Visibility: Cloudy with periods of zero visibility
Snow: 10cm
Piste Condition: Powder.
Wind: Very Strong.
Temperature: +1 at the base to -7 at the top.
Crowding: Light.
Lift Lines: Light.
The wind was very strong today, and caused some really difficult snow blowy conditions that made it impossible to see!
Whistler, BC (Ski Press)-As of 10am this morning, Whistler broke the record for the snowiest month the mountains have seen since weather data collection began 25 years ago. With 46 centimetres (18 inches) of snow in the past 36 hours, January's snowfall accumulation so far is 461 centimetres (181.5 inches). The snowiest month previously was January 1992 at 459 centimetres (180.7 inches.)
"The continuous snowfall this month has been phenomenal," says Sara Aldridge from Whistler Blackcomb's snow and weather communications office. "Most mornings this month we've woken up to fresh snow; we’ve been experiencing perpetual powder days. This is classic Whistler weather – system after system lined up, one after the other, dumping snow on the resort. The locals are in heaven and our visitors are ecstatic."
This month Whistler received fifteen 10+ centimetre (4 inch) snow days. Of those; one was a 50+ centimetre (23 inch) day, three were 40+ centimetre (16 inch) days, four were 30+ centimetre (12 inch) days and one was a 20+ centimetre (8 inch) day. The snowiest day this month was January 13 with 58 centimetres (or 23 inches) of snow.
"I've lost track of all the great lines I've had this month; it has been outrageously good," says Leslie Anthony, Editorial/Creative Director of SKIER Magazine and Whistler resident. "I've experienced this type of weather pattern before but in smaller spurts. This is why I moved to Whistler."
With the record already broken, there's still more snow on the way. Environment Canada is forecasting a possible 20 centimetres (8 inches) over the next several hours.
After an epic day and pizza, some of us (myself, Jono [skier!!!] and Will) decided to put up in the garden a box and gas pipe. Not just a flat box, but a box put up against a tree!!!
We decided to build up a large mound of snow at the base of the tree, about a 5 ft base, and prop the box up against the tree...the long way. We then heaved (as the box is big and bloody heavy) the bot onto the top of the snow pile, and dug it in. We then added a lot more snow behind the box and around it to support it and our weight.
It wasn't really our intention to ride it tonight, but we couldn't resist. So we started to hit it. It became apparent quite quickly that the angle was a bit wrong. It was OK for me, a goofy rider, but the regular riders kept ending up in the tree/bushes to the right when coming off the box. So, we decided to rotate it around to a better angle, which worked really better.
The three of us then proceeded to keep hitting the box. We were all riding the box quite well. With all of us getting higher up the box each time. Will was really starting to nail it and was getting to the top of the box repeatedly with his lead foot. Jono was doing well to. As for my self, I was doing OK, but I was starting to get tired. After all, we had been riding since very early morning. So, I wasn't getting better, just more tired.
We called it a day, late on at night, at about 23:10! I must admit that it was a good evening!
The day for me got off to a very slow start. Everyone else had left before I had, but I wasn't too far behind.
So I headed up and knew that they were heading on over to the Emerald chair, as I knew that they were doing the park. So I headed on down the run, but didn't see them. On the way up the chair, I spotted the posse about half way down, and knew that I could catch up with them. Which I did on the way down.
We all (that is, myself, Will, Pete, Dawn, Andy, Jono, Steve and Sam) headed on back up the Emerald and hit the park. There were quite a few good jumps and spines that I hit. The best is that there are tree similar sized jumps in a row on the left of the park. Brilliant. Managed a couple grabs on there and only bailed one jump. Still need to get my 'mojo' in-tune, as I'm still crap at jumps. It's a confidence thing, which isn't helped if you cant even see anything.
We all did that for a while before Steve and Andy decided to head on off and either do something else or go home.
