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Today was COLD. Today was facemask-mandatory weather. Today made California locals cringe and whimper. Today was still super fun though.

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staying warm in the clearest bubble

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The week began with bold snow total predictions. Some dared to say that 50-90 cm would fall by Wednesday. Slowly (rather quickly actually) these forecasts shrank, and now we will be lucky if 5 cm more fall this week. This doesn’t mean that 7ish cm wasn’t waiting this morning, on an empty mountain, for us to shred.

I don’t think it got above 0 degrees Fahrenheit (-1 6 C) all day, but this means that hardly anyone else was on the mountain. In addition, the new snow was Utah dry and fairly unspoiled in Spankey’s lap after lap. We never made it to Whistler today, but Spankey’s was certainly the best of Blackcomb. The worst place to be was anywhere you happened to be underdressed, maybe the chairlift today.

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We headed the warnings for this cold though and dressed appropriately in order to weather the freeze and enjoy rippable runs under blue skies. Twas a success.

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good skiing promotes interspecies agreement

Tomorrow is supposed to be just as cold, but perhaps 3 cm will fall throughout the day. Needless to say, the village will be encompassed within the freezing level.

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About the author

Charlie is from Telluride, CO where he has grown up skiing. Charlie moved to Whistler this year after completing college to join the Unofficial team. He is a raft guide in the summer and skis between Unofficial posts in the winter.

3 Comments

  1. Vote -1 Vote +1Charlie Cohn
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    That bear is a ripping skier.

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  2. -2 Vote -1 Vote +1cretin!
    says:

    you whistler boys are a bunch of dorks!!! “good thing i had my face warmer so as not to feel any cold, *sniffle whine*, and we headed the warnings that ranger rick told us to in the lodge while refilling my hot chocolate like any good skier should”

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