Snowboarding
New Boots? New Boots!
When I went boarding last week at Blue Mountain, I looked at my boots after ratcheting up my bindings and noticed they looked pretty warped. I wasn’t impressed. Apparently this is very common. After a lot of usage and flexing, the shell area around your ankles will start to bulge out and look… well, terrible. [...]
VANOC Resorts to Straw at Cypress
There is likely a straightforward answer to this question, but I don’t know what it is: why did the Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee (VANOC) decide that Cypress Mountain, which is located in Vancouver, would be a suitable venue for any ski or snowboard events? Are they not aware of how warm the weather can get [...]
Lessons From Whistler: I Had It All Wrong
It took 150 centimetres over the past week – yes, that’s how much it snowed while I was in Whistler – to show me that Whistler is an incredibly gigantic mountain area with so much terrain that you never have to do the same run twice.
Heading Home From Whistler
I’ll have a full report when I get home. In the meantime, enjoy this photo from a spot on Whistler Bowl near the Christmas Trees area. Given the low visibility at the time, we turned around and dropped into a bowl we were familiar with instead!
Photo From Whistler: Whistler Bowl
Whistler Bowl, a massive powder bowl that leads to a surprisingly empty valley of snow. We’ve been spending a LOT of time in here.
Whistler Shredding Day 1: 70cm of Fresh In The Alpine. And It Hasn’t Stopped Since.
“I’ve never seen conditions like this before.”
That’s a statement we heard several times Saturday from locals up here in Whistler.
Initially, Steve and I were worried we had missed the big pow day. After all, we arrived Friday night, and Whistler had received about 40-50 centimetres of snow the night before. While we knew the mountain [...]
Snowboard Canada Magazine in Busy Times
I subscribe to Snowboard Canada Magazine. While I think it is a quality publication, it doesn’t really appeal to me all that much personally. There is a strong emphasis on snowboarding fashion and what the pros are up to. Like all paper-based magazines, there are far too many ads for my liking. There is a [...]
After Whistler Comes Jay Peak
As Josh and I have mentioned, we’re headed to Jay Peak later this month. What a great month: first, I head to Whistler with Steve. The week after I return, I head to Jay with Josh. Sandwiched in between: my birthday! I am really looking forward to this month.
We have written about Jay Peak several [...]
Cypress Mountain Closes Ahead of the Games Due to Rain
This ain’t good. Cypress Mountain, which will host freestyle skiing and snowboarding events during the Olympics, has closed due to rain.
You can read the details here.
The move sounds precautionary – I’m sure that as an Olympic venue, they will have plenty of snow on hand – but it’s still not great news one month [...]
Jasper Reviewed
I have been to Jasper a few times during the summer, but this was my first trip there in the winter. The town itself is very clean, quaint, and certainly beautiful (surround almost any town with mountains and it instantly looks good).
I snowboarded for four days at Marmot Basin and stayed at Maligne Lodge. The [...]