In the mean time, we all headed on up to the Peak chair. The wind was really blowing up there and it was not pleasant. Couldn't see more than a couple of feet in front. Our intention was to hit some off piste to the left of Highway 89. A tree/valley run called 'Cybers Pass'. All I can say about this run is 'Epic!'. It was a really great, knarly, tree lined, steep, valley, jumpy run. Awesome. However, at the top we did get into some difficulties, as the powder was very deep and it was difficult to get going and onto the real run.
We were however, majory off piste, and so we all made sure that we kept stopping to make sure that everyone in the group were together. There were some amazing features to this run. There were some tree falls over the tight track, that meant that you had to ride under the tree and through the branches. Thankfully Pete went just before me, and hung onto the branches and managed to get it to drop all of the snow off of the branches  . So I just rode straight through, with my lead arm up to protect my face.
There were a couple of problems with this run. Firstly, even though Will has seasoned hear a few times, even he did not really know where we were going to come out. Secondly, because of the conditions, it was really difficult to see anything and there were loads of bumps and the run out was quite flat. So, this made it really difficult to keep your speed.
Eventually, we actually ended back on the right side of the mountain. We could have even made a run on over to the Creekside Gondola. However, as there was enough snow we decided to take the run down to Bayshores, where the house is. This was a really tight but fun line. On the way down, we met these two dudes building this massive gas pipe jump/rail. It was massive, and you could tell that they had been working on it for a while. Anyway, the run ended just up the road from the house and we walked home within 2 minutes.
After such an epic day, we all decided that it was Dominos time. On Tuesday at Dominos here, there is a 2-4-1 deal. So we all ordered a 14" pizza, some Pepsi and also some Cheesy Bread. So fat. Only managed to finishes the Cheesy Bread and half of my Meatzza Feast! Will save the rest for later tonight. We are planning to ride the gas pipe, box and 1/4 pipe onto a tree which are all set up in the garden. May also try some of the trampoline tonight, to work on getting my knees up and making those spins happen (rather than thinking they will come around naturally!).
Will keep you posted...
Apparently, this January has set a new record in snowfall. Looks like I picked the right place and the right season!
It snowed really, really heavy all afternoon and evening yesterday. So, needless to say there were a few people in the house keen to use the 'Fresh Tracks' option. However, I didn't think that it was going to be a good option. Turned out I was actually right. Apparently, there were some 2,000 people waiting for the fresh tracks at 07:00, and they only allow 680 people! So, unfortunately, for all those in the house who tried, they were disappointed.
As for me, I headed over to get the first gondola. By the time I got there, some 10 minutes after opening, I managed to get into the singles line and on the gondola really, really quick! It was obvious, even from the gondola, by this time that most of the on piste powder had already been tracked. Damned quick Canadish!
So a the top of Big Red, what was I going to do? Well, I headed on over to wards the Emerald chair and took Ratfink, and the sides of the runs down that way. Coming up the emerald, it looked like there was still a lot of good stuff to ride under the Emerald chair. Guess what, there was! These runs were 'Cougar' and 'Jolly Green Giant'. Again, the tree runs between these were also fantastic. How can all the runs not be fantastic, with 40cm of snow over night???
Did this a couple of times, and then I noticed that the T-Bars were open, so headed on over to them. They must have been open for a bit as the line was moving quite quickly and I was up to quite quickly. However, whilst in the line I saw Max and Jono from the house. They were ahead of me in the line by some way, but they were really good and waited at the top for me. That was nice of them, given the powder.
So, we three headed on down 'Little Whistler', on to 'Back Bowl', 'Die Hard', and down through 'Chunky's Choice' to the Harmony Express. We striped that piste in the knee high powder. Back up again, we headed on over into 'Sun Bowl' and stayed high up the Harmony ridge to hit the tree runs down. Brilliant snow and very steep. By now though, it was nearly time for Max to go off to work at the 'Four Seasons'. However, at the top we met a couple of his work colleagues, and headed on down the slopes with them. We four headed on down 'Harmony Ridge', onto 'Low Roll' and cut on through the tree runs past Harmony Express and past the Emerald Chair. Down onto 'Upper Olympic'. It was really mogulled and chopped up here and it really worked the thighs.
