oceanliving » Whistler http://www.oceanliving.org Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:37:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Last day in the snow http://www.oceanliving.org/2007/02/05/last-day-in-the-snow/ http://www.oceanliving.org/2007/02/05/last-day-in-the-snow/#comments Mon, 05 Feb 2007 19:51:10 +0000 Graham http://www.oceanliving.org/2007/02/05/last-day-in-the-snow/ Vix and I are enjoying our final few days up in Whistler. Conditions are not ideal due to warm weather and rain falling yesterday. However we have had a lovely holiday and have done some great skiing.

This photo is of the top of the Peak chairlift on Whistler mountain. This is the highest point and gives access to some of the best black, double black, and triple black diamond runs which are the hardest marked runs.

The Canadian/USA system of marking ski runs is a little different to Europe. In Canada the runs are marked green then blue then black diamond, double black diamond and triple black diamond. Below is a page from a Whistler guide book showing two of the triple black diamond runs. As you can imagine these runs are experts only and I don’t know if we’ll ever reach that level.

]]> http://www.oceanliving.org/2007/02/05/last-day-in-the-snow/feed/ 0 Finally, some snow http://www.oceanliving.org/2007/02/03/finally-some-snow/ http://www.oceanliving.org/2007/02/03/finally-some-snow/#comments Sat, 03 Feb 2007 21:02:00 +0000 Graham http://www.oceanliving.org/2007/02/03/finally-some-snow/ After nearly two weeks here in Whistler we have finally got a little bit of fresh snow. Not much, but it is still nice to sit at the window and watch it come down.

As you can see in this picture there is still lots of snow on the ground from the record breaking start to the season.

]]> http://www.oceanliving.org/2007/02/03/finally-some-snow/feed/ 0 Having a great time in Whistler http://www.oceanliving.org/2007/01/30/having-a-great-time-in-whistler/ http://www.oceanliving.org/2007/01/30/having-a-great-time-in-whistler/#comments Tue, 30 Jan 2007 01:36:15 +0000 Graham http://www.oceanliving.org/2007/01/30/having-a-great-time-in-whistler/ After a very busy Christmas and New Years Vix and I are having a bit of a holiday and have returned to Whistler for a couple of weeks in the snow.

Unfortunately there is not a lot of fresh snow in the forecast right now, but we are taking the chance to improve our skiing and are hoping there will be some before we leave.

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