B2L2

And what's the reason your friends prefer Cypress over Whistler?  I'll be surprise if ticket price is the top reason.

sko

Whistler 10-days Edge card is $62/per day (and have a bonus day before X'mas).  Of course, after you ...
B2L2 發表於 2012-3-1 14:39

You managed/are managing to do 11 days at Whistler this season?? That's hardcore!

sko

2012.03.04 - Another day @ Whistler: TERRIBLE weather condition - pouring rain at Lot 6, pouring snow above Excalibur Gondola , very windy and foggy with poor, poor visibility (especially at top of Glaciers). Slope condition was better at Whistler than Blackcomb today. Nevertheless, snow was awesomely powdery towards the end of the day. Our favorites of the day were the Habitat Terrain Parks (thankfully did not fall and hit my head this time) at Whistler, and Blackcomb’s Snow Cross Track. <3

- 7th Heaven was closed (at least when we attempted it)
- GMC Race Track was closed for little kids
- Glaciers had a sign that said “Advanced/Experts Only” (due to poor visibility I think)
- Peak Chair was closed
- Unlike last week, super powdered moguls on Black Magic, Little Whistler, Glacier Bowl, etc were COMPLETELY GONE! ALL GROOMED OUT! In fact, most of the moguls were gone this week; very disappointing for Skiers.

B2L2

This season, I spent 8 days at Whistler and 2 nites at Cypress so far.  With 3 days left on my EdgeCard, I'm looking forward for the coming spring pass (usually available by end of March, which is a full pass for Spring).  So by season ends, I probably hit 16-17 days.

In my group, most of them were on their 13-14 days already.  The max should be 18 by yesterday.

Back to snow condition yesterday (March 5th)

Forecast said rain shower and freezing level at 1800, so we were expecting a wet wet day.  Turned out the forecast was wrong, freezing level drop down to 800m but still very strong wind.  It mean snowing all day long.  Peak chair didn't open and Harmony was white out all day.  You could feel the powder everywhere (boot deep), just not able to see them.    Front side has cut out powder on non-groomer (few cm), and we spent most of our time up and down on Emerald.

嘉嘉

And what's the reason your friends prefer Cypress over Whistler?  I'll be surprise if ticket price i ...
B2L2 發表於 2012-3-2 16:57

yes, ticket. They don't want to pay $100 for a ticket (not going there so often so no point to get edge card)
also they don't want to get up so early in the morning cuz whistler closes early, and I think they also mention the cat track that they hate @@

on the other end, cypress is so much closer and opens for longer hours
we can get enough sleep and go up in the afternoon
the gold medal card we all got give us pretty good deal on the tickets too

B2L2

嘉嘉 : one day, you will have to go and judge Whistler yourself.    EdgeCard works for 1, 3, 5, 10 days, FYI.

sko: we were there on the same day.  I took one run down little Whistler in absolute white out condition ~noon, it scared me off.  If you know where to find mogul on Whistler front side, there were a lot yesterday.  Our usual path, Ratfink and down the trees through the tower (right under Peak-to-Peak).  Middle section underneath Emerald chair has good sized bumps too.  All soft powder covered.  Creekside, Jimmy's Joker and Wildcard were full of bumps though not powdery.

B2L2

Couple pics from Whistler today, my friends are there today and tomorrow hunting for powder.

嘉嘉

嘉嘉 : one day, you will have to go and judge Whistler yourself.    EdgeCard works for 1, 3, 5, 10 ...
B2L2 發表於 2012-3-5 13:54

hmm.....I guess so ^_^
but no plan for whistler yet~

We are thinking about a sun peak trip next year, woohooo~~

sko

I always wondered what it'd be like to ski under Peak 2 Peak. I can't ski through trees though. I always feel like I'd ski into one. lol~

And lucky friends of your's! I was just telling my coworker yesterday how much I wish I could take yesterday off and today (Tuesday) off to Whistler. I was stalking Whistler's live-cams around noon yesterday, but it seemed quite foggy still. Maybe it cleared completely shortly after that.

B2L2

Friends said it was a mixed up condition at Whistler yesterday, but at least the sun broke out for them.  Lucky bastards, kept sending me pictures to kill me.

The tree run under P-to-P (Whistler side) is actually quite wide.  Just expect to have huge mogul at the narrow spot (usual tree runs), but usually there are more than one paths to go down.  It will then cut the cat track back to Emerald, so it is very convenient.
Pics from my friend on this run: