A week of winter, part 3
With last Saturdays snow and promising forecast, everyone was cautiously optimistic about the possibility an 04-05 style late season powder redemption. After holding back for 4 and a half months, Ullr finally returned to Whistler in early January fashion – 7 days of storm, 6 feet of fresh.
Tuesday brought a short break in the weather, throwing a little light down on the mid-storm goodness:
Our first lap on Peak, we hit up Christmas Trees and slashed up so much snow that I was physically impeded from breathing; constant face shots + jaw dropped in joy is a dangerous combination. I definitely pulled an Andy Samberg or 7 throughout the day.
More words and photos in the full post…
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Eric Poulin and Katie Hall-Leah share some Peak chair stoke:
When the bowls are tracked, those who know where they’re going head into the trees. Katie imagines the possibilities on a deep pillow line:
I don’t particularly like this angle. Katie almost took that chainsaw to my head…
Eric Poulin pops off a pillow and over some stumpage:
Taylor Pfaff does some stump-jumping of his own, grabbing tail for good measure.
From a hasty pit we dug in the pillow field, we were looking at about 60cm of storm snow on Tuesday, meaning the best was yet to come. Unfortunately, being a bunch of weak-willed beer lovers, St Patrick’s Day festivities kept us off the mountain until noon on Wednesday…
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cool pics! the colors of the riders really pop.
Justin, is that Poor Man’s Heli site run by you? As someone who is moving more and more towards self propelled backcountry travel, I think that site is super rad… but I couldn’t find an RSS feed or contact info! Get on it, bro!
Everyone reading the comments should check it out @ http://poormansheli.com/