Here we dropped off Max and one of his work colleagues. It was now myself, Jono and Max's work colleague Mike. We took the uplift on the Whistler Village Gondola. The Peak chair was open, so we three headed on over to that, and down into the Bagel Bowl. Again, Wow, what powder. I nailed it down that thing! At the bottom of the bagel bowl you normally follow the 'Highway 86' trail back to Big Red. However, I suggested that as we could see the 'Lower Peak to Creek' off ahead, I suggested we simply go over and make that. It is out of bounds, but what the hay.
As we entered, I headed on first. We entered this really tight, wyndy valley with lots of drops and blow holes. Oh my! It was so tight and steep, you couldn't slow down or make any speed checks. F'n brilliant though. Going to hit that thing again. Really focuses you to make those turns and jumps perfectly. Whoo Hoo (to quote the Canadish!). This lead us onto Lower Peak to Creek. This was really quite mogulled and extremely hard work. So much so that Jono decided to call it a day at the bottom.
Myself and Mike headed on back up the gondola, and decided to have something to eat in the Roundhouse. A Chicken Club and fries later, we headed on back out and decided to try the 'Jimmy Joker' run as Mike wanted to try that run. Yet another mogul run, *ugh*, too many moguls! This time at the top we headed on over and did some tree runs around 'Ratfink'. The tree runs in here are well worth the ride, but only if you can ride tree runs.
By now it was 14:29. One minute before they closed the lift. From the 29th January on wards the lifts are open an extra half hour. Bonus! We headed on up and down the 'Saddle' (traverse over to the left right at the top for some better runs) with the hope of getting the last 'Peak' chair. It was not to be, we missed it by 10 minutes? Oh well. So we headed on down through 'Franz's Meadow', which was strangely mostly groomed? I left Mike at the bottom of the Big Read, as he lives in Whistler Village and I live in Creekside. So, I headed left and he headed right. There is some tight cat track that links 'Dave Murry Downhill' and 'Lower Franz's', which I took. At that time of the evening the run out is extremely heavy and it really takes it out of your thighs. Thank goodness it was the last run. Good to actually get off the slopes at a respectable time, at 16:37.
What a great powder day.
Visibility: OK. Cloudy with periods of sunshine
Snow: 40cm WOW
Piste Condition: Amazing powder.
Wind: Light to moderate.
Temperature: +2 at the base to -7 at the top.
Crowding: Moderate.
Lift Lines: Moderate.
Obviously, given the huge snowfall over night, the piste crowding and lift lines were busier than normal.
Visibility: OK.
Snow: 3cm
Piste Condition: Tracked powder.
Wind: Light to moderate.
Temperature: +2 at the base to -10 at the top.
Crowding: Moderate to heavy.
Lift Lines: Moderate to heavy.
Today just didn't really seam to get started. I got up the slopes at a reasonable time. It looked like they were going to open the T-Bars, so I headed on down to them. Waited for a while, and it looked like they were going to open the Peak chair. So, I took the decision to risk it and headed for that line. A mistake. Waited in that line for over 45 minutes before getting on.
OK, so the run from the Peak was worth it. I was on about the 8th chair to get to the top, and while most people headed down 'Whistler Bowl', I headed on toward the Bagel Bowl. There was only one person in front of me, and I caught him at the lip of the bagel bowl, and just charged off the drop while he was still looking at it. It was a really nice run. Oh so deep! The only trouble was, that the run out hadn't been tracked before. It was therefore very slow and difficult to get out of the bottom of the bowl and onto 'Highway 89'. I wanted to do that run again, but the lines were massive.
By now the Harmony Express was also open, to I headed on up the T-bars. Rode these lines for a while, before thinking I would give the flute bowl or Burnt Stew Trail a go. By now the weather had closed in and I couldn't see very far, so I didn't have enough speed to get an easy walk into the Flute Bowl gate. So instead I dropped off and hit the 'Crescendo' run. My oh my was the powder deep hear. It was extremely hard to keep my speed up, even when straight lining it. I actually got stuck and had to hike up to the next rise before setting off again. However, as I couldn't see anything I managed to get stuck again in a trough. Another hike up to the top of the next ridge. I eventually got out though.
