Reply

Old 04-27-2008, 10:22 PM   #1 (permalink)
kri$han
Senior Member
 
kri$han's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Posts: 929
Default Blackcomb Mtn. (Whistler, BC)

Amazing.

I was there for three days last week, and I gotta say that I think very few places in north america will still have riding like that in mid-late April.

Conditions;
Pics to come, but the first day I was out there it was icy and thus groomer riding all day. Second day was warmer, so the iceiness softened up a bit and let me explore the glacier on Blackcomb a bit more... Lets just say whistler mtn was closed, and the lower half of black comb was too, leaving only the top part open...

Allow me to use the term "only" lightly however, cuz the upper part of blackcomb has about 3000' acres of ridable area.... yeah.

On the last day it snowed all the night before and all day, which I think by the end of it we ended up with about 10" of snow.... it was as if Carmen was there :P

Trails open:
A park with M & L features was open, which changed on a daily basis with new jumps and rails still being added (nice to see they hadn't given up on it yet), and all trails on the upper lahf of the mountain were open. Glades were only enjoyable once there was powder on them, and even though it was ice under the powder, it was amazing.

I highly recommencd whistler/blackcomb, especially if its near the end of the season for you, cuz even though I had rode fresh BC mountain powder 12 hours earlier, I returned to t-shirt and short weather when i got home

__________________
Official 'Eh' Team representative

Kris
Toronto Prelude Club
kri$han is offline View My Blog!   Reply With Quote
Sponsored Links
Advertisement
 

Old 04-27-2008, 10:56 PM   #2 (permalink)
Simply^Ride
-LIFETIME MEMBER-
 
Simply^Ride's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 1,807
Default

Cool, I am glad you had a good time. I am looking into traveling to Whistler next season, but I am not sure that I am going to be able to make it up there. I got to save some money and get everything ready to move out West. Most probably I will only be able to make to the meet and maybe Utah early season.
Simply^Ride is offline View My Blog!   Reply With Quote
Old 04-29-2008, 05:17 AM   #3 (permalink)
indoblazin
Member
 
indoblazin's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Vancouver, BC
Posts: 60
Default

I'm heading up Sunday if anyone's interested....
indoblazin is offline View My Blog!   Reply With Quote
Old 11-13-2008, 02:40 PM   #4 (permalink)
TourismWhistler
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Whistler, Canada
Posts: 6
Default

Nice. Glad you had a good time. We're getting stoked for the season coming up.
TourismWhistler is offline View My Blog!   Reply With Quote
Old 11-15-2008, 04:34 PM   #5 (permalink)
SFshredder
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Bay Area
Posts: 101
Default

Hopefully I'll be able to head up to Whistler next season. I don't think I'm quite good enough yet since I've only been boarding for about a year and a half. I want to be good so a trip to Whistler would be worth it and I'd get the most for my money.
SFshredder is offline View My Blog!   Reply With Quote
Old 11-18-2008, 07:20 PM   #6 (permalink)
wbsr
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Whistler
Posts: 25
Default

Glad to hear the OP enjoyed Blackcomb, personally its my favorite mountain. Love Spankys and the Glacier. Crystal zone is sick, and 7th Heaven has its moments
wbsr is offline View My Blog!   Reply With Quote
Old 11-18-2008, 07:56 PM   #7 (permalink)
legallyillegal
Senior Member
 
legallyillegal's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Brockton Lift, Mount Seymour, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
Posts: 400
Blog Entries: 1
Default

"What's taking so long? If i wanted to pay $40 to stand in line all day I'd go to Whistler and pay $80!"
-SomeGuy at Hemlock
legallyillegal is offline View My Blog!   Reply With Quote
Old Yesterday, 11:38 AM   #8 (permalink)
wbsr
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Whistler
Posts: 25
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by legallyillegal View Post
"What's taking so long? If i wanted to pay $40 to stand in line all day I'd go to Whistler and pay $80!"
-SomeGuy at Hemlock
How about the saying : Some people work to live, while others live to work.

Get a life and take some holidays OUTSIDE of public holidays, and you will experience Whistler Blackcomb as two huge personal playgrounds. I have spent many days skiing straight onto the lifts, no wait at all.
wbsr is offline View My Blog!   Reply With Quote
Reply



Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



VerticalSports
Baseball Forum Golf Forum Boxing Forum Snowmobile Forum
Basketball Forum Soccer Forum MMA Forum PWC Forum
Football Forum Cricket Forum Wrestling Forum ATV Forum
Hockey Forum Volleyball Forum Paintball Forum Snowboarding Forum
Tennis Forum Rugby Forums Lacrosse Forum Skiing Forums
Copyright (C) Verticalscope Inc Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.0.0 RC8
vBCredits v1.4 Copyright ©2007, PixelFX Studios