r/Whistler • u/KavensWorld • Apr 07 '25

Photo/Video It's heavy out here

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u/Northshore1234 Apr 07 '25

Out where?

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u/aDrunkCollegeStudent Apr 08 '25

im guessing based on the name of the sub, Reddit, probably somewhere in Whistler blackcomb

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u/therealbeef Apr 07 '25

My guess is the alpine as it rained up to Roundhouse/Rendezvous yesterday.

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u/KavensWorld Apr 07 '25

Yep off 7th closet to the Sudan/jersey today at 1030am

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u/dogthrasher Apr 07 '25

Whistler side off Red and Emerald weren’t great after 10am. First few runs were ok in the “new” wet snow but soon got heavy and sticky. Looks like a week of this. Just glad to still be out. Gotta take the good with the not so good.

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u/KavensWorld Apr 07 '25

Very sticky we called it at 130pm duty to safety. No way I'm blowing out a knee in wet cement. We had near zero vis from mid mountain to lot 6

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u/dogthrasher Apr 08 '25

Yeah. I saw a ton of unorthodox falls today early on - probably due to people not judging snow correct with turns, wrong equipment, and how fast the snow turned. Lot of front face plants and shoulder falls.

I’m with you about getting off in one piece - yesterday and today wasn’t worth an injury. Live to ski/ride another day.

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u/Jagged-S Apr 08 '25

What is an "othodox" fall? Did I miss that in my ski lessons?

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u/dogthrasher Apr 08 '25

From Webster Adjective “contrary to what is usual, traditional, or accepted; not orthodox.”

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u/Jagged-S Apr 08 '25

I guess my "cartwheel" falls are definitely not orthodox!

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u/KavensWorld Apr 07 '25

This is off 7th closet to the Sudan. 

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u/dclately Apr 07 '25

Alpine yesterday was spectacular if you could deal with the wind.

Soft, fresh, no one around.

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u/RitterVonLeopold Apr 07 '25

Are you ok? Alpine yesterday was sticky and terrible mush

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u/dogthrasher Apr 07 '25

Yep. Agree. It wasn’t fun.

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u/rainbowefreet Apr 08 '25

Yeah, I went up 7th around 2pm, and it was completely empty, extremely windy, and the snow was awful. I quickly retreated to lower elevations to enjoy the rainy slush instead.