Archive for 2006
Whistler Open End to End
Riding Whistler in the early season (pre-Christmas, I suppose) has several advantages. It’s cheaper, there’s less line-ups, and most terrain is still available. Traditionally, the downside is ‘downloading’: having to take a lift/gondola back down to the base of the moutain due to a lack of snow. This year, it seems there was very little [...]
Ahhhh… Snow in Southern Ontario
Evidence: Moonstone webcam. Hey, Blue Mountain: ever think of fixing your webcams? Well, it’s finally snowing in Southern Ontario. In Toronto, we’re getting flurries that are dusting rooftops and lawns; further north, where the ski resorts are, the accumulation is more significant. Judging by the webcam shot above, Moonstone still needs much more snow. However, [...]
Is Global Warming Hurting the World Cup Ski Season?
Global warming is in the news once again after the FIS was forced to cancel several men’s World Cup downhill ski races. The culrpit? A general lack of snow in Europe. The forecast? “There’s a good chance the World Cup will be on hold for quite a while,” said Phil McNichol, head men’s coach of [...]
This Will Probably Hurt My Website Traffic Temporarily
Goodbye, snow.blogware.com… hello www.highlyobsessed.com! (snow.blogware.com will still work, mind you.)
Highly Obsessed Snow Report for Ontario, Canada
Highly Obsessed Snow Report for Pretty Much All of Ontario, Canada New snow in past 24 hours: NoneChance of new snow in next 24 hours: NoneTotal snowfall for fall/winter 2006: NoneSnowbase: NoneTemperature: Really warm and rainy. Like sixteen degrees celcius. In late November. WTF.Happiness barometer: FallingReasons to like November: NonexistentDesire to live out west: Extremely [...]
If You’ve Had an Arthroscopy, Tell Me if I’m Crazy
So the receptionist at the orthopaedic surgeon’s office knows me as “the guy who wants surgery in the spring”. Back when I found out I had a partial ACL tear, I told the doc I wanted to wait until spring 2007 for surgery. The reason? Take a guess. Anyway, I was told to give the [...]
Snowboarding Poll Results
Thanks for participating in the poll. I’ll put another one up as soon as I find an interface I like (I don’t like having to force everyone to click off the site to vote).
Post #201
We’ve cracked 200! Thanks again for all your support. –adam
American Racers Love Canadian Hills
From Ski & Snowboard Canada: “Recently, Forbes Traveler Magazine polled members of the U.S. Ski Team about their favourite ski resorts in North America… the top ten were as follows: Silver Star Mountain Resort, British Columbia Mont-Sainte-Anne Cross-Country Centre, Quebec Craftsbury Outdoor Center, Vermont Methow Valley, Washington Royal Gorge Cross Country Ski Resort, California [...]
Xanadu New Jersey is a Go
A commenter recently lamented that Meadowlands Xanadu, an indoor ski hill project in New Jersey, was reportedly not going to get built. But according to First Tracks, the project is back on. Now, am I correct in reading that the hill will be 780 feet tall? That’s bigger than anything we have OUTDOORS here in [...]
