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| 24hr Snow | 15 cm | 7 Day Snow | 104 cm | Snowbase | 248 cm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Temp | -12 °C | Valley Temp | -2 °C | Conditions | Powder |
The Peak chair had been closed the last few days, but the snow had kept on falling. This resulted in some deep powder (~40-50cm) to celebrate Australia’s national day. A brisk 15cm overnight left the snow excellent all the way to the valley, so we decided to do some laps via Million Dollar Ridge —> Big Timber down to Creekside. Definitely some of the best skiing of the season – deep, light snow with plenty of fresh lines to choose from.
It wasn’t even busy 
Each year on January 26th, plenty of young Australian lads and sheilas dress up to show their national pride. This year was no different with most opting for the usual Aussie flag being used as a cape trick. Some are braver (or drunker) and ski around showing a lot of skin, with my personal favourite being the 2 girls in essentially thermal pants and bikini tops. They looked hot but I bet they are paying for it now, as today was pretty cold up top. Unfortunately I didn’t get any photos of them. There was even some guy in an Australian flag spandex suit, I guess he was at least covering the skin…..
The best powder was in the trees, but we didn’t stop to take any footage. The video below was taken on Big Timber during our second run, which wasn’t as fresh as the first, but the conditions were still epic. Thanks to ‘Straightline’ Freddy, Eric and Joel for being today’s subjects.
Big snow, big winds. It’s Saturday in Whistler, what else is there?
Today we didn’t bother with the mid-mountain lifts and just skied Harmony in the morning and the Peak…until they closed it around 2pm due to high winds. The liftlines at Harmony went almost to the ends of the corrals, and the Peak was understandably empty. All the alpine lifts on both mountains were open today.
If you could put up with poor visibility, high winds and blowing snow on top you were rewarded with soft deep snow, untracked in places. The snow is still light high up and lower down it started to feel a little stickier. Everything’s very well covered and fun to ski. Could we pleaaaase have a sunny Saturday one of these days?