the Powell Rapport

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Day 2/3

It's been dumping non-stop. We skied Whistler Tuesday and back to Blackcomb on Wednesday. Unfortunately patrol closed the upper mountain due to high winds.

Not much to work with so we stuck to the trees.

Pete crushing

A foot fell today and upper mountain was left untouched. Tomorrow morning is going to be epic - can't wait to hit Spanky's first thing.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Insanity on a bike

People of Valparaiso, Chile know how to have a good time.

Thank you Eric for the video.

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

6 inches overnight and the sun started to break out at about 8am. We decide to head straight for Seventh Heaven to guarantee some untracked terrain. They held the chair for a good hour but it was well worth the wait. We made 4 or 5 laps and had fresh tracks through the trees each time.

Getting slightly spoiled with new snow every morning. At some point I'm going to have to expect bumps.

After lapping Seventh Heaven we hiked up Spanky's Ladder. At this point it was about 12:30 but the snow snow was still nice.

Couldn't have asked for a better first day. I've heard stories of weeks on end of terrible visibility and no snow.

Nate and I with a taste of WB terrain in the background

Monday, February 28, 2011

Whiskeyjacks

While waiting for the Seventh Heaven chair to open Monday, these guys paid a visit.

A little pre-pow "falconry"

Dude was straight chilling on my helmet. Get off my helmet bro!

Until next time guy.

Monk McQueens, Vancouver

Komo Gway, Chef Creek, Satori, Fanny Bay

Monks has a great terrace overlooking the bay, but unfortunately it was cold and raining so we enjoyed these suckers inside. Didn't seem to mind about the weather because it just meant more snow in the mountains. I could still taste them on the drive up to Whistler.