Thread: Whistler Stoke and Conditions - 2011/2012

Was up sledding tricouni today low in the mellow trees and we heard some VERY large and long duration natural releases, probably from the alpine/lake zone. Be careful out there... stuff is ripping big all on it's own. The trees/conservative zones are more than adequately deep til this storm snow settles.

Originally Posted by powder11

They're gonna have a heck of time with AC tomorrow. Lots of new snow sitting on a slippery crust. All sorts of pockets were slabbing off this am with only a few cms, so it could be running big.

the new snow is getting slabby up high and not bonding well at all. It's pretty easy to cut loose. Steep lines with lots of little benches like pow11s p2p or south side deli etc are money and a heck of a lot easier to deal with

They should just leave the alpine alone tomorrow, let the naturals go and then hope everything else tightens up when the temps drop on sunday so we can have a sick bluebird pow day instead of spending the day traversing around piles of debris.

Be safe out there today everyone!

You too S

epic crowds today!

Originally Posted by powder11

epic crowds today!

I was blown away by the hoards heading up yesterday when I was driving down.... I guess snow on the locals reminded everyone about skiing

For some reason people forgot about night skiing at cypress yesterday. Definitely worth a look next time it snows at low elevations for anyone around Van.

Sunrise didn't open til 7 but I heard it was great when it did. Pretty nice tracks to be had this morning. Debated heading up to Whistler but will head up mid week.

another super fun day, 2 best khyber laps of the year by far, and another down to SP, my legs are blasted!

looks like we're going to get some nice Nth outflow winds to destroy all the north faces. rad.
Had such big plans for Monday!

Originally Posted by t.odd

another super fun day, 2 best khyber laps of the year by far, and another down to SP, my legs are blasted!

Yeeeah! Khyber was deeep, sending to warm butter landings all day, so many great top to bottom laps.
Had one slab pull out above me between xmas trees and frog hollow, my buddy set it off, started yelling at me, saw it coming down and just ducked behind a tree stand. So I just got pelted as it blew by. When I looked up the crown looked like 20 inches. We've set off decent sluffs/slabs in that area before, this was bigger than usual.
I have some funny pillow footage I need to get off my phone.

Originally Posted by powder11

epic crowds today!

you hanging in that glacier line up again? Started over there this morning, I thought at one point it was going to merge with the Jersey line up, people standing in the middle trying to pick the lesser evil. We did a switcheroo and peak lines were regular to none.

Got some of the first tracks in Khyber today, twas amazing.

Great overall, you just had to know how to maneuver away from the crowds.

Yeeeah! Khyber was deeep, sending to warm butter landings all day, so many great top to bottom laps.
Had one slab pull out above me between xmas trees and frog hollow, my buddy set it off, started yelling at me, saw it coming down and just ducked behind a tree stand. So I just got pelted as it blew by. When I looked up the crown looked like 20 inches. We've set off decent sluffs/slabs in that area before, this was bigger than usual.
I have some funny pillow footage I need to get off my phone.

Yeah, I felt some nasty slabs near the very right of Christmas trees.

Originally Posted by Fejau

Got some of the first tracks in Khyber today, twas amazing.

Great overall, you just had to know how to maneuver away from the crowds.

yep. ski midweek and let the citiots fight it out on the weekend.

Here's a guy lining up a pillow in Million $ ridge

Originally Posted by Mark-R

Here's a guy lining up a pillow in Million $ ridge

too bad he missed it

Ms. Telechuck and I will be rolling in Monday night and ski Tuesday through Friday. Would love to hook up with some maggots and do a few laps. Beer, lunch, coffee would be great too. I will be on Blogs with a bright Flylow kit, blue pants, green jacket, makes the 80s look dull. Hope to see some of you out there.

today was delicious. sun, and deeeep pow! 10cm's my ass! so good!

Bluebird- check!

knee deep cold smoke- check!

9am alpine opening- check!

nobody around at all on a weekend- fucking priceless.

Best day of resort skiing ever... thank you Trevor!

my last run at 3pm and still fresh pow to be found off chainsaw!

Is there any way to score discounted lift tickets to Whistler?

Gracias

Originally Posted by powder11

Bluebird- check!

knee deep cold smoke- check!

9am alpine opening- check!

nobody around at all on a weekend- fucking priceless.

Best day of resort skiing ever... thank you Trevor!

my last run at 3pm and still fresh pow to be found off chainsaw!

getting in behind the lead groups laying a couple skin tracks-check!

deepest Husume in 18yrs-check!

untracked 9th hole at 3pm-check!

epic pow w great friends-check!



what a day....

Oh yeah, I forgot to throw out some +vibes to the poor girl who took a tumble through Calvin/Hobbes and broke almost every bone in her leg; tib/fib/femur/pelvis. Despite the new snow, there are still some nasty sharks lurking not too far beneath the surface!

Originally Posted by rometheworld

Is there any way to score discounted lift tickets to Whistler?

Gracias

Last year I hit up a WTB ad on the Whistler Craigslist and scored some passes for way less than retail. If that doesn't work pick some up at the Squamish 7-11. It will save you a few bucks.