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| 24hr Snow | 6 cm | 7 Day Snow | 83 cm | Snowbase | 200 cm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Temp | -4 °C | Valley Temp | +4 °C | Conditions | Flat Light |
Disease RidgeI finally skied in 2012 
The theme of the day was flat light, although the sun did try to break through once in a while. I had a few moments of decent visibility but overall I was skiing at 50%, both in speed and aggressiveness. I stuck to the alpine, spending most of my time on 7th Heaven where I found the snow a bit dense, but still a lot of fun.
The coverage up high is really good now (200cm is the unofficial benchmark for a good base), with a lot of the smaller rocks close to and on the main runs now being buried. The traverse to Lakeside Bowl is another story, it might have just been the flat light making it hard for me to pick a good line, but I spent a lot of time stepping around rocks.
There was a crazy dense fog/cloud layer around mid-mountain, the worst I have seen for at least a few years. It was definitely slow going through that.
Anyway, got to go, the Canucks are on. I just had a quick read of this post, and it sounds about right – the snow was decent, the visibility wasn’t but I had a good day anyway. As they say, I bad day on the mountain is better than any other day…..
Lakeside Bowl
We uploaded at creekside and whistler alpine didn’t open until after noon. P2P was also closed until after noon so we stared at blackcomb with jealousy in the harmony lineup as blackcomb’s alpine seemed to open almost 2 hours earlier. Once the alpine cracked it was decent. Firm powder on sheltered slopes, some aspects were real crusty, heavy snow below 1700ish m. Whistler bowl had good snow but bad vis. Symphony didn’t open so could be a good bet for anyone heading up tomorrow!
Thanks for the report Jonathan! Blackcomb’s alpine normally opens before Whistler’s, and depending on who you ask there are plenty of different answers why. Whistler people generally spin a story about having more terrain to control while Blackcomb people generally tell a story of hard working employees
Thanks for the info on Symphony, I haven’t skied Whistler mountain for ages, so I might head up there tomorrow and hike Flute.