Checked the snow report at 8am to hear that 32cm (1ft + ) had fallen overnight. As of 4pm on Saturday Jan 5th: 53cm (21in) in 24hrs and 72cm (28in) in 48hrs of fresh snow has hit Whistler Blackcomb. Needless to say, anyone who skis or rides within a 3hr drive has come to the slopes!
The winds were still brutal and nothing in the Alpine was open, so again, everyone was below the peak line. The wait for lifts was around a 15min que but it was worth it to head back up to the amazing snow.
We started to Garbanzo Chair after we got off the Creekside Gondola. From there, we hit 2ft of fresh powder down to the Franz chair. Visibility was horrible, as it was snowing like crazy so Kevin quickly headed back to the Starbucks before he killed himself riding "blind". Alli, Kerry and I headed over to Marmot trees. We overshot Marmot only to find the most insane tree run ever. I have never been through so much snow in my life! At one point, I was standing in snow CHEST deep! Alli spent most of her day digging out of the powder. We have to buy her a new snowboard that can handle the insanity of Whistler.
The video is Kerry riding the awesome tree line. I tried to take pics of the amazing snow but it's hard to capture the depth and consistency of the gnar. I'm sure the smiles on our faces at the end of the day captured it perfectly though.
Alli coming through the trees!
2 comments:
Ok, my question is how does one not crash into those trees while boarding that fast through a forest. Cool video!!
practice, practice, practice
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