In light of Saturday's avalanches and the tragic loss of a member of the ski touring community, the valley feels heavy with the ultimate consequence of our outdoor pursuits. My heart goes out to all those involved and effected <3 There are a lot of mental health resources available to help the weight and pain you may be feeling.

Huge Kudos to our super hard working volunteer SAR Teams, as well as our Patrollers. You do SO much!!!!

Take care and be easy on yourself xx

Happy Friday! <3

It's snowing on the Hill! Here's hoping (as always) for more than the 10cm forecast to Fall but there will be a lot of wind loaded areas tomorrow with today's strong winds in the Alpine (already 70kmh and increasing).

64 Runs are groomed on Blackcomb. Is that the most we've seen all season?

Have a terrific Weekend - we'll have a real mix bag of weather! ^_^

Yesterday's Flurries amounted to just a couple of CMs on the stake but some softer groomers (57 on Blackcomb, 39 on Whis) will be fun to rip, with softer side hits than last week!

Happy Thursday!

How gorgeous was yesterday eh? Corrrr.

We're joined today by overcast skies and flurries!

Hopin' you're all well and I'll get working on February's playlist and Tracks of the Day tonight ^_^

Sunshine today (anyone else getting the signs of a goggle tan forming?) along with some northerly air flow and cooler temps (an Alpine High of -6 forecast). Yesterday was a blast eh? Our very firm base however is lingering pretty close to the surface and is tricky to bond to: be cautious in your backcountry decision making!

Happy Tuesday!

How was your weekend? Ready for some alpine pow?? It looks like a little more than 10cm sits on the storm board this morning but after such high winds yesterday and limited lift access: there will be plenty of wind blown stashes to find! Be very cautious of lurking debris and some dust on crust areas. 36cm in 48 hours is great to see but may not be enough to bond to our smooth crusts and our Avi bulletin yesterday advised this snow sits atop weak faceting and surface hoar too! Be cautious <3

Huge congratulations to our December 'Be vocal about a Local' winner Denise Breining ^_^ She won Beer from Coast Mountain Brewing and Swag and a Gift voucher from Stinky's on the Stroll (sorry Stinky about the Niners)! For January we have 2 Superfly vouchers from The Adventure Group to give to a worthy winner but for February we have 2 Vallea Lumina tickets to give: keep your eyes and ears peeled and send in your nominations to [email protected] x

Happy Friday!!

Another glorious sunny day awaits before a low pressure trough arrives tomorrow that brings precip and cold temperatures. It won't be a big dump, but it's somethin'!

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend! ^_^

Happy Sunshiney Thursday! ^_^

Second Winter is coming... but with only around 20cm this weekend and then cool temperatures and clear skies forecast. We'll see!

Oh would you look at that, more sunshine and inverted temperatures!

I've gotta say, the groomers have been super fun and grippy to rip recently: 51 on Blackcomb today and 41 on whistler! And hot damn, the sky was on fire last night: what a sunset eh? <3

Snow is on the way this weekend but it remains to be seen how much will fall! 20cm?

Happy Wednesday!

Happy Tuesday!!

More sunshine and inverted temperatures today (and until Saturday): we'll have a mainly sunny morning with some increased cloud this afternoon and light to moderate winds.