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Whistler Conditions Oct 2012 - May 2013

Feb. 28, 2013, 10:21 p.m.
clarklewis
Posts: 2313
Joined: Sept. 18, 2008

this afternoon was awesome, empty and deeper each lap
tomorrow and sat will be a complete shit-show

March 1, 2013, 10:58 a.m.
nortonwhis
Posts: 1194
Joined: June 20, 2010

deep this morning. deep heavy west coast snot. lots of fun to be able to charge the bite without fear again though!

March 1, 2013, 11:02 a.m.
FlipFantasia
FlipFantasia
Posts: 160
Joined: Nov. 19, 2002

I love Whistler for the apline, but when the alpine is closed, Blackcomb seems like the best choice.

totally disagree with that, but Whistler has lot more 'hidden' stuff…

March 1, 2013, 12:53 p.m.
Bull_Dozer
Posts: 1107
Joined: Feb. 5, 2011

totally disagree with that, but Whistler has lot more 'hidden' stuff…

Guess I should do a little more exploring then!

March 1, 2013, 2:12 p.m.
Mordax
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Joined: Oct. 2, 2003

Heard it was super heavy today. My roommate was back in Van by 2pm.

Thoughts on tomorrow?

March 1, 2013, 2:46 p.m.
nortonwhis
Posts: 1194
Joined: June 20, 2010

worse than today.

March 2, 2013, 1:06 p.m.
Oldfart
Posts: 5731
Joined: June 24, 2003

Yeah after over thirty years skiing here I know when to stay inside.

Debate? Bikes are made for riding not pushing.

March 2, 2013, 2:23 p.m.
ReductiMat
Posts: 11969
Joined: June 4, 2008

I had more fun today than yesterday. CBC was fun.

That said, going into today, my expectations couldn't have been lower.

March 2, 2013, 8:07 p.m.
heckler
Posts: 18797
Joined: Oct. 28, 2003

so, with alpine low minus 10 tonight, are we going to have a nice pile of frozen crust tomorrow?

March 2, 2013, 8:29 p.m.
clarklewis
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Joined: Sept. 18, 2008

high alpine should be smooth but not likely too deep. speed pow!

peak line air monkey circus will be in full effect.

March 2, 2013, 9:10 p.m.
Joe-Dick
Posts: 2009
Joined: July 19, 2003

so, with alpine low minus 10 tonight, are we going to have a nice pile of frozen crust tomorrow?

the term you looking for is near surface faceting. = speed pow.

Just a speculative fiction. No cause for alarm.

March 3, 2013, 3:01 p.m.
nortonwhis
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Joined: June 20, 2010

play safe if you are going in the backcountry. conisderable avalanche danger means something totally different than it has in the past few months. 15cm of storm snow is a lot different to the up to 150cm that fell in windloaded spots over the past few days. Sure its tightening back there are a few funky layers/crusts out there to wary of.

March 3, 2013, 3:20 p.m.
ReductiMat
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Joined: June 4, 2008

So it wasn't b@lls deep. It was tits deep.

Does anyone know of Showcase/Spanky's opened on blackcomb today?

March 3, 2013, 4:13 p.m.
nortonwhis
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Joined: June 20, 2010

spankys opened. tbar was shut for some reason but you could boot it and the glacier was open.

March 3, 2013, 6:20 p.m.
Kevin26
Posts: 2034
Joined: May 2, 2004

Peak chair air show in full force, I missed it but apparently there was a front flip single stager over air Jordan. I did some bigger (to me) drops today as well, so deep up top!

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