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Showing posts with label ski. Show all posts
Wednesday, 1 December 2021

Another ski season begins (2021-2022)... will COVID shut Whistler down early again?

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Opening day on Blackcomb Mountain 2021   The 2021-2022 ski season has started here in Whistler. Lots of snow for the first few days giving h...
Sunday, 16 February 2020

The skiing is good... despite Vail Resorts (owners of Whistler-Blackcomb ski area)

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Whistler peak, February 12, 2020 Mid February and the skiing is good. LOTS of snow fell in January (after almost none November & ...
Thursday, 28 November 2019

Ski season 2019-2020 begins

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Opening day: November 28, 2019, Blackcomb Mt Well, not such a great beginning. We are both still hacking and coughing with terrible co...
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Sunday, 5 May 2019

Overlapping seasons: Skiing, sailing and hiking

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April 26: Downwind sail back to home berth in Stanley Park It is that crossover time of year. A time we can go for a sail, a hike, or go...
Tuesday, 12 March 2019

Back home... and skiing!

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Plenty of snow on Blackcomb Mountain (March 12) Arrived home to Whistler late last night, after 6 days relaxing (and eating!) in Th...
Thursday, 22 November 2018

Another ski season begins (albeit slowly)

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Michelle hates being photographed skiing... Skiing at Whistler-Blackcomb opened today, albeit pretty limited (only 2.5 runs open). We s...
Thursday, 15 March 2018

She's back in the saddle again (Michelle skiing)!

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Top of Blackcomb's Glacier Chair (March 15, 2018) Nearly 3.5 months of rehab after tearing the MCL and ACL of her right knee, Michel...
Monday, 12 March 2018

A beautiful day in the neighbourhood...

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View towards Black Tusk (from peak of Whistler Mtn) Looking down from "Cream Cheese Ridge" (Whistler Mtn) We live (and...
Friday, 2 February 2018

Mid-(ski)season Progress Report

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"Triumphant" return to Winter sports: Snowshoeing February 1 Two months of steady recovery for Michelle, diligently doing her...
Wednesday, 6 December 2017

Out for the count (and the season): the ACL-MCL blues...

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Looks peaceful, but... it's the N 2 O and ketamine A small fall on a relatively easy run (Expresso)... the result appears to be ...
Friday, 24 November 2017

Back home in Whistler... and back skiing

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Heading down "Zig Zag" (Blackcomb Mountain, Nov 23, 2017) A long trip home from Hua Hin (Thailand): 3.5 hours bus to Bangkok...
Monday, 17 April 2017

We're still here... skiing

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Michelle at Whistler Peak, Easter Sunday: heading down Whistler Bowl Blog went silent for months as all we've done is basically s...
Monday, 19 December 2016

Back skiing!

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3.5 weeks after tearing his right calf muscle, David is finally back on the mountain. Just in time as we received 31 cm of powder in ...
Friday, 2 December 2016

Instant old man...

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  Tons of snow for opening days at Whistler (November 23rd) and Blackcomb (November 24th) -- over 200 cm new snow in a week. Unfort...
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Friday, 18 November 2016

Back home in Whistler, BC: Snow on the mountains!

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We are now back home in Whistler. While away in Nepal, a warming trend melted much of the snow on the mountains. However, it has been (and...
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Wednesday, 19 October 2016

Changing seasons...

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Brandywine Meadows (looking across to Black Tusk), August 30th, 2016 After returning from our Vancouver Island circumnavigation, our pl...
Monday, 14 March 2016

Back home in Whistler -- Powder skiing!

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Blackcomb Glacier: Michelle just had her best powder run of the season.... Back home in Whistler, after two weeks of sun and heat in ...
Monday, 11 January 2016

Aren't you bored living up at Whistler?

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View of the Black Tusk from Whistler Peak (December, 2015) Nope! It always surprises us, but it's a question we've been aske...