 Poster: A snowHead
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It's finally been snowing at Whistler, and more snow forecast to come  But will it be enough to cover all that ice? Can anyone at Whistler comment?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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ponder, wish someone would as I'm leaving for Whistler on Sunday
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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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from epicski
"It has been snowing the last few days here with a 14cm dump on Wednesday. Lower reaches are bad and closed but all is open up high. We have over 30cm of snow forecast for the coming 4 days.
Checkout this great site for first hand snow conditions. http://www.snowboardingatwhistler.com"
If you have not been before dont worry too much about the lower stuff being marginal, it is whats happening up top that is relevant....unless you really are committed to the last run of the day skiing back to the base.
My advice.....download !!
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Sounds like Whistler is having incredible snow! I unfortunately won't be able to get up until thursday, but I had a friend who went up on Saturday and said it was great. At this point they'd had a 14 cm and a 15 cm day back to back. Then Saturday night they got 23 cm, and today (Sunday) they are forecasting 15-25 cm during the day with another 10-20 cm over night! Then a bit more on Monday (2-5 cm). And no rain/above freezing level forecasts for any of the days! So they already have 52cm by Sunday morning, and should have a total of 79 - 102 cm of relatively new snow (the oldest still less than a week old) by Monday night! Perfect timing Helen, and leave some freshies for me on Thursday
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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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84 cm in the past week Supposedly some flurries bringing a few more dustings of snow as well.
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Went up today (friday) instead of thursday. Conditions - damn good. While the bottoms still suck (no ski-out of at whistler, ski out at blackcomb only if you really hate your skis), everything above the gondolas is very nice. Pretty much all soft pack to hard pack (but not too hard), and some of it quite soft and deep. Very decent powder if you dip into the trees. I was on Blackcomb and virtually every run was open. By the end of the day there were some icy patches, but these were small, and there were few of them - totally dodgeable, and no on most of the runs. And there's 23-24 cm more snow forecast between now and tuesday.
Edit: oops, I think I meant 23-42
Last edited by You'll need to Register first of course. on Sun 27-03-05 18:37; edited 1 time in total
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43 cm overnight, and I'm going to be in Seattle for the weekend! ARGHHHHHHH!
Also decent snowfalls forecasted pretty much every day (all around 10 cm), and a snowbase of over 7.5 feet. At least I'll be able to get some good skiing in next weekend and for probably many weeks after
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ponder,
Say after me... Cancel Seattle, I'm going skiing.... Cancel Seattle, I'm going skiing.... Etc, Etc,
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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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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ponder, I got home on Sunday, and had a great trip. Still good powder to be found. Have fun when you make it.
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Wow, was just back today from a day at Whistler - best day of the seaon for me for sure. Last day that they're keeping Blackcomb open, which is really unfortunate because there's pretty much full coverage everywhere (except the run out) and TONS of deep powder to be found at the top. Blackcomb Glacier was incredible, as was Xhigy's Meadow or Lakeside Bowl or whatever it is that's sort of past the top of 7th Heaven. Also, the run off the glacier t-bar, but not down the glacier, had great powder as well. Fantastic all around, by my legs are TIRED.
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You know it makes sense.
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An overview of Whistler / Blackcomb's turbulent season which has just ended. And good prospects for the summer glacier skiing.
From FirstTracks
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| From "snowfarming" - moving snow around via helicopter to keep ski-outs open - to building one-of-a-kind dumpcats, this season was all about Whistler Blackcomb's snowmaking, grooming and operations teams. Whistler Blackcomb spent over $1 million to enhance conditions, give free lessons, offer food discounts, and keep everything running. Whistler locals were so grateful for the extraordinary efforts to keep the mountains open every single day, residents ran full-page thank-you ads in local newspapers. |
Anyone know what a 'dumpcat' is 
And using choppers to move snow is hardly the most environmentally friendly activity.
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| In order to satisfy guests, the resort's snowmaking crews pumped 180 million gallons of water, making enough snow to fill 903 football fields with snow one foot deep. That's the largest seasonal production of snow in the history of Whistler Blackcomb. |
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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'd guess that a Dumpcat is a snowcat with a dumpster rear body, or more simply a big box on the back to transport snow
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Poster: A snowHead
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kuwait_ian, you might well be right that it wasn't the most enviro-frinedly operation, but for those of us who travelled over 4000 miles to be there, we sure were grateful 
I was there when the rain began in January, and back in March, and for once i thought the "big corporation" did a good job to keep their guests happy.
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FAQ
It was fun, but 43 cm of fresh . . .