It was really late now, so I headed on down and thought that I would get a few tree runs in that I did earlier in the week and hit the Emerald Express. Did them a couple times and caught one of the last lifts up and headed on over to the Peak for the run out. I thought that perhaps the Peak to Creak would have been groomed by now. Nope, just as bad if not worse. This time thou, I thought that I would do 'Big Timber' or 'Home Run'. Ended up doing 'Big Timber'. This would be a fantastic run if only it wasn't full of moguls and ubber-moguls.
Finished that run, and once again my thighs were killing me at the end. Doing massive moguls on a snowboard is not that much fun, especially as further down the slopes the snow is really hard work. Still, better than no snow!
Visibility: OK to good to OK to poor.
Snow: 24cm
Piste Condition: Powder.
Wind: Moderate.
Temperature: -2 at the base to -9 at the top.
Crowding: Moderate to heavy.
Lift Lines: Moderate to heavy.
It was snowing practically all of the day yesterday. It's also been snowing a reasonable part of today too. However now it has stopped.
Visibility: Poor.
Snow: 15cm
Piste Condition: Powder.
Wind: Strong.
Temperature: 0 at the base to -9 at the top.
Crowding: Light.
Lift Lines: Light.
I knew that today would be a good day. It all started out by for the first time since the 'rubbage', when I put my boots on in the morning, it didn't hurt! Yippee! Nearly fully healed.
So, the weather wasn't too great, but there was some new fresh powder to be had. I started the day off with a couple runs down to the Emerald chair. For as usual after a snow dump, neither the Peak or Harmony express was open until much later in the day. After the warm up, I started to get more and more adventurous. Felt like my aggression levels were up, and ready for a challenge. So, I did more and more nearly tree runs. Some of these tree runs were really testing and were really testing me. There was one memorable run, where I was flying down and only just squeezed through this gap between two trees, that I brushed my ass and my chest when going through! Phew! Hairy.
I must have been in one of those moods. I kept looking for more and more challenges. I was really charging through the choppy powder, and the tree runs. I even did a couple little cliff jumps. Nothing too big, but big enough. I also skipped lunch, as I was in the zone!
I was so engrossed in doing these runs, that I did not notice when the Harmony and Peak chairs opened. So, when they did I headed on over to the Harmony and did some runs over the Harmony ridge. I did have a look at the drop in to McConkeys. However, that was really big and looked very rocky. Perhaps when there is more snow, I'll do it, or if I have someone else with me to push me into it.
Really had a good day. Spent as much time as I could over near the Harmony ridge. However, as the time on the mountain got near to an end, I headed on over the 'Saddle' to get to the Peak chair. Even this late in the day, the saddle (if you traversed off to the left) was pretty damn good. Anyway, made the peak chair with only a couple minutes before close. I then decided to try and ride the 'Peak to Creak' run. Apparently it is the longest run in the resort! So, I thought I would give it a try.
The top of the run was 'lush', and I dipped in and out of the trees. Very good terrain. However, further down it got extremely mogully. I do mean extremely. It was so bad, I was not regretting doing the run. Doesn't look like this run has been groomed at all! Some of those moguls were huge. I wouldn't even call them moguls, I would call them glaciers Anyway, I got down in tact and with my thighs really burning through the effort.
Visibility: Bad to OK to Bad again.
Snow: 10cm
Piste Condition: Powder.
Wind: Strong.
Temperature: 0 at the base to -9 at the top.
Crowding: Very, very light.
Lift Lines: Very, very light.
Visibility: Cloudy.
Snow: None
Piste Condition: Bashed piste.
Wind: Strong.
Temperature: +3 at the base to -6 at the top.
Crowding: Very, very light.
Lift Lines: Very, very light.
