Kinda early but wanna start planning my trip for next year. I'm thinking around mid Febuary to early march for my time frame.
When is the snow best in Whistler?
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Used to live in Colorado...wanna try something new. Though I will probably make a few Colorado trips anyways.
Gotta agree....skiing is surprisingly hit and miss at Whistler. Being in the cascades, it can often be kinda sloppy and mushy....(lower down)... and then if they get TOO much snow they close the 80% of the good stuff due to avalanche... I've been skunked a few times there.Toshi said:that time frame sounds like a good bet for good snow, but also hefty crowds... i wouldn't travel from cali to whistler just for skiing, however (although i certainly feel it worth the 4.5h drive from seattle). go to the rockies!
Forget the Rockies. Go to Utah.Dog Welder said:
I've been going to Whistler 5 years now and here is when we go and why.
We go the last week of February / first week of March. Hopefully there has been enough snowfall to build up the base by that point. As you get later in March, you start to get spring conditions. But what'll happen is the snow will soften real late in the afternoon, say 3:00. Then overnight it will cool and that soft snow turns to vintage east coast ice (trust me, I know that sensation well). So you get ice for 80% of the next day.
As March turns to April, you start to get the rain at the base which makes late day runouts tough. But this can be a good time of the year b/c the days are long, the sun is warm at the base and apres is definitely kicking. Not to mention, you can have the Telus ski and snowboard festival as well, which is one wild party. Riding isn't the best this time of year, but probably the best balance.
We go the last week of February / first week of March. Hopefully there has been enough snowfall to build up the base by that point. As you get later in March, you start to get spring conditions. But what'll happen is the snow will soften real late in the afternoon, say 3:00. Then overnight it will cool and that soft snow turns to vintage east coast ice (trust me, I know that sensation well). So you get ice for 80% of the next day.
As March turns to April, you start to get the rain at the base which makes late day runouts tough. But this can be a good time of the year b/c the days are long, the sun is warm at the base and apres is definitely kicking. Not to mention, you can have the Telus ski and snowboard festival as well, which is one wild party. Riding isn't the best this time of year, but probably the best balance.
You're brainwashed. Or you're kidding.Toshi said:
Why the hell would someone who now lives in california
1. not go to tahoe or mammoth
2. not go to utah or jackson if they're going to fly
over colorado?
After its melted
And there are even Rockies in Canada. *And* New Mexico. Imagine that.Toshi said:i was including utah and jackson in my use of "the rockies"
Toshi said:i was including utah and jackson in my use of "the rockies"
I guess I just condsider them the wasatch and the titties.
I'll give you the titties since they're close to the divide but I don't think the wasatch counts.
Granted.SkaredShtles said:
Yeah taos rules.:wonky2: IF it snows.SkaredShtles said:*And* New Mexico. Imagine that.
In winter.Dog Welder said:
I didn't consider the Wasatch to be part of the Rockies, but apparently the experts disagree.kidwoo said:
Well, that can be said of Taos, all the CO resorts, Jackson, as well as most of the Canadian resorts.kidwoo said:
No snow and they suck balls. And the skunk happens more often than we would like.
d00d. There is something wrong with you. :nonono:funkysausage said:
oh just go ride your bike...