2014/2015 Whistler Blackcomb - South Coast - Duffey Lake Thread

[filthyfrenchbum]

And while I'm at it, www.avalanche.ca , wow! Amazing site redesign!

Slick looking way to see where the boundaries for the forecasts are defined.

[Camsteezin]

And while I'm at it, www.avalanche.ca , wow! Amazing site redesign!

Slick looking way to see where the boundaries for the forecasts are defined.

you must be really good at the internet.

[Schemeboat]

avalanche.ca has definitely stepped up their game in the past few years. I believe they are inking up more funding these days as well. good on em.

[kmkmkmk]

Must be pretty fn awful up there to have NO posts for four days?

[LeeLau]

Must be pretty fn awful up there to have NO posts for four days?

Started using the TR forum http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...Nov-28-29-2014 - either this effort sucked balls or no-one looks at that forum

[t.odd]

Started using the TR forum http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...Nov-28-29-2014 - either this effort sucked balls or no-one looks at that forum

TR forum?

[eldereldo]

No one looks at that forum....

[eldereldo]

Ok, I looked. Good on you for getting out in the colddddddd. I have frost bitten my face to many times skiing those kind of temperatures in Alberta to even bother trying.

[Fejau]

Lower disease today shin deep dry powder

[BDoubleYou]

Sweet! How were the trees back to Seventh?

[kmkmkmk]

Started using the TR forum http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...Nov-28-29-2014 - either this effort sucked balls or no-one looks at that forum

Thanks for the pointer. I'll keep an eye out over there. I arrive on the 19th for 2 1/2 weeks, hope things get better.

[gramboh]

Sweet! How were the trees back to Seventh?

Also is the road from 7th to Solar covered enough to ski the whole way? Looked covered from the P2P this weekend.

[LeeLau]

From today

Ski quality still excellent up high particularly on S aspects. More snow in the alpine already than last season end of January HS 290 on windloaded pocket at top of Showcase. HS 180 at 2000m on Blackcomb Glacier

Will post pics in TR forum

Also is the road from 7th to Solar covered enough to ski the whole way? Looked covered from the P2P this weekend.

Yes. Still some rocks and ditches but coverage is still good.

Sweet! How were the trees back to Seventh?

Crunchy. Stuck to the groomers for lower down

[LeeLau]

Today http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...omb-Dec-2-2014

[Fejau]

Lee covered both. It's doable.

Also, Glacier Rescue Road is good to, hardly any rocks to dodge.

Also also, don't bother going to Stairmaster right now; there's just too much snow it's awfully tiring. And then you have to ski knee deep pow which is also tiring

[djbooter]

Just made the mistake of looking at a long range forecast. What is with these storms and their stupidly high freezing levels ?

[t.odd]

Just made the mistake of looking at a long range forecast. What is with these storms and their stupidly high freezing levels ?

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada...-bay-1.2857371

[LeeLau]

Means it'll be even more filled in up high

[LeeLau]

http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...ecember-3-2014

[knowsam]

Any rumours about when they might be opening more than the basic groomers for some skiing? Powder11? Clownshoes?

[LeeLau]

Any rumours about when they might be opening more than the basic groomers for some skiing? Powder11? Clownshoes?

Needs a lot more snow to open all. The pineapple hit the existing snow pretty hard below say 1900m. Above that is still thin. Snowmaking is helping a ton but only on groomers. I'd say alpine needs at least another solid storm as do the mid-mountain runs.

[Atrain505]

Mid mountain needs a solid week of snow hammering every day. Let's not kid ourselves here. It will turn around. It always does. The top 500 feet is more caked than it ever was last year. So there's that.

[LeeLau]

Useful service that just started. I'm subscribed to Escape Route's facebook feed to get it https://www.facebook.com/EscapeRoute...if_t=notify_me

[powder11]

The top 500 feet is more caked than it ever was last year. So there's that.

Im going to long line my sled into the alpine and run sled ski laps until my legs fall off. Probably just leave it there and commute back and forth on my mtn bike.

[Neuro]

Decker is still high hanging fruit with some gnarly slots. If your rope skills are dialed, I would say it is worth the effort.









Exiting via 7th Heaven goes, but it's a bit thin below disease ridge, as well as some sections of the road from 7th to Solar Coaster.