Day 72 - Happy St. Patricks Day

Well, a rainy warm front has made its way to WhistlerBlackcomb. Kevin and I headed up on Friday night to meet with a client who wanted to buy some new skis. We were hoping for a dump-load of snow overnight since we were already in Whistler on Saturday morning and it would have been a great opportunity to do fresh tracks. No such luck. So we slept in, ordered some room service, and finally headed up to Blackcomb around 10am to see if the conditions were really as bad as everyone said they were. Oh boy! The fog was dense and it went all the way down the mountain to half way up the Jersey Cream chair. Not to mention, it was raining .... We slowly picked our way down Blackcomb. Once at the bottom, we thought maybe Whistler's visibility and conditions were better.

It was kind of clear at the Roundhouse and instead of rain, it was actually snowing. Peak Chair to Symphony seemed like the most logically place to try and find some good snow. MISTAKE!!! The wind was blowing like crazy on the peak and the visibility was a complete whiteout. We actually walked (carried our boards) the cat track from the Peak Chair to the Saddle run that took us back down to the Peak Chair. There was no way we could have made it over to Symphony and with no visibility, what was the point? In fact, by the time we made it back to the Peak Chair, the fog had completely covered the Roundhouse. It was a long way back to the village but we made it. Day 72 ended on a good note as we met back up with the client and had some apres at the Longhorn. Kevin has had two bad weekends in a row, he's dying to shred up some good pow. Hopefully next weekend will be a little better.