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11-28-2015, 11:54 PM #76Registered User
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12-02-2015, 11:24 AM #77
2015/16 whistler /Pemberton /Duffy lake thread
Any news on the possibility of more lifts for this weekend (Harmony or Crystal)?. Avalanche hazard is going to be high so I have a feeling temp boundary touring will be shut down.
Edit: can you ski from base 2 to the Whistler village right now? Guessing they've made enough snow down there by now.Last edited by gramboh; 12-02-2015 at 01:02 PM.
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12-02-2015, 12:22 PM #78
Cruel, cruel mother nature, why must you make this so hard...
http://snowbrains.com/up-to-115-of-s...c-next-7-days/
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12-02-2015, 01:11 PM #79
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12-02-2015, 10:27 PM #80Registered User
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All say thanks to grenouille's sacrificial collarbone!
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12-03-2015, 09:42 AM #81
That's what I like to know. As much as I enjoyed slicing and dicing up the icy and chalky runs off Big Red on my trip couple weeks ago, I am now booked Sun-Sun a block from the Whistler Gondy and having my new pow-board mounted. Fkna I am drooling on keyboard looking at the forecast and I need to get some work done.
Q for anyone in the know – The peak lift has been spinning for a past few days but none of the upper lifts at Blackcome are. Is it due to avi-related issues or staffing issues? I prefer Spanky runs off Glacier (rather than off peak on Whistler side) in the middle of the storm cycle. Any beta? ...don't matter, woo hoo, I'm so excited!!
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12-03-2015, 10:00 AM #82
We skied around the Horstman glacier and down Blackcomb glacier last weekend. Coverage was thin in places with open crevasses and sags. Diamond and Ruby looked like boulder fields still which is normal given snowpack. So that's is why upper Blackcomb is not open. It looks like it won't stop snowing for a while and it gonna be windy, so even once the coverage is ok id be surprised if they are going in to assess, do AC, setup signs, build the cat road up the glacier until they get clear weather.
Pure speculation from my cubicle, but I think this weekend is red/emerald on Whistler and Jersey cream only on Blackcomb and hope for ok freezing level. If they get Crystal open or have the JC traverse open that would be an awesome bonus surprise.
You should have an awesome time either way especially if things clear up later next week.
See you in the line ups.
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12-03-2015, 03:39 PM #83Registered User
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Anyone taking bets on chances of Crystal or Harmony for Saturday?
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12-03-2015, 04:26 PM #84
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12-03-2015, 04:45 PM #85Registered User
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12-03-2015, 04:48 PM #86Registered User
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12-03-2015, 05:50 PM #87
glad I got a bit of that primer pow yesterday morning, some fun turns and way deeper than expected in west bowl....wash out this aft, sideways rain below the roundhouse, hammering snow above. super windy out of the south, no singles on Red chair and full slow with frequent windstops.
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12-03-2015, 07:27 PM #88Registered User
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12-04-2015, 10:31 AM #89
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12-04-2015, 10:43 AM #90
Hmm, first two days (Mon-Tue) look little damp …but hoping the next five is a doozy!
For my benefit, can you all start speaking tourist lingo …with reference to tourist map?
Muchas gracias, amigos!
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12-04-2015, 11:25 AM #91
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12-04-2015, 11:41 AM #92
Come now ...be kind.
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12-04-2015, 11:44 AM #93
I usually go hide in CBX and gladed trails off Crystal during stormy weather ...but what's this "overbite"? Is this an official run?
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12-04-2015, 11:52 AM #94
Never mind, I found it.
How the heck do you traverse from top of JC to Overbite?
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12-04-2015, 11:53 AM #95
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12-04-2015, 11:56 AM #96
Alright ...I will disappear! ...haven't had real powder for so long that I'm just getting too excited for the trip.
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12-04-2015, 12:54 PM #97
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12-04-2015, 02:34 PM #98
Hmm pretty sure I saw ppl that didn't look like patrol/ops on the glacier webcam. They open the Avalanche closures for touring already? Looks nice and fat up there.
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12-04-2015, 05:31 PM #99
Started off wintery and blustery in Whistler. Last evening and during the day temps were +2 at Roundhouse and precip took the form of liquid. It changed today with patches of sunshine amidst variable weather with temps dropping to -2 at Pig Alley and Catskinner at Whistler and Blackcomb. Winds were initially 30-40 from the SW at the alpine.
First runs were in Whistler. We switched over to Blackcomb around 11am and toured over to the 7th/Bodybag/Xhiggys area. HS was still only 70 - 90 but inexplicably the SW and S slopes were creamy snow with as much as 40cm of windloaded legitimate powder overlaying the previous snowpack.
Some naturals observed initiated as point releases from true S facing slopes. No faceting observed in tree wells or on lee side of rocks. No whumpfs or settlements. Did not wander over to N faces to observe.
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12-04-2015, 07:12 PM #100Registered User
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