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| 24hr Snow | 5 cm | 7 Day Snow | 82 cm | Snowbase | 181 cm |
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| Alpine Temp | -13 °C | Valley Temp | -5 °C | Conditions | Powder |
Blackcomb Glacier - Surfs Up
These are the days you live for ! You couldn’t get a sunnier day at the beach ! Combine that with 82cm of snow over the last week and you got two huge mountains covered in powder to play in.
Today was the first day I have (or even seen) waited in a line up for the Blackcomb Glacier to open. It was quite bizarre, yet totally understandable with the 40cm or so of perfect powder awaiting us 
You can see the line in the picture below -
Blackcomb Glacier Line Up
Needless to say, when they dropped the rope, it was a bit of a ‘cannonball’ run down the glacier. It was actually really cool to be getting a fresh line, and being able to look to either side and see (and hear) other people getting fresh lines at the same time. Lots of whooping and yelling on that first run. Over knee deep and not a single thing I can pick on.
Short post today, mainly because I am so tired from a few days of epic skiing, partly because I took a lot of photos today – which takes time to get onto the website. I also took a bit of video, which you can see below.
The forecast looks orgasmic for the next 7 – 10 days – lots more snow coming. You should check out the accommodation and get your butt up here !
Lastly, thanks to everyone who nominated my blog for the 2009 Lonely Planet Travel Blog Awards. I am one of the 5 nominees for the category of ‘Best Destination Blog’. So, now I would really appreciate it if you headed over to the site and vote for me
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Hope you enjoy the video of a few of my friends enjoying a beautiful powder day. It is 4mb file, so it may take a while to load…..
Voted Greg! Lets go folks Greg needs some help to catch up!
Thanks for the pictures1 Love it, gave you my vote, and am PRAYING that whistler still gets snow in 2 weeks when i get there!
Feel so lucky that we have been here for 3 great days in a row…… been following greg’s blog all season and its so nice that its not just by us European’s standards that its been a great few days.
Hit the Peak Chair yesterday and did whistler bowl…. didnt do it last year as the vis was dreadful all week. Snow was fantastic…. my wife did it on 154 carvers with no issues…
woo and hoo indeed
Greg, you got my vote. Keep up the good work, we’ll be there for the first of April. Any snow falling now will help conditions in April.
Best regards,
FTT
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MMM Powder Days…. Here in australia i got to ski a powder day once it was 10cm of powder HAHAHA well we get shown up a little on our snow but the parties are still good.
After a slow start to your season looks like things are picking up.
Cant wait to be there in November
Coyles
Oh man you hit the jackpot today.
Thanks for taking the pics – looks like the gemstones have a nice base now. What a difference 4 days can make!
I knew things would turn around. Heading out in 2wks. Whistler never lets me down.
Just wanted to let you know I voted for you. My girlfriend’s blog is nominated in the Image Category (tacogirl) and I found your blog through the voting page… Best of luck!
Great video Greg
Just voted.
Just got back from a week in whistler yesterday, good times, really enjoyed reading your blog in the build up before heading there.
Phil, Glad you had a good time and thanks for the vote.
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