One of Blackcombs stashes....

Left and right threes. #NAS #skiing #powderskiing #freeskiing

A video posted by employed ski bum (@jacob_boyd) on Dec 12, 2014 at 8:44am PST

@ the end of another good day

Creek Gap

Coming home from the glacier today. #skiing #creeks #giver

A video posted by employed ski bum (@jacob_boyd) on Dec 12, 2014 at 11:08pm PST

State of the Mountain

A nasty pineapple express has come in and Whistler Blackcomb has shut down the mountain. This is the first time I've seen the lifts close. Here are how things look on the Whistler Blackcomb website. Hope the temps drop soon. 

D.O.A.

Yesterday my friend Greg and I went up the hill with no plan, just energy. We knew that for a little while we would just be going up. We toured and made decisions on a run by run basis. The Highlight of the day was probably our last descent, DOA. Despite 7 years skiing in Whistler I'd never done the renown, tight couloir. I skied it as fast as I wanted to and after, barreling down the road back to the truck I think we both realized what a good day it had been.

I made the mental affirmation a few days ago that the snow sucks, but at the end of the day a sense of accomplishment rivals any pow day.


JUST KIDDING, this blows. Let it snow. 

CC goes to Greg Harries

Hullo, I just skied this

SAFETY grab in a DANGER zone

Cool Edit

The snow could be better right now, so it's a good time to watch other people ski instead of doing it yourself. If you think about it you can just watch enough skiing so that you can remove yourself physically from the process.

Mike Brewer 2013/14 from Peter vanderWilden on Vimeo.

This is the best season edit from the last year; 4 minutes of originality.

Cirque

The other day I took a little gamble and hiked up to ski a run called Cirque. It's a nice couloir that includes an entrance that isn't really visible until you're inside of it.

It was all clean though and I took this shot to show what it's like when your slipping down a tight space with big skis. Riding down on your tips and tails while you just bounce and float the center of the ski. Taking the photo wasn't easy. 
 

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