This is Mt Seymour, Shot today...4 days from the start of the olympics. It was about 12c.
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Why the olympics may suck.
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Huston, we have a problem...
They can move it to the mid atlantic, we're only getting another 10-20" tonight all through tomorrow.
You know how when you have big pile of mulch, it heats up?
What happens to big piles of hay bales, even if snow is on top of them?
That really sucks.
And yes your stoopit photo is pretty.
What happens to big piles of hay bales, even if snow is on top of them?
That really sucks.
And yes your stoopit photo is pretty.
I love the olympics, so it's sort of too bad. The Aerials and snowboarding will be interesting. There is convoys of dumptrucks with snow heading down the highway and helis bringing it up the mountain. Crazy.
I'm not complaining about riding hero dirt in shorts and a t shirt in mid Feb. though. Helmet cams from Stevo tomorrow!
I'm not complaining about riding hero dirt in shorts and a t shirt in mid Feb. though. Helmet cams from Stevo tomorrow!
Ya, the Cypress event's are going to suck unless they use the bails of hay to the best. I was canoeing up indian arm today by deep cove and was just in a life jacket and pants.... So warm.
Definitely nothing to see. Not Cambodia. Although a holiday there sounds nice.
Even the sun was playing nice on the North Shore today.
Whistler has massive quantities of snow. Seymour is green right to the top. Cypress they have been sending in convoys of dumptrucks with snow from up north, and helis to ferry it to the top. It's insane. The snow is pretty much now only on the event venues.
The local Deep Cove paper just had an article about them installing refrigeration pipes under the half pipe and aerials venues to keep the (now very expensive and well travelled) snow in place.
The local Deep Cove paper just had an article about them installing refrigeration pipes under the half pipe and aerials venues to keep the (now very expensive and well travelled) snow in place.
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Ha, I was looking at the news on NBC, VANOC, BBC etc... trying to find out if Whistler/Blackcomb was ok, cos I heard the huge amounts snow they where bringing into the lower Vancouver event sites. Well at least the "blue ribbon" Alpine events should be good to go, getting excited. It's a pity Skier-x has haybales!
that was bugging me too. Sweet shot otherwise!
We've got shed loads!
Meh, curling'll be ok. That's the important sport.
Improved on that.
Nothing to wrroy about , its February..like 99.9% of the time every year, they'll be lots of precipitation which should be turning to snow @ higher elevation...
starting today :
http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/pages/bc-74_metric_e.html
http://www.whistlerblackcomb.com/weather/forecast/index.htm
starting today :
http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/pages/bc-74_metric_e.html
http://www.whistlerblackcomb.com/weather/forecast/index.htm
he's trying to fool us. those shots were from last year
The Jamaican bob sled team is going to win it all this year.
plenty of snow in whistler....and with a huge ski event ready to go for saturday mother nature looks ready to crank up the snow machine! bring it on, the mountains are dead and I need some more knee deep to shred!
Yeah, I hear the alpine course is nicely iced over and ready to go. Whistler events, not an issue, events at Cypress... there will be snow but conditions might not be idea.
Also this isn't the first time that unseasonally warm weather has affected a winter Olympics.
I'm not that worried though... an epic 16 day party starts on Friday!
Also this isn't the first time that unseasonally warm weather has affected a winter Olympics.
I'm not that worried though... an epic 16 day party starts on Friday!
I hear you, the weekend is shaping up sick for the white stuff. The mountains are so deserted now it's just unreal!
Poor Cypress though
Looks like they could get a little snow over the next few days but then rain again on Sat/Sun just to piss on their parade.
Update, I guess this is going to happen because some lunatic with a flaming stick just went by here in Deep Cove.
Pics or it didn't happen
What's that? Lee Trumpore just arrived?
They could do a shopping cart race instead!!! Vancouver is one of the hot-spots!
This documentary Carts of Darkness is free, and is really good (about homeless guys who bomb hills on shopping carts for fun):
http://films.nfb.ca/carts-of-darkness/
Just fyi, probably not appropriate for work due to language. And it's an hour long.
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Don't believe a word. Your watermark clearly says 2009.This is Mt Seymour, Shot today...4 days from the start of the olympics. It was about 12c.
Hahaha, well spotted.Don't believe a word. Your watermark clearly says 2009.
Also, I don't know how you got that shot. Shouldn't Stevie be flying over the bars after being "bucked"?
such a sick dcumentry
They could do a shopping cart race instead!!! Vancouver is one of the hot-spots!
This documentary Carts of Darkness is free, and is really good (about homeless guys who bomb hills on shopping carts for fun):
http://films.nfb.ca/carts-of-darkness/
Just fyi, probably not appropriate for work due to language. And it's an hour long.
if you saw the infrastructure they set up at each venue, you'd understand why this isn't even close to being a viable option...
No need to speculate... we have eyes on the inside:
http://www.bikeco.ca/olympic-halfpipe-conditions-exclusive-to-bike-co/
And on another note, the Mosquito Lake trails in Pemby are clear of snow... for now.
Pete
www.bikeco.ca
http://www.bikeco.ca/olympic-halfpipe-conditions-exclusive-to-bike-co/
And on another note, the Mosquito Lake trails in Pemby are clear of snow... for now.
Pete
www.bikeco.ca
When I drove by the roadsigns pointing to the venue this fall, I wondered, knowing it was going to be a El Nino winter. Of course this is a bit ridiculous - - but I'll take it after the last two.
http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/games10/index.html
google maps with "street view" on some of the slopes in Whistler
google maps with "street view" on some of the slopes in Whistler
hockey is indoors so I'm not too worried (although outdoor olympic hockey would be the sh!t) in all reality it is the only winter olympic sport I really get into. I've snowboarded for 19 years and the olympics is putting way more of a jock mentality on the sport, so I don't follow the events with much interest. can't wait for this hockey tournament though, damnit I'm jealous of you 'nucks.