Im really frustrated that there aren't more details about the 3 avalanches that required rescue released. Not even a mention of that the failure plane was, whether they stepped down or whatever......

This was amazing! thanks for the share.
I sure wish i had the steeze of some of those robots...

Gutwrenching stuff. Feel for rider 4. Likely never get over that, cant even begin to fathom how he must feel.
Important note at the bottom too.

Surprising to not see more tracks there. especially considering the shit show parking situation i saw via fb.

Super sweet to you hear everyone complaining that they haven't been able to ride their YT's for 6 months due to outstanding warranty claims.
Couldn't pay me to ride one of those things here in...

Yep. I was serving last night. Lots of Quebecois. Lots of nice people, not seeing many dbags which is rare.

No one has to close for two weeks after an exposure. Some places are staying closed for...

Looks amazing!

Nursing an injury, hope you guys smashed out a few spankys laps for me.

This generation has quickly changed big wave surfing from paddling from the shoulder and racing for dear life, to surfing these waves like they were double over head point breaks. It’s mind blowing...

Thanks for the stoke. This thread sucks right now!
I think I saw these two tracks yesterday from Rohr?
Th only snap I got from two good days out. Scuzz was hanging around a lot on Sunday...

I think it’s a little past time for ski offs. At least the legal fees will be cheap...

Further around almost under showcase chute? Think that gets called pencil chute

We decided against heading out due to how windy it was the night before. Was also still decent inbounds skiing til the bell.
Think we saw you descending and it didn't looks super deep blower! Was a...

Cowboy is the most dangerous zone in WB backcountry in my mind.
Its like a perfect storm.
Treeline elevation but alpine style terrain.
Moderately complex terrain close up that looks very simple...

Great day yesterday. I remember heading down the bite and initially being cautios waiting to the hit a big bump and just get bucked but there was nothing. Pure bottomless riding.
Had one insane...

howling wind, deep snow til about glacier creek, then rapid deterioration to excel.
Jersey closed all day. Cat skinner on standby. Waited for a bit and took off home. Hope it stays closed this...

The Xmas break was significantly quieter than most regular weekends. Will be interesting to see what happens moving forward.
I did a lap of Stefans at 2 and got great turns down to 86. Lots of fresh...

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Did give me some time to flip thru photos.

Bad luck, confounded by bad decision making and then a massive amount of impatience. I should have forgone breakfast and coffee! Win some / lose some etc.

That was the worst day out of the season for me. Showed up at 8 and parked with ease, so was confident that not that many people had shown up for 9cms. Blackcomb gondola was lined up past Portobello,...

What a shame that North wind blew on Monday. Monday afternoon was so so good. Had real high hopes for Tuesday but as soon as I got mid way up 7th something seemed off. Oh well shit happens I guess,...

Thanks for sharing those. They look really good and at a much much more reasonable price.

On the weekend just gone you would have been loaded around 9 at blackcomb according to people i spoke to. Someone showed up at 8 on Saturday and loaded at 9:15. There was even a line this morning...

Blackcomb. I guess by minimal crowds, i mean minimal for a weekend POW day that was forecast a week out at the start of Xmas holidays. I don't think i waited longer than 10 minutes except on the...

Had a great day up there. Minimal lines except the initial upload. Great snow all day long. Alpine was refilling hard at 3 with heavy winds again.

Well you were right!
Took it to the shop and they said water (or some moisture) in the plug, but they were all fucked anyway. Should be fixed tonight!
So thanks again for that!

Im just shocked that the entire Xmas week isnt booked. Xmas day has been available for week of bookings for 12 hours and still good.

Also the models right now are all over the place. GEM is...

Fairly low so far. Expect longer initial uploads, but not too bad once you get up there. I think this weekend, particularly if they cant get alpine open will be slammed

I’m in the refresh train for Sunday too. Wish I could swap it for the Saturday

I get the feeling the injury that occurred was not related to the the avalanche in the film

I was in the Tantalus range (BC) the day he fell of the cornice (which isn't really mentioned in the...

No you were actually the reason i revisited the thread as you specifically called it out, so thank you for that.
How can I check something like that?

TBH i thought i had changed my spark plugs...

I dont pretend to understand the nuances of all that stuff, but after being around a couple of different guiding outfits, they were very excited to be able to call Blackcomb Heli and get it all...

Might work if its the heaviest person going first, but good chance you would sink lower without them.
They work pretty amazingly in deep snow.

After replacing the coil about 6 weeks ago, the same cylinder is misfiring. So im thinking its likely to be the spark plug as mentioned above.
Is there anything else that it could be or worth just...

Yep. Been a great early season. Think i had 5 days at this point last year. At 18 already this year.

Thats what i was leaning towards.
Thanks for the advice.

thanks!
The large fits you well? im 5'10 but more like 160lbs. ive heard they fit quite big so was leaning to a medium.

pm'd about https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...5890159592794/

Howd you go on the purchase/sizing?

Good times up there today. snowing and blowing in the alpine.

Yikes
thats pretty late.

Must be close to the first year in recent history that Peak has opened before the Blackcomb alpine....

was that first thing? Assumin because theres that much sun on it that it was. Love that line.

http://www.livepow.com/ has a section if you scroll down.
Its jonathan penfields site (FWT snowboarder)

(edit: doesn't have times though)

Worth heading up for a tour tomorrow or did you guys track it all?

Yes very sharky out there still. Some great turns yesterday.
Definitely not full send mode.

Enjoy the day everyone.

Ya all in for tailgating this year!

SORCA.

I don't have the mental bandwidth for this, its not bringing anything positive, so im bowing out of the conversation.
I'll post some stoke when we are all skiing again.
Hope you all get...

The reason there is/has been friction between whistler locals and people from Vancouver (in my experience) has played out so well in this thread. The entitlement that Vancouverites feel over Whistler...

well that sure sounds fucking dreamy...

Skied today. it was good skiing in gully features down to about 1400 where it promptly turned to mashed potatoes.
Coverage is decent, hit only 1 rock, but...