3 months in, 63 days on the snow and still going strong. I'm still pretty much skiing just the mornings, but i'm averaging about 12 runs a day up from 6-8 in december.
Weather continues unseasonably warm - both Squamish and Pemberton have posted record temperatures this month, and we did have rain all the way up the mountain early in the month with little fresh snow since, but the alpine region above the treeline has stayed in remarkably good condition, at least on the pistes. I did venture into the off-piste a little and managed to find a rock that went right through the ski base to the core
which cost me $30 bucks to repair. The mid-mountain has been very granulated from the rain and warm temperatures, but the last few nights have been clear and cold enough for them to run the cannons which has helped hugely - the fine grain cannon snow fills in the gaps between the granular ice crystals and does a very good job of helping it bind together again and stay flatter and more resistant to the skis turning. The lower mountain is pretty much trashed though. The local news has been saying that the overall snowpack is only around 30% of normal for this time of year, and they are already starting to bleat about a drought this summer with insufficient water for agriculture, but that is farmers for you.
Blair was in town last weekend for 5 days by the end of which I was outskied and outeaten - being an old git I had to sit out down a half hour on the tuesday afternoon while he got an extra 3 runs in, and I couldn't manage the 14 oz prime rib on monday night which he finished, although the left over was very nice for breakfast on wednesday with a couple of fried eggs. And he was planning to go rockwall climbing the evening he got home, where all I wanted to do was sit on the sofa...
We've pretty much decided that we are going to try and come back here again next season - for all the weather issues i'm having fun and its still a better resort than many of the smaller places inland. We've mentioned our plans to our current landlord, and Maria has been in touch with a few other possible rentals, so hopefully we can agree a rental before we leave at the end of April so we know we have somewhere to come back to.
Weather continues unseasonably warm - both Squamish and Pemberton have posted record temperatures this month, and we did have rain all the way up the mountain early in the month with little fresh snow since, but the alpine region above the treeline has stayed in remarkably good condition, at least on the pistes. I did venture into the off-piste a little and managed to find a rock that went right through the ski base to the core
which cost me $30 bucks to repair. The mid-mountain has been very granulated from the rain and warm temperatures, but the last few nights have been clear and cold enough for them to run the cannons which has helped hugely - the fine grain cannon snow fills in the gaps between the granular ice crystals and does a very good job of helping it bind together again and stay flatter and more resistant to the skis turning. The lower mountain is pretty much trashed though. The local news has been saying that the overall snowpack is only around 30% of normal for this time of year, and they are already starting to bleat about a drought this summer with insufficient water for agriculture, but that is farmers for you.
Blair was in town last weekend for 5 days by the end of which I was outskied and outeaten - being an old git I had to sit out down a half hour on the tuesday afternoon while he got an extra 3 runs in, and I couldn't manage the 14 oz prime rib on monday night which he finished, although the left over was very nice for breakfast on wednesday with a couple of fried eggs. And he was planning to go rockwall climbing the evening he got home, where all I wanted to do was sit on the sofa...
We've pretty much decided that we are going to try and come back here again next season - for all the weather issues i'm having fun and its still a better resort than many of the smaller places inland. We've mentioned our plans to our current landlord, and Maria has been in touch with a few other possible rentals, so hopefully we can agree a rental before we leave at the end of April so we know we have somewhere to come back to.
