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Fernie is Deep

griz — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 11:43:23 -0500

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12 Hour: 10 cm / 4 in
24 Hour: 20 cm / 8 in
48 Hour: 30 cm / 12 in
Week: 90 cm / 12 in
Snow Pack: 75 cm / 30 in
Year to Date: 100 cm / 30 in

After the Easter Bowl Experience yesterday we thought things couldn't get much better for this time of year... well griz proved us wrong, as he often does here in the Snow Valley. Last night it snowed another 10 cm, adding to the 90 or so we have received in the past 3 or 4 days.

We figured we would tour up to the top of easter on the trail we broke the day before... the trail was gone, there had to be more than 10cm overnight. So we re-broke the trail to the top of easter, on the way up we watched 5 or so people drop into some sick looking lines in the high saddle. It looked deep! Easter Bowl was sweet, over the knees all the way to the bottom!

It was so good we figured, hey.. why not go up for another. We toured up the highway with about 10 other keeners to the top of the Bear. From there we dropped in off the rock band into upper cedar, those few turns were the most epic of the day, easily up to the waist of classic Fernie Powder!

Click Here to check out a heap of photo's .....

Seymour

JordanManley — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:40:39 -0500

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Even since Pat's blog post, there is more snow on Seymour.

Mike taking his first turns of the year

I didn't hit one rock, and we even got to ski in the trees and do secret billygoat line!

I'd never seen snow on the chairs like this, and I've skied there for 10 years.

Mt. Baker Opens Thursday

AndreCharland — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 23:42:01 -0500

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Mt Baker is opening this Thursday November 16th 2006! Woot! Their base is up 178cm deep at the top according to snow report.

The report on their side says:

We had another one roll through yesterday and last night, leaving us another 14 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. Since Saturday morning, we have had 53 INCHES OF NEW SNOW!

Ski area rope lines are going up today, chair lift ramps are being groomed and prepped and base areas are receiving stocking shipments.

We are still going with our OPENING DAY OF THURSDAY NOVEMBER 16, as we are continuing to watch Tuesday night/Wednesdays system which looks like it is carrying A LOT of precip. . . . and possibly some warm air with it. We need to see how this system affects the snowpack and since the forecasts are calling for a rapidly lowering freezing level later on Wednesday, THURSDAY still looks like our day.

I'm stoked. I'll think about it...sitting in my office...staring out the window at Grouse Mtn. Rumors have it that Whistler will open Sat Nov 18th. But I got bad info that for today...cough...Sam! So no promises.

Snowbird Gets Snow in Utah!

AndreCharland — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 11:54:27 -0400

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I got to the office this morning to a pleasant surprise, Jonny sent me a message on messenger that Snowbird just got 17"!! Check out this pic to prove it! It's getting so close I can taste. The last few days in Vancouver have been non stop cold rain. I've heard rumors that even the North Shore mountains like Grouse Mtn have received a dusting. Alright back to the grind...

Winter's Really Here

J Dogg — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 23:44:13 -0400

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Man, winter's making a stand down south. It's 24 degrees and sunny here in BC, meanwhile Colorado and Utah got some love. We've all heard about Colorado's early dumps, and resorts in Utah are open!

Here's a few photos Kees' friend Greg sent from their mid September snow session.