posted **Dec 16, 2015, 6:39 PM**

Going to Fernie this weekend, should be awesome!

Klazu · #**762** Posted **Dec 17, 2015, 5:46 PM**

Whistler yesterday. Conditions were just perfect and there was no line-ups anywhere.

Unfortunately someone hurt himself and had to be airlifted from the woods.

It was a cold day so one had to take breaks to warm up.

Blackcomb panoraama from Horstman Hut.

Denscity · #**763** Posted **Dec 17, 2015, 7:36 PM**

British Columbia ski resort BASE snow depth in cms:

Whitewater 188
Big White 170
Whistler 162
Revelstoke 161
Red Mountain 154
Sun Peaks 101
Kicking Horse 70
Fernie 50

Calgarian · #**764** Posted **Dec 21, 2015, 10:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by Denscity

British Columbia ski resort BASE snow depth in cms:

Whitewater 188
Big White 170
Whistler 162
Revelstoke 161
Red Mountain 154
Sun Peaks 101
Kicking Horse 70
Fernie 50

Fernie was 106cm at mid mountain and 156cm at the top of the mountain on Saturday, the bottom is still a bit sparse. Was the best day riding I've had this year, so much snow in the trees and no lines!

240glt · #**765** Posted **Dec 27, 2015, 11:20 PM**

Spectacular conditions at Silver Star today, light overcast, tons of new snow, still one of the best

Klazu · #**766** Posted **Jan 8, 2016, 8:33 PM**

Great night skiing on Grouse Mountain last night.

Klazu · #**767** Posted **Jan 14, 2016, 8:54 PM**

I have been to Mount Baker twice during summer, but never in winter. Last Saturday we decided to give the local ski center a try and drove there from Vancouver. As expected, the snow was just heavely and already now crazy deep!

The drive up the mountain is beautiful, even in the first morning light.

Closer we drove, higher the snow banks got. No wonder that the base is currently at respectable 282cm (111 inches)12:36 14.1.2016.

One of the biggest surprises to us was that 6 out of 8 chair lifts at Mount Baker have no safety rail whatsoever! I have never seen such and found it very unpleasant to be sitting there when you suffer from minor vertigo. I just wonder how often people fall off from these lifts and hurt themselves badly. Incredible that such lifts still exist in 2016!

The ski center is actually not on Mount Baker (3,286 meters / 10,781 feet), but on a ridge between Baker and Mount Shuksan (2,783 meters / 9,131 feet). You cannot even see the former, but you can see the latter, which looks epic. The ridge right from the mountain is a backcountry skier's heaven!

Be aware that the ski center is on a north face of the ridge and is in a shadow for the most of the day.

View from the top of the ski center (1,551 meters / 5,089 feet) is gorgeous on a sunny day.

Yeah, there is no lack of snow on Mount Baker. They hold the world record for snow fall at 29 meters (1,140 inches) and even the average annual snow fall is 17 meters (669 inches)!

After a full day of skiing we drove to check out the famous Picture Lake, which was frozen all over.

Back in Sumas the sun was already setting and it felt like spring. All mountains behind the trees is Canada.

Mount Baker definitely makes for an amazing day trip from Vancouver. You just have to leave at 6am and you will be there when the lifts start running at 9am. We will be going back, since the snow on Baker is so heavenly dry and crazy deep.

Calgarian · #**768** Posted **Jan 15, 2016, 9:42 PM**

Off to Fernie for another weekend trip, hoping for some more pow!

Calgarian · #**769** Posted **Jan 22, 2016, 4:16 PM**

Just dumping in Revy right now apparently...

fusili · #**770** Posted **Jan 22, 2016, 4:22 PM**

I hate my life.

MalcolmTucker · #**771** Posted **Jan 22, 2016, 4:41 PM**

Off to Hakuba for a week.

Procrastinational · #**772** Posted **Jan 23, 2016, 9:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by Klazu

One of the biggest surprises to us was that 6 out of 8 chair lifts at Mount Baker have no safety rail whatsoever! I have never seen such and found it very unpleasant to be sitting there when you suffer from minor vertigo. I just wonder how often people fall off from these lifts and hurt themselves badly. Incredible that such lifts still exist in 2016!

In my experience this is actually pretty common in the States, particularly on older lifts.

nhoccoi2609 · #**773** Posted **Jan 24, 2016, 9:01 AM**

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Originally Posted by Klazu

Great night skiing on Grouse Mountain last night.

Im moving right now!

Calgarian · #**774** Posted **Jan 25, 2016, 5:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by fusili

I hate my life.

Sounds like it was super tracked out by Saturday morning. I went to Kicking Horse yesterday and they were pretty tracked out too.

fusili · #**775** Posted **Jan 25, 2016, 6:14 PM**

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Sounds like it was super tracked out by Saturday morning. I went to Kicking Horse yesterday and they were pretty tracked out too.

Good. The more stories of how much this season sucks, the better. Next season though.... EPIC!

Calgarian · #**776** Posted **Jan 25, 2016, 9:06 PM**

Yeah it's been just awful, no good and basically just terrible this season so far

shreddog · #**777** Posted **Jan 25, 2016, 9:20 PM**

For those who have been to Sunshine this year, what do you think about the new TeePee chair (high speed + bubble + heated).

Personally I love the HS and the bubble, but the heated seat seems a bit much. just MHO.

Also, if you didn't catch the ski cross world cup on Saturday, all I can say is catch if you ever get a chance to - unbelievable live!!

Klazu · #**778** Posted **Jan 29, 2016, 10:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by Procrastinational

In my experience this is actually pretty common in the States, particularly on older lifts.

Good to know! This was actually my first to ski in States, but planning on hitting some slopes in Colorado at some point.

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Originally Posted by nhoccoi2609

Im moving right now!

Haha. Welcome!

Klazu · #**779** Posted **Jan 29, 2016, 10:51 PM**

Whistler again last Saturday. Conditions were perfect with new snow having fell overnight and both Symphony and Harmony Bowls completely untouched.

We had to wait an hour for the Harmony Express to open due to crews working to mitigate avalance danger, but boy were the runs perfect. Hands down, the best runs of the year! People were so excited that they were screaming of joy when coming down the untouched pow runs. Never seen such enjoyment!

We were the first to the ski Harmony Ridge and it was perfect. Symphony Bowl still waiting to open in this panorama (see how untouched it is!).

There was a lot of people and runs detoriated quickly on afternoon.

Hundreds of people queuing for the Symphony Express. Took us half an hour to get onboard and many people chose to walk up!

Peak-to-Creek is the traditional end for the day.

s211 · #**780** Posted **Jan 30, 2016, 12:40 AM**

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Originally Posted by Klazu

Whistler again last Saturday. Conditions were perfect with new snow having fell overnight and both Symphony and Harmony Bowls completely untouched.

We had to wait an hour for the Harmony Express to open due to crews working to mitigate avalance danger, but boy were the runs perfect. Hands down, the best runs of the year! People were so excited that they were screaming of joy when coming down the untouched pow runs. Never seen such enjoyment!

You are a very lucky man, because by Monday the mountains were hard pack top to bottom and on Monday it rained heavily all the way up to the Roundhouse on the Whistler side.