The powder poaching pirates were denied their booty!<\/p>\n
Continuous overnight snows laid arond 50cm of new snow on top of what was already there, with another 15cm or so predicted to fall during the day until the system passes around noon.\u00c2\u00a0 We headed out to make the\u00c2\u00a0lift opening at 08:30, slogging through the slush laden village mall to queue up in the crazy Whistler gondola line.\u00c2\u00a0 All the lights on the status indicator were at standby or closed, and the gondola was not moving.\u00c2\u00a0 Some time after lift opening time, the Blackcomb gondola started moving, but not loading.\u00c2\u00a0 Over an hour after lift opening time, a liftie came out and said that there was\u00c2\u00a0a tree across the upper gondola line, and this in conjunction with bad\u00c2\u00a0weather, meant that Whistler would be only open\u00c2\u00a0from base to midstation, and\u00c2\u00a0it would be almost an hour until the gondola would actually open.<\/p>\n
We made a bee line over to the Blackcomb gondola line, but that line extended\u00c2\u00a0halfway down into the village!\u00c2\u00a0 If both mountains were going to only be open below the halfway point, at least Blackcomb had more options.\u00c2\u00a0 After standing in the rain and cold for\u00c2\u00a0over two hours, we decided to just cut our losses and go back home.\u00c2\u00a0 After getting out of\u00c2\u00a0the\u00c2\u00a0soaked gear,\u00c2\u00a0a Blendz Belgian dark chocolate cafe mocha helped warm chilled bones and offset the frustration a little.<\/p>\n
Now as I post this, the weather system is actually dissipating and the lower mountain is coming into view as the cloud cover retreats.\u00c2\u00a0 I really hope the mountians will be open tomorrow.\u00c2\u00a0 It will probably be crowded though, with all the Americans making the drive North for the long weekend.\u00c2\u00a0 Whee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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