Sun Peaks Dec 4th

[Leifless]

lotsa snow everywhere. 15cm overnight, plus another 7 or so during the day and its still snowing.

-1C in the village

[ThE NoRcO]

Sun Peaks just got dumped on. were up to like 110cm now....thats like 30cmin the last 48 hours :)

[Jaysin]

:P 400 CM at Powderking playa's

[Leifless]

Originally posted by Jaysin
:P 400 CM at Powderking playa's

ya....in the middle of butt-fuck-nowhere. here on the other hand im a 5min walk from the lift. :D

[Jaysin]

Originally posted by Leifless
ya....in the middle of butt-fuck-nowhere. here on the other hand im a 5min walk from the lift. :D

I am a 3 hour drive away!

Ah, you bastard.....

If I can find time in my schedule Leif, I might be coming to SP for a few days....we'll ski it up:)

[LeeLau]

Leif - you skiing on Thursday and Friday? I'm bringing the powder skis and bc gear if you want to go for a hike

[Leifless]

Originally posted by LeeLau
Leif - you skiing on Thursday and Friday? I'm bringing the powder skis and bc gear if you want to go for a hike

i'll be out there. i dont think i will be hiking that far just yet..we need some more snow first. :D

[LeeLau]

ok we will talk to you on wed evening then as we'll drop by Powderhounds for a bite!

[Leifless]

sounds good lee...although i wont be in the restaurant myself that evening. you still have my cell # right?

[LeeLau]

Ridiculous amount of snow and no people on Friday/ wow = my legs hurt

[wilkez]

lee we need to finally arrange a day of skiing/boarding with you and sharon this year while we are back. or you can always come up here, powderking is an amazing place to feed your powder hunger

[pete]

I'm going to williams lake for BC dec. 25th till 4th-ish. I cant wait for the pow!

[LeeLau]

Originally posted by wilkez
lee we need to finally arrange a day of skiing/boarding with you and sharon this year while we are back. or you can always come up here, powderking is an amazing place to feed your powder hunger

powderking is so far. Right now whistler blackcomb look brutal. Even the high alpine backcountry suck for pow

[parts]

Originally posted by LeeLau
Right now whistler blackcomb look brutal.

Not even a remote hint of pow anywhere, but for early season high speed cruisin' on runs w/ no snow-plowing pylons (the hill was empty) it was mighty sweet on Sunday.
Anything off the beaten track was immovable, not to mention looking funny from getting hammered by all the rain.

I still trying to figure out what type of weather we now need so that any new snow won't just slough off of the vertical skating rink err... I mean the W-B alpine.

[LeeLau]

Originally posted by parts
Not even a remote hint of pow anywhere, but for early season high speed cruisin' on runs w/ no snow-plowing pylons (the hill was empty) it was mighty sweet on Sunday.
Anything off the beaten track was immovable, not to mention looking funny from getting hammered by all the rain.

I still trying to figure out what type of weather we now need so that any new snow won't just slough off of the vertical skating rink err... I mean the W-B alpine.

Idon't suppose you peeked over into singing pass to see if it was rain crust or bad?

[parts]

if a groomer didn't hit it Saturday evening, you can pretty much say it's EXTRA crusty. It was just hammered flat /wrain & then frozen solid- pretty weird, notto mention lame.
Maybe if it warms up a bit & then snows things'll look up. Otherwise it'll be another weekend of seeing just how long you can hold that edge.

[LeeLau]

Might be OK for the weekend. 16cms new today

South Coast Region

Forecast of avalanche danger beginning Monday, December 13, 2004:

Day:\Monday p.m.\Tuesday\Wednesday
Alpine:\Moderate\Moderate\Moderate
Treeline:\Low\Moderate\Moderate
Below Treeline:\Low\Low\Low

Travel Advisory: It's certainly a better time to travel around now that the big storm has passed. Caution should still be used in alpine areas where windslabs formed, mostly on north through east facing terrain.

Avalanches: There was a widespread natural avalanche cycle last weekend before everything froze up. Conditions have improved significantly, and we don't expect much natural activity on Tuesday or early Wednesday. However, it will still be possible to trigger avalanche in alpine areas with windslabs.

Snowpack: Cold temperatures last weekend froze the surface, forming a solid crust below 2300 m. Strong southerly wind in the alpine redistributed recent snow to form stiff windslabs on lee terrain features, or a shiny raincrust on the wind-scoured areas. Warmer temperatures Monday should help soften the crust below 2000 m. Cold temperatures formed surface hoar or weak facet crystals on top of the crust in areas sheltered from the wind. The forecast new snow will bury these crystals and, voila, we'll have a new weak layer in some areas!

Weather: The gods released a tempest last Friday, with up to 70 mm of rain reaching up to 2300 m in alpine areas. A short lived cold snap froze things up on the weekend before warming up again on Monday. A system is building late Monday afternoon that is forecast to bring 5-15 of snow Monday evening, and 5-10 cm on Tuesday. Wednesday will see a mix of sun and clouds and freezing levels hovering between 1400 and 2000m. Wind is forecast up to 30 km/hr from the south through southeast, but should diminish by midday Tuesday.

[mrraulduke]

Just wondering how it's looking for sunpeaks on the 17th? about a dozen of us are going up for the weekend from van-city, trying to escape the rain, but the 5-day forcast is calling for showers. every other time i've been up there it's been -12 plus a wind, so i find that odd....anyways if any locals know how to read the weather forcasts please give me back a shout and tell me how things are.
cheers

[cheryl@nsmb.com]

Well last weekend was really really crusty. I don't see any real snow in the forcast so it could be a gamble.
Looks like you should bring a bike and skis just to be safe.

[mrraulduke]

thanx....
we've got the place already, so we can't back out
hopefully it'll just snow up hgh and we can play in the bowls.
who knows

[Rat]

Hows the biking up in loops these days?

[cheryl@nsmb.com]

It is awesome!
Rose Hill is getting riden lots and the djs in valleyview have been good.