Western Snowboarding
Cypress Mountain Taking Olympic Heat
Ouch. It looks like the World Cup ski and snowboarding events held at Vancouver’s Cypress Mountain over the past couple of weeks did not garner many rave reviews from fans or athletes. Cypress will host a variety of snowboard and ski events during the 2010 Olympic games.
Over at the Toronto Star, Olympic blogger Randy Starkman [...]
Whistler Blackcomb Now on Twitter
Follow ‘em here: http://twitter.com/WhistlerBlckcmb
Apparently there’s plans to open more terrain this weekend. I have high hopes they’ll open more starting tomorrow; it’s my last day riding here.
Sound Advice From Whistler Lifties
2pm, Garbanzo chair.
Whistler’s New Trail Map Makes Me Cry
Before I came out to Whistler this year I mentioned that their new trail map – from an online perspective, anyway – looked pretty bad.
Having now procured a printed version for navigating the mountain I can confirm the thing is completely useless. Every time I pull it out here I realize it cannot help me [...]
Some More Photos From Whistler Blackcomb
Here’s a couple of photos from Day Two.
Photo 1: A bunch of folks dressed up in ’80s garb showed up at the top of Blackcomb Mountain, lined up, picked a line and took off. Note the girl second from the right is holding a unicorn on a broomstick, like those toy horses kids used to [...]
Nine Days to Whistler!
In nine days I’ll be on my way to Whistler for a six-day trip that is sure to involve copious amounts of beer and riding. I’ve been lucky enough to visit Whistler more times than I can remember, so I’ve actually lost track of how many visits I’ve made. I keep going back because I [...]
The Perimeter Bus to Whistler Is No More
While on holidays a friend of the family tried to book a Perimeter bus trip to Whistler to visit her son. This is a trip she makes a couple of times a year. She was shocked to find out Perimeter had ceased operations, effective late November. Now that I’m back, I checked it out myself, [...]
Back from Banff and Sunshine Village
I apologize for my absense, but being the last person I know that doesn’t own a laptop or smartphone, it is difficult for me to get online when I am away from home. But I am indeed back now.
Before I left I didn’t know where I would end up riding. It came down [...]
Updated: Blackcomb Excalibur Gondola Collapse
Thanks to JB for pointing out breaking news from Whistler: one of the towers on the Blackcomb Excalibur gondola has collapsed, trapping 53 and injuring a few guests. Thankfully, there were no fatalities. The accident comes just days after Whistler opened their record-breaking peak-to-peak gondola.
According to local media coverage, one of the supporting towers which [...]
Whistler’s New Trail Map: Please Tell Me This Isn’t It
Can someone out west confirm whether Intrawest is handing this out as Whistler Blackcomb’s trail map this year?
Has anyone at Intrawest noticed yet that the resolution of this map is so bad that it’s unreadable online? And when did Whistler Blackcomb runs develop so many jagged edges?
What is this thing? Did they have a [...]
