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Long live the dawn patrol! I can't wait to be doing the same! Thanks for the conditions update - it's decided my weekend plans.
Hey, I ran into you guys this morning when you were coming down, we were on the way up. Glad you had fun and thanks for posting the pics and for the report. Yeah, fun turns, though Alpental still needs A LOT of snow before opening, sorry about my barking dog.
Sweet wreckage shot! ;D
Nice job on the early start.
Nice job on the early start.
Spicoli- the visibility was poor and I dont really know the area very well. But from what I coud tell, everything was looking pretty filled in. I'm sure some Baker locals could better answer your question-
Right on, Juan. Thanks for reporting not just the fun, but the info we all really need to share more.
We skinned up to the Sourdough Gap area on the 20th, and it was glorious. The sun was out. It was my first blue-bird day of the season, and it was my first experience at Chinook pass. We experienced a similar mix of snow. We were given wonderfully light powder on NE slopes. The peak we skied lies to the east of Cystal Lake and dropped off into nothingness and certain death on the side we didn't descend ;) We skied the NE face for some great early s...
It is my pleasure to know that your teachers influence your skiing today. Sad to see the pass closed. I recently experienced my first trips up there and was wonderfully rewarded with sugar then spice, or was it the other way around ;)? Love it! Such easy access to some great terrain!
I talked with a Crystal patroller aquaintance of mine today -- he is expecting an opening this weekend -- probably just the Chinook and Queen chairs -- still need more snow and settlement to fill in around all the boulders at the top of Green Valley before they can open the top.
The Guest relations line was even shorter last weekend at the Blackcomb Base.
The wine was Pacific Crest Trail Merlot of Paso Robles, they seemed to have some sort of sausage which they did not offer and they had a dog. I believe that it was a collie.
HA ;D Very funny! I thought the wine a little fruity but that may have been the vanilla power bar I ate just before.
One good picture is worth a thousand words, though. So - that was four trips to the top, on top of the ski up to the basin. Pretty studly!
Any word on when Crystal will open? Are they already grooming around the lifts? I'm thinking of heading that way Friday.
Don
Any word on when Crystal will open? Are they already grooming around the lifts? I'm thinking of heading that way Friday.
Don
Guest Relations on the left side of the Whistler Village Gondola line up. (Note that the lines for passes and lessons are often long, but "Guest Relations" is a specific line in the middle of the other two, and often is much shorter).
Pass was about $41 CAD after tax ($37 before, I think). You sign something ageeing that it is only to get you to your BC destination and that they can fine you $500 if they catch you doing anything else (i.e. lift skiing laps).
Pass was about $41 CAD after tax ($37 before, I think). You sign something ageeing that it is only to get you to your BC destination and that they can fine you $500 if they catch you doing anything else (i.e. lift skiing laps).
did you guys buy a one ride pass to get up to the alpine? How much and where?
thanks for the report!
I was wondering what was happening up there.
I was wondering what was happening up there.
It's ok Telemon. There will be other days...
Telefore, thanks for your contribution on the pictures.
And Volcanogrrl, awesome blog/ TR you wrote there.
Telefore, thanks for your contribution on the pictures.
And Volcanogrrl, awesome blog/ TR you wrote there.
Yeah alpentalcorey is definitely correct on this one- right after or during the Mexican "rainy season" is the time to go about skiing (Sept-Nov).
We read a report from a group that had been up two weeks before us and got around 3000' feet of vert from the summit, which we interpreted as being able to ski the Labyrinth section, to around 15,500'. But this is still not anywhere near the hut, which is down at 13,900'.
We're already looking...
We read a report from a group that had been up two weeks before us and got around 3000' feet of vert from the summit, which we interpreted as being able to ski the Labyrinth section, to around 15,500'. But this is still not anywhere near the hut, which is down at 13,900'.
We're already looking...
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Congrats on the altitude ski record!
So what's the scoop, guys, how good would the skiing be in the spring? Could you get all the way back to the huts? Lower?
In Mexico it's not really a winter/spring kind of thing. There's the rainy season (more or less the summer and into fall) and the dry season (most of the rest of the year). In t...
