When the only living souls on Blackcomb Mountain are a hodge-podge mix of weirdos ripping around in jeans, one-piece suits, wetsuits, and Sumo outfits, you know that either the world is coming to a disturbing and twisted end, or its the last day of Blackcomb's winter season - aka - Gaper Day 2009!

After a gorgeously sunny Sunday, the snowgods kicked it up a notch on Monday with rain, clouds, and fog for the last day of Blackcomb's season, scaring any all mere mortals, and leaving the Gapers to run amuck on the empty hill. With the non-existent audience, video cameras and cell phones dying in the mist, and this article self-deleting once already, it's almost like the world isn't ready to digest what really went down on May 18, 2009, on Blackcomb Mountain. Legends were born, and myths, hearts and tibia's were shattered.

If a Gaper falls in the woods and nobody hears him, did he make a sound? If a gaper gets drunk enough at the Doglotion hosted keg party at Surefoot and starts talking smack about the day's adventures, did they really happen?

We'll leave it up to you. In no particular order, we give you the lowlights, highlights, and myths about Gaper Day 2009. We'll leave it up to you to decide what should have happened, what was allowed to happen, and what really happened...

Did 15 people really line up in packs of 5 to ski the Pan Pacific stairs one after another, before the day had even begun?

Were four 24-pack backpacks of Pacifico toted around the hill all day until consumed? 

Did Barrack Obama show up in a pink speedo? 

Did several people air off the deck of the Crystal Lodge and straightline right into the cat-track?

Did a man dreassed as a cow double eject out of rental bindings and cartwheel over scattered Cafe Cliff rocks? 

Was a saucer successfully smuggled onto the resort to bag first saucer descents left, right and center?

Did someone bail so hard their circus costume literally ripped in half? 

Was Scott Schmidt sitting at home wishing he was there?

Was someone seen pseudo-waterskiing behind the Crystal Chair with a climbing rope? 

Did the sun come out, ever? 

Were several people pioneering new extreme ski/rappell lines down Cafe Cliffs? 

Do 5 small people count as 4 on a chairlift? 

Was someone actually stupid enough to try crossing the Zig Zag pond on a saucer? Was somoene else even stupider, crashing head on into the stump at the end of the pond, snapping his snowboard like a Walmart skate deck? 

Did a pro skier dress up in a wetsuit, perform Gaper Day's first official gap over 2 moving skiers, then spiral fracture his Tibia upon landing, completely void of beer, rocks, or dirt? 

Did 60+ people embrace the end of a season like never before? 

Has keepin' it real ever been more real? 

Was there a guy riding a skiing ostrich all day?

Were skiers, snowboarders, monoboarders and snowbladers finally united in perfect harmony?

You be the judge. Or better yet, be there for Gaper Day 2010 - Gaper Olympics Gone Wild. That's right, let the day dreams start... now.