In snow deprived times like these, where I'm riding my bike in December (no, we don't live such bad lives) instead of skiing pow, I'm reminded of Andre Charland's unforgettable blog-ramble of yesteryear, "Remember When." If its escaped your memory, here it is again in all its excellence:

Please, please, please...start puking snow again. I want to ski deep pow. I want face shots. I want to ski ridiculous pillow lines like pillow biter. I want powder over my head. I want to choke on snow. I want to huck the waterfall with 50 other people the same day. I know I want too much...so I'm a whiny spoiled biatch! So what! I like powder...that's not a crime. I like getting puked on!  -Andre Charland

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The season is officially on. Faction Skis & Glacier shop helped ring in the season with a shop party at the Glacier shop, followed by a premiere of "Such is Life", and last but not least, a bit of after party action with Yager Bomb specials at Mojos.

It's go time on the Duffey! Well, uh, sorta. Eager for the resort to open but itching too bad to wait, we went for a little jaunt on the weekend and found just the powder bounty we were looking for. The debate was on in the truck, trying to figure where the most snow would be sitting, and where we could avoid an endless see of alder and shrubs. 

This is a hard hitting true story of a back country ski trip with very experienced people gone horribly wrong. Worth watching.

As ski season approaches (although it seems slowly right now for Whistler) it's important to remember how dangerous avalanches can be. It doesn't matter how experienced you are when group factor kicks in. Blake in this case has a masters degree related to snow science, I know I've never been out with anyone with those kind of credentials. Keep it safe!

The snow has started to fly at Whistler Blackcomb with over 40 cm (16 inches) of snow falling just in the last few days and more expected in the forecast. With the countdown on to opening day, November 27, this is exciting news! And with the new PEAK 2 PEAK Gondola opening on Dec. 12, we can't wait for the season to officially kick off.

I have been in Ushuaia, Argentina for the last 8 days, waiting out what has been for 100 people the most up-and-down rollercoaster waiting game of their lives. Our intention, to go and ski in Antarctica via the 100m Russian ship M/V Orlova, was shut down when the ship was found to be unfit to sail. We were on the boat, ready to go, mentally prepared, and then KABOOM, they dropped the bomb telling us the trip was cancelled.

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Tobin, Joanie, and I set out for some pre-season exploring this weekend, aka hiking. But when I woke up and saw all the fresh snow in the peaks, I knew this called for one thing and one thing only - a snowblade mountaineering descent! Or so I hoped...

I packed up my gear, found a technical pair of shades to match my snowblades, and set out for the day. And what a loooong day it was. Our objective was Sun God Mountain, but our map directions started AFTER the first turn, and we didn't know where the first turn was. Oops.