It was hard to erase a smile from anyone's face this past weekend in Whistler. Endless blue skies, white mountains and sunshine were the backdrop for some great skiing. But not everywhere is having such a great seaon. Whistler and surrounding mountains are reporting over 300cm of base - that is slightly higher than from your floor to your ceiling in compressed snow. World Cup races were cancellend in France last month and the season is struggling in the eastern part Canada and the U.S.
The largest mountain resort in Ontario, Blue Mountain, is currently experiencing white-out conditions, but it is the first real snow of the year. They were seeing near summertime weather for beginning of what should have been the first part of the season. With five runs open and a tenth the base of Whistler, it's not the year to ski anywhere but the West. I just hope this isn't a sign of things to come or I don't think I'll entertain the idea of ever living in Ontario again.
Over the past six years, I've been blessed with great snow where ever I've lived. Whistler was downloading until after Christmas a couple years out of the last five due to a lack of snow at the bottom, but this year has been explained by one local as the best snow in 15 years. Global warming can be blamed for the lack of snow out east, but the great snow here can only be attributed to one thing - or one person.
The moral of the story seems to be that if you stick with me, the snow will be there.
1 comment:
Indeed, the mountains around would be a good reason to stay here. I'm trying to figure out how I could stay here for a couple of years. Well, we'll see.
Cheers (with a thick French accent)
-Fp
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