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34cm of Powder Heaven

January 5th, 2009 · No Comments

New Snow
34 cm
7 Day Snow
113 cm
Snowbase
145 cm

Alpine Temp
-6 °C
Valley Temp
0 °C
Conditions
Deep Powder

I could hardly sleep last night. I went to bed knowing we had at least 30cm of powder to ski in the morning, as it turns out, we didn’t get much more - but who needs more than 30 !! Especially when you wake [...]

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Still Snowing

January 4th, 2009 · 17 Comments

New Snow
7 cm
7 Day Snow
95 cm
Snowbase
120 cm

Alpine Temp
-11 °C
Valley Temp
-3 °C
Conditions
Soft / Medium Pack

The title says it all - it’s still snowing here in Whistler. Woo Hoo !
Update: 8:45pm - still snowing with about 30cm of ‘blower’ snow in the valley since 4pm. Technical term is ‘it’s PUKING!’ I just walked the dog, who [...]

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Snowy Saturday

January 3rd, 2009 · 4 Comments

New Snow
5 cm
7 Day Snow
88 cm
Snowbase
119 cm

Alpine Temp
-10 °C
Valley Temp
-8 °C
Conditions
Soft Packed / Powder

I rarely ski on Saturdays since it is the busiest day of the week, and today is no exception. After yesterday’s sunshine and blue skies, we had a snowy, cloudy day. It seemed to snow all day (albeit very lightly) but it [...]

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Bluebird for second day of the year

January 2nd, 2009 · 4 Comments

New Snow
3 cm
7 Day Snow
98 cm
Snowbase
119 cm

Alpine Temp
-15 °C
Valley Temp
-9 °C
Conditions
Soft / Packed Powder

I didn’t go skiing today, I had decided last night to take today off, and probably will take tomorrow off as well. Partly due to having really tired legs, but also I have a lot of work to catch up on.  Plus [...]

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Avalanche Deaths on Whistler AND Blackcomb Mountains

January 1st, 2009 · 4 Comments

A 37 year old male snowboarder has died in an avalanche on Blackcomb Mountain. The slide occurred in (or near) Ruby Bowl, which is a region accessed by, and known as ‘Spankys Ladder’. It is a double black area which has been closed all season due to low snowpack and avalanche risk. In order to [...]

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