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Whistler Mountain Snow Report
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It's Warm! It feels like April around here. Come and get it while the getting is good! Sunglasses, sunscreen, you know the drill.
Sunny breaks later on today, more spring skiing conditions. This will last for a while, no new snow until Sunday at the earliest. Be careful in the sun! People are showing up in the village with the dreaded goggle tan!
Inversion! (warm on top, cold in valley). It's t-shirt weather! What? You don't usually wear long johns and a fleece under your t-shirt? Bring your sunscreen.
Fresh Pow. Blue skies. Outa Here!!
It's snowing/raining right now depending on how high you are. Looks like a good day to soothe your aching bones and let mother nature lay down some pow. Tomorrow a high pressure area will build over the area, looks like early next week is going to be spring ski heaven.
A good day, I would say. There is quite a bit of pow left under the trees and down some of the chutes, you gotta go get it though. Just popping down a bowl won't do it. Most people are too lazy. Are you?
Sunny periods, lights winds, a huge base. Come and get it while the getting is good!
64 cm, more than half a meter (or two feet for you metrically challenged types). Gotta go, gotta ahhhh... Investigate
It's still dumping! Yesterday the freezing level lifted above the village but only about 100 meters. Today? I don't know I've got about 6 cm in the driveway. Should I take out the snowshovel or the snowboard? Decisions, decisions!
It's dumping out there, we're going to get some major snow over the next two days (says the man). Flies in the ointment? Big wind and freezing level going up and down. Am I complaining about a fresh dump? Njet!!
We had a bit of a warm spell over the weekend. It's cooler now and sunny, spring is in the air and a young man's fancy turns to.. Big Air! See Ya.
Hmmm, I seem to have missed a day here, where was I? Let's see we had fresh pow, sunny periods turning into solid sun, could I have been... Riding!!? Now that you mention it, yes I could have been. We had some more snow overnight, sun is trying to poke through. As always, for those of you not here, I feel your pain.
It's snowing right now, it feels like it's going to all day but I have been wrong before! The "Appleton Rum Peak to Valley Race" is on today and tomorrow. Amateurs only! A vertical drop of 1443 metres, with 180 gates!. Average time to get down? 5.5 minutes. Come and cheer your favorite racer. Better yet, next year, race yourself.
OK people, we've got Pow. Come and get it while the getting is good. We may get more this afternoon, an other 8cm certainly wouldn't hurt. Unsettled conditions ahead, says the man.
Shows you how wrong I can be. I went up after writing the report yesterday. It looked cloudy from the bottom up, remember? Well, It was great in the Alpine! Today looks like it could be the same. I'll go up and check it out, how's that? Wouldn't want to make the same mistake twice now would I?
Snow is a'coming this way. A few tiny flakes are falling as I write but there are those light splotches in the sky? Anyway the man says there are some fronts coming in off the ocean and hé, don't I always believe the man?
Remember that brass monkey? Well he's freezing them off right now. Consider that I am reporting this in the afternoon, the sun has been shining all day and it's still below 11c. That's cold! Of course you can see forever, every bump and grind stands out clear as day so you can really boot it down the hill. Anyone feel a need for speed?
The weatherman is Súch a Loser! He's like, Só not with it. We were going to have clouds and major snow. We got No clouds and major sun. I guess I should go skiing today but I am Só not ready, life's hard when you're a 'valley girl', are you coming? Whatéver!
A late report today because I was, aahhh otherwise engaged. The day started weird, it looked like it was going to be an all day dump. Half way through the day it cleared up. Let me make sure you're getting the message. We got about two feet of fresh over the last few days, this afternoon the sun started shining with unlimited visibility. Do you want me to go on? Oh by the way the mountains are now open until 3:30PM every day!
21 cm of fresh pow. Sun trying to peak through. Need I say more? Later.
We've got a warm front passing through, it's raining in the valley but a few hundred meters up it's snowing so "no worries mate". It'll cool down again tonight. We have been promised a major dump tonight.
I hate to sound like a broken record but yesterday afternoon things cleared up like it did the day before. It started snowing again this morning but this time it looks like it's going to continue well into the weekend.
Yesterday it cleared up in the afternoon, the same thing may happen today. It's snowing for now, a good thing to be sure.
Unsettled conditions ahead. Some snow, some warm air then cool air but no sunshine for a while.
The dump came and it was good. Plenty pow, more to come.
6 Cm? 2 Inches? GIVE me a break! OK, I know the weekend isn't over yet,
there are more frontal systems hanging out over the Pacific, be patient
and all that. I tell you one thing though,
Clouds in the sky, snow's coming this afternoon.
Snow's a'coming this weekend. Keep in mind that every day the mountain man are blasting tons of water over the runs which turns into a very powdery type snow by the time it hits the ground. The runs are fine because of that but in order to turn the bowls and the backcountry into powder heaven we need mom nature. Do your thing mom!
Excellent day! The runs are Fast, bring the longest gear you got (unless you're a mogul buster of course).
Lower runs have been covered with manmade snow. Excellent weather conditions, groomed hardpack. No big snow in the forecast.
Clear skies, excellent light, good base. I must go and partake.
What can I say, a solid to excellent day! The guns are covering up the rained out lower runs, things are back to normal.
Things are back to normal, it's cool we've got fresh pow. Not sure about the Vis. it should clear up later today but it will be windy higher up. Yesterday was fair but windy as well.
The snowline is about 200 meter above the village. I'll go see what the conditions are. Later.
It's snowing down here at the valley floor, finally! The temperature should hold today. Tomorrow it will warm up again but only for one day.
Yesterday turned out a lot better then it looked like from down here. The snow line was a bit above midstation, well below the green and red chairs and the conditions where good. Today looks even better because the freezing level has dropped into the village keep in mind that the low runs have been beaten up by the rain!
The clouds are still lingering but it will get cooler this aft. The wind is also quieting down. I'll go up to check the snow for myself later today. Tomorrow should be good to excellent.
It's barely freezing in te Alpine, it's raining. I don't wanna talk about it!
Today is very much like yesterday. There's plenty snow but you gotta stay in the Alpine. The storms keep coming in from the South West (Hawaii) so the freezing level will stay high. Tuesday and Wednesday look like good days coming up.
High pressure ridge (cool air) still holding but warm wet air getting closer. Conditions not so good because foggy, and flat light. Snow's ok but the groomers need to get at it.
The cold is back but only for today. We've got some pineapples coming
our way this weekend!
Let's be brutally honest here. Today Sucks! It's raining from the village to midstation, it should cool off tomorrow.
Looks like we're going to start 2002 with some fresh pow. It should arrive tonight and tomorrow. I'll keep you informed.
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