Again, it is raining in the village. It looks like we have entered a rather dry period, and there does not look like there is going to be any fresh snow for a while :-(
Got some video footage together. Very poorly edited, but there all the same!
It wasn't so much as riding today, but more like hiking and hitting a kicker
Virtually everyone in the house had all decided last night to go up and build a kicker. So, at about 10am, Myself, Will, Pete, Dawn, Andy, Jono and Steve all headed out. We decided to head up to Blackcomb and the glacier bowl, as Will knew where this nice wind lip was. What a wind lip it was too. it was a huge long wind lip, with lots of opportunities to choose where you wanted to hit it. it also had a very steep run out and lots of powder. So we picked our spot and set to work to get it set up. Well, some of us did. Some of the others were throwing them selves off the wind lip into the snow...
Myself, Pete and Steve all hiked up the slope with me in front making the foot holes, then Pete took over. We got up to a reasonable height and whilst the guys at the bottom were slipping the take off spot, Pete side slipped down the run in. Then followed by Steve and myself. We three headed back up again, this time to hit the run. First went Pete. He went straight line down and only just made it up and onto the table. So, I then set off. No speed checks at all.
It's about now I have to mention that I prepare my own board and use my own blended wax mixing. Normally going down the slopes my board rides quite a bit faster than virtually anyone else. This was a fact that I forgot to take into account when I headed down the run in with no speed checks.
So, there I was hurtling down, and I honestly thought that I would simply pop out the top and only get a foot or two. Well, apparently, I flew about 20 ft into the air, and way, way down the landing before bailing the landing. Man, I have to say that I practically **it my self I flew so high and so far down the slope. I had so long in the air to think about it, that was the more scary part. Everyone was cheering and clapping. Thankfully the landing was so soft, and I didn't physically hurt my self. I do have to say though, that it definitely shook me up mentally. Unfortunately, no one had their video camera's out. Oh well, perhaps next time 
So, we all sessioned this jump all day. Will was pulling some big sick tricks, Pete was also throwing some nice spins, and everyone else was really giving it a go. I was trying for a simple front-side 180, but didn't do too well.
Got some really good footage.
Now, Dawn is a small girl, and even though she was straight lining it from the same place as us all, she just wasn't getting the speed. So, she started hiking further and further up the hill. Then when she was practically at the top, she let rip and flew even bigger and longer than me!
We where there so long sessioning that jump, that the ski patrol came along and told us that we had to head down.
I do have to say, that it was a fantastic day. I just need to get my head into focus and try harder at the jumps. Instead of thinking that it is going to naturally come around, I have to make it happen. I think that that is my big problem with jumps. Other's make it look so smooth and easy, that I think it is too...but it isn't.
Anyway, I'm putting together some video and hope to publish it soon!
Visibility: OK. Snow: None Piste Condition: Bashed piste. Wind: Gusty. Temperature: +3 at the base to -6 at the top. Crowding: Very, very light. Lift Lines: Very, very light.
One of the earliest starts for me this morning. Really wanted to get up the slopes quick, after the busy weekend, to experience some quiet board time. I wasn't disappointed either. Got to the gondola 10 minutes after opening, and there was no line. In fact, all day the lift lines were tiny. More often than not, I got straight onto the chair no wait. That was mostly for the Harmony Express too!
Anyway. I wasn't sure as to what I was going to do today. Again i was hoping that the visibility would be good enough to make the Flute bowl worth while. On the way up it looked very promising. However, on my way over to the flute bowl, the clouds moved in and quashed any real hopes of riding the flute. OK, yes I could still ride it if I wanted, but the visibility wouldn't have made the huge effort worth it.
