Day 21 - Mt. Baker jackpot

Whistler didn't have much fresh snow for the last couple of days but Baker was tweeting 27 inches in the last 24 hrs with more to come for Friday.  Irish and I decided late Thursday night that we might as well give it a try.  After a 4:45 wake up call, we hit the road and landed in the lift line before 9am.  The snow report said 7 inches overnight but by the looks of things, there was a lot more snow than that.

We quickly headed to the one of the highest chairs and we were amazed at what we found.  Powder!  Waist deep, soft, fluffy, light, pillows everywhere!  Probably the best champagne snow I have ever seen and we couldn't believe how deep it was.

Mt. Baker ski area isn't that big, but the natural terrain is fun.  There are nice trees, natural half pipes and chutes, and big open bowls/fields.  We had to be careful not to ride on terrain that was too flat.  The snow was so deep that it was easy to get stuck in waist deep powder within seconds.  Irish found himself digging out a couple of times.

We broke for lunch around noon.  It snowed for most of the day, but by 2pm the winds had picked up substantially, making visibility impossible.  We decided to call it a day.  We both hit the jackpot with Baker on this trip.  We have been there twice before and both times, the snow and the weather was nothing to brag about.  But this time, it was GOLD!