Anyone heard when the upper mountain will be open? I haven't seen any mention of an opening date on the forums lately. Any chance it'll be open for my trip up next weekend?
whistler upper mountain
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im hearin the 28th but now hearin the 30th which is this saturday, so im guessing 30th it opened this saturday last yearr. . . or the saturday before. . either way im hearin the 30th. hopefully ash will chime in here. .
they're saying the 30th also. Awesome, I'll be there!
So it should be good and sloppy on the 1st!! Killer.
yea ill be there on friday sat sun, ill be on the sunday with bright red wheels
i LOVE garbo in the wet! so sketchy and fun
i LOVE garbo in the wet! so sketchy and fun
anythings better than swallowing clumps of dust mid july.
Ill be up there July 4th- 8th.... should be prime
You need to be racing next weekend!!!!
Clumps of Dust? Isn't that called MUD?
just add water!
Excellent. I think I'll bring my RFX up and hit Freight Train a couple times... 5:00am departure time on the 30th...ready set go!!
All of the upper mountain was still closed as of Fri the 22nd (we were up all that week). If it is open by this coming weekend I'll bet it will be very limited - - everything is still pretty soggy higher up.
I will be heading up early Saturday after putting my DH bike back together Friday night...stripped it down to bolts and had the susp. pieces rebuilt just in time for Garbo to open....oh boy!!
So you're not bringing the RFX?
Oh...well...yeah, I forgot to mention that that bikey will be makin' the trip as well....I gotta get that bad boy up there to see if I want to enter the biker cross...I think it'll be perfect for the course, now the engine is the only thing that needs tuning
If I get knocked out in the first round, it won't be the worst thing...
I'll prolly run it for the Air DH and the DS too...gotta see how it likes A-line. Should be a fun-packed weekend!
word, im taking up the sunday and double, i wanna see how the double handles the 4x and a line, and the DS course if its built
the dual slalom isn't built yet, at least not the real DS course. the 4x is pretty gnarly so if you can huck it on the double then go for it but i have a feeling you'll like the sunday more on the 4x
i don't know if this has been posted but official word is opening tommorow. all trails will be open. (friday)
yea man, those two doubles on the 4x course are pretty damn big, and the course isnt really smooth, but ill give it a go, definetly throw a front brake on for 4x, a line riding with the double.
Rotec - Up and running in all it's glory w/ rebuilt susp. (And it's clean!!)
RFX - Put the 2.5 Stick-E Nevy's on for some 4X course practice and some A-Line/Freight Train rippage.
My journey begins in 16.5 hours.
irate2:
RFX - Put the 2.5 Stick-E Nevy's on for some 4X course practice and some A-Line/Freight Train rippage.
My journey begins in 16.5 hours.
irate2:
12.5 hours!!!!
So, did Garbo open as planned? What about the Gondy?
gondy opened, no bikes used it so it was no line. and garbo is suppper muddy, wet sketchy, and hellla fun! saw a few monkeys up there including acadian and transcend
Nice!
Heh...well, I survived. First Garbo run of the new season...wet, slick, snotty. Didn't realize that Original Sin was the only way down part of the mountain...so, steep rock faces that are super wet were the order of the day. Then I found myself on In Deep quite by accident...I made it to the bottom and I had survived, so I considered myself victorious. Then Schleyer happened...and I was glad I brought my Turner up, cause otherwise my weekend would've been over at about 3pm on Saturday. Now I'm just sore. So Wednesday will be a bike work day.
Did you trash the Rotec? How'd you like riding the Turner in that stuff? I like riding mine up there...then again I don't have much choice. I'm hoping to head up there this weekend.
Not too badly. I was more cheesed off that all the peeps on the lift saw me tank it on the little rock after the Schleyer ladder drop...After Wed, all will be good. Forced me to ride my Turner though. It handled A-Line just fine, except for the couple of flats I had to endure. I need some DH cased Kenda 2.5's ....the folding bead single-ply sh*t just doesn't do it for me...So I'll take the 1 lb. weight penalty...It was a ton of fun to ride a smaller bike up there! It goes zoom.
Oh yeah...the 4x is a no-go. I need more skillz.
hey! squirel, are you like 6 4 and on the orange rotec? i saw you walkin down the fireroad!
yeah. that was me. You shoulda caught the wreck...it was sooooo gnar. not.
I did that walk of shame twice this weekend...stupid flat tire on my turner was #2...
btw 6'7"...
I'll be up this weekend!
I'm going to try and see if I can get back up for a day trip on this coming Saturday...
getting up there for saturday through tuesday. so excited
I just got back from Mother Whistler and Aunt Garbo was in a bad mood. Super Gnarly. Made me pucker up like an old lady.
I tried to hit "The Containers" on Sat. but the mud had other plans for me. I cranked like hell from that berm 100yrds out but just couldn't get the speed.
On a brighter note, I got thru the 4-Pack on A-line perfectly for the first time today. It was the my virgin bike park run on the new 5" travel MKIII. It was so dope. I think the bike was made specifically for A-line. Well, that and Dirty.
I tried to hit "The Containers" on Sat. but the mud had other plans for me. I cranked like hell from that berm 100yrds out but just couldn't get the speed.
On a brighter note, I got thru the 4-Pack on A-line perfectly for the first time today. It was the my virgin bike park run on the new 5" travel MKIII. It was so dope. I think the bike was made specifically for A-line. Well, that and Dirty.
What was open up top?
That's filthy ape.
where is it and how do you get to it?
ive heard a lot about it just never any directionays.