Back at Blue

 Blue is open! 

Wednesday  Dec 21 -  started shortly after 9 on Tranquility but quickly headed to Sunrise Cruiser after meeting up with Todd and Daryl.  It was either Skiers right or left at the Southern Chair with almost no snow cover in the middle.   I don't think I have ever skied on such a small base  if they had 10 cm I would be surprised!  It was all that good but Skiers left , Sunrise was OK.   Crowds really built quickly so I bailed  a little after 10:30. 

Thursday Dec 22 -  It was bombing Sunrise Cruiser for a solid 2 hours right at first tracks.   Allot less people and much better conditions with natural snow falling in addition to the man made stuff.   It was a much better session! 

Season Start - Whistler Dec 9, 10 and 11

 Headed to Whistler with Partick, Daryl and Todd meeting up with Chris when we got to Vancouver.  The plane was the  same as last year 2 travel days and 3 days on the mountain.     Only 7th Heaven was open the firat two days Peak opened up for a short time on the 2nd day but was quickly closed due to high winds.  The 3rd day,  Saturday we waited 90 minutes in a line to upload on the Blackcomb Chair.  The wait was long but very worth it as we had a really good powder day.   High Alpine was closed  due to high winds and the Peak to Peak wasn't running so we stuck to mid mountain Blackcomb and had a blast off Piste.   Working on videos and will add to this blog as I get them done.  

First Video ,  day 3 off Piste around the Jersey Cream chair ...

Second Video , day 3 off Piste below Jersey Chair following a creek

Third video is off Piste under the Whistler Village Chair 

Whistler March 2021 - It was epic!

 

And so the season ends....

 The 2020-2021 ski season ended Good Friday with another province wide shutdown  due to covid.  

Pictures say it all ....

Spring skiing at Blue

 Did a Friday Eve session with Partick and Marc Friday.   It was super icy but we found one really good run the North side of Tranquility. 

 

On Saturday I took Robin my son and 7 year old  Aubrey to Blue Saturday Eve.   I gave " Aubs" a Snowboard for Christmas she has been practicing in the yard but this was her first time at a resort.    More to follow on this post!  

Whistler March 9 through March 13

 Lots more to come but this sums it up ...

Patricks FB post 

5 Days of insane big mountain skiing and snowboarding, 77 runs completed, 100,000ft plus of vertical descent, 182km traveled on a snowboard, multiple crashes, one near death experience to remind you how precious life is. Possibly the greatest ski trip we've ever completed. Looking forward to doing it all again next season.

Lots of pictures and videos coming.

Blue at night

 Working mids this week!  Slept OK today so I felt like making a few turns and headed to Blue for a couple of hours of up and down no wait skiing.  The snow was really good,  icy and windy at the top but once past that area it was really good. 

Early start

 Figured I would be early today getting to the hill at 08:30 but there was already quite a few cars in the parking lot.   I headed to the Orchard and did all the runs there before heading back to central.   Should have stayed at Orchard I was 15 min waiting to get up the Silver Bullet so I called it a day. 

Weather and Snow are changing.

  First tracks again this morning ,  skied the morning with Patrick, Todd , Daryl and Karla.    Just before noon it got really busy a couple of 10 min waits for a chair.  Temps were just around freezing ,  snow at the top of the hill and light rain at the bottom.     It wasn't icy yet this was the first time in nearly 2 months that the temps reached the freezing mark.  

Today action picture ... 

Twice more this week.

 Made it to Blue Wednesday and then Friday.    Skiied on my own Wednesday never meeting up with the group.  Did lots of laps at Orchard then headed North but it was super busy so I pulled the plug.   Today,  Friday there was an early opening and I was the first one down at around 07:50.  It was a power hour of laps before meeting up with the group.      

A few pictures from today ...

Blue Opening 2.0 - 2/16/2021

 It was Epic ,  pictures and video say it all!  

Backyard Skiing

 With Blue being closed since Xmas and no lifts turning anywhere I headed for the backyard for a few turns.