Whistler stoke...

[burton71]

Heading out on the 26th until the 8th. They have been getting hammered with snow lately with more in the forecast so conditions should be great. Scored a hell of a deal on a ski in / ski out condo by the creekside gondola.

 

Current plan is 7 days riding in and around W / BC and 2 days of snowcat riding at Powder Mountain Catskiing.

 

http://powdermountaincatskiing.com

 

Contemplating dropping a couple days of riding at W / BC and making a run over for 2 days at Revelstoke but that will depend on the weather. That drive sucks if its snowing.

 

Waiting on UPS to deliver my new beacon and shovel for some legit (real legit not GSS 20min powder day legit) backcountry riding.

 

Trip should be all time.

[burton71]

Its Whistler in March it will probably rain every day at the base. And I'd love some dry bluebird days.

[Justo8484]

i've been there plenty of times in the spring, but never mid season. sounds like you know what's up. have you ever stayed in creekside before? also, you should scope out air jordan... it's this little drop up near whistler peak

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3xvgFjkflA&noredirect=1

[Johnny Law]

Heading out on the 26th until the 8th. They have been getting hammered with snow lately with more in the forecast so conditions should be great. Scored a hell of a deal on a ski in / ski out condo by the creekside gondola.

 

Current plan is 7 days riding in and around W / BC and 2 days of snowcat riding at Powder Mountain Catskiing.

 

http://powdermountaincatskiing.com

 

Contemplating dropping a couple days of riding at W / BC and making a run over for 2 days at Revelstoke but that will depend on the weather. That drive sucks if its snowing.

 

Waiting on UPS to deliver my new beacon and shovel for some legit (real legit not GSS 20min powder day legit) backcountry riding.

 

Trip should be all time.

 

FKNA Boner city!!!

 

Powder is a well run cat operation your gonna have a crazy good time.

 

This is going to sound real fucking douchey so feel free to fire back at me but be real fucking careful in the BC out there. Gear is important but they are just tools, its the shit in between your ears that matters. Without the class time and experience a beacon is body retrieval and none of that shit matters if your fucking around in terrain traps.

 

Coastal snow packs are normally pretty good but there are a couple of things going on. There is a layer of facets from November buried 3-9ft deep, even more important is a layer of windslab, sastrugi, bullshit that the current storm is running on. Wind up high is keeping the snowpack there low. Mix all that shit together and you got to be smart.

 

http://www.whistlerblackcomb.com/the-mountain/backcountry/avalanche-advisory.aspx

 

www.avalanche.ca/cac/bulletins/latest

 

Peep this shit and pay attention to terrain. Dbag shit over....have an epic trip.

[burton71]

i've been there plenty of times in the spring, but never mid season. sounds like you know what's up. have you ever stayed in creekside before? also, you should scope out air jordan... it's this little drop up near whistler peak

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3xvgFjkflA&noredirect=1

Yep stayed at Creekside a couple times. Favorite place to stay out there. You get a rice run down to the lifts every morning before everything opens which is awesome if it snowed at night. And little to no line up at the creekside gondola so you can get to the top quickly. Shuttle runs from the Village as well so any after riding activities will not involve driving.

[GSSucks]

 

FKNA Boner city!!!

 

Powder is a well run cat operation your gonna have a crazy good time.

 

This is going to sound real fucking douchey so feel free to fire back at me but be real fucking careful in the BC out there. Gear is important but they are just tools, its the shit in between your ears that matters. Without the class time and experience a beacon is body retrieval and none of that shit matters if your fucking around in terrain traps.

 

Coastal snow packs are normally pretty good but there are a couple of things going on. There is a layer of facets from November buried 3-9ft deep, even more important is a layer of windslab, sastrugi, bullshit that the current storm is running on. Wind up high is keeping the snowpack there low. Mix all that shit together and you got to be smart.

 

http://www.whistlerblackcomb.com/the-mountain/backcountry/avalanche-advisory.aspx

 

www.avalanche.ca/cac/bulletins/latest

 

Peep this shit and pay attention to terrain. Dbag shit over....have an epic trip.

Quoted because I see it all the time out here, "I have my beacon shovel and probe I'm good to go for a few runs in the BC". No you're not, take a class be prepared!!! Go to a beacon training area and stick your probe in the snow for a half hour and find nothing but more snow, your partner is already dead at that point, its not as easy as it seems.

[burton71]

 

FKNA Boner city!!!

 

Powder is a well run cat operation your gonna have a crazy good time.

 

This is going to sound real fucking douchey so feel free to fire back at me but be real fucking careful in the BC out there. Gear is important but they are just tools, its the shit in between your ears that matters. Without the class time and experience a beacon is body retrieval and none of that shit matters if your fucking around in terrain traps.

 

Coastal snow packs are normally pretty good but there are a couple of things going on. There is a layer of facets from November buried 3-9ft deep, even more important is a layer of windslab, sastrugi, bullshit that the current storm is running on. Wind up high is keeping the snowpack there low. Mix all that shit together and you got to be smart.

 

http://www.whistlerblackcomb.com/the-mountain/backcountry/avalanche-advisory.aspx

 

www.avalanche.ca/cac/bulletins/latest

 

Peep this shit and pay attention to terrain. Dbag shit over....have an epic trip.

Yeah I've done the Powder Mountain cats before it is an insanely good time with basically unlimited powder even days after storms.

 

Nothing douchey about warning anyone about BC dangers. The group of us are pretty well versed in BC safety and snow pack / conditions, we have done multiple cat and heli BC trips together. We plan to guide up for the most part when we venture out there anyway. We'll probably do a little side country by ourselves but we stick to safer / well known routes when we do that.

Edited February 19, 2014 by burton71

[sibhusky]

Isn't there some study that says most avalanche deaths are during the "considerable" warning times, not the "high" times, because most people have enough sense to stay away during "high" period, but self-styled experts and others with lots of trips think that they will know when to say no, but don't.

[sibhusky]

I think most are in moderate conditions. Considerable is pretty extreme and most stay out of the backcountry then.

http://fsavalanche.org/NAC/techPages/articles/06_ISSW_Greene_etal.pdf&cd=6&ved=0CDsQFjAF&usg=AFQjCNHPb1fPsbzkLkWw-TyGmRS56nU5Aw&sig2=1o1v9WYFEv4VvO36uvMNpQ

 

Edited February 19, 2014 by sibhusky

[burton71]

Isn't there some study that says most avalanche deaths are during the "considerable" warning times, not the "high" times, because most people have enough sense to stay away during "high" period, but self-styled experts and others with lots of trips think that they will know when to say no, but don't.

Yep considerable warnings levels are when most shit happens. You get a lot of people heading out as soon as the level drops below high trying to grab fresh tracks.

 

That shit isn't for me. Safety is number one with our group, if we get out there and the conditions don't pan out for some fun BC touring there is plenty of other terrain (and bars and Australian girls) in Whistler to keep us happy. Last time we were there we had one good day of touring and then it just wouldn't stop snowing so we just rode in bounds and had probably the best riding week of my life.

Edited February 19, 2014 by burton71