BlueB Posted November 12, 2012 Report Share Posted November 12, 2012 Pan is right. More warmer weather coming up, I do not see the opening for another 2 weeks :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pan Posted November 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2012 OMG! Cypress intends to open this Wednesday! "Mountain Update: With last evening's 30 cm snowfall we are working to open as much terrain as possible for Wednesday. We have some wet weather forecast for the rest of today and tomorrow before clearing for Opening Day." Yesterday, some people went up to Cypress did some riding on the parking lot: @.@ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cousin of Beagle Posted November 12, 2012 Report Share Posted November 12, 2012 Who's got 2 thumbs & is going snowboarding on Wednesday? This guy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pan Posted November 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2012 Grouse will open tomorrow afternoon 3pm! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cousin of Beagle Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 Come on, Cypress. You can't let Grouse beat you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 Oh boy, oh boy! This is funny, since another washout is coming up. Ah well, I guess they'll open for bragging rights of anouther early opening... I might try on Thursday, if the stars alligned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pan Posted November 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 Whistler just annonced early opening on this Sat. It will be a huge line-up at the base. @.@ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cousin of Beagle Posted November 15, 2012 Report Share Posted November 15, 2012 (edited) 9:15 rock star parking. There were a lot of cars in the parking lot already. Had to park in the 2nd row. Mood was very festive. 9:45 Eagle Chair opened 15 minutes early. Only 1 run open. The 2010 Olympic BX run from Upper Maelle Ricker to Lower Jasey-Jay. The snow was soft groomer. Coverage was ok with the occasional brown spot showing. Long sweeping carving turns (like the kind Boris likes to do when he gets t-boned from behind) were out of the question, because 1. the snow was too soft, and 2. it was too crowded. Weapon of the day: Dynastar 3800 - 163 cm. Other parts of the hill have only a small dusting of snow. Edited November 15, 2012 by Cousin of Beagle Opening Day!! - Wooooooooo!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted November 15, 2012 Report Share Posted November 15, 2012 Hey good for you! Hmm, you mixed me with Scooby, on those long turns ;) I just got word from the head of the school - no riding for staff before on snow training on 25th, or even before Dec 1st. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cousin of Beagle Posted November 15, 2012 Report Share Posted November 15, 2012 no riding for staff before on snow training on 25th, or even before Dec 1st. you can't ride Cypress without paying for a lift ticket? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarvingScooby Posted November 15, 2012 Report Share Posted November 15, 2012 Thanks for the update Cousin... sorry can't make it today. I also realize most of my gears left them in Edmonton :( Just the new HB is here... Prepped the winterstick for brown patches...will decide tomorrow... RT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cousin of Beagle Posted November 15, 2012 Report Share Posted November 15, 2012 Coverage was ok with the occasional brown spot showing. I saw two or three little wood or rock chunks approximately a couple of inches in size. Nothing really significant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarvingScooby Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 Got my pass that day and manage to test my gears for almost 3 hours. Met Roddy, Pan and Cousin's "wind surfers" gangs (Jerry and Cliff(?)) Toys of the day: Scooby - "Recycle" WinterStick 173 Roddy - New Asym Deck 158 (made by Nide Decker) Only Eagle chair is open and one "blue" run that was groomed. Maelle Ricker ("upper" Fork) continue all the way thru the steep hill down the narrow path and swing to South (left) where it connected side by side with lower "upper" JJA then you'll be forced to turn to West (right) right before ("lower" Fork) next to the Island (where the Bell park will be set up) then continue all the way down to "lower" JJA and connected back to "lower" Panorama back to Eagle chair. Mid JJA is fenced off half way on North side, bare "wide" spots with rocks is still seen next to "end" Trumpeter Traffic is pilling quickly on the "bottle neck" where the steep hill on Maelle Ricker turn to a narrow run. "Meat gates" are also formed on the steep hill - from looking for a lost cell phone, chit chat, sitting, softy that couldn't get up and try to slide on their butt and off course all these activities were formed in the middle of the run . Not to mention straight liners, jumpers, jibbers all piles up in one run. From "mid" JJA down is great. Snow is dense granule with hard pack base. Happy to be back to Cypress and no complain with the early opening condition... I saw two or three little wood or rock chunks approximately a couple of inches in size. Nothing really significant. Confirmed and these rocks float and spread... At noon traffic increase but no line up - Weekend might be worse, so go early. RT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pan Posted November 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 Yeah, I was there yesterday. Did 3-4 runs. A bit sore (from too much computer work during the summer) Will be busy with CASI and coach training at Whistler next week. Should be back to Cypress/Grouse in 2 weeks. