They say you should always scope your landings. So why not scope out the whole mountain! Doglotion was eager to find out exactly what dangers lay beneath some of Whistler's more notorious runs, so we set out onto Whistler Mountain this weekend for some pre season reconnaisance. And hey we'd heard about some freshies in the alpine, who knew, maybe some lines were already good to go...

Words & Photos by Holly Walker

Little Cottonwood Cayon, early morning. Earliest Snowbird tram, 5 male competitors and judges. Reminiscent of last year. Day 1's unfinished business rolling into Day 2 - due to weather. Silverfox was attacked by Aaron Hunt, Johnny Law, Jesse Bryan, Erich Kunz and Jason Bruce.

US FREESKIING NATIONALS AT SNOWBIRD: WORLD TOUR DAY #1
By Holly Walker

100 foot front flip to flat. A Goliath move but not rewarded. Today was the day of the Davids.

The clouds rolled in, the clouds rolled out. In between, Day 1 of the World Tour kicked off on Silverfox with the women.