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I’m not sure. Possibly? Since I moved here, the early season boundary starts off quite small, does not include the alpine, and expands slowly. Folks I've chatted with have attributed it to staffing but who knows if that's true. For example, below are some photos I have from Nov. 26th 2021. You...

I would add big powder days to the list of days to avoid. Lol Christmas through mid-March is madness on weekends. March is my favorite month by far. Last weekend was pretty quiet on the Blackcomb side. Outside of opening weekend and powder days, I find November and December to be tolerable...

Looks like some fun terrain and decent enough coverage for early season. I’ve never been to Mammoth, but it looks like the mountain and its lift network allow for lapping high alpine terrain even when coverage further down is limited. Alpine lifts in Whistler usually start opening by the...

Oof. Revelstoke is the latest to postpone their opening day. Crystal too, but that’s less of a surprise given how warm it has been in WA. Agree, 15-day is typically not worth looking at. Even 10-day forecasts can be suspect, especially when it comes to forecasting precipitation amounts. It...

7th is not running. The uphill route is a groomed cat track starting at the top of Jersey Cream. It’s actually quite an easy hike/skin with a gentler pitch than Flute. It takes approximately 10 minutes to get to the lower Chainsaw runs and 45 minutes to get to top of 7th. Much easier than hike...

Whistler isn’t as bad as I feared. Yes, coverage and conditions are bad on the lower third of Jersey Cream and Catskinner, but coverage above 1800m is great. Much more skiable terrain than the 3 trails officially open. Skiers coming down Saudan The runs off Chainsaw Ridge and elsewhere in the...

Looks like interior BC isn’t faring much better. Sun Peaks pushed their opening day to next week. There’s nothing more than a dusting in the video they posted today.

I thought the same thing. I didn’t realize how quickly snow depths dropped off until I started reading some concerning trips reports from the Whistler backcountry last week. The on mountain weather stations make it pretty clear. Pig Alley at 1650m is reporting 71cm (28”)—okay for opening day...

The Whistler alpine is off to a decent start, but below the Roundhouse and Rendezvous, it’s a different story. Most of the precip has fallen as rain in recent weeks, and there’s no snow below 1500m. Ops just shared their opening day plan and it’s not pretty. Blackcomb opens Friday with just 1...

1000%! I was being snarky when I linked to the article in all caps. 😆 I am skeptical DV will be able to overcome nature and offer a quality product in much of the new terrain, and I suspect casual skiers will notice a difference. They may not comprehend why the surface feels different. Casual...

This figure seems a bit higher than I remembered. I think it’s because Alta includes 375 acres of cat serviced terrain in their 2600 reported acres 🤥. If so, that makes the combined total more like 4739 acres (slightly less than Whistler without Blackcomb). Deer Valley may not have the...

I’m not sure if this info is too late to be useful, but the Coq should be fine with M+S tires, especially today. The Coquihalla Summit area can be sketchy in bad weather, but not for the same reason as Teton Pass. The combination of semis crawling up the pass and yahoos flooring it in the left...

Nice report! I know all about that crusty layer. I visited Fernie a couple weeks ago. Was planning to hit Castle as well, but the drive wouldn't have been worth it for similar conditions. Conditions at Kicking Horse were great, however. Fernie: http://forum.nyskiblog.com/Fernie-B-C-2 ...

Skiing Monday at Alta was definetly underwhelming. That said, yesterday was actually pretty decent all things considering. The snow Tuesday evening was low water content, and combined with Monday's elephant snot, it skied surprising deep for such a modest snowfall. Yes, the icy bumps were still...

Thanks for the tip! Was missing the www.

Can't speak for Wolf Creek, but I have considered it as a way to hedge my bet if I ever gamble with a trip to Taos again. Grand Targhee is a blast with a fresh snowfall. It's one giant powder glade. The fog can pose some visibility challenges for the top couple hundred feet off the Dreamcatcher...

I skied Sunday at Alta as well. Conditions were decent considering the limited base and no big recent snowfall. Spent my day poking around the East Greely area, Catherine's, and Baldy Shoulder. Desperate for some untracked snow (or in this case...lightly tracked snow) I dabbled in some low angle...

Only the lower section is officially open-- from the Deer Valley entrance. The uppermost entrance is at Hickock Hill, but that has yet to be signed. The middle entrance is at Lookout. They did not finish work on the upper portion this summer.

Perhaps I have been over simplifying. One of the obstacles preventing the glade from opening this season is accessibility. The forest immediately alongside The Wilmington Trail is more dense. I described it as "brush and deadfall". Bad word choices on my part. It is a mixture of...

Snow depth is not the limiting issue in these glades. It is an abundance of brush and deadfall... none of which has been cleared. The glades only exist on the map at this point. Once cleared, they will open with similar regularity as the other glades on the hill. Having spent many years...