Jayme, Thank you for great movie & photos, and guiding us to sweet slope.
Volcanogrrl's, your photos are really cooll too!
It was nice meeting you. I enjoyed the time and tele with you.
See you soon at next bc tour!
Volcanogrrl's, your photos are really cooll too!
It was nice meeting you. I enjoyed the time and tele with you.
See you soon at next bc tour!
Nice job, mates. I used to eat that Cascade powder in first grade; teacher called it library paste. Now I ski on it and it's still yummy.
You speak nothing but truths Scotsman:
I am excellent company and the pass is closed.
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/traffic/passes/PassInformation.aspx#chinooklink
CHINOOK PASS
Elevation: 5430ft / 1655M
Temperature:N/A
Conditions & Weather:
Chinook Pass is temporarily closed from milepost 57 to milepost 74, Crystal Mountain Boulevard to Morse Creek, due to increased snow depth and avalanche potential. //
Restr...
I am excellent company and the pass is closed.
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/traffic/passes/PassInformation.aspx#chinooklink
CHINOOK PASS
Elevation: 5430ft / 1655M
Temperature:N/A
Conditions & Weather:
Chinook Pass is temporarily closed from milepost 57 to milepost 74, Crystal Mountain Boulevard to Morse Creek, due to increased snow depth and avalanche potential. //
Restr...
Thanks Travertine for your great plan.
Thanks all for sharing such a wonderful time.
I really enjoyed my first visit to Whistler with all of you.
I'm looking foward to seeing you at next bc tour.
I uploaded some photos.
http://picasaweb.google.com/telefore/071124WhistlerBC?authkey=kXK2Kr1nX28
Thanks all for sharing such a wonderful time.
I really enjoyed my first visit to Whistler with all of you.
I'm looking foward to seeing you at next bc tour.
I uploaded some photos.
http://picasaweb.google.com/telefore/071124WhistlerBC?authkey=kXK2Kr1nX28
Way to go guys and gal!
As a wise man once told me earlier today; "It sure beats sitting on your couch."
Not to make assumptions about your couches. I am sure that your couches are fine it is rather to illustrate that instead of idly ..........
Good show. ;)
As a wise man once told me earlier today; "It sure beats sitting on your couch."
Not to make assumptions about your couches. I am sure that your couches are fine it is rather to illustrate that instead of idly ..........
Good show. ;)
My "signature" hat is strictly for the summer months when I want to protect my thinning pate from the sun's rays without cooking the gray cells within. It sounds like I would have needed one of my traditional Canadian toques to keep warm. ;D
Congrats on the altitude ski record!
So what's the scoop, guys, how good would the skiing be in the spring? Could you get all the way back to the huts? Lower?
So what's the scoop, guys, how good would the skiing be in the spring? Could you get all the way back to the huts? Lower?
Telemon -- yes, Savegondor was calling them "robbers", probably a more appropriate term to use in my blog. :) I felt "little shits" really captured their aggressive and mischievous ways though.
Yup, we missed you, though I didn't have a funky hat to have you autograph. Idda been mad if we met and I didn't have a hat.
Yup, we missed you, though I didn't have a funky hat to have you autograph. Idda been mad if we met and I didn't have a hat.
Once again I am publicly admitting that I made a mistake when I didn't go with my original plan of joining you guys. Come back for a return trip on your next long weekend. I enjoyed the various TRs and photos. btw Volcanogrrl, those "little shits" are also known as campfire robbers, whiskeyjacks, grey jays, and Canada jays. (I think they are also known as Oregon jays in that state.)
Nice work!!
Thanks for the TR,
Looks like conditions were a little better for skiing than when i was there round this time last year.
Is Popo looking like it could be skiable? They probally still have it closed off though.
I'd love to see some more pics!
Thanks for the TR,
Looks like conditions were a little better for skiing than when i was there round this time last year.
Is Popo looking like it could be skiable? They probally still have it closed off though.
I'd love to see some more pics!
MMMMMMMMM. Well the WSDOt drivers where going around every car telling everybody that it would close tonight at 8.00Pm as their avy people had declared the starting zones on the major slide paths loaded.
