First Turns In September.. Somewhere.

Snowgo (neat blog, just discovered it) points to a first turns report from September! I think it comes courtesy of Alberta, just outside Fortress Mountain in the Rockies.
Now, of course, they’re popping up more frequently.

New Whistler Gondola

OK, after this post I’m going to try to move away from just talking about Whistler.
Intrawest is planning to build a new gondola,
hopefully before the Olympics, that will connect Whistler and Blackcomb
mountains. If I understand this correctly, it means you will be able to
switch mountains without having to ride all the way down one.. and [...]

Blackcomb Powder Video

Check out the front page of Whistler Blackcomb’s website for a video detailing all the goddamn snow they have. Wow.

Apologies to Jay Peak

I can’t believe I posted those entries yesterday without mentioning the fact that Jay Peak
and a number of other resorts on the east coast are getting absolutely
smoked snow-wise - 81 centimetres in the past week alone. While some of
this has melted, it sounds like they expect most of it to stick around.
Now if only some [...]

Blackcomb Gets Dumped (Good News for Me)

I got an alert last night that Blackcomb is going to be opened this weekend… three weeks ahead of schedule.
Why? I’ll let the Environment Canada forecast do the talking:
Whistler - Blackcomb.

Today..Snow heavy at times diminishing early this afternoon. Alpine
temperature steady near minus 4. Snowfall accumulation 5 to 10 cm.

Freezing level surface. Mountain top winds south [...]

First Post - About Me, This Blog and Snowboarding.

The
premise of this blog is pretty simple. I like snowboarding. I’ve
started doing it alot, and I talk about it even more. The people I talk
about it with are mostly bored of hearing my talk about it. So I
decided to start a blog about it instead.
My actual snowboarding experience is not in-depth. I have only been
riding [...]