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A bit closer to your neck-of-the-woods, @claurel have you done the Neve Traverse? The Spearhead?

On my bucket list. Thanks for sharing!

You would think, but it’s not that simple. Whistler stayed open later for the 24/25 season due to the Jersey Cream replacement. Personally, I didn’t find it to be a better setup overall. For one, there’s quite a bit more flats on that side used to get from A to B. With the slow spring snow...

It was a beautiful weekend for spring skiing in Whistler. The dry, sunny weather that has characterized much of April continues. Nighttime temperatures returned to more seasonal values this week, even though the days remained warm. As a result, we didn’t bother starting our day until 11:00 AM...

I actually don’t. 😆 I have an acquaintance who skis through the summer months, but I don’t know if he has a streak going. If I lived in Squamish or Pemberton, I’m sure I would know more than a few. There’s certainly no shortage of snow! However, since the mountains in the southwest BC are...

Yup, much easier access to higher elevations in WA and OR. However, there’s much less appetite for heading south of the border nowadays. 😬

I do! I’d like to get at least a couple spring tours in before I wrap up my season in 2-3 weeks. After that, good corn cycles are harder to come by and most folks head south to the volcanoes.

Saturday felt like the final curtain call for winter. After a cool week that dropped a foot of new snow, rising temperatures meant a narrow window to find remaining powder. Whistler Mountain (left) doesn’t look all that impressive from this angle Beefy snowpack on nearby Corrie Peak and...

Spring has arrived in Whistler. A little too early for my taste, but such is life. It was cooking yesterday! As has been the story all season, coverage up high is great for this time of year. The ski outs are still holding up but won’t be open much longer if this weather continues. A short...

Note the date. This was a bad April Fools joke.

PC closing after this weekend.

I spent the weekend in the Duffey, a popular ski touring destination an hour northeast of Whistler. Conditions were fantastic overall. We found excellent, midwinter conditions on northern aspects. The crust from the last atmospheric river is now buried under 40+ cm of right side up snow. There...

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If I hadn’t had a reservation at the Kees and Claire hut, Saturday would have been a great day to do anything BUT ski inbounds at Whistler. After raining up into the alpine for four days straight, conditions were about as bad as I’ve ever seen them. The mountain warned the alpine would be slow...

Another casualty of the warm temps. Bridger Bowl is closing Sunday.

I just saw the announcement pop into my feed. Oof. I’m sure there will be many more.

This week it’s raining into the alpine for 3-4 days straight followed by a rapid cool down. I feel bad for folks who are here for spring break. Coincidentally, I have another hut booked for this weekend (have to book months in advance). Unless we get some snow on the backend (not likely), rain...

It’s not much of a slog at all, especially compared to what we are accustomed to in the Sea to Sky region. The approach is groomed regularly and takes approximately an hour to get to where you exit the logging road and begin the steep ascent. It takes approximately 30 minutes the other...

With all the recent snow this week and a beautiful day on tap, yesterday was the day to get out in SWBC before the snowpack gets…ugly. I hit up the backcountry off of the Sea To Sky Gondola. It seemed like every backcountry skier in Squamish had the same idea. The morning queues were unlike I...

Indeed. The warmth across the west has been a constant feature, regardless of whether regions were getting normal precipitation levels or not. On a more local level, I’ve lost count how many times it has rained to the Whistler summit this season. This will also be the 3rd season in a row where...