Snowboarding
HUGE Snow Day
When I went to bed last night, it was snowing. When I woke up, there were 33 centimetres of snow on the ground. The result? My first serious powder day… ever.
I learned one thing very quickly: I could throw all my snowboarding skills out the window. Riding in serious powder (remember, I’m from Ontario, so this never happens) apparently takes new skills. It took me a run to get it down, but once I figured out how to lean back and “surf” the power I was able to seriously enjoy the conditions. It was straight out of a powder reel: up to my armpits in powder, blowing snow in my face, as I plowed through piles and piles of snow.
Adam’s first ever snowboarding tip: When faced with reams of beautiful powder, lean back on your board so the top points slightly up through the snow. This will allow you to “surf” the snow, so you don’t sink. You can navigate using your back foot to push yourself from edge to edge. Doing so will save you the embarassment of sinking in powder up to your knees, forcing you to dig your snowboard out and hike to the next part of the hill. (This happened to me five times today.)
Ahem. Anyway.
The best run of the day was definitely Whistler’s infamous Peak to Creek route. It took us a full hour to get top to bottom because of all the powder. It didn’t help that we got seriously lost on the peak, disoriented amidst tons of ice and blowing snow. On the upside, this led to a little bit of paradise: we hit tons and tons of fresh powder somewhere around Bagel Bowl, and rode it all the way down to lower Peak to Creek. It was crazy, insane powder. A few other people discovered the route, and every time someone passed us they were laughing, screaming and generally having a good time, obviously as giddy about the conditions as us.
Given that I’m going back to Ontario tomorrow, I don’t think I’m going to have another day like that in a long time.
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