24hr snow = 15
base depth = 85
cumulative = 244
freezing level = valley
days riding = 2
five day forecast
15cm yesterday and everything looks beautiful. doubt i will go up today though because my experience has taught me that the weekend after xmas are the busiest days of the year.
if you haven't noticed by now, i love snow and hate crowds. why do i live in whistler? don't ask. but i digress...
the forecast is looking good, but the biggest problem we are currently facing is that we never got that heavy wet 40+cm dump to start the season. the one that works its way into all the crevasses and buries the nastiest rocks and creates a nice level base for all the rest of the lovely snow that we will receive. the snow we've been getting the past few days would have been top notch powder if we had a base, but it just blows away and does not fill in all the danger spots. i never thought i'd be hoping for a heavy wet dump, but that is what we really need right now.
hey - another metre of powder and i'm sure we'll all have forgotten about the bad start, but nothing fills up faster than the wet dump!
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Mark, believe it or not the crowds weren't that bad. There wasn't half the people as in previous years for the weekend after Xmas. We waited, at the most, ten minuets for the lifts.I don't know if it's the economy or the snow conditons but it just wasn't that crowded. We had a great time considering the lack of base.
yeah - i agree - for dec 27 it probably isn't that bad. last year the lift line was over the bridge at creekside. still, with the limited open terrain, there are too many bottlenecks for my liking. i feel bad for people who are shelling out $89 for a ticket right now.
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