Snowboarding season has begun , lets see your pics!!!

[Bubbleman]

Hey guys, figured i would start a snowboarding/skiing thread here in the wild life forum. My local mtn whistler/blackcomb has opened and i've managed to get up for a couple of days. Opening day was great, tons of people showed up

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the mountain was well covered in snow


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The whistler local musicians were even at the roundhouse playing it up while we ate

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The whistler roundhouse is realy sweet, wood beams, super comfy, great food

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As you can see the snow was fairly deep for the first day. not something all resort mtns can brag about ...

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a few more shots of the mtn and the chairlift going up


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that was my first day up ^^ opening day.


peace

Bubbleman

[GMJoker]

Nice pics bman..

Sometimes I like to hit the powder in the pines and aspens.. here's a shot of some back country

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[Bubbleman]

Day two on the mtn, i have to say was much more epic than day one> I waited almost a week for the snow to fall> checking the webcams and snow reporst which you to can do here

WEBCAMS: http://www.whistlerblackcomb.com/weather/cams/index.htm


SNOWREPORTS: http://www.whistlerblackcomb.com/weather/snowreport/index.htm

it was just yesterday and the mtn got 14cm's of freshies, and not a cloud in the sky, i have to say these are some of my best shots of whistler yet. I will try and remember where each shot was taken to give you some idea if you know whistler mtn.
A nice dusting even on the way up to whistler, this shot was taken just north of squamish about thirty minutes from whistler

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This one i took from the whistler village gondola, about half way up. Thought the clouds sitting below the sky looked beautiful

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This one is from Big red chair, one of my favorites on whistler mtn to snowboard under. its out of bounds but its worth every second of it.

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THe back view of red chair while sitting on the chair.

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Harmony bowl as seen from roberts

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also harmoney bowl backside as seen from roberts on whistler mtn

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my view looking up from where i sast to smoke my first bowl oh wait my second oh no it was my third, errr fourth........... nevermind i smoked a bowl here

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Looking down at my board, pretty steep little spot

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blackcomb mtn view

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another shot of blackcomb from whistler close up styles

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black tusk as seen from the entrance to symphony bowl off harmony

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talk about a blue bird day, with fresh powder, does it get any better than this???

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little tea house on the top of the mtn, good for a quick treat or a hot chocolate

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top of harmony bowl chair lift behind me from where i took the pics

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black tusk at a distance

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black tusk up close

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well thats all for now, i should be hitting the mtn again soon, plus our local mtns cypress, seymour and grouse are due to open by friday, so keep an eye out guys, peace


Bubbleman

[schrooomy420]

Nice pictures. Makes me wish I lived somewhere with better skiing. Whistler is in my top 5 favorite places to go. Bubbles, you sure are lucky to have such a wonderful place as your local spot. My only complaint with Whistler/Blackcomb is that when the fog rolls in it rolls in thick to the point where you can't see your hand in front of your face. BUt hey small price to pay, just make sure you don't go hucking off a hundred foot cliff without seeing it coming.

[GreenLion]

Jeeze those are some really stunning pictures! Makes me want to go snowboarding!

[Bubbleman]

went up again yesterday, but man was it cold. not much freshies, but still worth the trip
woke up to go today, but found out im on santa's breakfast duty> ALas, 16 cm's of fresh snow on the mtn, i guess i will have to hear about it from some friends.


Peace
Bubble man

[NeptHaze]

Amazing. Bman, ill not soon forget those shots.

[HENNESSY]

:D puff puff!

[GreenLion]

those are really beautiful pictures bubbleman! i was just talking with a friend whose going up to whister in a couple weeks...i showed him these pictures..and he really liked em!

[trichomefarmer]

I will be going tomorrow to my local hill Hochy-brig.
the weather is supposed to be good so hopefully i'll be able to get a few shots.

Have some sage and some lui joints rolled. Hoch in german means high ;)

[Lazitude]

gunna wearout that new cam B-Man ,, looks like fun , but i just went for a swim :)

[Bubbleman]

haha nice lazitude, gotta love the tropics man>
I went out on www.cypressmountain.ca and had a great first part of the day, then towards the end of the day my buddy was flying down the main run and hit a roller, ollie'd caught his nose, tried to ride out of it, but got hucked off the run, about 30feet into a tree.
HOly shit was a freaked out, i felt terrible, as he was looking realy tight into the tree, and was making some seriously strange sounds. after five minutes he got up and said he was fine, just couldnt brief for like five minutes. Ski patrol was on it quick so that felt good.
Gotta be careful out there guys, cause remember it happen anytime.

all and all still a good day and he's ready to go out on monday again> I will bring my cam with me next time and get some shots. Tomorrow whistler maybe

Peace
Bubble man

[pineappaloupe]

bubbleman: have you ever been to Kicking Horse? my room mate raves about the place and tries to go every year no matter how far the drive is. apparently he was there for the opening of the Stairway to Heaven chair, which happened to be an epic powder day.


im hoping for a good winter this year... going from 2 years of 800+ inches at Kirkwood to barely 420 last year really hurts.


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[trichomefarmer]

and high we got....

My brand new wife....... hehe

about to get some pow pow. :)

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lots of snow no bare spots.
The train/bus ride up had me worried lots of 2 plankers and boarders were on the way up.
I hate waiting....
Well pleasantly surprised i never really had to wait. :) woohooo yodely woohooo.

;) for some reason the s.a.g.e. #6 joints burned forever. might be because when the buds were ground up it looked like there was just trichomes. :p

high altitude joints on a gorgeous day,
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:party1: :smoke2:

[Calyx]

Nice shots of the mountain.You were lucky to have so much fresh powder to board in.Nothin like bein up in the Canadian rockies. Only place close to that Ive been to would have to be in Colorado.Great skiing/boarding there also.Love Summit Co. Colorado and Brekenridge and Keystone mountains in particular.

Hopefully Ill get out soon an get to see some decent conditions before season is over again.

Trichomefarmer,nice shots as well.Bet the Sage tasted very nice up on the mountain.For some reason, the two just seem to compliment one another.

Calyx