All the rain thats been hammering the west coast lately is falling as snow on the ski hills! Is anyone else here as excited as I am about the beginning of winter season?
I know I'll be up at Whistler on Saturday. Photos will have to wait until I've gotten my fill of powder, however.
So, how many other snow bums frequent DPC? Where's your home mountain? Do you shoot while you ride?
Ski hills in this area opened last week (on manmade snow anyway). At least this year they're surrounded by the real stuff. Last year they were a white dot in the middle of a greenish brown patch.
Now I'm talkin' a super bunny hill. It's in the river valley in the middle of the city.
The real mountain spots don't open for a week or so yet.
Skier and ski shooter, I'm in CO, my home mountain is all over the state. Took a trip to whistler last season and it was amazing, the amount of terrain up there is incredible.
I'm a snow shoe person too. If we ever get any real snow here I'll find me some good spots to go. So far we've only gotten a couple of inches, and that was over a week ago. The past three days we've had hurricane force winds here in the valley, today being the worst. 90 mpg gusts have been ripping through here all day.
I am with David and Linda on this one...snowshoes. I always get the "you live in CO? You ski?" NOPE!! Been skiing ONE time, not that thrilling for me. SORRY! :) Besides I can snowshoe for free...lift tickets are outrageous!!
I am with David and Linda on this one...snowshoes. I always get the "you live in CO? You ski?" NOPE!! Been skiing ONE time, not that thrilling for me. SORRY! :) Besides I can snowshoe for free...lift tickets are outrageous!!
not only is it free, it's easier to shoot while on snow shoes
I'd love to head south and see what riding at 10000ft is like. Looks like I'll be at Copper Mtn for christmas... the base elevation is higher than Whistler's peak!
I hope we get snow and not just rain. This is the perfect winter day to ski, but it was in March. Can't wait for snow to fly, but if things keep up the way they are, we won't see much more than 20" of rain for the winter. Not looking forward to dreary landscapes.
Hey Option...I may live to regret saying this, but I miss all that snow out west! We're having an incredible fall out east. We'll eventually get about 10' of snow in one afternoon but *sigh* Newfoundland doesn't have the hills that BC/AB do!
heavanly, squaw and alpine were all suposed to open today but postponded till wensday. option- thanks for the coment, i might be up your way this winter some time.