Maybe we'll get a repreive. Here's hoping they where wrong but thats what they told us. :)
Maybe we'll get a repreive. Here's hoping they where wrong but thats what they told us. :)
Website is still saying the road is open
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/traffic/passes/PassInformation.aspx#chinooklink
CHINOOK PASS
Restrictions Eastbound:
Traction Tires Advised, Oversize Vehicles Prohibited.
Restrictions Westbound:
Traction Tires Advised, Oversize Vehicles Prohibited.
Updated: 05:47 PM, Nov 27, 2007
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/traffic/passes/PassInformation.aspx#chinooklink
CHINOOK PASS
Restrictions Eastbound:
Traction Tires Advised, Oversize Vehicles Prohibited.
Restrictions Westbound:
Traction Tires Advised, Oversize Vehicles Prohibited.
Updated: 05:47 PM, Nov 27, 2007
OOPs , meant East Facing Slopes above lower toilets!
the covered sapling down and left of the skier looks like a tiny cross
HOW CUTE!
HOW CUTE!
Hot damn! So there is snow somewhere in Colorado at the moment. I've been down in Mexico for the past week and I could have sworn we had received a whole mess of the stuff by all that was on the ground at DIA when we landed. But it looks as though we may still need to treck north to collect on it...
I would just like to clear the record here: If anyone reads Volcanogrrl's blog next post up, I would just like to say that I only witnessed one or two faceplants by this hardcore newbie. The rest of her turns were pure grace... well almost...
And I've added a tr to my little blog:
http://backcountrytr.blogspot.com/2007/11/whistler-bc-back-country-phrase-of-week.html
http://backcountrytr.blogspot.com/2007/11/whistler-bc-back-country-phrase-of-week.html
I was also up there on Friday 11-23. I think I saw you guys and your tents on my ski descent. Hope you guys had a great time.
I'm learning that carpooling with great company always pays off. Carpool + No lift ticket = Cheap.
Your welcome, my pleasure and yes I do take bribes.
While this is up top again. I got a email address wrong for a Joanne who was at the Skoog show in tacoma. We still want to ski with you. please send me email through this site or my email is in the tacoma section of mountaineers.
Bring on the snow !
While this is up top again. I got a email address wrong for a Joanne who was at the Skoog show in tacoma. We still want to ski with you. please send me email through this site or my email is in the tacoma section of mountaineers.
Bring on the snow !
Hey- that was a great trip, Robie- thanks for sharing your expertise and energy. I never would've thought that that favorite "kids and visitors" hiking trail would lead to such a fantastic, sun shielded bowl of fluffy hoary crystalline delight. Next time I am bringing you an anchovie, goat cheese, and sun-dried tomato sandwich for sure!
So, bllitz, your theory is that there is little snow 'cuz Scotsman is out in it unemployed all the time? Makes sense to me. Put him on a chain gang somewhere! But let him out on weekends to still play w/us.
Wowsa! It sounds like a great trip! I can't believe I opted not to go. Nice work, and hope to join y'all up there next time when the funds permit. . . :D
I'm glad the day ended better than it started. Quite well preserved cold powder anywhere that was shady. That crust and sugar combo could be of interest after this next storm....here's Jen and Chris tearing it up
I'm all for keeping the stash secret but could we narrow it down just a little? Sweet pics.
Thanks for the report. I was thinking of going up there Sunday but passed and went to T-Line. From Portland, St Helens looks real good.
Bluebird day and warm temps in preceding days meant nasty trap crust, lucky for us there were nice north facing slopes to terrorize. Still quite rocky out there so beware, hopefully with this next system lined up and ready to dump that I won't have to worry about core shots from the rocks.
Good day out folks and looking forward to next weekend! Let's hope that Scottie keeps working and the snow keeps falling :) Just kidding man, wish you were there with us.
Pics...
Good day out folks and looking forward to next weekend! Let's hope that Scottie keeps working and the snow keeps falling :) Just kidding man, wish you were there with us.
Pics...
Nice work - Tumalo is a fun ride on the backside bowl. I'm suprised there was that good of a base up there. Thanks for the report.
Matt
Matt