So, I was nearly at the Flute Bowl, and I didn't make the flat far enough so turned off on to 'Crescendo'. What a bit of good luck. The whole area was covered in virtually untouched powder, and no-one was riding it. I thought that over the last few days, all the powder had been stolen, but I was wrong. Basically, all of the runs short of the Flute Bowl were un-touched? That was 'Boundary Piste', 'Burnt Stew Trail', 'Crescendo', and 'Sun Bowl'. Whilst it wasn't champagne powder, it was a bit crusty but powder all the same. I rode all those lines practically all day. I was nailing it so much, that my average round trip time was 17 minutes, from top of the Harmony Express to the top again. I reckon that I got in almost 20 runs in there. The good thing about this area is that because it was so open, I could make each run as difficult of as easy as I liked.
On each of the runs, I started the top of 'Burnt Stew Trail' in switch and rode as much as possible in Switch. Sometimes it felt really mad, as there was practically no visibility at all at the top. Sometimes I was going down, and couldn't tell if I was moving or not! So, a couple of times it freaked me out and I fell over. No biggies thank goodness.
As I was really going for it, and with the early start I had to have lunch. Got up the Harmony Express, and hammered it down 'Pika's Traverse'. Even though this is a green run, it really is a good little speed freak run, with lots of twists and turns.
After lunch, I went straight back on over to do the same thing again. However, to get on over to the Harmony Express I needed to get a run down to the lift. I hung a right after the bottom of the half pipe (which is really bad, and not worth riding as one side has two lips!) and headed on over to 'Ratfink'. Instead of heading down this place as normal, I headed on right, right, right into the trees. This has to be the steepest, tightest and scariest tree run I have ever done. Gave me a great sense of achievement to pop out at the bottom, near the lift, onto 'Lower Ratfink' the green.
AS I said, I did the same runs as I had been doing all morning. That was until it was near last lift time. So, I headed up and rode down 'The Saddle'. Again, the visibility was so bad, I couldn't tell if I was moving or not. I managed to get one of the last chairs on 'The Peak Chair'. I wanted to do the 'Peak to Creek' run. As I headed down that, again in rear zero visibility, it became obvious that there run was chopped up to hell, and moguled. Further down the visibility cleared up, but the condition of the piste didn't. It was really hard work. At one point, I was coming over what I thought was this mogul, but it turned out to be a big drop (about 8ft) over the other side, and I only just managed to not fall over it backward! Scary. Other than that, it was a tough thigh excesses to get down.
Visibility: Poor Cloudy. Snow: Trace Piste Condition: Bashed piste. Wind: moderate. Temperature: +3 at the base to -6 at the top. Crowding: Very, very light. Lift Lines: Very, very light.
Visibility: Cloudy. Snow: 1cm Piste Condition: Bashed piste. Wind: Strong. Temperature: +2 at the base to -7 at the top. Crowding: Heavy to moderate. Lift Lines: Heavy to moderate.
Currently, it is raining in the village!
I actually managed to get up the mountain quite early this morning, despite it being a weekend. It is really quite obvious now that a lot of people from Vancouver (and other areas) come up to Whistler for the weekends. Therefore the lines for the gondola was quite long, but I entered the 'singles' line and got ahead of the game.
It was my intention to avoid the crowds by going and doing the 'Flute Bowl' again today. However, there were two reasons why this did not happen. Firstly, the weather. There was a high level cloud that was quite dark, and as such the visibility was very poor. The second reason was my ankles. They were giving me a bit of jip today and frankly I couldn't face the hike with my ankles the way they were.
Instead I headed on over to 'Ratfink' and did a couple of runs over by the 'Emerald Chair' and also the 'Harmony Express'. I must admit that I just wasn't 'feeling' it today. You know what I mean? I ended up just below the bottom of the 'Big Red Express' chair at the top of 'Lower Dave Murry's Downhill', where I sat for a while and thought about things. i wasn't feeling it, and it was still early in the day. I decided that it was just too early to head on down just yet. So, I ended up going up the big red.
Whist at the top of Big Red, I still had to decide what to do. My #1 goal of this trip is to get my switch riding down pat. So, the decision was obvious as what to do. Keep my switch riding going. I am so glad that I did too. I could really see and feel a great improvement in my switch riding today, and I was enjoying it too. I'm really starting to get confident and much, much faster. I have even been doing some (ankle permitting) 180's on the flat, and carrying on the riding in switch. Excellent! I did this for the rest of the afternoon, skipping lunch, until the last lift.
