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Just came back from Mount Snow.
Thursday was the coldest day I've ever ridden, all the locals thought we were fuckin insane to ride in that cold but the conditions were sick. Friday and saturday got a little warmer and conditions improved as well. Sick Riding all around.

Just finished day 1 of 6 at Whistler... OMG! RIDICULOUS. Never been out west before, what a treat... pics to come later when I get back...

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Originally posted by chanman7483 Just finished day 1 of 6 at Whistler... OMG! RIDICULOUS. Never been out west before, what a treat... pics to come later when I get back...

what a fucking treat you had....whistler just got pummeled by a storm....not like the 11 feet of snow that fell on tahoe this weekend, but 2 - 4 feet isn't too shabby.

definitely get your ass into garibaldi provincial park on the backside of blackcomb. hike up the ridges on the other side of the valley. definitely worth the hike. you won't regret it. just remember to go with someone else, and see if you can get your hands on an avalanche transceiver. but you shouldn't have to worry about avalanches over there because they don't let people hike out if there is substantial danger of it.

since this is your first time out west, stay off the cat tracks and trails, we have plenty of that crap in the east. get into the bowls and tress. definitely get your ass into symphony and harmony bowls. if you have the courage, try the right side of whistler peak....there are some great cliffs and chutes to get into; it's not that scary after you try it.

blackcomb glacier for the less faint of heart. also was the only thing open while i was out in whistler last year. i do love walking along the ledge to the glacier

Whats up riders?

Trying to lock down Tremblant for MLK weekend, so far looking good.

Might try to bus up to Okemo this weekend and get myself prepped for the french side of things.

Still haven't made any solid outwest plans yet but I've been looking into Mamouth or Bear while I visit some friends in the left coast.

Would still love to get out to Whistler if I could, still not sure on that...

Hope everyone is staying ontop of their riding game...keep cutting that pow!

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Originally posted by get nyce Whats up riders? Trying to lock down Tremblant for MLK weekend, so far looking good. Might try to bus up to Okemo this weekend and get myself prepped for the french side of things. Still haven't made any solid outwest plans yet but I've been looking into Mamouth or Bear while I visit some friends in the left coast. Would still love to get out to Whistler if I could, still not sure on that... Hope everyone is staying ontop of their riding game...keep cutting that pow!

mammoth is sick, but a very brutal drive. 5 - 6 hours of unbelievable boredom.

Holy shit... Spent yesterday on Blackcomb and was feelin good about myself. Was goin all over the glacier and bowls over there, tearing it up. Ventured over to Whistler's bowls/peak and got my ass thoroughly and entirely handed to me. Then when we got onto the 'groomed' trails again, they actually weren't... just moguls and moguls and moguls the entire way down. I'm done.

Today was much clearer than yesterday, tons of great powder, although some areas were REALLY deep - I would fall down and be unable to get up b/c the snow was too deep to plant my arms. I unexpectedly ran face to face with a cliff with about a 15 foot drop and proceeded to fall/tumble off. Never did any of this back east

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Originally posted by trunks1022 blackcomb glacier for the less faint of heart. i do love walking along the ledge to the glacier

you mean you didn't GO DOWN THE CLIFF? everyone does. you must be a scaredy cat!

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Originally posted by get nyce Trying to lock down Tremblant for MLK weekend, so far looking good.

hey brian

if you get a trip together to Tremblant can you let me know? i would love to go there for the weekend, it's only a 6hr drive from toronto.

keep me in the LOOP! JUST GOT MY BOARD WAXED! YEYAH!

Went to mountain creek today. It was fucking great. The weather was warm, the snow was good ( No slush) and it was fun. Time to buy myself a snowboarding combo.

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Originally posted by Stassi Just came back from Mount Snow. Thursday was the coldest day I've ever ridden, all the locals thought we were fuckin insane to ride in that cold but the conditions were sick. Friday and saturday got a little warmer and conditions improved as well. Sick Riding all around.

Yeah mount snow is pretty sick, i went there last year because killington got real fucking old. Looking back, I'd much rather be at mount snow. Cheaper, better trails (though less), better rates, etc etc etc

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Originally posted by chanman7483 Holy shit... Spent yesterday on Blackcomb and was feelin good about myself. Was goin all over the glacier and bowls over there, tearing it up. Ventured over to Whistler's bowls/peak and got my ass thoroughly and entirely handed to me. Then when we got onto the 'groomed' trails again, they actually weren't... just moguls and moguls and moguls the entire way down. I'm done. Today was much clearer than yesterday, tons of great powder, although some areas were REALLY deep - I would fall down and be unable to get up b/c the snow was too deep to plant my arms. I unexpectedly ran face to face with a cliff with about a 15 foot drop and proceeded to fall/tumble off. Never did any of this back east

i'm so fucking jealous......you wanna hurt your ego, try west cirque on the south side of whistler peak. if you're up for something even hairier, try the cirque or the couloir on the north side of whistler peak. Hortsman on blackcomb is pretty sick (it's just above jersey cream)....it should be nasty right now with all that new snow. you are so lucky, you don't even realize!!!

before you leave, make sure you get over to the trees on the south side of blackcomb. raptors ride, where's joe, watch out, and yard sale are great tree runs.

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Originally posted by jerZ07002 i'm so fucking jealous......you wanna hurt your ego, try west cirque on the south side of whistler peak. if you're up for something even hairier, try the cirque or the couloir on the north side of whistler peak. Hortsman on blackcomb is pretty sick (it's just above jersey cream)....it should be nasty right now with all that new snow. you are so lucky, you don't even realize!!! before you leave, make sure you get over to the trees on the south side of blackcomb. raptors ride, where's joe, watch out, and yard sale are great tree runs.

thanks dude... I'll check those out.

