nov 29, 2007

24hr snow = 4cm
base depth = 102cm
cumulative = 162cm
freezing level = valley
days riding = 5

five day forecast
day1 0 day2 0 day3 1-3 day4 10-20 day5 25-35

looks like a couple more days of nice winter weather before something ugly hits us. right now we're looking at possibly a 15C change in temp from sunday to monday. freezing levels forecast to hit 2500m by next week. hope the pineapple express is only making a short stop.

nov 27, 2007 - the reason we're here

no. 1 fucking reason you move to a ski town: 20cm bluebird tuesdays
first "real" powder day of the season.

24hr snow = 22
base depth = 104cm
cumulative = 158
freezing level = valley
days riding = 5

five day forecast
day1 0-1 day2 5-10 day3 0 day4 0 day5 0

20 legit light dry cms fell in 24hr. three powder laps with jayne and burnsy. hiked shale slope instead of line at harmony. feeling refreshed after remembering what it's all about.

clouds over the valley









view from top of shale









lines down shale

nov 26, 2007

24hr snow = 0
base depth = 86cm
cumulative = 136
freezing level = valley
days riding = 4

five day forecast
day1 5-10 day2 0-2 day3 5-10 day4 0 day5 0

nice dump coming down right now. lookin good for tomorrow.

as of 7:30pm, there is 20cm of fresh dry powder on the deck, and still snowing very lightly.

nov 24, 2007

24hr snow = 0
base depth = 89cm
cumulative = 136
freezing level = valley
days riding = 4

five day forecast
day1 0-1 day2 0 day3 2-4 day4 0 day5 0

first day harmony chair open. still good snow above 1500m, but tracked out on harmony side. nice untracked run over the ridge into whistler bowl. not much in the forecast at this point...

nov 21, 2007

24hr snow = 0
base depth = 95cm
cumulative = 136
freezing level = valley

five day forecast
day1 0 day2 0 day3 0 day4 1-3 day5 5-10

haven't been up since opening day, but been on a few hikes. went up to my favourite spot today. waiting for the snow...maybe this weekend...

nov 18, 2007

24hr snow = 14cm
base depth = 100cm
freezing level = valley

did some beacon searching in soft snow at kadenwood. looks like a dry cold week coming up.

sproat in alpenglow.

nov 17, 2007

24hr snow = 2cm
base depth = approx 98cm
freezing level = close to valley

walked indy to creekside this morning. lineup at 8:30 was over the bridge; still seemed pretty quiet for opening day.
eventually jayne and i made it up around 12:30 for a couple of runs under red chair. good quality dry snow above halfway up, below that has seen a thaw / freeze cycle. not crazy busy, but not worth competing with crowds.
it's snowing fat flakes in the valley as i type.

nov 15, 2007

24hr snow = approx 5cm in the valley, more on the mountain?
base depth = approx 100cm
freezing level = valley

light snow last night provided first full coverage on the valley floor. watched cars trying to make it up the hill.
today it's gross rain down here, but snowing above 1500m. as long as it doesn't rain on saturday, it's looking good for opening day.

nov 14, 2007

24hr snow = 0
base depth = approx 100cm
freezing level = valley

hiked halfway up peak to creek to check out the pre-season snow. there was a consistent crust about 6" into the snowpack, it was thick enough to walk on at lower elevations, but when i turned around i was punching through quite frequently. probably a 2' base depth at my estimate of 1500m. able to ride almost all the way to kadenwood, although it was awful snow.
whistler announced they will be opening on saturday. anything groomed should be good and filled in.