Poster: A snowHead
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veeeight wrote: |
Aren't you supposed to be practising your wedge turns? |
And of course the "racer in me" over did them and was "too aggressive"
Oh well I passed the moguls, which was my weakest section............prior to today
Roll on April exams.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Frosty the Snowman wrote: |
paulhothersall, Well lets hope so. Sounds interesting. Any advice to share? |
How about "Don't follow someone else's tracks assuming they will lead you back to safety!"
http://www.whistlerquestion.com/
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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The Whistler Question wrote: |
On Feb. 13, a group of three was rescued after having followed the tracks made by another group of six that went missing two days earlier.
“The last two months have been completely out of control,” Sills said. |
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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The Observer here in the UK said that Whistler was forecasting "149cm new snow over the coming week" - I'm not sure quite how they work that out (or be so precise: why 149 and not 150?) but I hope they're right:
I fly out on Saturday. WoooooooooooHooooooooooo!
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Not at all! I do make the occasional person cry, but on the whole most folk return for yet more abuse I mean a great experience !!!
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Acacia, I fly out on Saturday too! (from heathrow)
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Snowy, sorry to hear that you timed it to co-incide wih the schmoo. It was tough those few days.
The forecast currently reads:
Friday - 5-15cm
Tonight - 20-30cm
Sat - 15-20cm
woo hoo.
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Pakalolo was really quite nice with a big wide entrance and not a single mogul in sight |
Not wishing to rain on your parade, but are you sure you hit Pakalolo and not Secret Chute (they are next to each other)? Pakalolo has never had a wide entrance, it has two great big cliff boulders/rocks that restrict the entry.....
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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veeeight, I don't remember Secret Chute having an Experts Only sign though.
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veeeight wrote: |
Snowy, sorry to hear that you timed it to co-incide wih the schmoo. It was tough those few days.
The forecast currently reads:
Friday - 5-15cm
Tonight - 20-30cm
Sat - 15-20cm
woo hoo.
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Pakalolo was really quite nice with a big wide entrance and not a single mogul in sight |
Not wishing to rain on your parade, but are you sure you hit Pakalolo and not Secret Chute (they are next to each other)? Pakalolo has never had a wide entrance, it has two great big cliff boulders/rocks that restrict the entry..... |
Pakalolo entrance is a huge and simple ski-in on a relative scale (compared to say pipeline next to it) - I've never seen it particularly tricky except for the kind of somme like entrance that sometimes forms - but still as a double-black it's not really up there with say the Glacier Couloir or Excitation
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You know it makes sense.
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veeeight, What is the qualification of the ski instructors teaching the super group class (I will take the L4). I am going to Whistler on Apr 2 for 1 week.
I am also shopping around for a real "water proof" gloves. Do you have any suggestion??
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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i) At least CSIA L3's or international equivalent (they teach Level4's to 6).
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Poster: A snowHead
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Snowy, Pakalolo entrance is only 6 - 6.5 meters wide, which is fairly tight. So if the slope that you skied had a "wide" or "huge" entrance- then I'd have to agree with veeeight that you probably made some great turns down Secret Chute. (which is actually a single black run)- but by your description, if you went under the rope you must have skiied Pakalolo. As Stuarth mentioned, there are additional unmarked and unofficial runs that are hidden here and there- but you wouldn't have been skiing any of those. Pipeline and teetering rock have had cornices this season which have made them basically unskiable.
I agree with Stuarth- Pakalolo is the first double black run that I take client's to for their first double black experience. On Whistler- Glacier Cirque is probably the easiest "double black" piste. The top entrance of Glacier Couloir, and West Couloir, represent the most difficult marked double black runs on either mountain. Excitation and many others aren't marked on the trail maps, nor by an official sign, so they don't count. ( False face is sorta marked- but bushrat and five-oh, etc, aren't- so I'm not counting them either......)
Glad to hear that you're out and about and skiing some of the best steep terrain that the mountain's have to offer!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Not wishing to rain on your parade, but are you sure you hit Pakalolo and not Secret Chute (they are next to each other)? Pakalolo has never had a wide entrance, it has two great big cliff boulders/rocks that restrict the entry..... |
Snowy did Pakalolo, she is a much stronger skier than she cares to admit and, for her, Pakalolo has a wide entrance. Snowy you sandbagger you.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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skierguy_75 wrote: |
Snowy, Pakalolo entrance is only 6 - 6.5 meters wide |
6M- that's huge - You could get a bus through there!!
Snowy did indeed ski down Pakalolo, Mr Fafferson probably just approximated skiing down it, drinking his tea as he went.
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Skimak wrote: |
veeeight, What is the qualification of the ski instructors teaching the super group class (I will take the L4). I am going to Whistler on Apr 2 for 1 week.
I am also shopping around for a real "water proof" gloves. Do you have any suggestion?? |
Rubber gardening gloves are the ultimate in waterproof performance - but if you don't like that idea, Hestra Army XCR gloves do pretty well.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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veeeightstuarth, Thanks for your advice. I couldnt find the Hestra gloves in Toronto so I may buy it in Whistler.
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Skimak wrote: |
veeeightstuarth, Thanks for your advice. I couldnt find the Hestra gloves in Toronto so I may buy it in Whistler. |
Try Escape Route in the market place, they sold Hestra stuff last year.
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Kenny, welcome to !
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