as in the past ,i'm thowing this up here in the east becasue a quick scan of the posts indicate interest in the east on this site outpaces the west by almost 6 to 1... well another successful trip to heaven, er whistler in july, has come and gone... no bull snow report had a very deep base up in the glacier making for outstanding summer skiing conditions. pobably the best base in the glacier in my 3 years of mogul camp.. blackcomb apparently had quite a mild spring after an above average winter so this set it up well... however, it was hot hot hot for our first three days commencing on monday the 22nd... m t and w saw temps approach 95 in the village and close to 75 up in the glacier.. a pleasant breeze kept things refreshing though up on the snow. three days of bluebird for m t and w. the camps day off had buyddy gil and i going up on our own to ski on thursday.. well worth it since john smart's mogul lanes were basically our own private pleyground seeing as world mogul camp, run by cooper schell has wrapped it up the previous day... world, by the way, this year, had janne lahtela the gold medal winner from finland teaching...i only saw janne really let it go 2 times, but that was enough...really he's on another planet.. another bluebird day , but cooler around 65 in the glacier. we pounded out about 25 bump runs for the best day i've had on skis since the 40 inch dump on cannon mountain 2 years ago. we also got to shoot on video cam about an hour of video in the moguls, which will be great to get us throught he next three months. truly a " glorious " day !!!!!! sun, 65f, no clouds, near empty glacier and a kicking sound system reverberating the sounds of b. marley, and the pixies through the bowl courtesy of the rowdy pirates over at the high north freeride camp. high north was the only other camp operating that day in the upper part of the horstman glacier aside fromthe race camps which operate in the lower half and ride a different t bar. high north was just getting back up and running after being shut down in the middle of one of their sessions due to insurance issues... but they got it all straightened out.. their problems however, did result in the cancellation fo the whistler open contest, which is unfortuate becasue i was stoked to see the boys going off. camp was back in session on f s and sun and sunday saw the only bad weather day.. no rain just fog.. lots of fog which at times made skiing pretty near impossible... all in all a great week .. lots was learned ( like how much i have to learn ).. best teacher of the week for me was a kid named mark mcdonnell, a former cnadain bumper and the winner of the bud pro mogul tour in 98... top 10 olympic coaches that were there included ryan johnson and scot bellevance both from cananda and trennon paynter (australia) and american sean smith ( the guy who did the demo run on the nbc olympics coverage on tv and one of the best coaches by the way ) <BR>observations; the thing i am starting to realize more and more is that this camp is not only just about skiing moguls, it's about learning how to ski.. mopgul skiing technique is needed in every type of skiing, groomed flats , steeps, powder, the trees.. pretty much everything except racing, which i have no desire to do...so the great thing about camp is that it is really about becomeing a better skier not just bump skier, and it's done in an atmosphere where it is one heck of a good time...now i have not been there in the winter but i think whistler may be a bit overrated in the winter.. i don't think the snow fall is the best ( which seems like a paradox seeing as they ski in july ) i think it's insanely crowded and it's not cheap.. but the summer, ah well , i thinks simply it's paradise.. one persons opinion!!!!!!we are into august boys, in theory, we could be burning lift serviced turns in the month after next...stay cool... and any info seekers about summer camp go to smartmogul.com .. p.s the average age of the adult sms session is about 37