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 This is starting to look better! Cooler weather coming too. Will be up there on Sunday, for staff training. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sultan Guy Posted November 22, 2012 Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 BC Brothers. I moved over the summer and am now SE of Bellingham-Sedro-Woolley area. Roughly equal drive for me to Grouse, Cypress, and Hemlock Valley. Which do you reccomend for weekends? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted November 22, 2012 Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 Hey! Good to have you in the "hood"! Hemlock probably has the least traffic, but slowest lifts. Good off-piste riding too. Sometimes really good dumps. Road up is long and a bit sketchy. Grouse is a gong-show on the weekends. Lifts are fast, runs are short. Access is by a gondy from North Van, can take few cycles before you can load. Seymore is similar to Hemlock, with shorter runs. Busier too. Cypress is double the size then any of the other 3. Some very fast lifts and some slow ones. Great variety of expert terrain, on and off piste. Can get busy on the weekends, very pleasant on weekdays. More expensive then others. Majority of the local h/booters ride Cypress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crucible Posted November 22, 2012 Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 Can't improve on what Boris just wrote- that synopsis should be tagged as a sticky for the local BC carving crew. I am partial to Cypress, because that's where there is the highest density of HB riders, but Ruwi and his crew at Grouse fly the HB flag pretty well too. I am trying something new this year, and am committing to doing more backcountry snowboarding days and evenings at Cypress and Seymour instead of just getting a pass to any of the local North Shore hills. Partly it's because I want to get into better aerobic shape, and partly because I am getting tired of having to weave my way through the crowds and meat gates on the weekends. I'll let u guys know how it works out... Geo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cousin of Beagle Posted November 25, 2012 Report Share Posted November 25, 2012 9:00 to 11:00 Eagle chair was open. Maelle Ricker to Jasey Jay, Panorama, Windjammer. Lions was also open. Collins only. Snow was firm corduroy, softening at 11:00. Coverage is good. Didn't hit any rocks or stumps. There were occasional bare spots, which were marked. Lots of room on the Eagle chair runs, while Collins was crowded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted November 30, 2012 Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 Did anyone ride recently? Conditions? I'll be up on Sunday (finaly) for on-snow training. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cousin of Beagle Posted November 30, 2012 Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 Rode on Tuesday. 11:00 - 2:00. Snow was soft packed. Still firm. Good coverage. Eagle & Lions chairs were open. Panorama, Ricker/ JJ, Collins, Humpty/ Horizon. Not many people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xy9ine Posted December 2, 2012 Report Share Posted December 2, 2012 the rain this week hasn't been kind to the mountain: pretty much only 2 runs open - collins & ricker / jasey. pretty dismal. had a couple fun hours, regardless, but things were getting soggy by 11. colins had a nice groom and minimal bodies, so a fine first day on the board carving warmup. funny thing - got chased down by a patroller on a sled that saw me laying trenches; told me not to carve on the lower runout (a thinly covered, narrow track) because he was worried i'd cut up the minimal remaining snow. he did appreciate i was having fun on the upper stuff though. conditions are sadly marginal however; desperately need some lower temps... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted December 3, 2012 Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 Just back from instructors' training... We had all sorts of weather today: Snow overnight, sunny morning, snow before lunch, fog, freezing rain, rain, fog, more fog, wet snow... Anyways, more runs are open now, even Sky Chair. Glades of Sky were awsome. Run out from Horizon is absolutely shocking. Toy of the day, ancienr Prior MFR 165, with low angle plates, handled awsome. Colegue instructors are still baffled about switch and park riding on hard boots ;) I didn't feel too rusty, for the first ride of the season. Hip did hurt a bit in the beginning... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarvingScooby Posted December 3, 2012 Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 Oh good, I didn't miss much.... C ya guys in Xmas or sooner, maybe I sud xport some from here ;) RT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted December 6, 2012 Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 Kaz and me met for some turns... Tony was spotted too, on soft boots. Conditions were funny, hard packed in some areas, soft packed in some (snow guns), rocky :( in some... Mid Panorama was a disaser. Steep part of JJA pretty good. Run out from JJA to the lift sketchy. Some open holes on the runs, are the scares from Monday rains... Weather started as fair, then it started snowing lunchtimish and fogged up. Should stay cold/snowy for quite a few days now, apparently... Toys of the day: Kaz on his Ogasaka 162, me on Highlander 167 and Proto 167. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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