Yeah I got off the Jersey Cream lift today and saw all these people coming down from the ridge above... looked so awesome. That ginormous bowl looked so intimidating though, but I'll look into it tommoorw. As long as the runs don't hvae massive moguls on it I'm fine. I wore myself out going down those bastards... def not meant for snowboarding but I carved through em... hamstrings are barking right now though

Jersey cream is an awesome run...

Leaving in 10 mins from Bern to go up this very gondola in the pic to ride in Grindelwald, Switzerland for the day. It's ski areas on the trio of Bern Alps mountains: the Eiger, Moench, and Jungfrau.... hope I get some great pics today.

It's about 99% skiiers here in Switzerland. I feel like a true DEGENERATE!!

there is only one way to properly time check, and that is to ride dirty in le swizz

just go around asking people - are u on holiday?

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Originally posted by Fibonacci Yeah mount snow is pretty sick, i went there last year because killington got real fucking old. Looking back, I'd much rather be at mount snow. Cheaper, better trails (though less), better rates, etc etc etc

I'll be at killington next week I'm sure It'll be fun regardless. But I definitely agree that Killington is played out a bit.

need more updates from people!

alisa's pictures look stunning, jerz's been giving advice, chanman's in BC. i'm sort of helping with planning for march SLC trip. i really want to push my PT, maybe be strong enough to board in two months with repaired ACL? wishful thinking. if it isn't strong enough by then, i won't mind waiting til next winter.

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Originally posted by trunks1022 need more updates from people! alisa's pictures look stunning, jerz's been giving advice, chanman's in BC. i'm sort of helping with planning for march SLC trip. i really want to push my PT, maybe be strong enough to board in two months with repaired ACL? wishful thinking. if it isn't strong enough by then, i won't mind waiting til next winter.

this weather is killing me....i wanted to go to MC this weekend, but not if it rains.

An update from Alisa would be nice. those pictures are crazy.

as for me, since my cali plans were destroyed by, of all things, too much snow, it looks like a replacement trip to denver for my birthday is in order; planning for the first weekend in february. Then of course, my annual trip to whistler in march. i wish i could get one more trip in there.

My pics aren't the greatest, but here are some to get the juices flowing


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chillin
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my shitty pics don't do the place justice...

Funny thing is I came all the way out here to get on the real mtns, get some real powder... and i've gotten powder alright - 4 ft of snow so far this week. It's too much man.. I can't handle it, i'm not used to it... I'm just now starting to get used to leaning all the way back to get above the powder but damn, what a workout I'm getting. The worst is getting stuck at the bottom of some bowl in a flat area and having to hoof it out. Today I got stuck in some waist deep snow up on whistler... that wasn't fun. 3-4 inches of powder = awesome... 3-4 feet...

I also don't think they've heard of grooming up here either

The mountains in Switzerland are AMAZING... this Grindelwald ski area was HUGE, we kept finding lift after lift after lift and different areas, so many secluded through the woods ways to go, and so few people, it was amazing.

Unfortunately, I've heard POWDER POWDER POWDER from so many people about Whistler and even Vermont this year, but here it wasn't that great, not enough snow this winter and hard trails, it's a layer of ice under a hard surface basically, plus the slopes were challenging for me.... but definitely worth the scenery, the most amazing views I've ever seen...







Aaaaand the last news is that unfortunately Alisa's illustrious Swiss boarding career is OVER for at least the next few weeks because I hurt something in my knee that day, haven't been to the doctor but I fear it's a sprained or partially torn ligament of some sort... luckily I don't think it's an ACL injury, it's not that bad. I can't bend my knee the whole way but it's getting a little better every day....

So I'm back to exploring Switzerland by car and foot... luckily there are so many other beautiful things here besides mountains for boarding.

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Originally posted by Miss Bliss The mountains in Switzerland are AMAZING... this Grindelwald ski area was HUGE, we kept finding lift after lift after lift and different areas, so many secluded through the woods ways to go, and so few people, it was amazing. Unfortunately, I've heard POWDER POWDER POWDER from so many people about Whistler and even Vermont this year, but here it wasn't that great, not enough snow this winter and hard trails, it's a layer of ice under a hard surface basically, plus the slopes were challenging for me.... but definitely worth the scenery, the most amazing views I've ever seen... Aaaaand the last news is that unfortunately Alisa's illustrious Swiss boarding career is OVER for at least the next few weeks because I hurt something in my knee that day, haven't been to the doctor but I fear it's a sprained or partially torn ligament of some sort... luckily I don't think it's an ACL injury, it's not that bad. I can't bend my knee the whole way but it's getting a little better every day.... So I'm back to exploring Switzerland by car and foot... luckily there are so many other beautiful things here besides mountains for boarding.

that's not unusual. The quality of snow in the US is generally better than in europe. everyone that's been to both says it. it snows more frequently, and out west - especially in utah, montana, and wyoming - the snow has a low water content (light fluffy powder). Europe might have the dramatic vistas, long runs, and numerous steep slopes, but the US has what matters, GREAT SNOW!!

BTW....just booked breckenridge for the first weekend in february....i hope it doesn't stop snowing over there. in december colorado received more than 100 inches

i hope that alisa didn't do any damage like i did

Why I love winter and snowboarding:

Went to camelback yesterday for the first time. I just bought a new snowboard package so i had to test it out. Camelback is a nice place, but the conditions were shity. Ice all over the place, not groomed at all. Bumps were freaking crazy. I ate it twice because of the stupid ass bumps. Im hurting today.

It was worth for $22 though..

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