As a treat to my self for doing so well, I allowed my self to straight line it down to the bottom (well, as close to straight line as was comfortable). Really hit some high speed on the way down, and had some real sketchy moments. But all was well, and I made it down (and everyone else) in one piece. Whoo Hoo.
Visibility: Cloudy.
Snow: 1cm
Piste Condition: Bashed piste.
Wind: Light to none.
Temperature: -2 at the base to -10 at the top.
Crowding: Heavy to moderate.
Lift Lines: Heavy to moderate.
It looks like, every weekend not surprisingly, loads of people from Vancouver all come up to Whistler for the day/weekend.
Today got off to an early start. There were four of us who all set off at the same time. Myself, Pete, Dawn and Andy.
As the weather was as close to a blue-bird day as we have ever had, we thought that we would do the 'Flute Bowl'. To get there we needed to head on over to the 'Harmony Express'. So we headed on over and rode down the 'ratfink' to get to the express. We could already tell that there was a good set of powder available.
We headed off from the top of harmony express and started the treck up the flute bowl. When we started the weather was really good, and there was some of the best visibility that I have seen in Whistler since arriving. If anyone has ever done it, they can appreciate just how much of a hike it is. It took us over an hour to hike to the top, and it was one hell of a hike. When at the top though, the weather had closed in, and when we headed off it was blind boarding. As I hiked up to the top first, it was my honor to head off first. With no visibility, the first couple of turn were difficult. With the slope being steep, and the powder being deep, it was a good ride. About 1/3 of the way down it cleared up, and I headed on into this almost natural but wide half pipe. Wow, what a ride. So steep and so powdery, and completley fresh tracks. Brilliant! The run out was great too. We all really, really enjoyed it.
Then came the hike out. Again, the people who have ridden the Flute Bowl, will also remember how long the treck out is.
Eventually, we got to the 'Harmony Express', and headed back up. We all discussed it and decided to hit the 'Flute Bowl' again. This time however, we were not going to hike all the way to the top. Instead we headed only part of the way up. This time however, the weather was much better. Again, I got to head off first. This time however, the run was much more of a blast fast through the powder, making only a few turns. Again, it was a really good ride, but not as rewarding as the first. Again, the hike out was long and hard.
By now, it was almost 1pm. Two runs in almost 3 hours! WHat run's though. So, as we had all had a hard day already, we headed for some lunch at the RoundHouse.
After that we had a couple of run's through the park. I must admit that my ancles are still giving me trouble. The rubbage on my left foot is almost completley healed, but the right is still not great. Therefore, I only did a couple jumps, and one of the spines.
It was now late, and Dawn's bad knee was playing up, so when we suggested going up the 'Peak Chair', she decided to head down the easy way and let us lads go to the peak. When we got to the top there was this absolute amazing view, with the clouds below. Pitty that none of us had a camera! Oh well. We headed on into the 'Bagel Bowl'. It was quite choppy, but soft none the less, and we just charged it.
Visibility: Blue-bird, with some cloudy patches. Snow: 14cm Piste Condition: Tracked powder. Wind: Light. Temperature: +2 at the base to -10 at the top. Crowding: Light. Lift Lines: Light.
Visibility: Clowdy, poor visibility. Snow: 3cm Piste Condition: Compacted piste. Wind: Light. Temperature: -1 at the base to -7 at the top. Crowding: Light. Lift Lines: Light.
I was feeling quite fatigued from the last couple days 'switch' riding, so I decided to take a rest day. So, I have spent most of the day watching movies, until the Internet access came back up. Turned out that someone had tripped over the wire, and when they did, they had broken the splitter. So, simply replacing the connector got our Internet access back. We found this out, by the fact that the telephone up-stairs, was not working. As they both use the same connection splitter, this lead us to thinking that it was the splitter. So, we are back up.
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